Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden - Watering Can Award

It's Your World - Change It!: A Leadership Journey
Girl Scout Daisies

I see why Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden is often the first Journey new Daisy troops tackle. There is so much overlap between it and earning the Daisy Learning Petals, it really makes the most sense to work on them simultaneously. Tessa already has a very good handle on the Promise and Law from earning the Petals these past several months, so I have decided to zip-a-dee-doo-dah through this Journey. We will read through the girls’ book and stick close to the guidelines for each award.

Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden - Watering Can Award

This first award represents girls being "responsible for what I say and do." Girls earn the award by caring for their mini-garden and beginning to understand how the Promise and the Law play out in their daily lives. The watering can, a source of nourishment in a garden, also serves as a dual symbol: The girls nurture their mini-garden while they nurture themselves by learning the Promise and Law.

What We Did

• Read introduction (pages 4-15), "Chapter 1: One Little Daisy Shining in the Sun" (pages 16-21) and "Chapter 2: A Smiling Bee and a Special Key" (pages 22-31) from Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden girls’ book. Completed associated questions and activities orally along the way.
• Created "Grass Head Guys" from Spoonful.com for Tessa's mini garden.
• Uploaded official Girl Scout Promise and Law video to Tessa's Kindle to watch and practice. (Downloaded via YouTube with SaveVid.com.)

Tessa has sprouted so many lima beans, etc. in cups for science that I wanted her to try something totally different for her Watering Can Award. After pulling up several ideas via Pinterest, she chose "Grass Head Guys" from Spoonful.com. Another good option that I really like is "Cute Plastic Bottle Planter" from Good Home Designs. I'm curious to see how well her grass head grows because so far the soil doesn't seem very moist. Although the directions don't say to, I'm thinking about having her mist the seeds every day or two.

Note: For whatever reason, "Grass Head Guys" didn't work out well for us. We had problems with our heads not absorbing water. We ended up moving them into small clear plastic cups. It was also difficult to keep from getting the paper on the yogurt cups wet. As a result, I cannot recommend this particular project as written.

Tessa started her grass head by measuring out two tablespoons of grass seed and a cup of potting soil. After pouring them into a nylon stocking, she tied a knot to close it. I helped her tighten the knot to make a firm head, but I'm not convinced we got it tight enough. Her grass head ended up being a little on the saggy side.

Tessa traced around a pattern I created ahead of time to make a dress for her grass head.

After cutting out and taping the dress onto a re-purposed yogurt container body, Tessa embellishment it with buttons. 

Tessa designed her grass head to look like Elsa from Disney's "Frozen." She thought the blue patterned paper she chose for the dress looked a bit like snowflakes. Glue dots worked great for adhering the eyes and buttons. She used a black Sharpie to draw on the smile.

Related Activities from Earlier in the Year

• Completed Girl Scout Promise poster and then practiced the Promise (scroll to end of post).
• Earned Promise Center and all Girl Scout Law Learning Petals.

Many songs from Girl Scouts Greatest Hits, Vol. 11, Amazing Daisies by Melinda Caroll are perfect for Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden. Be sure to check it out!

Looking for more Girl Scout Promise activities?

Check out my Garden Friends: Girl Scout Promise Practice Pages - Girl Scout Daisies & Brownies printable scouting helper.