2011 – Count It Up – The Badge Archive

(Year 1 – Original Cookie Business Badge)

Released in 2011. RETIRED in 2021 – The badge is no longer in production, although the requirements are still sold at GSUSA shops. GSUSA stores will only sell this badge until their original stock runs out. My First Cookie Business replaced the Count it Up leaf as the new Year 1 Cookie Business Badge.
The Daisy Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting page has the information on when all badges were released.

Three steps are needed to complete this badge:

Find out What Cookies Cost
Learn about Different Kinds of Cookies
Set a Sales Goal

Note – Please see our Affiliations page to know if any of the links on The Badge Archive benefit the website in anyway.

Resources

Leader Guide available in Girl Scout GSEWNI Shop online
Official badge is available in Girl Scout GSEWNI Shop online (as of Nov 2022)
or look for your local shop to save on shipping

Troop Meeting Ideas

Webpage at Bluehouse School
Webpage at daisyactivities.blogspot.com
Webpage at Girl Scout Wiki
Badge Blueprint from GS-HCC
PDF Meeting Plan from GSRV (River Valley)
Blueprints for Troop Leaders from GSUSA
GSUSA VTK – No links
Only Accessible through MyGS log-in on Council’s website
Workbook of all 4 leaves fromLeader Connecting Leaders
Webpage from Scouts Honor Wiki

At Home Individual Girls

PDF and accompanying YouTube video from GSCCC
PDF from GSNorCal

Multi-Level Matches

No Multi-level Matches available as this is a retired badge.

Uniform Vest Placement

Retired Cookie Business leaves should go where #15 is stated on the GSUSA Uniform Guide.

Note – New leaders and parents need to be aware that the leaves under the petals on all uniform guides have been retired (Cookie Business leaves in summer of 2021 and Financial Literacy leaves in summer of 2022). Their replacements are the flower shaped badges and go where #10 indicates. You no longer need to save room for the leaves when placing petals, but you can use that space for extra flower shaped badges.

Leaves can still be earned and worn but finding leaf badges is difficult to do since GSUSA is no longer making them and only sold until their current stock ran out.