Some great ideas to celebrate Juliette Gordon Low's birthday.
(This document was passed along from our Council, but I don't know who originally compiled it!).
JULIETTE LOW’S BIRTHDAY
October 31st
Happy Birthday
Daisy! Halloween was a special day
for
Juliette
Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouts of the USA, because she was born October
31, 1860 in Savannah, Georgia. A wonderfully eccentric woman with vision, she
believed in service to community, self-reliance for girls, and the importance
of having fun. Help your girls plan a celebration in honor of her birthday with
resources.
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DAISY ACTIVITIES
OPENING: Sing Juliette Gordon
Low (tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Chorus: Juliette, Juliette Gordon Low
Founded the Girl Scouts long
ago
She Founded the Girl Scouts in
1912,
Served her country, served it
well
(Chorus)
From Savannah she did roam
But she loved that place
called home
(Chorus)
On My honor, I will try
To do my duty until I die
(Chorus)
ACTIVITY #1 – PLAY THE JULIETTE LOW AND GIRL
SCOUTING GAME
(An Action Story) As the story is read, players do the
following actions when certain words are said. Practice the motion first so
everyone understands. This is easier to play standing up.
"JULIETTE
LOW" - Join hands with persons on right and left
"SCOUT’ OR SCOUTING"- Smile and salute
"WORLD" - Spin around once
“FUND” - Punch a button with one finger and say “cha-ching”
In 1912, Juliette Low became interested in scouting while visiting her friends,
Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, who lived in England and who started Boy Scouting
and Girl Guiding in their part of the world.
When Juliette Low
came back to America, she thought scouting was so wonderful that she decided to
start the first Girl Scout Troop in her own home town of Savannah, Georgia.
This she did on March 12, 1912 and this first little troop of eight girls was
the first Girl Scout troop in this part of the world.
This first Girl
Scout troop was so successful that Juliette Low wanted to see Girl Scout troops
all over the world. She knew that Girl Scouting would help girls all over the
world become friends and to help build world peace and good will.
Girl Scouting grew
and grew until now you are not only a member of your own little troop, but also
a member of the Girl Scouts of the USA and the world Association of the Girl
Guides and Girl Scouts.
Juliette Low died
in 1927 and her friends wanted to pay her a great tribute. They knew that her
greatest dream was of world friendship and of world peace and that she hoped to
accomplish this through Girl Scouting. So her friends started a memorial fund
in her honor and called it the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund and each year
all Girl Scouts in the United States contributed to this Fund which helps Girl
Scouting all over the world.
Your contributions
to this Fund will travel to all parts of the world and help Girl Scouts in many
ways; maybe it will help to send older Girl Scouts from our country to Our
Chalet in Switzerland, where Girl Scouts from all over the world get together
to exchange ideas and to help build world peace.
We have no way of
knowing how far our contribution may travel; we have no way of knowing what
ways it may be returned to us in new friendships and world peace. But we do
know that the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund is doing a lot of good. We do
know that we are helping the fund to spread Girl Scouting around the world when
we make our contribution to the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund.
ACTIVITY #2: Juliette Low Birthday Party
The girls can bring “gifts” to their troop in honor of
Juliette’s birthday. A great way
to start your troop supplies or replenish used items. Ideas for gifts might include crayons, construction paper,
glue, paper towels, napkins, paper plates, etc.
The list can be modified to your particular needs. Have the girls wrap their gifts and
share them with their troop/group.
Everyone brings a gift and opens a gift.
Have a birthday cake or cupcakes and punch! Play some fun party games, such as pin
the “Petal on the Daisy”, “Juliette Says”, etc. Just have fun!
For those in their
Daisy year, a full-fledged birthday party for Juliette complete with gifts that
could be given to a local children's hospital or charity would be a good way to
introduce the youngest Girl Scouts to Juliette Low and would qualify for their
"to make the world a better place" petal.
ACTIVITY #3 – TEA PARTY
In honor of
Juliette Low's love of tea parties, you can host a mother/daughter tea party,
complete with hats, gloves, and teatime etiquette. Serve petit four sandwiches,
punch in fancy cups and listen to classical music as you sip!
