The Badge Archive

1980 – Cadette and Seniors

Interest Project Badges

Official GSUSA IPs from 1997-2011

Both the IPs with the multiple color outlines from the Worlds to Explore program and the solid dark blue borders that replaced them in 1997 are listed.

For images of the Interest Projects, we recommend looking at the Treasure Hunters Badges shop.

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

  • A World of Understanding (1997)
  • All About Birds (1997)
  • American Indian Lore (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • American Patriotism (1997)
  • Animal Observation (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Architecture and Environmental Design (1997)
  • Artistic Crafts (1987 – New image on badge 1997, old image was used for Just Jewelry)
  • Artistic Crafts (1997 – New image on badge, old image was used for Just Jewelry)
  • Audiovisual Production – Advanced (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Audiovisual Production – Basic (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Auto Maintenance (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Backpacking (1987)
  • Backpacking (1997)
  • Build a Better Future (1997)
  • Camping (1987)
  • Camping (1997)
  • Car Sense (1997)
  • Career Exploration (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Child Care (1987)
  • Child Care (2000)
  • Collecting (1987)
  • Collecting (2000)
  • Come into the World of the Out-of-Doors (1980 – Renamed Dabbler in 1987)
  • Community Time Capsule (1987 – Renamed to It’s About Time in 1997)
  • Computers (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Computers in Everyday Life (1997)
  • Conflict Resolution (1997)
  • Cookies and Dough (1997)
  • Create Your Own World of Well-Being (1980 – Renamed Dabbler in 1987)
  • Creative Cooking (1987)
  • Creative Cooking (1997)
  • Creative Writing (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Creativity is the Key to the World of the Arts (1980 – Renamed Dabbler in 1987)
  • Cycling (1987 – Renamed Rolling Along in 1997)
  • Desktop Publishing (1997)
  • Digging Through the Past (1997)
  • Do You Get the Message (1987)
  • Do You Get the Message (1997)
  • Dollars and Sense (1997)
  • Eco-Action (1987)
  • Eco-Action (1997)
  • Emergency Preparedness (1987)
  • Emergency Preparedness (1997)
  • Energy Awareness (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Entrepreneurship (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Exploring the Net (1997)
  • Family Living (1987)
  • Family Living (1997)
  • Fashion Design and Clothing (1987 – Renamed Fashion Design in 1997)
  • Fashion Design (1997)
  • Fashion/Fitness/Makeup (1987)
  • Find Your Place in the World of People (1980 – Renamed Dabbler in 1987)
  • Folk Arts (1987)
  • Folk Arts (1997)
  • From A to V: Audio Visual Production (1997)
  • From Fitness to Fashion (1997)
  • From Shore to Sea (1997)
  • From Stress to Success (1997)
  • Games (1987 – Renamed Games for Life in 1997)
  • Games for Life (1997)
  • Generations Hand in Hand (1997)
  • Geology (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Get Ready for the World of Today and Tomorrow (1980 – Renamed Dabbler in 1987)
  • Global Understanding (1987)
  • Graphic Communications (1997)
  • Heritage Hunt (1987)
  • Heritage Hunt (1997)
  • High Adventure (1997)
  • High-Tech Communication (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Home Improvement (1997)
  • Horse Sense (1987)
  • Horse Sense (1997)
  • Inventions and Inquiry (1997)
  • Invitation to the Dance (1987)
  • Invitation to the Dance (1997)
  • It’s About Time (1997)
  • Just Jewelry (1997 – reused old 1987 image of Artistic Crafts)
  • Law and Order (1997)
  • Leadership (1987)
  • Leadership (1997)
  • Managing Stress (1987 – Renamed From Stress to Success in 1997)
  • Math, Maps, and More (1997)
  • Media Savvy (1997)
  • Money Management (1987 – Renamed Dollars and Sense in 1997)
  • Museum Discovery (1987)
  • Museum Discovery (1997)
  • Music (1987 – Renamed On a High Note in 1997)
  • On a High Note (1997)
  • On the Court (1997)
  • On the Playing Field (1997)
  • Once Upon a Story (1997)
  • Orienteering (1987)
  • Orienteering (1997)
  • Outdoor Survival (1987)
  • Outdoor Survival (1997)
  • Paddle, Pole, and Roll (1987)
  • Paddle, Pole, and Roll (1997)
  • Paper Works (1997)
  • Planet Power (1997)
  • Plant Life (1997)
  • Pets (1987)
  • Pets (1997)
  • Photography (1987)
  • Photography (1997)
  • Planet Power (1997)
  • Plant Culture (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Plant Life (1997)
  • Prints and Graphics (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Public Relations (1997)
  • Reading (1987)
  • Reading (1997)
  • Rolling Along (1997)
  • Skiing and Snowshoeing (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Skills for Living (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Smooth Sailing (1987)
  • Smooth Sailing (1997)
  • Space Exploration (1987)
  • Space Exploration (1997)
  • Sports (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Sports for Life (1997)
  • Textile Arts (1997)
  • The Food Connection (1997)
  • The Law (1987 – Renamed Law and Order in 1997)
  • The Lure of Language (1997)
  • The Performing Arts (1987)
  • The Performing Arts (1997)
  • The Play’s the Thing (1987)
  • The Play’s the Thing (1997)
  • Travel (1987)
  • Travel (1997)
  • Tune In to Well-Being (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Understanding Yourself and Others (1987)
  • Understanding Yourself and Others (1997)
  • Visual Arts (1987)
  • Visual Arts (1997)
  • Water Sports (1987)
  • Water Sports (1997)
  • Weaving (1987 – Renamed Textile Arts in 1997)
  • Why in the World? (1997)
  • Wildlife (1987)
  • Wildlife (1997)
  • Women Through Time (1997)
  • Women’s Health (1997)
  • Women’s History (1987 – Renamed Women Through Time in 1997)
  • World of the Arts Dabbler (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • World of People Dabbler (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • World of Today and Tomorrow Dabbler (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • World of Well-Being Dabbler (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • World of the Out-of-Doors Dabbler (1987 – Retired in 1997)
  • Writing for Real (1997)
  • Your Best Defense (1997)
  • Your Own Business (1997)

