Corn Maze

We went to the Corn Maze in Dixie Louisiana today. Between getting lost in the corn, diving in a pool of corn & riding the cow train, we had a blast! Here is the patch we earned.

You can see more pictures from our corn maze adventure here...

Here we are enjoying the cow train!

Meeting Notes

Hi troop! Tonight we planned our Halloween party, collected fall product money and took worked out the details of our trip to the Corn Maze on Saturday.

The girls brought:

1. Their ghosts made from recylced grocery bags;

2. Fall product money (we made about $330);

3. A count of the number of teachers in their grade at their school (TJR - 6; Carpenter 5; Raguet 5; Charter 5)

I found volunteers for our Halloween party. Here are your assignments:

1. Tally will help the girls complete activity #2 of the science in action try-it -Weird Glop. We will turn my library into a witches kitchen & Tally has agreed to dress up as our witch :)

2. Corrie will organize & lead the girls in activity #2 of the Numbers and Shapes try-it -Origami; there are directions on how to make an origami black cat.

3. Melinda will organize & lead the girls in activity #1 of the Sounds of Music try-it -Make Your Own; the girls will make Jack-o-Lantern percussion instruments out of paper plates and beans.

You can find these try-its and activities online here...

I will have this patch for the girls at the Halloween party (please bring $1.50)

Remember, the girls will exchange Halloween SWAPS at this meeting. Click on this Google Search to learn more...

Corn Maze

We will meet at my house on Saturday at 12:30. The girls should have eaten lunch. You can find out information about the Corn Maze and print a coupon here... The girls should wear their troop t-shirts and vests.

Hoppy Greenie

Nicole told us all about her time with Hoppy Greenie. Read about their week here... This week Hoppy is with Rainy.

Archaeology Fair - Caddo Mounds

Four of us were able to go to archaeology fair at Caddo Mounds. I Can't wait to hear all about it! You can see more pictures here...

Don't forget that we do not have a meeting tonight.

Hoppy Greenie

Don't Forget you can follow Hoppy Greenie's adventures here:
http://hoppygreenie.blogspot.com/.

Book Club

We got our first book club book tonight!

We are reading

Here is our not from Angelina Ballerina

Our book club will culminate in nothing less than the best sleepover ever!

Challenge 3

1. We will help remind our parents to use our canvas bags when they go shopping.

2. We will use recylced plastic bags to make these ghosts for our Halloween party. You can read the directions here. Please bring your ghosts to our October 15th meeting.

Shopping Greener

Tonight we learned about the benefits of using canvas vs. plastic or paper bags for shopping. We'll decorated canvas bags and pledged to help remind our parents to use them when they go shopping -read more in challenge 3!

Read about the difference you can make by using canvas bags here or here. You can find some fun crafts you can make and recycle plastic garbage bags here.