Pin the tail on the Flamingo

Success Station #4
<strong>Pin</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>tail</strong> on <strong>the</strong> Flamingo
This station encourages girls to work toge<strong>the</strong>r and communicate.
Supplies Needed
• Copy of <strong>the</strong> Flamingo pin-up (provided in appendix)
• Tape
• Blindfold (ie., eyemask, bandana)
Simple Preparation
• Tape toge<strong>the</strong>r and Hang <strong>the</strong> Flamingo pin-up on a wall
Instructions
• Set up two teams of two
• From a few feet away from <strong>the</strong> pin-up, blindfold one girl who
will attempt to “pin <strong>the</strong> <strong>tail</strong>” on <strong>the</strong> Flamingo and her team mate
will lead her by verbally providing instructions
• The girl will need to pin <strong>the</strong> <strong>tail</strong> on <strong>the</strong> flamingo and <strong>the</strong> team
that gets it done first wins!

Success Station #5
Crazy Hoops
This station encourages girls to work toge<strong>the</strong>r
as a team to accomplish <strong>the</strong>ir goal.
Supplies Needed
• Hoola Hoop
Simple Preparation
• None
Instructions
• Set up two teams of 10 girls
• One girl will put <strong>the</strong> hoola hoop on her arm and each girl
<strong>the</strong>n holds each o<strong>the</strong>r’s hand and form a circle
• Try to get <strong>the</strong> hoola hoop around <strong>the</strong> circle of girls as quickly
as possible without breaking <strong>the</strong> chain of girls

Success Station #6
Flamingo Relay
This station encourages girls to work toge<strong>the</strong>r as a team
and discuss planning and strategy to accomplish <strong>the</strong>ir goal.
Supplies Needed
• Straws
• Bowls
• Beans (ie., white beans to simulate a string of pearls)
• <strong>Pin</strong>k boa’s (optional)
Simple Preparation
• Place empty bowls on one side of <strong>the</strong> room and bowls full of dried beans on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r side.
Make sure <strong>the</strong>re is an equal number of bean’s in each bowl. Give each team member a straw.
Instructions
• Divide <strong>the</strong> group of girls into teams (<strong>the</strong> number of teams depends on <strong>the</strong> area
you have available and group size).
• Girls will take turns to transport <strong>the</strong> bean’s using only <strong>the</strong> straw, from a bowl
on one side of <strong>the</strong> room to <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r until all <strong>the</strong> beans have been moved.

Success Station #7
Who Who am am I?
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This station encourages girls to get to know <strong>the</strong>ir fellow Girl Scout members.
Supplies Needed
• Index cards/Paper
• Pens/Pencils
• Basket or Hat
Simple Preparation
• Have each girl write a fun fact about <strong>the</strong>mselves that <strong>the</strong>ir fellow
Troop members may not know about <strong>the</strong>m on <strong>the</strong> index card/paper
• Works best with a group of 8 – 12 / split girls into two teams
• Add all <strong>the</strong> index cards/paper into a basket or hat and shuffle
Instructions
• Have a girl pick out one index card and read <strong>the</strong> fun fact out loud.
She will have one chance to figure out who it is.
• Once <strong>the</strong>y guess correctly, <strong>the</strong> next girl will pull out ano<strong>the</strong>r name from <strong>the</strong> basket/hat and so on.
• The team has one minute to go through as many names as <strong>the</strong>y can. If <strong>the</strong>y get stuck
on a name, <strong>the</strong>y can pass and move onto <strong>the</strong> next name.
• Names that are guessed successfully, put in a separate pile, those that are ‘passed’ put back
in <strong>the</strong> basket. When <strong>the</strong> minute is up, add up <strong>the</strong> total number of names guessed, and add
that to <strong>the</strong> team’s score. Move onto <strong>the</strong> next team who do <strong>the</strong> same as above.
This continues until all <strong>the</strong> names have been used up or ‘guessed’.
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Success Station #8
Magazine Scramble
This station encourages girls to work on <strong>the</strong>ir problem
solving skills by assembling a puzzle.
Supplies Needed
• Magazine Covers
• Scissors
Simple Preparation
• Measure and cut <strong>the</strong> magazine cover
into 20 equal pieces
Instructions
• Stack <strong>the</strong> squares randomly into a single pile,
with picture sides facing down. Start <strong>the</strong> timer,
and you <strong>the</strong>n have 60 seconds to turn over
<strong>the</strong> pieces and reassemble <strong>the</strong> magazine cover.

Success Station #9
Egg and Spoon Relay Race
This station encourages girls to focus on <strong>the</strong>ir strategy and work as a team to accomplish a goal.
Supplies Needed
• Hardboiled/Plastic Eggs
• Spoons
Simple Preparation
• Mark a starting line and turnaround point where girls will
go back to <strong>the</strong>ir team and pass off to <strong>the</strong> next girl in <strong>the</strong> relay
• Add obstacles (ie., small orange cones) to make <strong>the</strong> relay
more challenging (optional)
Instructions
• Form two teams; give every player a spoon. Give each team a hard-boiled/plastic egg.
• Each girl will carry <strong>the</strong>ir egg from <strong>the</strong> starting line to a turnaround point and back again,
<strong>the</strong> next girl will go and repeat <strong>the</strong> process until each person on <strong>the</strong> team had <strong>the</strong>ir turn.
• If <strong>the</strong> egg is dropped, <strong>the</strong> player must stop and pick it up and resume to <strong>the</strong> finish line.
• First team to finish wins.
• For more of a challenge, have <strong>the</strong> girls hold <strong>the</strong> spoons in <strong>the</strong>ir mouth!

(Success Station #1)

(Success Station #1)