Senior Planning Guide

It’s Your Story—Tell it! Mission: Sisterhood

When it comes to sisterhood, what girls start can spiral outward and change the world. Through Mission: Sisterhood!, girls will see the stories of sisterhood all around and they will grow as leaders by widening their networks and broadening their world.

To earn, complete two activity plans and one Take Action project:

• Mission: Sisterhood Activity Plan 1
• Mission: Sisterhood Activity Plan 2
• Mission: Sisterhood Activity Plan 3 (Take Action Project) or create your own!

It’s Your World—Change It! GIRLtopia

Girl Scout Seniors know the world is not perfect. This journey is their chance to imagine a perfect world for girls. They're invited to create a vision as an art project in any medium they choose. They'll take action to make their vision a reality. Leaders, after all, are visionaries!

To earn, complete two activity plans and one Take Action project:

• GIRLtopia Activity Plan 1
• GIRLtopia Activity Plan 2
• GIRLtopia Activity Plan 3 (Take Action Project) or create your own!

Girl Scout Gold Award

As part of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, girls are in an exceptional position to take action and make the world a better place. By earning the Girl Scout Gold Award, girls will join the ranks of generations of young women who make a difference both locally and globally. The Gold Award represents the highest achievement in Girl Scouts and therefore is a commitment girls make and complete as an individual.

To earn, see Highest Awards.

Website Designer

When girls view the world with a web journalist’s eyes, they will find the story in everything. Girls will build a safe space online where they can show their readers what moves them and share stories and causes with friends. They might end up getting to know themselves a little better, too!

To earn, complete the following:

• Website Designer Activity Plan

Room Makeover

Girls will combine color, texture, glue, and paint to develop some serious DIY flair! Have your girls look around for a room that inspires each of them (a bedroom, study nook, corner of a family room, etc.) and use this badge to help them discover the design concepts and fix-it tactics needed to turn a simple space into a creative statement.

To earn, complete the following activity plan:

• Room Makeover Activity Plan

Game Visionary

This badge is your girls' chance to build friendships and community networks by leading a series of fun, inventive and challenging games. Use their visions of what’s surprising, fantastic, team-building, and most of all, fun! to invent some unforgettable activities.

To earn, complete the following activity plan:

• Game Visionary Activity Plan

Collage Artist

No matter how a girl will make her collage, there won’t be another one like it in the world. Everything, from the materials she chooses to how the final piece is assembled, is up to her. Get ready to see the creative possibility in everyday objects. This badge is an opportunity for girls to make art as unique as they are.

To earn, complete the following activity plan:

• Collage Artist Activity Plan

Novelist

Girls can share a meal with a historical figure, unearth ancient treasures, spend the summer in outer space, or dance their way around Spain. Writing a novel lets girls dream the real world in their own ways. As girls write descriptions and dialogue, invent situations and make up feelings, they’ll experience the fun of a novelist’s career. And they’ll end up with something impressive to share—a work of fiction they wrote themselves.

To earn, complete the following:

• Novelist Activity Plan

First Aid

As Girl Scout Seniors, they're between home, school, clubs, and activities. Wherever they are, they never know when they'll find themselves in the middle of an emergency. Do they know what to do? In this badge, girls find out how to differentiate between minor and major injuries, provide emergency treatment in some life-threatening situations, and share important information about injuries and illness.

To earn, complete the following activity plan:

• First Aid Activity Plan

Troupe Performer

Performance is a powerful way to make an impact on an audience and a perfect way to put leadership into action. It’s also a fun way to sharpen communication skills, learn to handle stress with grace, strengthen teamwork skills, grow relationships, and grow networks. Get your girls out there to show their stuff!

To earn, complete the following:

• Troupe Performer Activity Plan

Adventurer

What kinds of adventures speak to girls? In this badge, they’ll go on a multi-day high-adventure challenge. They could go rock climbing, spelunking, ice caving, skiing, canoeing, kayaking, biking, rafting—or a combination! Put their outdoor skills to the test (and gain some new ones) as they become Girl Scout Senior Adventurers.

To earn, complete the following activity plan:

• Adventurer Activity Plan

Voice for Animals

As pet owners, horseback riders, and consumers of beauty products, clothing and animal food products; our relationships with animals play a big role in our lives. What are the specifics of the complex relationship between animals and humans? If girls want to know more so they can make informed choices and help others make them, too, this badge is for them.

To earn, complete the following activity plan:

• Voice for Animals Activity Plan

Cookie Program

The new Cookie Entrepreneur Family Pin enables families to support girls as they learn to think like an entrepreneur through the Girl Scout Cookie Program. Each Girl Scout grade level has its own set of requirements to help families guide their Girl Scout as she runs her own cookie business year after year. Girls can earn all 13 pins in the collection—one unique pin for every year they participate.

To earn, follow the Senior Cookie Entrepreneur Family Pin Requirements

Customer Loyalty

Girls who earn this badge will know how to build their cookie business by increasing customer loyalty.

To earn, follow requirements in the Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting.

Buying Power

Girls will learn how to research and budget for a big purchase for themselves or their families.

To earn, follow requirements in the Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting.

Girl Scout Way

As Girl Scout Seniors, girls might feel like life is a balancing act. On one hand, they're holding tight to the comforts of home and what’s familiar, and on the other, they're excited to open themselves up to the possibilities in the larger world. In this badge, girls will share the Girl Scout Way and bring together generations of Girl Scouts.

To earn, complete the following activity plan:

• Girl Scout Way Activity Plan

Business Etiquette

No matter what a girl's career dream is— astronaut, CEO, neurobiologist, rock star, or author—basic business manners will come in handy. From asking for a raise to presenting her persona online, this badge will help her create her business image.

To earn, complete the following activity plan:

• Business Etiquette Activity Plan

Adventure Camper

Adventure camping requires minimal equipment and gear because you'll be active during the day and possibly moving campsites.

To earn, complete the following activity plan:

• Adventure Camper Activity Plan

Outdoor Art Expert

Get ready to become an outdoor artist as you connect with nature and create something helpful to the environment. You'll learn how to see nature with an artists eye and find ways to express yourself.

• Outdoor Art Expert Activity Plan

Bridge to Girl Scout Ambassadors

Does your troop have a lot to give? Do they want their voices to be heard? Are they excited to get involved with people and causes they care about? Girl Scout Ambassadors is for them! Ambassador is the highest level a girl can attain in Girl Scouts. As a Girl Scout Senior, they begin exploring the wider world. When they become an Ambassador, they'll be ready to soar.

To earn, complete the following:

• Bridge to Girl Scout Ambassador Activity Plan
• See our Ceremonies, Traditions, and Celebrations article for additional ideas!