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Try-Its

Try-Its are what Brownie badges were called from 1980-2011.

Both the Try-Its with the multiple color outlines from the Worlds to Explore program and the solid brown borders that replaced them in 2000 are listed.

For images of the Try-Its, we recommend looking at the Treasure Hunters Badges shop.

These are in Alphabetical Order with release date next to the name:

• All in the Family (2000)
• Animals (1993 & 2000)
• Around the World (1994 – Originally called It’s a Small World)
• Around the World (2000)
• Art to Wear (1989)
• Art to Wear (2000)
• Artful Architecture (1986 – Renamed Building Art in 2000)
• Brownie Girl Scouts Around the World (2000)
• Brownie Girl Scouts Through the Years (2000)
• Building Art (2000)
• Careers (1989)
• Careers (2000)
• Caring and Sharing (1989)
• Caring and Sharing (2000)
• Citizens Near and Far (1993)
• Citizens Near and Far (2000)
• Colors and Shapes (1986)
• Colors and Shapes (2000)
• Computer Smarts (2000)
• Cookies Count (1997)
• Cookies Count (2000)
• Creative Composing (1989)
• Creative Composing (2000)
• Dancercize (1986)
• Dancercize (2000)
• Earth and Sky (1989)
• Earth and Sky (2000)
• Earth is Our Home (1989)
• Earth is Our Home (2000)
• Eat Right, Stay Healthy (2000)
• Eco-Explorer (2000)
• Good Food (1989 – Renamed Eat Right, Stay Healthy in 2000)
• Fit & Fun (1997 – Renamed GirlSports in 2000)
• Food Fun (1986 – Renamed Make It, Eat It in 2000)
• Friends are Fun (2000)
• Girl Scout Ways (1986)
• Girl Scout Ways (2000)
• GirlSports (2000)
• Healthy Habits (2000)
• Her Story (1989)
• Her Story (2000)
• Hobbies (1993)
• Hobbies (2000)
• It’s a Small World (1989 – Renamed Around the World in 1994)
• Let’s Pretend (2000)
• Listening to the Past (1989)
• Listening to the Past (2000)
• Make It, Eat It (2000)
• Making Music (2000)
• Manners (1989)
• Manners (2000)
• Math Fun (1989)
• Math Fun (2000)
• Me and My Shadow (1989)
• Me and My Shadow (2000)
• Movers (1986)
• Movers (2000)
• Music (1986 – Renamed Making Music in 2000)
• My Body (1989)
• My Body (2000)
• Numbers and Shapes (1986)
• Numbers and Shapes (2000)
• Outdoor Adventurer (1989)
• Outdoor Adventurer (2000)
• Outdoor Happenings (1986 – Renamed Ready, Set, Go Camping in 1997)
• Outdoor Fun (1986 – Renamed to Eco-Explorer in 2000)
• Penny Power (2000)
• People are Talking (2000)
• People of the World (1986)
• People of the World (2000)
• Plants (1993)
• Plants (2000)
• Plants and Animals (1986 – Retired 1992, replaced by two badges, “Animals” and “Plants”)
• Play (1986 – Renamed Playing Around the World in 2000)
• Playing Around the World (2000)
• Point, Click, Go (1997)
• Point, Click, Go (2000)
• Puppets, Dolls, and Plays (1986)
• Puppets, Dolls, and Plays (2000)
• Ready, Set, Go Camping (2000)
• Safety (1989 – Renamed Safety Sense in 2000)
• Safety Sense (2000)
• Science in Action (1989)
• Science in Action (2000)
• Science Magic (1986 – Renamed Science Wonders in 1994)
• Science Wonders (1994)
• Science Wonders (2000)
• Senses (1993)
• Senses (2000)
• Sounds of Music (1993)
• Sounds of Music (2000)
• Space Explorer (1989)
• Space Explorer (2000)
• Sports and Games (1986)
• Sports and Games (2000)
• Stitch It Together (2000)
• Travel Right (2000)
• Watching Wildlife (1997)
• Watching Wildlife (2000)
• Water Everywhere (2000)
• Working it Out (1997)
• Working it Out (2000)
• Write Away (2000)

Handbooks

Requirements can be found in the following:

• 1986 – Brownie Girl Scout Handbook
  Available in Open Library as of Oct 2024
• 1989 – More Brownie Girl Scout Try-Its
  Available in Open Library as of Oct 2024
• 1993 – Brownie Girl Scout Handbook
  Not currently available in Open Library
• 2000 – Try-Its for Brownie Girl Scouts
  Available in Open Library as of Oct 2024

History

A very brief synopsis

In 1986 they released Brownie Try-Its, the first official badges Brownies could earn since the start of the Brownie Program in 1926. These also kept to the “Worlds to Explore” program with different colored borders for each world. Only a handful were released in the new Brownie Girl Scout Handbook of 1986, but many more were released in More Brownie Girl Scout Try-Its in 1989. A new Brownie Girl Scout Handbook was released in 1993, but no revised version of the Try-Its.

Brownie badges only had a brown border and got a new 2000 Brownie Girl Scout Handbook and a 2000 Try-Its For Brownie Girl Scouts book with their own Guide for Brownie Girl Scout Leaders.

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