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♡My 'Magical Kingdoms Challenge Badge'...so far♡

Dear Reader, 
DISCLAIMER: ALL RIGHTS TO THIS BADGE BELONG TO 1ST ST SEBASTIAN BROWNIES, ALL INFORMATION AND PHOTOS HAVE COME FROM THE CHALLENGE BADGE PACK THEY HAVE CREATED AND GUIDING CHALLENGE BADGE FACEBOOK GROUP!!!

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photo belongs to Claire Gibson via challenge badge Facebook group
As you will probably soon learn from this blog, I am a really big Disney fan!! And by that, I mean a REALLY big fan!


So, when I was browsing the files on Facebook, looking for a challenge badge to do in my own time, I came across Magical Kingdoms,created by 1st St Sebastian Brownies in Berkshire, and I was instantly sold. 

The badge includes research activities, games, crafts, watching the films, wordsearches, and food/cooking. I like that this badge offers so many activities - 97 in fact, and that they link to helping others by donating 2ps to charity, being creative and increasing knowledge by researching.
The badge stipulated that as a member of The Senior Section, I should complete 12 activities, from at least 8/10 sections. But, I thought, why not make it more challenging for myself? After some thought, I decided to set myself the challenge to see how many of the 97 activities I could complete between starting the badge, and the end of the Easter holidays (3rd March - 15th April). 



The badge is split into 10 sections: The Lion King, Cinderella, Mary Poppins, Robin Hood, The Sword in the Stone, Big Hero 6, Beauty and the Beast, Frozen, Dumbo and Aladdin. 

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So far, I have completed 16 activities, with 27 days left on the challenge, which does not seem a lot, but it's certainly been a challenge fitting it in around college and Brownies. I hope to complete quite a few activities during my two weeks off. 
I have been checking off activities as I complete them, with the date of completion and also collecting a large file of evidence to show my leaders in a few weeks time. 






Activities that I have completed include wordsearches, watching Cinderella, and The Lion King, making a lion mask, magic wand and Robin Hood hat, researching real life robots, real stories of Camelot, the history of circus animals, and collecting 2p coins to donate to charity. 
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Since starting the badge I have discovered that Mabel Stark was the first female lion tamer, Japanese banks have a robot called 'Nao' to answer people's questions about opening a bank account, and in 1914, 2p could buy you a pint of milk and a loaf of bread!

During the Easter holidays, I plan to complete at least 17 activities (which plus the 12 already done, and the 5 I'm aiming for this week commencing 19th March, will take me to.....34) - including...
  • making a wanted poster, 
  • cooking a meal, 
  • making an origami rose (which will definitely take some practice), 
  • reading the original Mary Poppins book by P.L.Travers
  • watching Big Hero 6, Frozen and Aladdin
  • researching marriage traditions in other cultures
  • and continuing to collect my 2ps!
I'm hoping to squeeze in a few more, as I don't feel 34 is quite as much as I was hoping for (I'd love to get to 45) but it is difficult with college, work, etc. 

      WATCH THIS SPACE!!!!
I promise that I will do my best, to be true to myself and develop my beliefs, to serve the Queen and my community, to help other people and to keep the Guide Law,
Yours, 
The 16-Year-Old Brownie

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