Girl Scout Swaps

For Mother's Day Weekend my Girl Scout Troop (I'm a proud leader) decided they wanted to go to the Girl Scout Thanks-a-Lot event at the Nick Hotel in Orlando. I was very nervous as this was our troop's first trip and my girls really have not interacted with other Girl Scouts out of our City.

For the event, the Girls had to take swaps to trade with the other Girl Scouts...so in comes crafty leader to come up with something.

We decided to make little flamingo swaps since our troop is based in Hialeah, Florida and Hialeah is known for it's famous racetrack which is also a flamingo sanctuary. We found flamingo beads we strung on a pin and from the bottom we hung a little tag that said our troop's info.

Needless to say that the girls loved the swaps. They all sat around a table and put them together without complaining. I think they did a fantastic job!