Things You'll Need:
- Girl Scouts
- Girl Scout cookies
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Step 1
Put several Girl Scout cookies on your copy machine to make invitations. You can copy a page full of cookies onto a piece of card stock and cut it into quarters to make four postcard invitations. Put all of the pertinent party information on one side and reserve the other side for the guest's address and a postage stamp. Mail invitations two to three weeks before the party.
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Step 2
Brainstorm a list of party ideas. You might want to try a cookie eating contest, "Name that cookie," or a "Cookie walk." Name tags can be made from Girl Scout cookie boxes and Girl Scout uniforms and patches can be used or duplicated for party decorations.
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Step 3
Start whipping up Girl Scout cookie recipes. Girl Scouts have been baking cookies since the early 1900s and you can use Girl Scout cookies in several popular recipes. Try breading fried chicken with Peanut Butter Sandwiches, or crushing Thin Mint cookies into your favorite brownie recipe. You can use Caramel Delights (Samoas) in place of graham crackers to make a heavenly cheesecake crust. Try laying each variety of Girl Scout cookies on a tray for a beautiful sampler. Challenge guests to think of their own Girl Scout cookie recipes.
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Step 4
Print recipe cards for the Girl Scout cookie recipes you decide to serve, so guests can recreate these recipes at home.
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Step 5
Invite a local Girl Scout troop to your party so they can recite the Girl Scout Promise and the Girl Scout Law. It's important to understand the historical significance of a nonprofit organization and the nature of the programs that are supported from the cookie sale income.
Comments
Alisiane said
on 10/4/2008 Cookie time is fast approaching for my daughter's troop, and I welcome any tips - especially good ones like this - to help me unload those cookies before I eat them myself ;-)