ACTIVITY #4 – SERVICE PROJECT
Participate
in a service project to honor Juliette Low. Appropriate "Juliette-themed" gifts for such an
event would be art supplies in that Juliette loved to paint and sculpt. If a charity, hospital, or school for
disabled children exists in your area, donating to any of these choices would
be doubly appropriate. When Juliette founded Girl Scouting, girls with
disabilities were welcomed, whereas they were often excluded elsewhere.
SNACKS
Cookies &
S’Mores - Learn the history of Girl Scout cookies & S’Mores. Hint try
looking up Some More. Create a recipe using at least one type of Girl Scout
cookie.
CRAFTS
FORK DAISIES -
Create a bouquet of fork daisies in various colors. Place in a vase or pin to yourself as a corsage.
Needed: Fork for
each girl to use as a loom – heavy duty forks work best,
various colors of
yarn, scissors
Cut a piece of yarn
6 inches long and place between the middle tines of a fork so that both ends
hang down. Hold fork handle and
yarn together in one hand. This
will become the stem of the flower after being used to tie the weaving
together.
Cut a piece of yarn
12-18 inches. Hold one end of this
piece of yarn in same hand along with fork and stem piece. Begin weaving yarn in and out of the
tines of the fork, weaving under one, over the next. Go around the end and continue weaving until the yarn is all
used or the fork is full. Have a buddy help by holding the fork so you can lift
the ends of the stem pieces and tie around the weaving using a half knot in the
center tine. Gently pull weaving
off the fork, tightening the knot as you pull. When knot is off the fork, tighten fully and finish the knot
as a square knot. Trim ends even, leaving stem longer. Make a Daisy magnet. Use
yellow posterboard and glue or tie a yarn fork daisy in the center. Glue a magnet to the back.
JULIETTE LOW
PAPERBAG PUPPET
Using one paper bag
per girl, girls can decorate their puppets with google eyes, yarn hair, felt
mouths, etc. Or use markers and
crayons to make the craft simpler.
Design the puppets
attire by finding out what kind of Girl Scout uniforms were worn during Juliet
Low’s time. Use old scraps of
fabric, felt, or construction paper to make these uniforms. Or again you can use markers and crayons
to make the craft simpler. Use
your imagination!
TISSUE PAPER
DAISIES
Make a bouquet of
tissue paper daisies
using white and yellow paper. Stack 3 white and 1 yellow pieces of tissue
paper. Trim the ends more deeply before you open up the flower so that the
petals separate better. Trim the top of the yellow center if desired.
Needed: 2 white and
1 yellow colored tissue paper, chenille stem, scissors, ruler
Directions: Cut tissue paper into rectangles of desired size (5x7" is the size pictured). Stack 4 pieces of tissue paper. Accordion pleat the tissue paper working from the long side. Wind one end of the chenille stem around the middle of the accordion pleated tissue paper. Gently separate each layer pulling upwards toward the middle of the flower.
CLOSING: DAISY SONG
tune: Bicycle Built
For Two
Daisy, Daisy, We honor your memory true.
We are Girl Scouts, All because of you.
We follow the path you started and live the law you charted.
We grow & grow for Juliette Low, America's proud of you.
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BROWNIE ACTIVITIES
OPENING: SING - JULIETTE GORDON LOW
(tune: Twinkle,
Twinkle Little Star)
From Savannah Mrs. Low did roam
But she always called it home
Juliette, Juliette Gordon Low
Founded the Girl Scouts long ago
She met a man named Baden-Powell
Starting the Boy Scouts was his goal
When some girls came to be a Scout
Juliette decided to help them out
When she came back to the USA
She started the Girl Scouts right away
Juliette, Juliette Gordon Low
Founded the Girl Scouts long ago
In 1912, some girls-they met,
And had tea with Juliette
Juliette, Juliette Gordon Low
Founded the Girl Scouts long ago
Girl Scouts she came here to start
And I thank her from my heart.
