World Thinking Day Country Booth Activity for Girl Scouts

Activity Description: Take part in a World Thinking Day event by hosting a country booth and exploring booths from other countries.

Items Needed:

Trifold board
(Optional) Table cover
(Optional) Cultural decorations
(Optional) Food samples that follow allergy policies
(Optional) SWAPs
(Optional) Paper passports
(Optional) Rubber stamps
(Optional) Music or stories from the chosen country

Before the Event (Estimated Total Time: 20–80 min):

Choose a country to host and prepare your display. (20–40 min)
- Pick a country your troop wants to learn about. Complete the Explore a Country activity as a troop.
- Gather simple facts and pictures to share. Create a trifold board with cultural facts, photos, and symbols.
(Optional) Make event materials. (10–40 min)
- Prepare SWAPs that match your country.
- Gather paper passports and stamps for visitors.
- Collect decorations and any safe food samples. Note: Check if food samples are allowed as food is sometimes forbidden at these events.

Event Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 90–150 min):

Set up your booth. (10–15 min)
- Arrange the trifold board, decorations, SWAPs, and food samples.
- (Optional) Place passports and stamps where they are easy to reach.
Join the opening ceremony. (10–15 min)
- Listen to the welcome message from the event organizers.
- Notice how the event celebrates global friendship.
Host your booth. (30–60 min)
- Take turns hosting your booth and visiting others so everyone gets a chance to do both.
- Share one or two simple facts about your country. Invite visitors to look at the display or try a small activity.
- (Optional) Stamp passports for visitors.
- (Optional) Share your SWAP or food sample from your country.
Visit other booths. (30–60 min)
- Walk around the event and explore other countries.
- Notice how each country has unique traditions and symbols.
- (Optional) Collect SWAPs, try food samples, and/or get your passport stamped.
Join the closing ceremony. (10–15 min)
- Gather with the group to reflect on what you learned.
- Think about how youth around the world are connected through WAGGGS.

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Info Needed: Explore the unique traditions, daily lives, or cultural influences of a different country to build a deeper understanding of our global community and how we are connected AND Share what you learned with others.

Fulfills Steps 2 and 4 of GSUSA D/B/J World Thinking Day badge requirements.

This activity does not meet any Scouting America Requirements

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Updated on November 7, 2026. Published on March 6, 2026. Author:

Tia Kennard

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