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For a more decorative touch, consider arranging awards on picture frames, creating pinwheels, or attaching them to fun 3D objects. These options allow you to tailor the presentation to the occasion, making it special and memorable for the recipients.

Here’s a list of ideas that might spark what will work for your troop:

• Airplane Awards: Attach science and technology recognitions to paper airplanes.
• Award Bag: Place awards in a lunch bag, secure with a pencil, and decorate with a sticker.
• Award Display Stand: Create a stand or pedestal from cardboard, wood, or foam board to showcase awards.
• Award Garland: String awards on a colorful ribbon or garland for the scout to wear or hang up.
• Award Puzzle: Present awards as puzzle pieces, symbolizing how they fit together to showcase the scout’s achievements.
• Balloon Surprise: Hide awards inside a balloon and let scouts pop it to retrieve their recognitions.
• Bags: Use themed bags filled with badges and small tokens.
• Bandana Display: Tie outdoor recognitions to a bandana.
• Banner: Create a decorative banner showcasing all earned badges.
• Banner Flag: Attach awards to a felt or fabric flag that scouts can hang on their wall.
• Bouquet: Attach badges to dowel sticks and arrange them in a box like flowers.
• Certificates: Attach badges to a printed certificate.
• Creative Keepsakes: Tie art and history recognitions to paintbrushes, sheet music, balloons, or pair them with photographs.
• Egg Surprise: Place awards inside a plastic egg for a springtime ceremony.
• Envelope Presentation: Slip badges and certificates into a decorated envelope sealed with troop-themed stickers.
• Floral Accents: Use roses with ribbons to elegantly present badges.
• Flower Petal Awards: Attach awards to petals of felt or tissue paper flowers.
• Garland: String badges together on a decorative garland for scouts to take home.
• Group Badge Collage: Arrange badges in a group collage for display before distribution.
• Keepsake Box: Present awards inside a small keepsake or jewelry box personalized with the scout’s name.
• Keepsake Corkboard: Arrange badges on corkboards for scouts to keep.
• Lanyards: Attach badges to a lanyard strap.
• Memory Book: Attach awards to pages of a memory book or congratulations card.
• Mini Vest/Sash: Staple awards onto a miniature vest or sash.
• Name Bag Label: Print a scout’s name and award list on a label, affix to a snack-size baggie.
• Paper Vests: Use paper vests to display and award badges – bonus if you can show badge placement at the same time!
• Patch Bouquet: Staple patches to pipe cleaners to create a bouquet tied with a ribbon.
• Personalized Trefoils: Create ribbon trefoils decorated with badges and pins.
• Picture Frame Presentation: Display badges creatively in a frame as a memento.
• Pinwheel: Arrange badges on a circular pinwheel for a colorful and fun display.
• Pinwheel Flowers: Use a fabric pinwheel that resembles a flower, staple awards to the “petals,” and present it either in a flower pot or wrapped like a bouquet.
• Plate of Smiles: Staple awards around a paper plate with a smiley face or sticker in the center.
• Puzzle: Present badges as part of a puzzle that scouts can assemble to reveal their accomplishments.
• Ribbon Display: Staple badges onto ribbons that can be pinned on uniforms.
• Ribbon Necklace: Create a ribbon necklace and attach awards to the ribbon.
• Scout Bucket: Use small buckets or pails decorated with troop colors and include the awards.
• Scout Journal: Place awards inside a scout-themed journal where the scout can also record their experiences.
• Shadow Box: Arrange awards inside a shadow box alongside photos or small memorabilia from activities. Sometimes badges or awards fit inside a decorative frame alongside a certificate of achievement and do not need the space of an official Shadow Box.
• Themed Presentations: Match awards to the theme of an activity (e.g., nature-themed awards presented on a branch or rock).
• Treasure Chest/Badge Tree: Use a treasure chest or Badge/Patch Tree to display awards.
• Treasure Hunt: Hide badges and create a scavenger hunt for scouts to find their achievements
• Trefoil Ribbon: Cut out a trefoil shape and attach awards to a wide ribbon.
• Trophy: Craft a mini trophy or cup out of recyclable materials and place the awards inside.

Reference:

Bridging Ceremonies by GSEM

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