Released in 2011.
The Junior Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting page has the information on when all badges were released.

Five steps are needed to complete this badge:

1. Observe what makes a great product
2. Be an innovation detective
3. Figure out what’s working and what’s not
4. Innovate to find solutions
5. Mess up so you can try again!

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Resources

• Leader Guide available in Girl Scout Shop online
  (Part of 5 badge set)
• Official badge is available in Girl Scout Shop online
  or look for your local shop to save on shipping
• PDF Online Booklet from GSUSA Council

Troop Meeting Ideas

• Webpage at Earn Junior Girl Scout Badges Blog
• Webpage at Girl Scout Wiki
• PDF Meeting Plan (Mtg 1 and Mtg 2) from GSRV (River Valley)
• GSUSA VTK – No links
  Only Accessible through MyGS log-in on Council’s website
• Workbook fromLeader Connecting Leaders
• Webpage from Scouts Honor Wiki

At Home Individual Girls

• PDF and accompanying YouTube video from GSCWM
• PDF from GSSEF
• Under “Badge Work & Awards” in “Junior” from GSSGC

Multi-Level Matches

Check out other badges that might work well with this badge when doing activities with multiple levels.  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.

If there is no badge in a level, we suggest that a level earns a Fun Patch related to the rest of the badges instead of an official badge.

• Daisy – Fun Patch (no equivalent)
• Brownie – Inventor – think outside the box and design an invention to solve a problem
• Junior – Product Designer – do research on possible solution, design product to solve issue
• Cadette – Entrepreneur – 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)

Uniform Placement

This badge should go where #13 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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