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Girl Scout Ceremonies

Bridging & Awards

How To Bake A Brownie (Daisy Bridging Ceremony)

2 tables lying on their side length-wise, with a LARGE cardboard box in the middle. (try a TV dealer for this box)
On the box, cut an oven door, with a handle made from cardboard or foil.
"Old" Brownies do all the motions, and fly-up girls stay behind the tables.
You will also need 2 bowls, 1 large, and 1 small. flat baking pan, mixing spoon, measuring bowls, sifter, measuring spoons, and kitchen timer.
Current Brownies are in an open horseshoe.
1st Brownie: Let's bake something.
2nd Brownie: Yes, what can we do about it?
3rd Brownie: I know, let's make some new Brownies !
All girls - Yes, Yes, Yes
4th Brownie: let's look in our handbook for the recipe. (all pull out handbooks.)
5th Brownie: Here it is! To make Brownies, we must mix 4 basic ingredients - Promise, Law, 5 Worlds of Interest, and Brownie B's.
6th Brownie: In a large bowl, cream together 1 cup of each of a promise to serve God, my country and mankind.
7th Brownie: to this mixture add 2 cups of honesty and 4 tablespoons of cheerfulness. Mix together until well blended.
8th Brownie: stir in 1 cup of thoughtfulness.
9th Brownie: beat together 1/2 c of fairness and 1/2 c of helpfulness and add to the mixture.
10th Brownie: sprinkle over the mixture 2 tablespoons full of sisterhood of Girl Scouting and mix well.
11th Brownie: add 1 c of respect for authority and 1 c of respect for myself and others. Stir until well blended.
12th Brownie: sift together 1/2 c of wise use of resources and 6 Tbs of a promise to protect and improve the world. Stir into mixture.
13th Brownie: blend together 1/2 c of each of the following worlds: Well-Being, People, Out-Of-Doors, Arts, Today and Tomorrow.
14th Brownie: into the worlds mixture add the Brownie B's: 4 tsp discoverer, 4 tsp ready helper, 4 tsp friend maker. and add to the mixture.
15th Brownie: spread batter into the pan and bake at a moderate temperature until done.
16th brownie: (after timer rings) They're done!
(open door and new Brownies start to crawl out of the oven.) Look!! A NEW BATCH OF BROWNIES!!!

Brownie Fly-up

Brownie fly-ups tend to follow this basic flow:
Brownie troop in horseshoe on one side of bridge; receiving Junior troop on other side.
Brownie leader says a few words, then calls the girls one-by-one
Sometimes the Brownie takes off her sash/vest and gives to Brownie leader who gives the girl a flower
Brownie starts across the bridge, stops at apex to say something:
Make a wish for the world and dropped 'wishing dust' into the 'well'
Stated what she is looking foward to as Juniors
Reflect on Brownie experience
Reflect on a girl-determined theme, such as friendship
Brownie continues across the bridge and is greeted by 1 or 2 Juniors who give her a GS handshake, welcome her to Juniors, and put on her her vest/sash. Sometimes the sash is made from ribbon. All of her pins, badges, etc. are on one thing which makes the ceremony move faster than having the girls struggle with pins.
Finally, the girls all together sing some song.

Sample Brownie Fly-up, Speaking Parts
[Scouts form two horseshoes facing each other, juniors in one, brownies in the other with the bridge separating them.]
BROWNIE LEADER:
"Brownies, you are just about
To become a Junior Scout.
Next year you will find
that Junior Scouts are true and kind.
So now I give you Brownie Wings
so you may fly to bigger things."
[She pins the wings on each brownie.]
[Brownies all take a few steps forward.]
JUNIOR LEADER:
"Hello there. Who are you all dressed in brown with such cheerful smiles and not one frown?"
BROWNIES:
"We are the Brownies and we like to have fun.
Junior Scouts we'd like to become."
JUNIOR LEADER:
"By what right do you ask?"
BROWNIES:
"By the right of our wings." [Point to wings]
JUNIOR LEADER:
"We welcome you to Juniors. Please cross the bridge one at a time."
[As each girl crosses, she is met by the Junior Leader and a Junior Scout. She is given her Junior Pin and led to the Junior horseshoe by the Junior Scout.]
[After all the brownies are in the Junior horseshoe:]
JUNIOR SCOUTS:
"Welcome to Junior Girl Scouts
you're a Brownie nevermore.
We'll have lots of fun and lots of games
as we teach you Girl Scout lore.
WELCOME BROWNIES!"
[All sing, "Make New Friends"]