ACTIVITY #1 - THE JULIETTE LOW STORY
(Divide the group into eight group; these will be Juliette Low, Georgia,
Horses, London, Lord Baden-Powell, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts)
Sound
Effects- (when they hear their names they stand up and make their sound. It's
even cuter when they have to do an action as well)
Little Girls
-
Stand and giggle
Juliette Low
-
Curtsy and say, "Be my friend"
Georgia-
Wave and say, "Hi, y'all!"
Horses-
Stamp your feet and say, "Neighhhhhhh."
Lord
Baden-Powell- Bow formally and say,
"How d'ya do?"
London-
Sing, "London Bridge is Falling Down"
Boy
Scouts-
Make Scout sign and say
"Be prepared."
Girl
Scouts-
Make Scout sign and say “On My Honor”
Read the
story-
Once upon a time there was a little girl named Juliette Low who
lived in Georgia and loved to ride horses. After she grew up she
went to London where she met Lord Baden-Powell who founded the Boy
Scouts. She was fascinated by the work he was doing. She studied with him
awhile and decided to found a troop of Girl Scouts for the little girls
who liked to ride horses in Georgia. So Juliette Low said
good-bye to the Boy Scouts in London and came home with the ideas
that Lord Baden-Powell gave her. She formed a group of little girls,
who liked to ride horses and be together, into a troop of Girl Scouts.
And they loved it so much that the idea spread and now there are Girl Scout
troops all over the world. Aren't we glad that a little girl named Juliette
Low, from Georgia who liked horses went to London and
met Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts, and came to
start the wonderful world of Girl Scouts!
ACTIVITY #2 - JULIETTE LOW KIM’S GAME
(reader) Juliette
Low was the founder of Girl Scouting.
I'd like to tell you a little about her life:
Juliette was born
on Oct 31, 1860 - Halloween (Hold
up a pumpkin) Her uncle took one look at her and said, "She looks like a
Daisy" this nickname stuck with her for the rest of her life (Hold up silk
Daisy) Juliette always loved animals, especially horses. (Show toy horse) She
also loved to draw and paint pictures - so much, that she created a children's
magazine with all of the articles and pictures done by children (Show crayons,
colored pencils or paint brushes) Juliette married Willie Gordon Low in
1886. (Hold up wedding ring) Some
of the rice thrown at their wedding became lodged in Julliette's left ear,
causing her to become deaf in this ear (Show baggie of rice) Juliette and
Willie both loved adventure, so together they decided to move to England (Hold
up sailboat) Once in England, Juliette met Lord & Lady Baden-Powell. She very much enjoyed what they had
done with the Boy Scout movement (Hold up picture of a boy) Willie passed away
while they lived in England, Juliette returned to Georgia and made the famous
phone call which was heard around the United States, "Come on over to my
house tonight, we are going to hold the first Girl Scout meeting!" (Hold up telephone) As with all Girl
Scout troops, money was needed to keep the program running, so Juliette sold
the pearl necklace Willie had given her for a wedding present. (Show strand of pearls) Girl Scouting
in the USA was born on March 12, 1912 and continues today with over 3 1/2
million members. (Hold up GS pin) Now, cover up all the items you have been
showing, give girls a short period of time to list all the items.
ACTIVITY #3 – SEWING
Daisy formed the
“Helping Hands Club” and although she could not sew, she decided to be the
sewing teacher. Using tapestry needles and colorful yarn, try a simple sewing
activity. An owl or frog sewing kit made out of felt with girls sewing on large
button eyes would bring a bit of the Brownie lore into this project.
ACTIVITY #4 – SIDEWALK
PET PORTRAITS
Juliette Low always
had pets. Find out what kind of pets she had. Find a place in your community
that cares for or about pets. Read about pet care, visit a veterinary clinic or
learn about pet therapy. Create
sidewalk pet portraits, and show the world the great pets that live in your
neighborhood. Dogs, cats, hamsters, fish, birds -- whatever the pet, you can
create its portrait on the sidewalk, in the playground, on a driveway.
What You'll Need:
sidewalk chalk, neighborhood pets (dogs, cats, birds, hamster, spiders on the
wall, etc. be creative)
Take out the
sidewalk chalk and let your drawings tell the story.
