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What's Inside the Experience Box

Maximize Your Girl Scout Experience

Explore What's Inside and Access Exclusive Resources 

Already receiving your boxes? Let’s unlock even more fun and creativity! From engaging activities to extra tips and inspiration, we’ve got everything you need to keep your troop meetings exciting and easy to lead. Browse through each box’s contents, discover additional resources, and find new ways to make time with your troop even more memorable. 

Ready to get started? Let’s dive in!

Check out our  FAQ  or contact us and learn more.  

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All eligible troops will receive the Welcome Box. The remaining boxes in the series are available for a limited time. The timeframe when you register and meet eligibility requirements determines which boxes you'll receive (see table below).

Boxes You'll Receive (By Level)
Register & Be Eligible by: Welcome Box Honest + Fair Money Explorer Cookie Program Courageous & Strong R-E-S-P-E-C-T Take Action Celebrate!
Welcome Box Outdoor Art Creator Create + Innovate Cookie Program My Great Day Girl Scout Way Eco Friend Celebrate!
October 19✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
November 16✔X✔✔✔✔✔✔
January 11✔XX✔✔✔✔✔
January 25✔XXX✔✔✔✔
February 22✔XXXX✔✔✔

You will only receive the boxes for the level for which your troop is registered. The names of the Daisy boxes are in blue, and the Brownie boxes are in brown. 

Shipping and delivery dates may vary. The volunteer who will receive your troop's box will get an email with the tracking number when each box ships. See our FAQ for common shipping questions; contact us if you have additional questions. 

 

Find out what's waiting in each box below.

Log in to myGS* to view your troop roster, register for training, and explore upcoming events—everything you need, all in one place.

*Please note that some resources listed below, including myGS, are only available in English.

Daisy Boxes (Grades K-1) 

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Welcome Box
Now shipping to all new participating troops!

The Welcome Box is all about giving new Girl Scout volunteers, Daisies, and their families a big Girl Scout welcome. Girl Scout volunteers receive everything they need to lead their first troop meeting. Girl Scouts play games to get to know one another; learn a few favorite Girl Scout traditions; and earn their first badge, the Promise Center. While Daisies have fun, their caregivers meet one another, discuss shared goals, and learn about the world of Girl Scouts and ways to help the troop. 

Check out the resources below to help prepare for the first troop meeting:

  • Review tips for your first parent meeting.
  • Learn about how to place petals, pins, and badges on the Daisy uniform.
  • Check out the Award and Badge Explorer.
  • Sing the Make New Friends song.  
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Check out your Honest & Fair and Friendly & Helpful Petal Box.

This Girl Scout Experience Box gives Girl Scout volunteers everything needed for two Girl Scout meetings. During the first meeting, Daisy Girl Scouts play games and work in groups to discover what it means to be honest and fair and put what they learn into practice. Then, in the following meeting, Daisies have fun together as they explore what it means to be friendly and helpful at home, with their troop, and in their community. 

Check out the resources below to help prepare for your next troop meetings:

  • Get your troop outside—fall tips.
  • Ask for help from other troop adults.
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Get ready to explore money with your Girl Scout Daisies.

This box is all about financial empowerment. Daisies will be earning their Money Explorer badge. In your first meeting, Girl Scouts build their understanding of money, its value, and how it’s used. Then, in the following meeting, Daisies will have fun with their friends as they put their knowledge of money into practice running their own pretend store. Prepare for loads of laughter as they take turns pretending to be store owners and customers.

Check out the resources below to help prepare for your next troop meetings:

  • Keep it girl-led.
  • Get inspired by a Girl Scout Alum’s financial empowerment journey. 
  • Get your troop finances in order with these tips.
  • Order your Money Explorer badges today.
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Prepare for the Girl Scout Cookie Program and your next three meetings.

This Girl Scout Experience Box is chock-full of fun with all the materials and activities you need for your next three troop meetings, so you have some flexibility during cookie season. Depending on when your council’s cookie program starts, you can order the meetings in a way that serves your Girl Scouts best.

Two meetings focus on the Girl Scout Cookie Program and one meeting focuses on the Considerate and Caring petal. These meetings allow you to kick off the Girl Scout Cookie Program with Daisies and caregivers as Girl Scouts learn to use their voices to decide how the troop will use proceeds from the program, work together as a team, and practice their sales pitch. Daisies also learn what it means to be considerate and caring as they practice their skills by “paying it forward.” 

