The Badge Archive

2011 – My Cookie Customers – Basic Plan

Basic Meeting Plans are designed to have minimal supplies and still hit the GSUSA Requirements. Most meetings can be done in a 90 minute time frame.

Meeting Outline

Items Needed:

  • Prepared clue cards (see suggestions after activity instructions)
  • Girl Scout Cookie pictures or packages
  • Cookie Money Goal Choices
  • Pen and Paper for leader to write down ideas
  • Lined paper for each scout
  • Pencils or Pens
  • Play money for each small group
  • Cookie packages
    • (Optional) Print out Cookie Flavor pages and cut up flavors to use as cards in place of packages (see links for flavors pages below activity instructions)
  • Table for booth
  • Table cloth
  • Sign with troop number and cookie prices
  • GSUSA Cookie Booth Essentials  — English | Spanish (PDF)
  • (Optional) Decorations and signs that will be used for a cookie booth
  • (Optional) Customer Scenarios (see list below activity instructions)

Full instructions for each activity are found on the connected links. This outline shows the recommended order of activities for a nice flow from one activity to the next.

Meeting Start
Always plan for 5-10 minutes to allow scouts to arrive and your troop’s opening routines.

Time Expected*:
5 minutes

Activity 1 – Step 1
(Requirement 1 Earned)

Time Expected*:
20 minutes

Cookie Mystery – Youth work together as detectives to solve a cookie mystery using names and flavors.

Activity 2 – Step 2
(Requirement 2 Earned)

Time Expected*:
10 minutes

Quick Goal Discussion – Youths share ideas for how to use cookie money, vote on favorites, and learn about personal goals.

Activity 3 – Step 3
(Requirement 3 Earned)

Time Expected*:
20 minutes

Find Customers and Supporters – Youths learn the difference between customers and supporters, create a message about their cookie goal, and practice asking for help in sharing that message.

Activity 4 – Step 4 & Step 5
(Requirements 4 & 5 Earned)

Time Expected*:
30 minutes

Practice Cookie Booth – Youths practice setting up a booth, handling money, and making change at the pretend cookie booth.

If you have extra time: Scouts can keep role playing Cookie Booth scenarios until it’s time to go home.

Meeting End

Always plan for 5-10 minutes for clean up and Closing Routines

Time Expected*:
5 minutes

Total Time Expected*: 90 minutes

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For pre-planned meeting plans by others – see the My Cookie Customers page.
To choose your own activities – see the Activity List for My Cookie Customers.

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General Notes

  • The Basic Plans from The Badge Archive are designed to earn one official GSUSA badge per level per meeting to remain budget-friendly.
  • Some badges require two meetings to complete. This allows scouts to fully enjoy the activities while keeping costs low by only needing one GSUSA badge for every two meetings.
  • For troops that wish to give scouts a badge or patch for every meeting, a fun patch can be awarded during one of the two sessions. Scouts attending only one meeting can earn the fun patch, while those attending both will receive both the fun patch and the GSUSA badge.

*Time Expected*

  • The time estimates provided by The Badge Archive are based on the writer’s personal experience and are meant as a guideline.
  • Troops may take more or less time depending on their scouts’ abilities and interests. Plan your meetings accordingly to suit your troop’s unique needs.

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Tia Kennard