Activity Description: Youths explore Girl Scout Cookie types and prices, then practice buying cookies using play money.
Items Needed:
- Order cards
- Cookie packages or pictures of cookie packages
- Play money
- (Optional) Print and cut out enough $1 and $5 fake money from the Pretend Shopping (at DS Brownie Girl Scouts) file for each small group
- (Optional) Table or floor space to display cookies
Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 10–20 min):
- Talk about favorite cookies (2–3 min)
- Ask Youth to share their favorite cookie flavors.
- Let them know it’s okay if they don’t know Girl Scout Cookie names yet.
- Introduce Girl Scout Cookies (4–6 min)
- Show cookie packages, pictures, or order cards.
- Say each cookie name in a fun way and have Youth repeat it.
- Talk about what makes each cookie different or the same.
- Practice buying cookies (4–6 min)
- Ask which cookie each Youth would buy and how much it costs.
- Use play money to “buy” one package.
- Then count how much is needed to buy two or three packages.
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Leaders – please be aware of double dipping and make your own informed choice.
Info Needed for Cookie Facts: Learn the flavors and how much a box costs.
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Daisy My First Cookie Business badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Brownie My Cookie Customers badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Brownie Cookie Decision Maker badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Junior My Cookie Team badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Junior Cookie Collaborator badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Cadette My Cookie Venture badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Cadette Cookie Innovator badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Senior My Cookie Network badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Senior Cookie Boss badge requirements.
Info Needed for Money Facts: Practice making change.
- Fulfills Step 4 of GSUSA Brownie My Cookie Customers badge requirements.
Info Needed for Research Facts: Research one aspect of cookies (i.e. digital marketing, cookie taste testing, market research).
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Cadette Cookie Market Researcher badge requirements.
This activity does not meet any Scouting America Requirements
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