Another game to help the girls learn their Promise and Law

Balloon Pop

Before the meeting:

·      Cut out each phrase of the Promise and Law. Blow up balloons and put a phrase from the Promise and Law in each balloon. Tie a string around the balloon that is long enough to then attach to a Guide’s ankle. Depending on the size of your Unit, you may need to make one per Patrol, or make larger groups, or just do one for the entire Unit. Note: Girls can prepare this activity by inserting the slips of paper into the balloons and blowing them up. They then exchange balloons.

·      Make two signs, one labelled Promise and the other labelled Law.

Bring to the meeting:

·      recorded music to play during the game

·      masking tape

At the meeting:

·       Each girl ties a balloon around her ankle.

·       The girls move around to the music and when the music stops they try to break each other's balloon.

·       When the first balloon is broken, stop the game.

·       The girl that broke the balloon will read the slip of paper to the group. If it is a piece of the Promise, she attaches it to the Bristol board labeled Guide Promise and Law where she thinks it belongs.

This activity continues until the whole Promise and Law is laid out on the Bristol board.

Following the game, divide girls into four groups (or Patrols if that works). Give each group one line of the Promise. Ask the girls to discuss, and prepare to present their thoughts on, that line from the Promise.

Some questions to get them thinking include:

·      Why do we promise this?

·      What does it mean?

·      What behaviours/actions does it imply?

·      What does this mean for our world/community?

·      Give each group five minutes to discuss their thoughts. When all the groups have presented their lines, open up for the whole Unit to talk about the Promise.