Every week I help to run my local
Brownies group. I am not the Brown Owl of the pack, but I am second
in command and known to the girls as Otter. This week our Brown Owl
phoned me the day before Brownies to let me know she is unwell and
unable to attend this weeks meeting. Meaning I would be leader in
charge.
Although I regularly make jokes that I
will become the next Brown Owl, I had never lead a whole meeting as
leader in charge. I was a little nervous but I was also excited about
the opportunity. I knew I could do this as I have been doing brownies
for 8 years and I would have another leader with me.
Because I had very little prep time and
I knew we would be a leader down, I decided that we would have a very
relaxed meeting. We started the meeting as normal but then explained
to the girls that we were a leader down and they would need to be a
little more patient with us.
We played a couple of games that the
Brownies loved. Because we were not rushing, we were able to give
many more of the girls the opportunity to have a go being the catcher
or having a turn running then normal which I think the girls liked.
Once they had run off all their energy,
we sat them down and got them to make a get well soon card for Brown
Owl. We emptied our craft cupboard and told the girls they could make
a card or poster and could used anything they could find. As a
result, these cards ended up a lot more 3D them we had imagined. They
had found pipe cleaners, pieces of fabric, stickers, cupcake cases
and one girl had even attached a balloon to her card!
I think they really enjoyed the freedom
of making a card completely from scratch, their imaginations really
thrived and all the cards where awesome.
After the card making, we played another game that the girls had never played before. Luckily they got the hang of it quickly and really enjoyed it. I have had requests to play it again.
Overall the meeting went really
smoothly. I am so happy that their were no major issues and no
casualties! This meeting has really given me a confidence boost. Now
when I say I am going to be the next Brown Owl, I know I can do it.
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