CRAFTS
JULIETTE LOW
NECKLACE
Make a Juliette Low
Necklace. Cut out different
colored circles from fun foam, add the decoration listed below, punch a hole in
the top of each circle, thread on a piece of yarn or ribbon. You might want to add beads in between
the foam circles.
- Juliette Low's nickname was Daisy. Glue
on a daisy.
- Juliette Low love animals and had a horse
name fire. Glue on a horseshoe.
- Juliette Low's Girl Scouts did
non-traditional activities like camping. Glue on a tent.
- Juliette sold her pearls to fund the
Girl Scout movement. Cut a piece of molded pearls and glue it into a
necklace shape.
- Juliette Low was born on Halloween October
31, 1860. Glue on a Halloween shape.
- Juliette Low died of breast cancer in
1927. Cut off a piece of pink ribbon representing the breast cancer hope
symbol and glue to card.
- Juliette Low taught her Girl Scouts how
to cook over a campfire. Glue on a campfire.
- Juliette Low played Basketball with her
troop. Glue on a basketball.
- Juliette Low taught her troop basic
first aid. Peel backing off a band aid and stick on card.
- Juliette Low was deaf and did not
exclude disabled girls from Girl Scouting. Glue the middle and ring fingers
down to the palm of a hand. This means "I love you" in sign
language. Glue the hand to the card.
OLD TIME CRAFT
Create a craft
appropriate to the time of Juliette Low…possibly a craft her troop might have
done. You can think of your
own or use one of the suggestions below:
embroider a bookmark, make paper dolls, create a tinsel picture, and
make a design from clay or aluminum foil that she could have used in her
ironwork creations.
SNACKS
OLD TIME POPCORN
Popcorn was and
still is a favorite snack!
Juliette Low would have popped it either on top of the stove or in the
fire. You can make popcorn the way
Juliette did on top of the stove.
Popping the popcorn on the stove top in a heavy pan with a lid can be a
good form of exercise as well.
What you need: 1 cup popcorn kernels and 1/4 oil. Heavy duty pan with a lid
Directions: Heat oil in the pan add the cup of popcorn and place the lid on
top. Continually shake the popcorn during the popping process. The popping corn
will ping the lid during the process. The popcorn will take approximately 2 to
4 minutes to pop. Once the popping has slowed down, remove from the heat so it
doesn't burn.
CLOSING - Juliette Gordon Low Candle Ceremony
Equipment needed:
candle for each girl, matches/lighter,
water bucket (with water in it)
Narrator: Long ago
a special ceremony was formed. Juliette Low wanted her original girls to carry
a special spark with them as their Scout group broke up. Some from the troop
were moving away, working to help their families or wanted to help a group of
girls a little younger than themselves. But whatever their reasons, Juliette
knew no other group would ever quite be the same. As the girls stood in a
circle holding candles (they had made), Juliette knew what spark it was that
she wanted to pass on. She lit her candle and spoke.
Juliette Low: "With
this candle I give you each something very special to pass on. As I light the
candle on my right I ask each of you to light the candle to your right and pass
it on. I want you to carry this thought with you wherever you go. This is the ETERNAL
FLAME for Girl Scouts. Each of you after having a lit candle before you will
repeat the Girl Scout Promise with me, then pause and recall a few of the
things we have done together as a group. I will hold my candle up and as I do
so you will all raise yours and we will blow them out together. Before we
separate from our circle, I want to ask you to keep this candle as a very
special candle. It is not to be used for any purpose but passing on the ETERNAL
FLAME. You may use it in other Girl Scout ceremonies such as camps, campfires,
bridging or court of awards ceremonies. I'm glad we were able to start a
special tradition based on our ETERNAL FLAME."
Girls: recite the
Girl Scout promise together and the blow out the candles together. Girls get to keep their candle for any
other Girl Scout ceremony.
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JUNIOR ACTIVITIES
OPENING: GIRL SCOUT BIRTHDAY CEREMONY
Here’s a ceremony
for your girls to read as you light the candles of the GS birthday cake...
