"My troop is going to ________; which Badge or Journey could we earn?" This question, or one very similar, is one of those most frequently asked on leader Facebook pages. If it is worth doing, surely the girls can earn something by doing it, right?Last week my troop did something that was very worthwhile and which earned them...nothing (ok I did buy a fun patch, but no Badge or Journey requirements were ticked, as least that I know). What did we do? We had a pajama party.
At our first meeting I asked the girls for some ideas of things they wanted to do this year. I have first grade Daisies and third grade Brownies, and they all attend different schools. One of my Daisies said "a sleepover" and all the girls quickly jumped on that bandwagon. I told them that we couldn't do that--the council won't let us have events at people's houses and the church won't let me have a sleepover on campus. However, I told them we could do a pajama party--everything they would do at a sleepover, except they would go home to sleep.