Check out the resources below to help prepare for your next troop meetings:

  • Check out our volunteer cookie resources.
  • Rally parents for cookie season.
  • Help your Girl Scouts cultivate kindness.
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Check out your Courageous & Strong and Responsible for What I Say & Do Box.

This box gives Girl Scout volunteers everything needed for two Girl Scout meetings. In your first meeting, Daisies play games and work in groups to discover what it means to be courageous and strong and practice what they learn. Then, in the following meeting, Daisies explore how to be responsible for their words and actions.

Check out the resources below to help prepare for your next troop meetings:

  • Help Girl Scouts learn to use their voices.
  • Help your troop build relationships in their community for future field trips, projects, and guest speakers.
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Get ready to help your Daisies explore what respect means to them!

Your Daisy troop will have fun together as they explore what respect looks like at home, at school, and in their community.

Now that your Daisies are getting more comfortable with you and their Girl Scout friends, you are likely to see more energy from them at each meeting. This is a great time to revisit ways they show respect to one another by living by the Girl Scout Law and by letting them create their own group rules to follow when they are together.

Check out the resources below to help prepare for your next troop meetings:

  • Model self-care for your Girl Scouts.
  • All kinds of families are part of Girl Scouts.
  • Learn about the importance of field trips and travel.
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Check out the Make the World a Better Place & Use Resources Wisely Box.

This month, Girl Scouts learn to be change-makers. In your first meeting, Daisies get crafty and learn how to reduce their use. Then, Daisies work together to discover how they can take action and be a change-maker in their homes and communities.

Check out the resources below to help prepare for your next troop meetings:

  • Consider hosting a guest speaker.
  • Learn about Leave No Trace.
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Prepare for your end-of-year celebration!

Daisies earn the Be a Sister to Every Girl Scout petal as they celebrate differences, learn about Girl Scouts around the world, and discover what it takes to keep friendships strong. Then, it’s time to celebrate all your troop has accomplished this year! Wrap up the Girl Scout year with Daisies and their families by sharing favorite memories from a year of Girl Scout fun and friendship and get excited for the next year!

Check out the resources below to help prepare for your next troop meetings:

  • Sing “I’m a Girl Scout Daisy” with your troop.
  • Learn about bridging.
  • Plan the year ahead.

Brownie Boxes  (Grades 2-3) 

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Welcome Box
Now shipping to all new participating troops!

The Welcome Box is all about giving Girl Scout volunteers, Brownies, and their families a big Girl Scout welcome. Volunteers receive everything they need to lead their first Brownie meeting. Girl Scouts play games to get to know one another and also learn a few favorite Girl Scout signs, symbols, and a song. While Brownies have fun, their caregivers discuss shared goals and learn about the world of Girl Scouts and ways to help the troop. 

Check out the resources below to help prepare for the first meeting:

  • Review tips for your first parent meeting.
  • Learn about how to place items on the Brownie uniform.
  • Sing the Make New Friends song.  
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Get ready to create with the Outdoor Art Creator Box.

This Girl Scout Experience Box gives Girl Scout volunteers everything needed for two Girl Scout meetings, with the option of taking one or both of those meetings outside. During the first meeting, Brownies will find art inspiration in the outdoors, capture some of nature’s beauty on paper by doing leaf rubbings, and create a wind chime to enjoy music made by nature. In the second meeting, Brownies will find outdoor inspiration for a drawing or painting, and they’ll create window art using nature themes. 

Check out the resources below to help prepare for your next two meetings:

  • Get your troop outside—fall tips.
  • Ask for help from other troop adults.
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Bring ideas to life with your Create and Innovate Box.

This box is all about innovation! In their first meeting, Brownies will explore the meaning of innovation as they brainstorm creative ways to improve everyday items. They’ll also learn about user-centered design by creating a special gift with a specific person in mind. During their second meeting, Brownies will create wildflower seed balls to plant in the spring. They’ll also learn to create packaging solutions and a sales pitch as they wrap and promote their products. 

Check out the resources below to help prepare for your next two meetings:

  • Keep it girl-led.
  • Explore the badge and extra activities.
  • Order your Create and Innovate Badges today.
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Prepare for the Girl Scout Cookie Program and your next three meetings.

