Flat Girl Scouts

[Brownietroop538]

 

 

Hello everyone,

 

This is for anyone who might be interested in doing

"Flat Girl Scouts". I am new to this program,

but it sounds like lots of FUN! I just found about it

within the last few weeks & I have never done it yet.

This is how it was explained to me, so I myself dont know

the actual way to do it. I am hoping to get my Troop some

other Troops to share with & get them out for October.

If anyone is interested, please contact me at:

brownietroop538@hotmail.com

Thanx, Marlene Baxter

Brownie Troop #538 ( We are 3rd graders in Front Royal, Virginia)

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Hi Marlene

We are new to flat brownies this year but are really

excited about it. Our girls are making paperdoll

versions of themselves-flat brownies. We are mailing

them in pairs with swaps, a journal and disposable

camera to troops that have agreed to host us. They

"visit" the host troop for a month. The host writes

about the activities our flats participated in with

the troop, and a little about their area and take a

few pictures and mail it all home. In the case of

international troops they will also share information

about girl scouts/guides in their country. My

daughter and the other two leader's daughters have

sent their's out this summer and it's really alot of

fun. We got the pattern for the flat brownies from

www.makingfriends.com. They have paperdoll patterns

for brownies. We enlarged ours to about 8 inches, put

a photo of the girl and e-mail address on the back and

lamenated them. There is a flat girl scout group if

you're interested-

groups.yahoo.com/group/flatgirlscouts/ Let me know if

you need any more information.

 

 

 

 

 

[sctmom]

My son did something like this in second grade with a character called "Flat Stanley". There is a book called "Flat Stanley" about a flat boy who gets mailed around the world. You might want to get the book and read it with the girls. The second grade classes then kept scrap books of Flat Stanley on his adventures around the world. He went with families, grandparents, friends and even a local radio celebrity to numerous places.

 

Perhaps someone can take the flat brownies to Savannah to see Juliette Low's home?

 

[Brownietroop538]

Great ideas! I didnt know there was a book, I'm off to the library today!! Thank you!

 

Marlene

[sctmom]

I wasn't very awake when I posted the first message this morning. Here is a web link to Flat Stanley project.

 

http://flatstanley.enoreo.on.ca/