Brownie Buccaneers

For our final night this term, the Brownie Guides celebrated International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Everybody dressed in their best pirate gear - handmade hooks, cockatoos on the shoulder (because we're Aussie pirates), eye patches and cutlasses found in the dress-up box.

My original plan for the night involved compass skills, tracking and treasure maps but leading up to the night I realised that I was exhausted after a jam-packed term and the girls were as well. So instead, we had fun playing games with some great leadership opportunities.

The night ended with two Promise ceremonies (the first i've ever down while dressed as a pirate Captain) and a Bronze Endeavour award presentation.

Program:
Arrive
Create pirate name tags and practice pirate lingo
Game: Captain's Coming
Song: Pirate Ship 
Song: Princess Pat 
Game: Pirate/ship/treasure (variation of Army/Navy/Air force)
Game: Scallywag/Shiver Me Timbers (variation of Heads & Tails)
Fire safety and candle lighting
Promise Ceremony and badge presentation


The pirate names were created using this great resource from FunnyJunk. I didn't need to create a pirate name as the girls dubbed me 'Captain' for the night!

Image credit: FunnyJunk

The pirate phrases were adapted from this Examiner article. I've made the pages available as a PDF download.