Activity Description: Youth create a vision board to show troop goals for using cookie money.
Items Needed:
- Poster board or large paper
- Magazines, printed images, or drawings
- Scissors
- Glue or tape
- Markers or colored pencils
- Order cards
- (Optional) Computers, smartphones, or tablets with Digital Cookie/Smart Cookies
- (Optional) Stickers or decorative items
Before the Meeting Starts:
- Gather materials for the vision board. (5 min)
- Use magazines, drawings, or printed images.
- (Optional) Use digital tools like slide deck software with an adult’s help.
Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 30–40 min):
- Share ideas as a group (4–6 min)
- Ask youth how they would like to use their cookie money.
- Write down all ideas so everyone can see them.
- Provide some choices as needed.
- Vote on favorite goals (3–5 min)
- Youth vote by raising hands, placing stickers, or using tokens. Or read each idea aloud and ask youth to clap for the ones they like best. Count claps to see which ideas are most popular.
- Count votes and announce the top choice.
- See GSUSA – D/B/J Voting or GSUSA – Teen Scout Voting for more details on how to vote.
- Create vision board pieces. (10–12 min)
- Cut out or draw pictures and words that show troop goals.
- Write facts or descriptions from order cards or online resources.
- (Optional) Use digital tools like slide deck software with an adult’s help.
- Arrange and attach items to the board. (5–7 min)
- Glue, tape, or digitally place items to make a clear collage.
- Display all pieces into one giant vision board. (5–7 min)
- Make sure troop goals are shown together.
- (Optional) Connect them together permanently and add decorations or stickers.
- (Optional) Display the vision board(s). (5–7 min)
- Show it/them at a cookie booth or share online with an adult’s help.
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Info Needed for Set Goals: Brainstorm ideas, pick one to make a troop sales goal, and set your personal goal.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Daisy My First Cookie Business badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Daisy Cookie Goal Setter badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Brownie My Cookie Customers badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Brownie Cookie Decision Maker badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Junior My Cookie Team badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Junior Cookie Collaborator badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Cadette My Cookie Venture badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Cadette Cookie Market Researcher badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Cadette Cookie Innovator badge requirements.
Info Needed for Budget Goals: Set a troop goal and budget and get feedback
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Junior Cookie Collaborator badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Senior My Cookie Network badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Ambassador My Cookie Business Resume badge requirements.
Info Needed for SMART Goals: Learn what SMART is and apply it to the troop sales goal.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Senior Cookie Boss badge requirements.
Info Needed for Tracking: Make a way to track sales with a goal tracker or using the online sales tracking feature.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Daisy Cookie Goal Setter badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 4 of GSUSA Brownie Cookie Decision Maker badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Junior My Cookie Team badge requirements.
This activity does not meet any Scouting America Requirements