G is for the gracious way we
all proclaim our birth
I points up the Ideas shared
and those we¹d like unearthed
R is for Respect we have for
every race and creed
L is for our Loyalty to
promises we heed
S is for Sincerity of deed
and word and mind
C is for the Countless ways
in which these are combined
O is Obligation that we owe
to fellow man
U means that it's you who
must be first to lend a hand
T is for the Teamwork which
has evidenced our growth
I is for Integrity which
backs the Girl Scout oath
N is for the Noble way we
remember days of old
G is for the Grateful thanks
for efforts toward our goal
It all began with a
spark of light,
And Juliette led
the way.
Today her ideas are
glowing bright,
It’s Girl Scouts (#
of years scouting has been around) Birthday!
ACTIVITY #1 – JULIETTE LOW MAD LIB
Make a list of
words that will fit into the verse below. Then read it for a funny twist on
Juliette Low’s Birthday.
On March 12, 1912
______________ started the first _________ Scout
name of person in
room noun
_________ in her ____________ town of Savannah, Georgia. This first
noun
adjective
little _________ of
________ _________ was the first Girl Scout troop
noun number plural
noun
in _______________.
place
This first Girl
Scout ________ was so successful that ______________
noun name
of person in room
wanted to see
__________ troops all over the ____________.
adjective
noun
She knew that Girl
Scouting would help _________ all over _________
plural
noun
place
become __________
and to help build world _________. Girl Scouting
plural
noun noun
grew and
_____________ until now you are not only a member of your
past
tense verb
own ____________
troop, but also a member of the Girl Scouts of
adjective
_______________ and
the World Association of _________________.
place plural
noun
ACTIVITY #2 - THE WRIGHT TROOP CELEBRATES
JULIETTE LOW'S BIRTHDAY
(Your girls might
enjoy preparing a layette basket for the first baby girl born on Juleitte’s
birthday. In place of passing party favors in the Wright Troop game each girl
could bring a wrapped baby gift. These could then be passed around the circle
and the girls would open the gift in their lap at the end of the game. The baby
items could then be donated)
When the words
WRIGHT or RIGHT are read, players are to pass a small gift or swap to the
person on their right. When the word LEFT is read, gifts are passed to the
left. Pause a moment after each of these words to help cue them into passing.
At the end of the story, the players get to keep the gift they have in their
hands.
Juliette Low's birthday was almost there and
Mrs. Wright’s troop was just about finished decorating. Mrs. WRIGHT, her daughter Susie WRIGHT,
and her cousin Sally WRIGHT returned from their last minute shopping. "There is not much LEFT to be
done," said Mr. WRIGHT as he came into the kitchen. "Did you hang the streamers above
the table where I told you to?" asked Mrs. WRIGHT. "I LEFT them RIGHT where you told
me to," said Mr. WRIGHT.
"I am glad we got all the food we needed---I don't have any money
LEFT," said Sally WRIGHT. The
hall phone rang and Susie WRIGHT ran to answer it. She came running back into the kitchen explaining;
"Aunt Tillie RIGHT LEFT a cake for us on Grammas Wright’s back porch. I'll go RIGHT over there and get
it," she said as she LEFT the house.
Mr. WRIGHT LEFT the kitchen and brought in the presents they
bought. By the time Susie WRIGHT
returned, Mrs. WRIGHT, Mr. WRIGHT and Sally WRIGHT had begun to set the
table. Just then the doorbell
rang. Mrs. Wright’s troop had
arrived. Each girl took off her
coat and LEFT it RIGHT by the front door.
Jennifer turned to her LEFT to say "Hi" to Karen. Jessica was so busy talking to Elaine
that she bumped RIGHT into Betty.
Together they all finished helping Susie WRIGHT and Sally WRIGHT finish
setting up for the party.
