Celebration Sally

This is an excellent craft to show girls the different levels in guiding.

Materials

• one 30cm long pipe cleaner
• one 15cm long pipe cleaner
• one 2cm wooden bead for head
• one pink heart bead for body
• The following pony beads:
  • 2 pink (1 each arm)
  • 4 orange (2 each arm)
  • 6 blue (2 each arm, one each leg)
  • 4 green (2 each leg)
  • 2 red (1 each leg)
  • 2 yellow (1 each leg)
• a piece of pink felt
• one safety pin

Instructions

1. Cut out the piece of felt into an oval shape to act as a hat for Sally.
2. Cut a hole in the center of the hat.
3. Fold the 30 cm pipe cleaner in half.
4. Slide the 2 cm wooden bead onto the pipe cleaner to act as the head.
5. Slide the piece of felt onto the pipe cleaner so it is above the head.
6. Position the middle of the 15 cm pipe cleaner underneath the head and wrap once around the folded 30cm pipe cleaner (see diagram).
7. Push on to each arm, 1 pink bead, 2 orange beads, 2 blue beads.
8. Fold the ends of the pipe cleaner at the end of the arms to act as hands and to prevent the beads from falling off.
9. Slide the pink heart bead up the pipe cleaner to act as the body.
10. Slide on to each leg 2 green beads, 1 red bead, 1 yellow bead and 1 blue bead.
11. Fold the ends of the pipe cleaner at the end of the legs to act as feet.
12. Draw a face on the head bead.
13. Place a safety pin in the folded portion above the head and hang on camp hat.

Story:

Read this as the girls do each step:

The head represents the creative imagination of Lord Baden Powell who gave us this wonderful game of Guiding.
The body bead represents the heart of Guiding - The Promise and Law.
The pink beads represent our youngest members, Sparks, who are five and six years old. They learn to "Share and Be A Friend".
The orange beads represent the Brownies who work and play together lending a hand to help others.
The blue beads represent the nine year old girls who are ready to move from the closed circle of Brownies to the open horseshoe of Guides.
The green beads represent the twelve year old girls who cross the bridge to Pathfinders where they re-affirm their promise with deeper understanding and broaden their horizons by following the five pathways of challenge.
At fifteen girls can choose from three highways that lead them out into a wider world - Rangers (red beads), Cadets (yellow beads), Junior Leaders (blue beads).
Adult members keep in touch through the Trefoil Guild.

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