Activity Description: Youths explore cookie names and prices using the Digital Cookie or Smart Cookies site and practice adding items to a shopping cart.
Items Needed:
- Order cards
- Computer, tablet, or smartphone
- (Optional) Reminder emails sent to families for support
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.
- Explore cookie types online (4–6 min)
- Use the Digital Cookie or Smart Cookies site to show the cookie options. Say each cookie name and have Youth repeat it using silly voices.
- Talk about what makes each cookie different and how much they cost.
- Practice using the shopping cart (4–6 min)
- Ask Youth to choose one cookie and add it to the cart. Ask how much it costs.
- Add a second cookie and ask how much it costs now.
- Ask if the second box cost the same as the first.
- Try more combinations (2–5 min)
- Let Youth try adding different cookies or more boxes. Encourage them to figure out the total cost.
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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
