Bright Ideas - Crafts

• Share Ideas that you have had for camps, games, crafts, activities, program with Guiders and receive this crest

• Send all original ideas to the Alberta provincial web coordinator - webcoordinator[at]albertagirlguides.com

• We've tried to delineate which branch the ideas fit best - S=Sparks, B=Brownies, G=Guides, P=Pathfinders, R=Rangers)

General Crafts

• Camp Advisor Workshop Swaps -

  • http://web.archive.org/web/20040623023004/www.dragonswaps.com/index1.htm

  • http://www.topsinswaps.com/

• Cookie Box Notebook Craft (all ages)

• SWAPS (all ages)

• Jell Butterfly Bracelet (all ages)

• Pony Bead Flower Pin (all ages)

• GGC Cookie Flower (all ages)

• Colours of Guiding Flower Plant Poke Instructions (all ages)

• Cookie Case Binders (B)
• Milk Carton Dice (B, G)
• Internet Safety Craft (mouse pad) (all ages)
• Crocheted Wild Rose Pin instructions (G, P, R)
• Mini Cheesecakes using Girl Guide cookies (B, G, P)
• Paper Bag Owl Puppets (S, with help, B, G)
• Coffee Filter Butterfly (S, B, G)
• Butterfly Magnet (S, B, G)
• Sun Nature Picture (S, B, G)
• Tic-Tac-Toe Boxes (B, G)
• Camping Picture Frame (S, B, G)
• Make Your Own Card (B, G, P)
• Beer Bottle Vase (S, B, G)
• Owl Reminder Magnets (B, G, P)
• Clay Pot Bird Feeder (B, G, P)
• Clay Pot Candle Holder (S, B, G)
• Fairy Pin (S, B)
• Treasure Box Keepsake - carft for Sparks and Brownies
• Cutlery Case - craft for all ages to make a case for cutlery
• Camp Cutlery - a fun way to make it easy to identify each person's cutlery at camp
• String Star - craft for Guides and up
• Make "Funky" Eye Glasses - craft for Sparks, Brownies and Guides
• Ice Cream Sculptures - all branches
• Natural Dying for Fabric - Pathfinders
• Camp Blankets - a fun idea to share hat craft ideas
• Cookie Jar Craft - Sparks and Brownies
• Pop Bottle Cap Windchime - all branches
• Ice Candles - Guides, Pathfinders, Rangers
• Candle Holder from a Tin Can - all age groups (Sparks and Brownies with help)
• Minature Ocean Candles - Pathfinders
• Tissue Box Basket - recycled craft for Sparks and Brownies
• Teddy Bear Treasures - craft for Sparks and Brownies
• Window Clings - a craft for all ages
• Easy Stained Glass Windows - a craft for all ages
• Scrapbooks - way to have fun saving memories of Guiding
• Fun Foam Journals

Camp Hat Crafts

• Camp Hat Craft Swaps (all ages)
• Bedroll Camp Hat Craft (S, B, G)
• Guiding Shirt (Fun Foam) (S, B, G, P)
• Thinking Day Camp Hat Craft (S, B, G, P)
• Snow Globe camp hat craft (S, B, G, P)
• Leader Hat Craft (S, B, G)
• Pipe Cleaner Cookie Hat Craft (S, B, G)
• Name Tag Craft for Camps - all age groups
• Mushroom name tag craft (B)
• Flag Hat Crafts for Zoe's trip around the world (B, G, P)

Special Times of  the Year

• NEW! Glue Ghost (S, B)
• Yule Log (S - if you prep craft, B, G, P)
• Reindeer Candy Canes (S, B, G, P)
• Fancy Christmas Balls (S, B, G)
• Easter Bunny Candy Dish (S, B, G, P)
• Easter Treat Cups (S, B, G)
• Felt Christmas Stocking (B, G, P)
• Pumpkin Candy Dishes (S, B, G)
• Turkey Pots (B, G, P)
• Straw Hat Turkey Magnets (S, B, G)
• Paint Stick Snowmen (B, G, P)
• Paint Stick Reindeer (S, B, G, P)
• A different way to dye Easter eggs (S, B, G, P)

Specific to Guiding Crafts

• NEW! Thinking Day Camp Hat Craft (S, B, G, P)
• Shelf Paper Situpons
• Grow Guiding Camp Hat Craft/SWAP idea (G, P)
• Guiding Garbage Can (B, G, P)
• Guiding Book Bag (B, G, P)
• Tic-Tac-Toe Toadstool (B)
• Trefoil St. Paddy's Dogs (S, B)
• Girl Guide Cookie Flower (S, B, G)
• Claypot Guiding Figures - Guides, Pathfinders, Rangers
• Brownie Circle Plaques (S, B, G)

• Brownie Book Holder (B)

• Grow Guiding Butterfly

• CWFF Bank (S, B, G)

• Grow Guiding Logo Shrinkart Plastic Pin (G, P, R)

• Beaded Grow Guiding Flower Pin (G, P, R)

• Grow Guiding GGC Cookie Flower (G, P, R)

• Guiding Angel - Pathfinders and Rangers

• Grow Guiding Plant Poke Instructions (G, P, R)
• Official GGC Scrubber Instructions (G, P, R)
• Felt Sit Upon (S, B, G)
• Camp Ponchos

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