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From: SewnCrazy
Date: 01-09-2007, 09:35 AM (1 of 10)
 Man, I've looked everywhere for fabric for Girl Scouts of America. I know they used to make it but I am in particular looking for the Daisy GS version for my dd and friend. Alos, does anyone have any cool ideas on something to make for an incoming Daisy group? I was thinking maybe bags or something they could use for their stuff. I'm up for any suggestions, the brain is still idling here! 
Blessings to all!
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User: SewnCrazy
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From: Pudge99
Date: 01-09-2007, 10:32 AM (2 of 10)
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I am a Daisy leader. Here is the answer I got when I asked at the Girl Scout shop here in San Antonio. GSA stopped production on the fabric because the fabric stores wouldn't carry it (it didn't sell well enough). I think they should have kept making it but sell it in the Girls Scout Shops. Are you looking for something to do with the girls or something to give them as gifts? I think the best gift you could give them is your knowledge of sewing. You could teach them to make their own sit-upons. Here is a link to a great site for Scout Crafts (http://www.makingfriends.com/) Gina
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From: paroper
Date: 01-09-2007, 10:55 AM (3 of 10)
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Another idea is to make dunk bags. We made them out of wash cloths and shoe strings...easy to do and we really used them during campouts and day camp!
pam
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From: Pudge99
Date: 01-09-2007, 11:15 AM (4 of 10)
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Good idea Pam but Daisies don't camp. Sometimes I am very glad for that. I could not imagine taking my girls. That might be a better idea for Brownies. Maybe a T-shirt with a Daisy appliqued on it. Gina
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From: paroper
Date: 01-10-2007, 04:42 PM (5 of 10)
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Sometimes I forget because I had a few Daisy age kids in my Brownies (little sisters). With 23 in your troop, you just treat them all alike. By the time my day camps rolled around, the Daisy group was moving into Brownie level so that is a little easy to overlook.
pam
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From: material_pakrat
Date: 01-10-2007, 09:47 PM (6 of 10)
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I am about to make a heap of drawstring backpacks for my Scout group to use as day packs. Lucky (or unlucky) for me none of the boys have offered to help make them. They would be easy to make out of a pillowcase. All I am going to do is double drawstring them, and then the loops from each side are sewn down on the coresponding bottom corner. That turns it into a backpack, but only really suitable for light items. If you need a better explanation, just let me know, and I will try and get some pictures to explain myself.
Cheers, Soph.
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From: paroper
Date: 01-10-2007, 11:11 PM (7 of 10)
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One of the really fun things one of my day camp leaders used to do was with a bandana. she would sew up the sides, 1/3 and then she would open them so that they opened like those 5 cent packs of Kleenex (yeah, ok, so they're probably 1.75 by now). Then she would sew across the ends. The kids would then mix just about everything from raisens, nuts (if there were no allergies), M&M's, dried fruit, etc. They'd put the bandana through the belt loop on their pants and fill each end with "trail mix". The kids would love it! When the opening was on top, the weight of the trail mix kept it in place...then they would slide it one direction or the other to access their mix. pam
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From: SewnCrazy
Date: 01-14-2007, 11:57 PM (8 of 10)
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I just got back from my first ever "leader-daughter" campout! Very exciting as I never was a daisy. We got the cabins which was nice an we had terrible awful rain & ice but SO MUCH FUN! Okay, the beds were awful, but that was the only thing. I didn't know what to expect but now I do. I wanted the daisy fabric to make a little bag for my girls to carry all their "scout stuff" in. I'll figure something else out. I don't think my daisies would have enough patience yet to learn to sew, but eventually how great that would be for them. I had never seen swaps before (weren't around when I was a scout, lol) but I'm excited to start those too. What exactly is a dunk bag?
Blessings to all!
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User: SewnCrazy
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-15-2007, 01:13 AM (9 of 10)
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so you're looking for daisy fabric ??? Printed or embroidered ???
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
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From: paroper
Date: 01-15-2007, 09:11 AM (10 of 10)
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You take a couple of wash cloths and sew around the edges (any manner you can). Then put a casing around the top and run a shoe string through it and tie a knot. I usually add a shower hook so it is easy to hang up. You can sometimes thread the shoestring through the actual dish cloths (I usually just sew a casing). Then you put your camp dishes and silverware in them. We would wash and sterilize the dishes then put them in the bags and hang them on a line. They can also be put on belts if you are going to hike in some place and make a camp fire. By the time you've done this a bit you'll look like a seasoned camper. I kept my knife and cup on old fashioned shower hooks on my belt, along with anything else I might need at the time, rope, etc. When I directed day camp or took the troop hiking, I kept all kinds of things there. I think that the best bonding experiences I ever had with my girls were at the mother/daughter camps and campouts. Having twins with 3 kids total and working they didn't usually get that much personal time, although I did a lot of things with my kids, just not personal one on one. I think that the Mother/daughter camps probably had the biggest single influence on my relationship with my youngest daughter (my twins were girl/boy so I didn't have to take two kids to the Mother/daughter camps). If the leaders stick to the program and move toward letting the girls run the meeting, make decisions, fix their meals, do their own clean up, haul their own gear, make their own beds (together or in teams) etc., the program can really make changes in little girls' lives. A daisy with a potato pealer and a carrot or an apple can be the most exciting thing you've ever seen! We spent one whole meeting just working in buddy teams of girls folding and stowing their back packs and packing gear. I'll never forget the look on the troops' faces when I told them they would be responsible for packing their own gear, hiking it to the cabin and hiking it out, etc. They learn to be careful about what they take! With 23 girls in your troop you just can't stow every backpack, tie every shoe, etc. The girls become independant very young! You're in for a lot of fun! pam
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