Scout uniforms

[live4christp1]

wow! $$$$

I'm missing Cub Scouts......at least there we bought the blue shirt (with the council & pack patches) a little big in Tigers......each year we just had to change hats, scarves & slides and that lasted through 5th grade.

Girl scouts is a whole new uniform every two years in Daisy through Jr. at least.......that requires replacing the patches (both council & pack) your insignia. Our district doesn't require a set uniform.....when I meet with the parents in my troop I'm going to suggest the new purple Brownie t-shirt with brown sash or vest (girls preference - mine prefers the sash) and beanie (optional) with your choice of bottoms. The shirt that goes with the skort is really ugly. What happened to the uniforms of old......I always thought they were cute.

 

[minniebeth]

Our school's GS troops don't do uniforms, just the vests or sashes. Once in a while, a troop will make their own matching tshirts, which are cute, but not an official uniform. Honestly, with so many other expenses these days, I do not see the need for an official uniform other than the sash or vests. Yes, the patches (flag, troop numbers, council patch) do add up but as the troops get older, there should be some cookie/fundraising money available to help the girls pay for or offset the cost of those patches. The only other out of pocket expense would be the sash or vest itself. every 2 years.

That is the way our school does it with all it's troops, so don't know what others do, but I would suggest to have the troop offset the cost of whatever you do~

 

[allison443]

Uniforms are not required for any level of girl scouts. I was a leader for all three of my girls for many years, we always said uniforms were optional but for Daisies we did purchase the smock, and for Brownies and Juniors the vests.

Some years we made "unofficial" troop tshirts and the group would wear them to events like a sleepover, camping, etc.

 

[live4christp1]

Those are good ideas. We might just do that instead.

Thanks!

 

[skw444]

I'm a leader of my daughter's troop (we're Brownies this year) and all we do is the vest. Last year, we bought some t-shirts that were on clearance on the Girl Scout website for $4 each and the girls wear that and their vest when we are at an event or gathering. This year, the troop was able to fund the entire cost of the vests from their cookie profits last year.

 

[mjkacmom]

Wow, that's a lot to buy! Our cub scout has a shirt and bandana, and my brownie and girlscout have just vests. If they had to buy a uniform, they wouldn't join (I have to admit that all of my kids usually forget to wear the little bit of uniform they have, because meetings are after school).

 

[DawnM]

Do you have a used bin?

I am in charge of the used uniforms for our cubscouts AND boyscouts. I get first pick of stuff, but I have taken it upon myself to add a lot in as well. Everytime I see an official scout uniform item at a yard sale or thrift store I buy it and donate it to the bin.

Dawn

 

[live4christp1]

Do you have a used bin?

I am in charge of the used uniforms for our cubscouts AND boyscouts. I get first pick of stuff, but I have taken upon myself to add a lot in as well. Everytime I see an official scout uniform item at a yard sale or thrift store I buy it and donate it to the bin.

Dawn

Great tip. I will have to remember to keep an eye out for those.

 

[a1tinkfans]

We used to ask all the parents of Scouts to donate what they could for the next group of kids...you'd be surprised of the generosity....worked well, especially when XXX kid "again forgot his cap" for pack night we had it in a bin and a person was assigned to just keep an eye on it....worked well...love idea about thrift and garage sales..also, using the "tape" method versus sewing made them easier to "re-gift"

 

[golfgal]

Back in the dark ages when I was a brownie/girl scout (there were no Dasiy) we had those lovely brown/green dresses. You didn't earn patches in Brownies, that was a Girl Scout thing. The green dresses took you from 3rd grade through 7th grade when you were a junior (I think that is what they were called). Most girls just ended up wearing their sash because we hated the dress things.

 

[Ceila]

I'm a Brownie assistant leader, and we just use the vests. We don't usually have the girls wearing matching shirts, but sometimes one of our leaders makes cute hair bows for an event, and the girls all wear those. It's easier finding them when they all have the same thing on the tops of their heads, lol!

Also, if you sew on the council and pack badges instead of ironing them on, you can transfer them from one level to the next.

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

While not a requirement of being a Girl Scout, a vest or sash would be needed to display Try-Its and Badges that the girls earn, as well as troop numbers and council identification.

GSUSA has revamped the "uniform" over the past few years, eliminating the head-to-toe uniform except for formal occasions (i.e. meeting the President). Girl Scouts now has a more casual look, with white tops and khaki bottoms being acceptable as the uniform for less formal, albeit important, functions, say cookie booths, parades or Thinking Day. There is also a myriad of active wear - t-shirts, knit pants or leggings, etc. plus all sorts of hair accessories, socks, etc.

 

[STLDisney_Freak]

Our school's GS troops don't do uniforms, just the vests or sashes. Once in a while, a troop will make their own matching tshirts, which are cute, but not an official uniform.

That is what my girls troop does too. They have matching shirts and swap hats.