Released in 2011. Retired in 2023.
Brownie Create and Innovate replaced the Inventor badge.
The Brownie Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting page has the information on when all badges were released.
Requirements
Five steps are needed to complete this badge:
- Warm up your inventor’s mind
- Find lots of ways to solve the same problem
- Make a needs list
- Solve a problem
- Share your invention
Resources available through GSUSA
- The badge is no longer in production. GSUSA stores will only sell this badge until their original stock runs out.
- Leader Guide is NO LONGER available in Girl Scout Shop online
- Official badge is NO LONGER available in Girl Scout Shop online
or look for your local shop to save on shipping. - Retired badge – no VTK available
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How to Earn
Ways to earn as a Troop or an Individual
Our Summary of the GSUSA booklet activity choices
- Practice thinking in multiple ways (five uses of a box, what a circle can be, five new ways to use a toy/tool).
- Make a list of ten ideas for a problem (making music, carrying lunch, watering plants) and try two of them.
- Write five things you see a need for help or improvement on a topic (mornings, school lunch, brownie meetings).
- Pick one of the five things and create a solution (draw, mind-map, discuss).
- Present your solution (poster, skit, prototype) and share it.
Pick Out Different Activities
- Basic Info from Scouts Honor Wiki
- Free Activities (Steps 1, 4, & 5) at Teachers Pay Teachers for Growing Girl Scout Helpers
Use a Pre-Made Plan
- Meeting Plans at DS Brownie Girl Scouts
- Meeting Plan at Earn Brownie Try-Its Blog
- PDF Meeting Plan (Mtg 1 and Mtg 2) from GSRV (River Valley) – Archived Copy of Mtg1 and Mtg2
- At Home Plan from GSIOWA – Archived Copy of PDF
- At Home Plan from GSofCT – Archived Copy of PDF
- Video Walkthrough from GSVSC
- Princess Pat Printable Meeting at Teachers Pay Teachers for Growing Girl Scout Helpers
- Activity Booklet from Leader Connecting Leaders
- Printable Meeting on Etsy from On My Honor Downloads
Multi-Level Matches
Badges that correlate from other levels
- Daisy – Fun Patch (no equivalent)
- Brownie – Inventor (Retired) – think outside the box and design an invention to solve a problem
- Junior – Product Designer (Retired) – do research on possible solution, design product to solve issue
- Cadette – Entrepreneur (Retired) – brainstorm ideas for business, learn where finances come from, and propose business idea
- Senior – Fun Patch (Social Innovator does not correlate)
- Ambassador – Fun Patch (no equivalent)
These are simply suggestions and may take some creativity and extra steps to earn all the badges in various levels.
A Multi-Level Troop will need to do extra steps when earning different badges across levels. It depends on how many requirements overlap. Some will only have one or two matching requirements.
GSUSA has an Award Log for each level with a comparison table for all badges in similar themes. Not all badges in the same theme have correlating requirements – you basically have to earn two separate badges. We recommend a Fun Patch in that case.
Badges with correlating requirements means you can do an activity that counts towards different badges in the different levels.
Uniform
Location and placement of badge
This badge should go where #10 is stated on the GSUSA Uniform Guide.
(Note – Badges and pins on a sash simply go in order (top of sash to bottom of sash) of Identification badges, bridging badge, pins, journeys, and other badges. Anything that does not fit on the front can be placed on the back of the sash. Sashes will not hold a lot of badges and vests are recommended if you plan to earn badges.)
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