The Badge Archive

Activity Ideas

Listed under each requirement

Step 1 – Get to know your Cookie business

Learn the cookie flavors OR find out how an online sale works.

RECOMMENDED: Cookie Lanyard – Youth create a cookie lanyard or necklace to help them learn and remember cookie names and key facts with an option for writing a simple pitch for door-to-door sales.

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  Would You Rather Eat? – Youths play a simple “Would You Rather” game using cookie flavors and dice to compare different cookie amounts.
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  Cookie Flashcards – Youth make flash cards to learn cookie names, descriptions, and prices.
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  Cookie Necklace – Youth create a cookie necklace by cutting out cookie images and labeling cookie facts.
• Cookie Lanyard – Youth create a cookie lanyard or necklace to help them learn and remember cookie names and key facts with an option for writing a simple pitch for door-to-door sales.
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  Practice Online Sales – Youths explore the online cookie buying experience and practice making change with play money.

Or choose any activity from the Cookie Facts category you feel your scouts are able to do.

Step 2 – Decide on your giving goal

Make a goal (what you will do with money you earn OR who you will donate cookies to).

RECOMMENDED: Giving Back Goal – Youth decide how to give back with their cookie money by voting on a community idea and setting a goal.

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  Donation Poster – Youth make a donation poster to show how they will use cookie money to give back to the community.
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  Giving Back Goal – Youth decide how to give back with their cookie money by voting on a community idea and setting a goal.
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  Goals in a Bottle – Youth make “goals in a bottle” to track their goal with cookie money.

Or choose any activity from the Set Goals category you feel your scouts are able to do.

Step 3 – Build your team

Decide how roles are assigned when selling cookies at booths or in the troop.

RECOMMENDED: Team Words – Youth play a team-building game by forming letters with their hands or bodies to spell words related to their cookie business.

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  Cookie Seller Team Roles – Youth explore different cookie business team roles and practice them through creative role-play.
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  Practice Cookie Booth – Youths practice setting up a booth, handling money, and making change at the pretend cookie booth.
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  Team Words – Youth play a team-building game by forming letters with their hands or bodies to spell words related to their cookie business.

Or choose any activity from the Teamwork Plans category you feel your scouts are able to do.

Step 4 – Practice handling money and tracking sales

Chart your total troop sales (in person or online) OR practice how to track sales at a booth.

RECOMMENDED: Dice Cookie Change – Youth practice calculating cookie orders and making change using dice rolls.

• Dice Cookie Change – Youth practice calculating cookie orders and making change using dice rolls.
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  Sales Chart – Youth design a chart to track their cookie sales progress.
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  Practice Cookie Booth – Youths practice setting up a booth, handling money, and making change at the pretend cookie booth.
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  Online Sales Tracking – Youths set their cookie sales goal in the Digital Cookie® or Smart Cookies® site.

Or choose any activity from the Tracking category you feel your scouts are able to do.

Step 5 – Show your cookie spirit

Decorate your booth, make a cookie costume, OR make a cookie song/dance.

RECOMMENDED: Cookie Songs – Youth create their own cookie‑themed song to share with the option of turning them into a marketing campaign.

• Cookie Lanyard – Youth create a cookie lanyard or necklace to help them learn and remember cookie names and key facts with an option for writing a simple pitch for door-to-door sales.
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  Cookie Songs – Youth create their own cookie‑themed song to share with the option of turning them into a marketing campaign.
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  Make a Cookie Costume – Youth create cookie costumes from sturdy cardboard to wear themselves or to dress up stuffed animals.
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  Theme a Booth – Youth design and create decorations for their cookie booth using a chosen theme.

Or choose any activity from the Spirit Plans category you feel your scouts are able to do.

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