"That looks RIGHT nice," they all exclaimed. The WRIGHT troop
played games, made crafts, and sang a RIGHT large number of songs, including
Sally Wright’s favorite, "I LEFT My Heart in San Francisco". They decided to WRITE birthday cards
for babies born on Juliette Low's birthday. Finally it was time for cake. Mrs. WRIGHT LEFT the room to get the cake while Sally RIGHT
got the forks and started passing them out, starting on her LEFT. The entire troop ate and ate until
there was no cake LEFT. All the
members of Mrs. Wright’s troop agreed that this was the best party ever. They cleaned up all the mess that was
LEFT and put everything away in the RIGHT place. Mr. WRIGHT was very pleased. "Thank you, girls, for all your help. That was the RIGHT thing to do. No wonder your leader, Mrs. WRIGHT, is
always so proud of you." One
by one the girls' parents came for them.
One by one they all said, “Good night, Mrs. WRIGHT. See you next week." Now I hope you have the RIGHT bag of
candy for yourself because that's all that is LEFT of our story--- except to
say Happy Birthday Juliette Low!! Isn't that RIGHT????
ACTIVITY #3 –THE GOLDEN EAGLET
Borrow the video
The Golden Eaglet from the GSRI council office. (ext. 1311). Watch how Girl Scouts in the early days
of Girl Scouting were prepared to help.
ACTIVITY #4 – BADGES FROM THE PAST
Use an early
handbook, such as How Girls Can Help Their Country, to compare the badges from
an earlier time period to those in your handbook. Try to complete one badge
from a different decade. (books from different decades are available at the
council office)
ACTIVITY #5 - LEARN SEMAPHORE
Semaphore flags
were used to communicate before the invention of the telephone. Make the flags
and then learn to send a secret message.
You can even make the flags out of construction paper and tape them onto
dowels.
CRAFTS
ARTIST (PALETTE)
In the 1913 Girl
Scout handbook “to obtain an Artist’s badge a girl must draw or paint in oils
or water colors from nature; or model in clay or plasticine or modeling wax
from cartoons or from life”.
Complete one activity from the above description.
JULIETTE’S PEARLS SWAP
In 1914 Juliette
sold a strand of rare matched pearls to pay the rent for the national office.
She said "Jewels are not important, but my Girl Scouts are, they need
money more than I need pearls".
Make a SWAP for yourself and one to give away. Using a piece of molded pearls
glue it into a necklace shape then add the quote above to your SWAP.
DAISY FRIENDSHIP
BRACELET
Instructions: Coat
ends of cord with glue. Let dry. String 6 white pony beads. Loop cord around
and feed through bead 1 again. Tighten. String 1 yellow pony bead and position
it in the center of the flower. Feed cord back through bead. Tighten. Tie a
knot on both sides of daisy. String a green bead on to each side and tie
another knot to hold bead in place.
Repeat step four, knotting 2" from first knot. Trim to size.
Bracelet ties on to wrist.
SNACKS
COOK (gridiron)
BADGE
From the 1913 How Girls Can Help Their Country are the
requirements for the COOK badge.
One of the requirements is that girls must know how to make two
salads. Find the recipes for two
new salads and create them for your troop/group.
Also a requirement
from the Cook Badge was that a girl needed to know how to make tea, coffee or
cocoa. Here is a recipe for cocoa
from Juliette Low’s era.
"Cocoa"
Put into a large
sauce-pan two ounces of good cocoa (the chocolate nut before it is ground) and
one quart of water. Cover it, and as soon as it has come to a boil, set it on
coals by the side of the fire, to simmer for an hour or more. Take it hot with
dry toast.
CLOSING
JULIETTE LOW TAPS
(tune:Taps)
On this day, we have come,
From the North, from the South,
East and West.
All your dreams will live on,
Juliette.
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CADETTE, SENIOR &
AMBASSADOR ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY #1 Make
up a Kim’s Game to teach the girls about Juliette
Kim’s Game is a
game Lord Baden Powell (who started Boy Scouts-that’s another story) used to
train his troops. It’s a memory game. You have many objects out and then take
away some. (We play that one team takes all the objects away and then the other
team takes turns remembering all the objects) As they are “recalled”, they are
placed back in view.
Here are some
things you can gather to tell of Juliette’s life:
- Tomato can: having nothing else on hand
to put her honor pins in, Juliette grabbed an empty tomato can and carried
the pins to a meeting in it.
