Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge
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Released in 2023. Replaced Jeweler.
The 2011 Junior Page has information on when all badges were released.
What is this badge about?
Learn the tools of a craft, research users, and create a user-centered project.
Quick Links:
Activity Choices, Meeting Plans, Solo Scouts,
Uniform Placement, GSUSA Info & Links
Our Summary* of Requirements:
- Research (talk to a crafter, research, OR try one out) and pick out which craft (pottery, jewelry, textiles, OR baskets) to do.
- Learn what tinkering is and practice (make a new tool, upcycle a material, OR add a new part to a project you make).
- Learn what a user is and brainstorm user centered projects (interview users, reflect, OR research).
- Learn what Form, Fit, and Function are and create a user-centered project (something to entertain, simplify life, OR useful to a user).
- Reflect on a project you made and brainstorm a tinker (how to simplify if you made it again OR sketch a change for a user specific request/adding a new feature or function).
* – This summary is based off the GSUSA booklet activity choices.
Activity Choices
D/B/J Craft and Tinker Activity List
Work in Progress, links may not be available. Check back later!
Do three Required Activities:
- Read User Centered Crafts.
- Read Form, Fit, and Function.
- Pick one Tinkering activity.
Do one Required Crafts with Tools project and ensure you do three things:
- Learn about the tools.
- Make one User-Centered craft (something to entertain, simplify life, OR useful to a user).
- Think of one possible improvement.
Available Troop Meeting Plans
- (2) 90 Min Mtgs – GSUSA Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) free plan
- Mtg 1: Research (3 choices), Tinker (3 choices)
- Mtg 2: User Centered Design (3 choices), Make Form/Fit/Function Craft (3 choices), Reflect (3 choices)
How to earn individually as a Solo Scout?
- None Currently Available.
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Is there a matching badge for Multi-Level Troops?
Learn about the 2011 GSUSA Multi-level Art badges.
Where does this go on the Uniform?
This is a Skill Based Badge and goes on the troop number side of the vest – Click Here to see Junior diagrams and details on where to place it or sash placement.
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GSUSA Information and Details
There are five steps needed to complete this badge, found on the Girl Scout Shop description or searching the GSUSA Badge Explorer. Information on the official requirements can also be found on the Scout’s Honor Wiki.
Printed Booklets
Booklet and VTK Information(Coming Soon)- Buy the GSUSA Leader Guide Booklet
Other Non-GSUSA Resources
- None Currently Available.
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For More Fun Ideas and Plans
Join the Girl Scout Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Leader Help Facebook Group
(Not an official GSUSA Group)
Join the Girl Scout Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador Leader Help Facebook Group
(Not an official GSUSA Group)
See other Recommended Facebook Groups for some Scouting Organizations
(No official Groups)
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Click Here -> To see information References:
Disclaimer: The information published on The Badge Archive is built from the references listed below. These sources demonstrate that our content is grounded in facts and research, not opinion or speculation. Readers may consult them directly when looking for additional material.
- Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. “Meeting : Craft and Tinker 1.” My.girlscouts.org, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., https://my.girlscouts.org/content/girlscouts-vtk/en/vtk.html. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
- Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. “Meeting : Craft and Tinker 2.” My.girlscouts.org, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., https://my.girlscouts.org/content/girlscouts-vtk/en/vtk.html. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
- Roberts, Rachel. Junior the Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. New York, NY, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 2011.
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