Become a Daisy | Girl Scouts of Colonial Coast

If your girl is going into kindergarten or first grade, Daisies is for her!

Think of the Girl Scouts Daisy program as your one-stop shop when it comes to building your kindergartener’s or first grader’s social skills, keeping her moving, and giving her an extra bit of stability in this ever-changing world. Whether she’s dreaming up a new toy, learning about bravery, or helping plant a garden, you can rest easy knowing your Girl Scout is safe, having fun, and becoming her best self.

What Do Daisies Do?

Earn special badges and pins to wear as a reminder of (and a way to show others!) all the new skills they’re learning.
Explore the outdoors and spend time in nature.
Find new ways to practice kindness and generosity.
Learn tech basics that help keep them safe online.
Gain confidence and pride in their abilities and see how mistakes help us learn.
Learn about money management, marketing, and running their own business.
Practice simple ways to protect our earth.
Discover how to help their community and make the world a better place.
Join a circle of friendship and fun like no other!

Activities to Try

These fun sample activities will give you a good idea of the kinds of things Daisies do to earn their Daisy Petals and other badges.

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Sunny the Sunflower

Have girls draw a face on Sunny the Sunflower (PDF) and color it in. Then, girls can write (or have an adult help them write) the friendly and helpful things they are going to try to do during the next couple of weeks. Talk about how helping brings a smile to the helper’s face and to those who receive the help!

This coloring sheet will serve as a reminder of each girl’s commitment to act friendly and helpful. If you want to expand the activity using sunflowers, you can add a planting project—sunflower seeds can be planted outdoors in June. Use small pots to start their growth inside and then plant them in the yard.

To see how girls earn the Friendly and Helpful Daisy Petal, watch the video below!

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Create a Bag of Kindness

Practice emotional skills and social competence by making a bag of positive notes for your family.

Activity Details

Time needed: 20 minutes

Materials needed:

Pencils
Paper
Paper bag or clear zippered storage bag
Coloring supplies
Stickers (optional)

Setup:
Practicing social competence and emotional skills includes thinking about how your words and actions make others feel. In this activity, you will practice social skills by being considerate and caring toward the people you know.

Start at home with your family. Think about things you could say to make their day a little brighter and turn them into notes or pictures. You could make notes or pictures for different people in your family or just one person. Make sure you think about how your words might make others feel. That’s being considerate and caring!

Activity:

Think of at least three kind messages you would like to share with your family.
Write them in short notes or draw pictures that show those messages. You could write, “I love your smile.” Or draw a picture of you together with a heart to say, “I love you.”
Decorate a paper bag or a clear zippered storage bag however you’d like. Use your coloring supplies, stickers, or any other art materials you might have.
Put your notes in the bag.
Share it with your family! Let them know they can open a note whenever they’re feeling down or need a reason to smile.

Adapted from Step 1 of the Daisy Considerate and Caring petal badge.

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Courageous and Strong

Learn about being courageous and strong and think of ways to practice living this line of the Girl Scout Law.

Activity Details

Time needed: 30-45 minutes

Materials needed:

Paper
Crayons, markers, or paint

Activity:
Watch the video below to hear “Tula’s Story." Once you’ve heard the story, do these three activities.

Talk about “Tula’s Story.”
- When did Tula show that she was courageous and strong?
- How do you think Darla felt when Tula asked the dandelions to stop teasing her?
- How do you think the rest of the dandelions felt after Tula and then Miss Evergreen asked them to stop teasing Darla?
Make a piece of art celebrating a woman who is courageous and strong.
Ask a family member or trusted adult to tell you a story about a woman who is courageous and strong. Draw a picture of her. Show your picture to another friend or family member and tell them about it.
Practice being courageous and strong.
There are lots of ways to act like Tula! Try it out by doing one or more of these activities:
- Draw a picture or make a collage of an animal that you think is courageous and strong. Put it someplace where you’ll see it every day to remind you of how you’d like to act.
- Learn a song that makes you feel courageous and strong. Sing it every morning for a week—or teach it to your family or Daisy friends and have a sing-along!
- Find a person who is courageous and strong, either in real life or in a book, movie, or TV show. Tell your family about that person and why you think they are courageous and strong.

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Make a Daisy Launch Rocket by recycling a toilet paper roll!

Recycled Rocket Craft

Teaching girls about the importance of recycling is a perfect way to get them into a lifelong habit of “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” While you discuss the talking points below, have girls make a Daisy Launch Rocket by recycling a toilet paper roll! Use construction paper, tape, glue, markers, and whatever else you like to add a nose cone, wings, and even some fiery exhaust!

Ask:

What does it mean to recycle?
Does your family recycle at home?
What things can we recycle?

Discuss:

Recycling protects our valuable planet.
Recycling saves energy.
Recycling saves clean air and clean water.
Recycling saves landfill space.
Recycling can save money and create jobs.
Recycling can help the animals.

Did you talk about composting in your discussion? Composting is a great way to recycle kitchen food waste. Learn more about it in this video.

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Girls Can Change the World

Choose from these discussion topics and activities and see what you can do to make the world a better place!

Ask girls to identify an issue they care about and talk about why it is important for people to take action on it.
Do a good deed or service project that benefits your school or community, or helps someone smile.
Entrepreneurs create new businesses, products, services, or processes to improve what currently exists. What can you create?
Spend some time in nature, either at a local park or just in your own backyard. Talk about what you see. How can you help to keep this area beautiful?
Learn a Girl Scout game, or sing a Girl Scout song such as the classic, “Make New Friends.”

FAQs

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Any girl K-12 can join Girl Scouts. Our membership year runs October 1 - September 30; girls in Pre-K can join Girl Scouts starting April 1st of each year, but if your girl is in Kindergarten or first grade she can join any time!

Girl Scout memberships must be renewed annually; the membership year is October 1–September 30.

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With you as their troop leader, girls will learn to be true to themselves, make strides towards their dreams, and share in fun-filled activities they’ll remember for a lifetime. To get started, contact Customer Care to let them know you’re interested in being a Daisy troop leader. They’ll walk you through the registration process (if you’re not already a member) and get you set up with training if you’re approved. Girl Scout leaders are supported every step of the way!

Plus, new Daisy Troop leaders can receive monthly complimentary supply boxes, filled with step-by-step instructions, ready-to-go supplies, and thoughtful script suggestions! Learn more about Girl Scout Experience Boxes.

In the meantime, your girl doesn’t have to wait to join a troop to engage in Girl Scout activities! Many individually registered members—AKA “Juliettes”—and their families enjoy the benefit of flexibility outside of the troop experience. Learn more about going solo.

Girl Scout Experience Box

Sign up as a new Daisy (K–1) or Brownie (2–3) troop leader and receive complimentary monthly boxes packed with scripts, supplies, and activities to support you every step of the way.

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