Expert: MaryAnn F. Kohl - 2/7/2010

Question
I found your email along with a request for any ideas about scottish crafts for kids for a girl scout function.  I too am looking for a Scottish craft idea to be repeated many times for a Thinking Day activity.  Did you ever find such a craft and can you help with any ideas as we are a new troop and all of this is new to us.

Thank You

Dede  

Answer
Dede, I never did find anything. My expertise is in expressive art, rather than craft, so I am not the best person for this question.

I did find these links that might help about scout crafts -- though they may not be Scottish:

http://www.makingfriends.com/scout_crafts.htm
http://crafts.kaboose.com/cub-scout/brownie-girl-scout-crafts.html
http://www.e-scoutcraft.com
http://www.familieswithpurpose.com/girl-scout-crafts.html

I wrote this answer to someone and it has a few good ideas in it::

http://www.electricscotland.com/tartans/index.htm
This website will search "tartans", that is, plaids, to go with specific names. Could be fun...
Then you can click on "clad badges" or "shields" or "crests" and make some similar to those out of cardboard or illustration board or heavy paper plates. These can be made up to represent each girl in the group. Perhaps the girls can each wear a swatch of fabric over their shoulders to represent different clans. Very cute would be hats (see this link http://www.houseoftartan.co.uk/scottish/dir2.asp?secid=69&subsecid=1510) where the hat has a special kind of ribbon on it. In fact, they can draw their own...or create their own...plaids on butcher paper with marking pen and ruler.

Other:? Make Scottish shortbread and wrap in plaid fabric with a twine bow.

I hope this helps a little. Maybe it will inspire some new ideas...

MaryAnn Kohl
www.brightring.com