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Activity Description: Work in pairs to plan and act out various cookie selling methods for the group to guess.

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Items Needed:

• Ways to Sell Activity Cards (see list below)
• Take-home planning worksheets (see example below)
• Pens or pencils
• (Optional) Props like a toy phone or a small wagon

Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 30 min):

1. Start the activity. (2 min).
   • Explain they will be in pairs that will act out different ways to sell cookies. Each will get a 5 minute secret planning period they can decide how to act. Acts need to be one minute or less. The group will then guess what way to sell it might be. All acts will be chosen at random, so they need to be prepared to act at anytime they are called.
   • Pair the youth up and let each team select one card from the stack.
2. Plan it out. (5 min).
   • Provide a planning period for all teams to prepare their scenes at the same time. Circulate to offer help with ideas and explain any methods that seem difficult.
3. Perform and guess. (15–40 min).
   • Choose teams in a random order to perform their secret scene.
   • Ask the rest of the group to guess the selling method after each performance.
   • Briefly go over what the card states for description and scout responsibilities after each act is guessed.
4. Quick review. (3 min).
   • Lead a short discussion about which selling ways they find most interesting.
   • Remind them that they do not need to do every type of sale.
5. Take home worksheets. (2–3 min).
   • Hand out the take-home worksheets for them to complete with parents
   • Explain that they should only write names for the methods their family chooses to use.

Activity Card List

• Phone & Text
  • Visual: A smartphone or a smiling face with a telephone.
  • Description: Call or text friends and family to say, “It’s Cookie Time!”
  • Scout Responsibility: Make the call or write the text. Take the order. Calculate the total. Make the sale. Pull the order. Deliver.
• Digital Cookie
  • Visual: A laptop or tablet with a cookie icon on the screen.
  • Description: Send a special link so people far away can buy cookies online.
  • Scout Responsibility: Write the email to send. Send a thank you e-mail.
• Social Media Video
  • Visual: A video camera or a “Play” button icon.
  • Description: Record a video of your sales pitch for a grown-up to share online. You do not need to be in the image, but you should use your own voice.
  • Scout Responsibility: Say the pitch for the video.
• Door-to-Door
  • Visual: A house with a front door and a doorbell.
  • Description: Walk with a grown-up to ring your neighbors’ doorbells.
  • Scout Responsibility: Go out with a responsible adult. State your pitch. Calculate the total. Make the sale. Pull the order. Say thank you.
• The Cookie Wagon
  • Visual: A red wagon filled with colorful cookie boxes.
  • Description: Fill a wagon with cookies and walk through your neighborhood.
  • Scout Responsibility: Have permission to do sales in the public area you are going. Go out with a responsible adult. State your pitch. Calculate the total. Make the sale. Pull the order. Say thank you.
• Door Hangers
  • Visual: A paper hanger hooked onto a doorknob.
  • Description: Leave a note for neighbors who aren’t home so they can order later.
  • Scout Responsibility: Go out with a responsible adult and be the one to put the order on. Pull the order. Deliver with a thank-you note.
• Driveway Stand
  • Visual: A small folding table with a tablecloth in a driveway.
  • Description: Set up a table in your yard for people walking or driving by.
  • Scout Responsibility: Never approach a car. Stay near the table at all times. Have a responsible adult at all times. State your pitch. Calculate the total. Make the sale. Pull the order. Say thank you.
• Troop Booth
  • Visual: A group of scouts standing behind a decorated table.
  • Description: Sell cookies with your troop at a store like a supermarket.
  • Scout Responsibility: Arrive early to help set up. Stay until all is clean and put away. Call out for customers. Take the sale. Calculate the total. Pull the order. Say thank you.
• Grown-up’s Work
  • Visual: An office building or a desk with a computer.
  • Description: Ask a parent to take your order card or a poster to their job.
  • Scout Responsibility: Calculate the total for all orders. Pull the orders. Make clear labels with customer name, order details, and total for adult to deliver and receive payment. Include a thank-you.
• Places of Worship
  • Visual: A community building or a “Welcome” sign.
  • Description: Ask to set up a table after a service or a community event.
  • Scout Responsibility: Get permission from the owner of the property. Never approach a car. Stay near the table at all times. Have a responsible adult at all times. State your pitch. Calculate the total. Make the sale. Pull the order. Say thank you.
• Business Sales
  • Visual: A car dealership, bank, or local shop.
  • Description: Ask a local business to buy cookies to give to their customers.
  • Scout Responsibility: Get permission from the owner of the property. Never approach a car. Stay near the table at all times. Have a responsible adult at all times. State your pitch. Calculate the total. Make the sale. Pull the order. Say thank you.
• Community Events
  • Visual: A soccer ball, a musical note, or a clubhouse.
  • Description: Take your order card to sports practice or a club meeting.
  • Scout Responsibility: Get permission from the owner of the property. Never approach a car. Stay near the table at all times. Have a responsible adult at all times. State your pitch. Calculate the total. Make the sale. Pull the order. Say thank you.
• Cookie Charity
  • Visual: A heart icon next to a box of cookies.
  • Description: Ask people to buy a box to donate to soldiers or a food bank.
  • Scout Responsibility: State your pitch. Calculate the total. Say thank you or give them a thank you card/e-mail.
• Walk-up Booth
  • Visual: A busy sidewalk with people walking by.
  • Description: Set up a table in a park or town square where people are walking.
  • Scout Responsibility: Get permission from the owner of the property. Never approach a car. Stay near the table at all times. Have a responsible adult at all times. State your pitch. Calculate the total. Make the sale. Pull the order. Say thank you.

Example Take Home Sheet

Scout Name: ____________________

1. Who can we call or text today?

• Name: ____________________
• Name: ____________________

2. Who lives far away that needs a Digital Cookie link?

• Name: ____________________
• Name: ____________________

3. Neighborhood Walk: Which streets should we visit?

• Streets: ________________________________________

4. The Grown-up Connection:

• Can a parent take a goal-poster or order card to work? [ ] Yes [ ] No
• Where? ________________________________________

5. My Big Goal:

• I want to sell ________ boxes so I can earn the ________________ patch/reward!

6. Community Connections:

• Is there a club, team, or place of worship where we can ask for permission to sell?
• Location: ________________________________________

7. Big Sale Brainstorm:

• Do we know a local business owner who might want to buy “bulk” cookies for their office or to donate to the Digital Cookie program?
• Business Name: ________________________________________

8. Leaving a Note:

• How many “Door Hangers” or business cards should we print for neighbors who aren’t home?
• Number: ________

9. The Donation Goal:

• How many boxes do I want to help people donate to the Digital Cookie program?
• Donation Goal: ________ boxes

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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

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