Studio 2B Badges

Some of the Studio 2B charms became badges:

  • B Extreme (2006)
  • Cashin’ In (2009)
  • College 101 (2009)
  • Couch Potato (2006)
  • Express it! (2009)
  • G.O. Girl (2006)
  • Global Girls (2006)
  • Hi Tech Hide & Seek (2006)
  • Home is Where the Heart Is (2006)
  • In the Pink (2009)
  • Making Waves (2009)
  • Mind Your Own Business (2009)
  • Mirror, Mirror (2009)
  • On Track (2009)
  • On Your Own (2006)
  • On the Money Cookies and More (2009)
  • Parks Matter (2009)
  • Saving & Investing (2009)
  • Sew Glam (2006)
  • Take Charge (2009)
  • Uncovering the Evidence (2006)
  • Write Now (2009)

Challenge Pins and other Awards

Challenge Pins were retired in 1995

  • The Challenge of Being a Girl Scout pin
    (1980 – p.33 You Make a Difference handbook)
  • The Challenge of Living the Promise and Law pin
    (1980 – p.40 You Make a Difference handbook)
  • From Dreams to Reality Patch
    (1986 – p.144 Cadette&Senior Handbook)
    (1995 – p.127 Cadette Handbook)
  • Cadette Girl Scout Challenge pin
    (1986 – p.144 Cadette&Senior Handbook)
    (1995 – p.132 Cadette Handbook)
  • Girl Scout Silver Award
    (1986 – p.147 Cadette&Senior Handbook)
    (1995 – p.135 Cadette Handbook)
  • Leader-in-Training (LIT) and Counselor-in-Training (CIT) pins
    (1986 – p.151 Cadette&Senior Handbook)
  • Service Training Bars pins (Renamed Service Bars in 1995)
    (1986 – p.152 Cadette&Senior Handbook)
  • Senior Girl Scout Leadership Award pin (Later Renamed Golden Torch Award)
    (1986 – p.152 Cadette&Senior Handbook)
  • Career Exploration pin
    (1986 – p.153 Cadette&Senior Handbook)
  • Senior Girl Scout Challenge pin
    (1986 – p.156 Cadette&Senior Handbook)
  • Girl Scout Gold Award
    (1986 – p.158 Cadette&Senior Handbook)
  • Apprentice Trainer’s Pin
    (1986 – p.160 Cadette&Senior Handbook)
  • Studio 2B program
    (1995 – p.13-124 Cadette Handbook)
  • Service Bars
    (1995 – p.128 Cadette Handbook)
  • Cadette Girl Scout Program Aide pin & patch (PA)
    (1995 – p.131 Cadette Handbook)
  • Cadette Girl Scout Leadership Award pin (Later Renamed Silver Torch Award)
    (1995 – p.131 Cadette Handbook)

Handbooks

Requirements can be found in the following:

  • 1980 – You Make a Difference
    Available in Open Library as of Oct 2024
  • 1987 – Cadette and Senior Girl Scout Handbook
    Available in Open Library as of Oct 2024
  • 1987 – Cadette and Senior Girl Scout Interest Projects
    Not currently available in Open Library
  • 1995 – Cadette Girl Scout Handbook
    Available in Open Library as of Oct 2024
  • 1997 – Interest Projects for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts
    (2004 – Renamed to Interest Projects for Girls 11-17)
    Available in Open Library as of Oct 2024

History

A very brief synopsis

You Make a Difference in 1980 was the Cadette and Senior Handbook. It contained Challenge pins and Interest Projects. A new release, with the Cadette and Senior Girl Scout Handbook in 1987 and Cadette and Senior Girl Scout Interest Projects in 1987 released more Interest Projects.

We got a new 1995 Cadette Girl Scout Handbook with no Interest Projects as they instead released the Studio 2B program. A revision made for the Interest Projects for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts was made in 1997 removing the Worlds to Explore and releasing some new Interest Projects. Seniors received A Resource Book for Senior Girl Scouts in 1997. 1995 The Guide for Cadette and Senior Girl Scout Leaders was released.

Cadettes and Seniors received an update to their Interest Projects, and the title was changed to Interest Projects for girls 11-17 in 2004. This made way for the Ambassador level to be introduced in 2008, but they were still kept to the Interest Project badges and no new books were released at that time.

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