Activity Description: Youth draw a picture and make a customer list to plan who they can talk to about buying cookies.
Items Needed:
- VTK Get Creative by GSUSA
- Writing and coloring supplies
Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 20-35 min):
- Draw yourself as a cookie seller. (5-10 min)
- Youth use the activity Get Creative by GSUSA to draw how they look when talking to customers. They may include details like smiling, holding an order card, or standing at a booth.
- Brainstorm customer ideas. (5-10 min)
- Youth think of people they can ask to buy cookies.
- Youth write their ideas clearly on the activity page. Write names of specific people such as family, friends, or neighbors. Add general notes like “families at soccer practice” or “parent’s work friends.”
- (Optional) Decorate the list. (5-10 min)
- Decorate the list with drawings or colors if they want.
- Share with the group. (5 min)
- Youth share their lists to give others new ideas for customers. Allow youths to add to their list if another youth had an idea they can also use.
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Info Needed for Customer Practice: Learn what to say to customers and practice it.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Daisy My First Cookie Business badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 5 of GSUSA Brownie My Cookie Customers badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 5 of GSUSA Junior Cookie Collaborator badge requirements.
Info Needed for Customer Sharing: Share the reason for the cookie sale with customers.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Daisy Cookie Goal Setter badge requirements.
Info Needed for Pitches: Make a sales pitch and practice, create a video, or write it down and get feedback (Ambassador needs feedback from 3 mentors).
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Daisy My First Cookie Business badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 5 of GSUSA Junior My Cookie Team badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 4 of GSUSA Senior Cookie Boss badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 4 of GSUSA Ambassador My Cookie Business Resume badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Ambassador Cookie Influencer badge requirements.
Info Needed for Customer Reach: Make a list of potential customers and ways to reach them (i.e. a social media campaign).
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Brownie My Cookie Customers badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 4 of GSUSA Junior Cookie Collaborator badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 5 of GSUSA Cadette Cookie Innovator badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 4 of GSUSA Senior My Cookie Network badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 5 of GSUSA Senior Cookie Boss badge requirements.
This activity does not meet any Scouting America Requirements