This Girl Scout Experience Box is chock-full of fun with all the materials and activities you need for your next three troop meetings, so you have some flexibility during cookie season. Depending on when your council’s cookie program starts, you can order the meetings in a way that serves your Girl Scouts best.

Two meetings focus on the Girl Scout Cookie Program and one meeting focuses on the Resilient. Ready. Strong. patch program. The cookie meetings allow you to kick off the Girl Scout Cookie Program with Brownies and caregivers as Girl Scouts decide how the troop will use proceeds from the program, work together as a team, and practice their sales pitch. The patch program meeting shows Brownies how to strengthen their mental wellness as they take steps to be ready when life gets tough.

Check out the resources below to help prepare for your next three meetings:

  • Check out our volunteer cookie resources.
  • Rally parents for cookie season.
  • Learn more about Girl Scouts’ mental wellness activities.
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Life is more fun when it’s going smoothly—let’s get organized!

The My Great Day Box helps Brownies take ownership of their daily routines, schedules, and “stuff”—with some games and fun sprinkled in. In the first meeting, Brownies will learn how to make their morning and evening routines flow smoothly and organize the things they use every day. In the second meeting, Brownies will make a special dates calendar for their year and organize all the supplies their troop has received so far this year.

Check out the resources below to help prepare for your next two meetings:

  • Encourage responsibility.
  • Order your My Great Day Badges today.
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Introduce Brownies to shared experiences in the Girl Scouts global community.

Right on time for Girl Scout Week, Brownies learn how they are part of a global community by participating in practices and experiences shared by Girl Scouts everywhere. Brownies will have a Girl Scout–style blast singing, playing games, making SWAPS, and much more as they earn their Girl Scout Way badge.

Check out the resources below to help prepare for your next two meetings:

  • Learn about Girl Scout week, and more about Girl Scout customs.

  • Check with your council for a songbook or other council-created resources.

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Get ready to explore the outdoors and take care of nature.

The Eco Friend Box prepares you for two meetings and an outdoor field trip. Brownies play a game to learn about Leave No Trace principles, then explore how to protect animal habitats when they go outside. They learn about professionals who protect the outdoors and make up their own game or song to teach others about Leave No Trace. Finally, they’ll take a walk outdoors and put their skills into practice!

Check out the resources below to help prepare for your next two meetings:

  • Learn more about how Girl Scouts get outdoors.
  • Brownie Eco Friend Badge Activity.
  • Order your Eco Friend Badges today. 
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Prepare for your end-of-year celebration! 

This Girl Scout Experience Box includes plans to throw a unique end-of-year celebration designed by Girl Scouts, for Girl Scouts. It’s a great way to celebrate all your troop has accomplished. Wrap up the Girl Scout year with Brownies and their families by sharing favorite memories of Brownie adventure, excitement, and curiosity—and get excited for the next year!

Check out the resources below to help prepare for your next two meetings:

  • If you have third graders who are bridging to Junior Girl Scouts, work with your Brownies to plan their bridging ceremony.
  • Plan the year ahead either as a second-year Brownie Troop, a first-year Junior troop, or a multi-level troop.

 

Experience Box Volunteer Resources

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As a Girl Scout volunteer, you’re part of a community. Whether you have questions about creating memorable experiences for your troop or the logistics of setting up a meeting, we’re here to support you every step of the way. Contact us.

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Did you know you have a network of local volunteers who are part of your Girl Scout team? Tap into the larger Girl Scout community by connecting with your service unit.

What's a service unit? 
A service unit is a group of Girl Scout volunteers working in your local area to support troops. The service unit (or SU) team is an essential support system that organizes training, mentorship, Girl Scout events, and membership support for volunteers, Girl Scouts, and families.

Why should I connect with my service unit?
The local volunteers on your service unit team provide an extra layer of support. When you connect with your service unit, you’ll meet fellow new leaders and experienced Girl Scout volunteers who will support and guide you. You’ll also be in-the-know about local program opportunities you can use to supplement your troop meetings and help your troop members meet other local Girl Scouts!

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There are many ways for troops, individual Girl Scouts, and their families to have fun, learn, and grow throughout the year. Each month you’ll receive your box with all the supplies you need to run your troop meetings. Additional fun awaits through our council- and community partner-led events. Check out our events and partner programs!

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