Big Brownie Birthday Stay Away

5 of the brownies took up an offer of a sleepover at Deep Sea World.  

The district we're in all arrived on time but the others coming on the bus got a bit held up.

We played some games to kill the time, then we split into groups that Deep Sea World had put us into before we went on the workshops.  We were in the crabs, we had a waterpool handling session, then a tour in the tunnel meeting the sharks before a snake meet and greet and then a craft.  

We then sang happy birthday to us, before having cake, popcorn and hot chocolate with some fruit. 

Then it was PJ time, brush teeth and then in our units down to the tunnel.  

The tunnel took about an hour to get everyone rolled out and settled then, it took the girls a bit of time to get comfy.  Most were asleep by 1am.  

We did have a brownie go sleep walking.  2 who thought they could tell tales on their brown owl not realising she was standing behind them. 

It was good to share tales with other guiders about other pack holidays and camps and we took some photo's of some sleeping guiders with me photobombing them.  

All in all I had about 2.5 hours sleep before waking.  

In the morning it was pack up, in to uniforms, have breakfast of cereal and bacon rolls, then a chance to shop in the gift shop.  Then it was time to go home with our party bags.

A brilliant experience which I am glad our brownies were able to experience.  And so many thank you's from the girls and the parents.  Those 2 words mean a lot to guiders.

A Surprise

We did a surprise for later in June.  Unfortunately one of the surprises didn't quite work out but as I had bought loom bands, they helped with filling out the night, infact I think 99% of the brownies would have much preferred to have done them all night.  

Risk Factory Visit

We visited the Risk Factory based in Edinburgh.  This is a great educational resource and is mainly used for schools and vulnerable people.  In more recent years they have opened to cub badges and in the last year have designed a brownie programme.

We took part in the pilot last year where we did our fire prevention and road safety.  The girls really benefitted from the sessions.  2 of my friends units went along too, and I accompanied them, so already knew what would happen.  But none the less the home safety and crime prevention badges were easier to do this way in actual senarios.

The girls seemed to have a good time and enjoyed the experience and phoning 999 and taking part, so that should something ever happen, they know what to do.

So another 2 badges this term.