Melted Snowman Girl Scout SWAPS

It's our first year in Girl Scouts and we're preparing for our first camporee. The theme is Snow so we wanted to make SWAPS that reflected that. For those who don't know,SWAPS stands for Small Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere.

Materials Needed: hot glue gun, wax paper, google eyes, small black pom poms, orange felt cut in triangles, red yarn, toothpicks, small safety pins

Cut a piece of wax paper and squirt some glue on it. Then drop 2 eyes, 1 orange triangle, 3 pom poms, and a piece of yarn onto the hot glue. Place a safety pin on the edge of the glue. Use a toothpick to flip over your eyes if they end up upside down. The glue will be HOT! If you're working with younger kids, be sure to not let them touch it. 

Once your glue us dry, peel it back from the wax paper. The wax paper is going to stick, but it will peel away from the edges and you won't be able to see that it's there.

The last step is to add a little saying and your troop number. Ours said "Your friendship is worth melting for!" 

Here are the other Snow themed SWAPS that our troop made for the camporee. I'll be sharing instructions for all of them over the next few weeks.

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Snowman Girl Scout SWAPS

It's our first year in Girl Scouts and we're prepping for our first camporee. The theme is Snow so we wanted to make SWAPS that reflected that. For those who don't know, SWAPS stands for Small Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere.

Materials Needed: white beads, snowman head beads, black sequins, black pony beads, white pipe cleaners, safety pins

Start by trimming the pipe cleaners to about 2 inches and twist the bottom so that there is a small loop. This will keep the beads on the pipe cleaner. In our Daisy Troop the girls are all 6 or 7 years old so I did this step ahead of time. If you were working with an older Girl Scout Troop, you could let them do this step.

Thread the beads onto the pipe cleaner. 2 white ones, a snowman head, the black sequin and the black pony bead. Once it's all threaded put the pipe cleaner through the hole in the safety pin and bend it to secure.

Look how cute this little guy turned out. Now the only thing left to do is to add a saying and your troop number. Ours said "I'm SNOW glad to be your friend!"

Here are the other Snow themed SWAPS that our troop made for the camporee. I'll be sharing instructions for all of them over the next few weeks.

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Icee Girl Scout SWAPS

This year my daughter became a Girl Scout and it's been full of fun and adventure. We're preparing for our first campout and one of the things the girls take with them are SWAPS. SWAPS stands for Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere. They are typically small trinkets that the girls trade. Our theme for our campout is Snow, so I wanted to make something that reflected that.

Materials Needed: small communion cups, pom poms (you can use several small ones or 1 big one in each cup), small safety pins, a hot glue gun, stir sticks or small straws

Start by cutting down the size of the stir sticks and put a small safety pin through them. Our Daisy Troop is all 6 and 7 year old so I did this step ahead of time.

Put a squirt of glue from the glue gun in the bottom of your cup. Add the straw with safety pin and 1 small pom pom. When we did this with our troop, I had the girls place the straws and the pom pom. 

Add another squirt of hot glue and place your second pom pom on top. I opted for hot glue on this project instead of something else because I wanted them to dry quickly. If you were working with older Girl Scouts or if you had a place to let the cups sit over night, you could use plain Elmer's glue.

As you can see on the right, you can also just use 1 big pom pom. This is a nice option for little kids. Your last step would be to add a little saying and your troop number. Ours said "ICEE we're going to be great friends!"

Here are the other Snow themed SWAPS our troop made for the camporee. I'll be sharing instructions for all of them over the next few weeks.

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