Released in 2011.
The Cadette’s 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. Make yourself happier
2. Think differently for happiness
3. Get happy through others
4. Do a helpful happiness experiment
5. Create a happiness action plan

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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 Girl Scout Wiki
• Slideshow on Google Docs from GSCI
• Slideshow PDF from GSEP
• Slideshow from GSNWGL
• 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

At Home Individual Girls

• PDF and accompanying YouTube video from GSCCC
• PDF from GSHH
• PDF for Step 1 from GSHPA
• PDF from GSKentuckiana (not all badges they have are full steps)
• PDF  from GSKSMO at Home (Archived Original At Home Program)
• PDF from GSSEF
• Video Sessions under “Badge Work & Awards” in “Cadette” with Follow-Up Steps from GSSGC
• Instructions under “Cadette” from GSSI
• PDF from GS-TOP
• PDF from GSVSC
• PDF from GSWNY
• Webpage with walkthrough steps (no registration needed) from Virtually Badges

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 – Fun Patch (Home Scientist does not correlate)
• Junior – Fun Patch (Entertainment Technology does not correlate)
• Cadette – Science of Happiness
• Senior – Fun Patch (Science of Style does not correlate)
• Ambassador – Fun Patch (no equivalent)

Uniform Vest Placement

This badge should go where #14 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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