What are some Girl Scout SWAP ideas?

Answer 1

SWAPS are known as 'Share With A Pal' or 'Special Whatchamacallits Always Pinned Somewhere'. So, a Girl Scout SWAP should be something that you would like to share with another Girl Scout that can be pinned someplace!

So, you can come up with an idea or look for ideas in many places. Once you have an idea, then come up with a way to make it small enough to be shared with others.

Some SWAP ideas:

Ice Cream Cone - Cut a piece of tag board, card stock or fun foam into small circles, then cut each circle in half. Fold each circle to make a cone shape and tape, staple, or glue it. Glue a small pompom for the ice cream.

Belly Button Blow Dryer - cut a plastic drinking straw into pieces, about 1 to 1 1/2 inches long and put a small safety pin in it.

Illinois, the Land of Lincoln - glue a Lincoln Penny to a piece of tag board or card stock and put a pin through the tag board or card stock. You can print information on the card.

Beach in a Bag - purchase very small zipper type bags, put in colored or regular sand and a seashell, close the bag, add a safety pin!

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Answer 2

There are lots of SWAPS ideas around. It depends on what you want your theme to be or if it is supposed to represent your area or if you want it related to Girl Guiding/Scouting activities.

Here are some ideas and check Related Links for links to more ideas:

Bed Roll or Sleeping Bag: rectangular piece of felt or blanket material rolled and tied with string

Bandana or Neckerchief: bandana material, cut into triangles, slip through a small pony bead

Beach in a Bag: small bag, colored sand, sea shell

Belly Button Blow Dryer: cut drinking straws into small pieces

Fun Foam Vest: cut fun foam into the shape of a GS vest, then decorate with markers - fun foam color should be the color of the level vest

S'Mores: Tan fun foam for graham cracker, dark brown fun foam for chocolate, marshmallow shaped fun foam for marshmallow, can put a face on the marshmallow