Make your own
Girl Scout GORP* ceremony
Start your
Girl Scout year with a ceremony that’s also a snack. Here's what you’ll
need:
- large
bowl and stirring spoon
- ingredients*
These are just suggestions – use the ones your
girls like
- speaker
for each ingredient
*Be Safety-Wise: know all
food allergies ahead of
time.
The Ceremony
Today we
will build a sweet and salty snack to nourish our bodies. It symbolizes
the
many ways Girl Scouting nourishes our spirits.
Girl Scouts have a Promise and a Law. On our honor, we try to do our
best to be
fair and square. So we will begin with Chex.
Girl Scouts come in all colors, from all races around the world. Every
Girl
Scout is a sister no matter where she is from, no matter what language
she
speaks, no matter the color of her skin. Like Skittles, Girl Scouts are
all the colors of the rainbow.
[Add Skittles] [Or: “Like M&Ms, Girl Scouts and Guides may be different on
the
outside, but alike on the inside.”]
Some of us are tall, and some of us are small. When we get together,
size
doesn't matter at all. So we will add Pretzel
Thins and Mini
Marshmallows.
Sometimes
Girl Scouts are nutty! We love to joke and play. We'd love to put a Girl
Scout
smile into everyone's day. So we will toss in Nuts. [Or Corn Nuts, in case of nut allergies]
Sometimes we are quiet and thoughtful. We have special gifts of love and
caring
to give in service to those who need our help. So we will sprinkle in Teddy Grahams.
When we get together, we seem to make circles. We may sit in circles,
play
circle games, and make a Friendship
Circle. You could say that we are well
rounded. So we will roll in Cheerios.
When we are busy planning a project, or doing a craft, we pop with
enthusiasm
until we're done. So we will pop in Popcorn.
Girl Scouts respect all living things. The earth is our home, and we
want to
keep it safe for everyone. So we will release Goldfish [or Animal Crackers] into
the mix.
Girl Scouts are "chips off the old block." Girl Scouting
began in 1912. Since then we all have been part of a great tradition,
and
are proud to be part of the future. So we will drop in Chips. [chocolate,
carob, or
banana]
We get a kick out of wearing our uniforms, learning new things, helping
others,
singing and being together with our friends. So we will kick in Kix.
Young Girl Scouts may be hard to resist because they are fresh, sweet
and new.
But the older Girl Scout maybe more fun, because she has more
experience. So we
will put in Raisins. [Raisins are experienced grapes!]
Girls who come to Girl Scouts bloom. They are
like
little seeds we water and warmly shine on to grow up strong. So we will
finish
with scattering these Sunflower
Seeds.
So
we can see that when we mix together the many ways of
Girl Scouts we end up with something truly special.