Scribble Party

A scribble party is something that I have wanted to use as a meeting for a long time, but there has never been any time in our term program.

However, this year we chose to give our usual Halloween party a miss, which gave me the perfect opportunity to give it a try. It also doubled as a farewell party for one of the Brownies that was bridging to the Guide unit. A scribble tshirt doubled wonderfully as a memory tshirt and at the end of the night the girls covered her tshirt in lovely farewell messages.

Photo credit: http://drjeanandfriends.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/time-capsules-and-memory-shirts.html

The Brownies each invited a friend and every girl was told to wear a plain white tshirt that was allowed to be decorated. Most parents just purchased new white shirts, with Kmart having the best deal for just $2 a shirt!


Equipment needed:

• White tshirt per person
• Fabric markers - make sure to buy these ahead of time so that you can shop around for the best price! I purchased a 10 pack of crayola fabric markers for $8.50, but in most shops they cost well over $10. The price adds up quickly depending how many packets you need to buy.
• Instructions on how to set the fabric markers so that they don't run - one per girl. For Crayola the instructions were located on the back of the box and involved ironing the shirt while it was inside out.

Activities:

• Whistle Game - we play this often as an ice-breaker, and it is simple to add the drawing element. Give each girl a fabric marker. The Guides move around the room at random as instructed (e.g. skipping, hopping) until the whistle is blown signaling they need to form a group. The number of whistles dictates the number of girls in each group. 3 whistles = a group of 3 girls. Once in a group, sign the shirt of everybody in the group. Play continues with the stipulation to find new people for your group each round.

• Whispered drawings - much like Chinese whispers. Everybody sits in a circle and the first girl passes on a simple message of something that can be drawn eg. A cat wearing a hat. The message is passed around the circle, to the last girl who then draws the picture on the back of the first girl. The answer and drawing is then revealed and laughter ensues. Play continues starting with the next player. The girls loved this so much that it ran for much longer than anticipated!

• Drawing relay races

• Free Draw!

These are some of the designs that ended up on my shirt. I also have many signatures and some lovely messages!

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Would you consider having a scribble party at your meeting?