- Paper daisy: Juliette was called Daisy
- Rubber worm: Juliette loved fishing; in
fact she would go out with the men after a formal dinner. It was not
unusual for her to go fishing in her evening dress.
- White glove: Juliette could be found
cleaning the house in her evening wear.
- Pearl necklace: Juliette sold her pearls
so as to keep Girl Scouting program. She solely supported the Girl Scouts
in the United States for several years.
- Rice: It was a piece of rice thrown for
good luck that was the cause of Juliette being partially deaf in her one
good ear. It lodged itself in the ear drum.
- Teabag: Even though Juliette lived in a
time when tea was served regularly, she spent 6 months drinking water
(instead of tea) as a bargain with her butler to help him quit drinking.
- Book: (especially a ghost story book):
Juliette LOVED to tell stories. She wrote many stories herself. And girls
teased her to tell ghost stories around the campfire.
- Fish: Juliette was one of a very few
people EVER outside the United Kingdom to be awarded the Silver Fish.
- Cast iron trivet: Juliette tried many
things. She was very good at most of them. The iron gates she forged with
her own hands can still be seen at the “Birthplace” in Savannah, Georgia.
Because of doing this heavy demanding iron work, her muscles in her arms
got very large. She had trouble making her evening dresses fit over the
muscles.
- A card with the word “Bonjour”: At
boarding school, Juliette learned French. She used to write letters home
to her parents in French.
- Jungle Book: Juliette was friends with
Rudyard Kipling.
- Battleship (I used one from the game).
There was a Liberty ship named for her during World War 2.
- Pumpkin: Juliette was born on October
31, 1860.
- Paint brush: Juliette also was very
good at painting.
- Turkey: Claiming decapitation was
inhumane, Juliette chloroformed the Thanksgiving turkey. It was plucked
(feathers pulled out of it) and put in the icebox (refrigerator). The next
day when the refrigerator was
opened to prepare it for dinner, it jumped out and scared the cook.
- British Flag: Juliette loved spending time
in England and Scotland. She had troops in both places at one time before
coming to start Girl Scouts in the United States.
- A picture of Lord and Lady Baden
Powell: These were friends of Juliette’s. Lord Baden Powell started Boy
Scouts and got Juliette interested in Girl Guides. They were known as the
World Chief Scout and the World Chief Guide.
After you explain
each item, divide your troop into two teams. Then you have one team close their
eyes and the other team takes the items. Then the first team opens their eyes
and takes turns saying what things were there. (Maybe you could give extra
points for explanation of significance) Then the other team gets to guess. Team
with the most points wins. Two games will make it even. Switch who starts.
ACTIVITY #2 –
In honor of Low's
love of tea parties, plan and serve a tea party for another troop, your troop,
your sister's troop or parents - use a Juliette Low theme. White gloves, dress
up et. Al.
ACTIVITY #3 SERVICE
PROJECT
Juliette Low helped
the less fortunate. Plan and carry out a service project you think she would
suggest if she were a leader today. One idea is listed below.
October is breast cancer
awareness month, and Juliette died of breast cancer in 1927. It would highly
appropriate for girls in one of America's premier organizations for girls to
mark the anniversary of their founder's birth by doing something to support
breast cancer awareness.
ACTIVITY
#4 – JULIETTE LOW BIRTHDAY PARTY SERVICE PROJECT
Add to your
birthday party making up Birthday Boxes for children in need. Request donations
of all the things needed for a birthday party: cake mix, frosting, candles,
plates, decorations, favors, and such. Many families have leftover party
supplies or mismatched items that they can no longer use. A local store may
even donate the needed grocery items. Your girls will have fun sorting through
the piles of donations to construct and gift wrap boxed birthday parties. You
can donate to a local food pantry, a children’s home, etc.
ACTIVITY #5 –
Juliette Low was
hearing impaired. Find out about other famous people who were hearing impaired.
Do an activity that helps you understand what life would be like with a hearing
impairment? (Watch TV or a video with the volume turned low, practice lip
reading, learn sign language etc.)
