Girl Scouts

This summer I helped local Girl Scouts earn their Letterboxer Badge at day camp.  We had a good time going thru the badge requirements, looking for boxes, learning some LB lingo, and stamping stamps.

Do a Good Turn Daily

I made LTCs and gave them out as SWAPS (Special Whatchamacallits Affectionally Pinned Somewhere).  I had carved this stamp a few years ago but I wasn't happy with it.  

The theme for day camp was Bee the best you can Bee.  So I stamped and embossing my image on bee paper.  I'm pretty happy with them.  I had several extra and I am hosting a Girl Scout LTC swap to pass them on. 

GS Day Camp-Day 4

Passing around the box of the week.

Today was the last day that I was helping the Brownies earn their Letterboxing Badge and we mainly talked about stuff.  We discusses camouflage, good hiding spots, muggles, maintenance, and Leave No Trace.  The girls had asked me about stamp carving so I showed off my tools but there was no way I was going to let 20+ K-3rd grade girls carve.

Passing around the Thank You Cards.

Most of the stamps that the girls found this week were donated so we passed around a "Thank You" card for them to stamp.  And they passed around the official stamp of the week.  When we were all done I gave them a handout with letterboxing info for their parents and gave out my SWAPS.

Carving w/ the big girls. 

The older girls were having an overnight tonight where they were going to do some night caching.  I went back to camp to talk to the girls briefly about letterboxing and talk them thru stamp carving.  They will hide their stamps tomorrow for a scavenger hunt.  All in all, it was a good week.

Stopping at 100

Last month I said that I was going to carve 200 stamps for SWAPS (Special Watchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere) for Girl Scout Day Camp.  I got started and made 50.  Then I started having eye problems.

I went to the doctor and he said that I had pink eye.  He gave me eye drops and wanted to see me again in two weeks.  After a week I ran out of drops and my eyes still hurt.  I called his office and he called me in different drops.  When I went in for my two week check up he was surprised to see that my eyes were still bothering me and he sent me to an eye doctor.  The eye doctor says my problem is just allergies.

So now I am behind on my SWAPS.  Our camp is the last week in June but with all the other things I have going on I don't think I can make it to 200.  The 100 stamps that I have made will be enough for the girls coming to the letterboxing program.  I am glad that I got all of my other stamps finished very early on and that I am not rushing at the last minute to get the important ones done.

Making 200 Stamps

I am going to help Brownie Girl Scouts earn their Letterboxing Badge at Day Camp this summer.  I have already received many wonderful stamp donations, made logbooks, cooties, and more.

On the last day of camp the girls trade SWAPS (Special Watchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere).  I have decided to make stamp SWAPS for every girl at camp.  That's 200 girls!

I have already started and they are coming along well.  I timed myself the other day and it took 6 minutes to carve one and I made 10 in two days.  I should get a little faster each time. I'm going to knock these puppies out in no time!