Brownie patch diagram

This includes a Brownie shirt, beanie, tie, skort, and socks or tights. All official patches, pins, and insignia are placed on the front of the Brownie uniform. A Brownie might not earn all of these awards—it just depends on her length of time in the program. The following are the only pins, patches, and awards that belong on the front of the Brownie Girl Scout uniform. However, the back of the uniform is meant for all unofficial badges and patches including cookie, camp, and fun patches.

Visit any of our Girl Scout shops to purchase badges, uniforms, recognitions, gifts, special packages and items, and more! We have many shop locations scattered throughout our council area see locations and hours. In partnership with 7, committed volunteers and adult members, Girl Scouts River Valleys serves more than 19, girls through a county council that spans Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Prefer to watch? Watch Brownie Uniforms. Question: Where does the 'Go for Bold! Cookies ' patch go on a Girl Scout Junior vest?

Answer: The cookie patch for can go anywhere on the back of the vest or sash. Answer: GS Way is a Brownie badge, so it goes on the front of the vest or sash, along with other earned badges. Most Brownies like to start adding badges to the bottom hem of the vest, and add upwards, row by row. This will help maximize your available space for badges! Answer: I believe that you are referring to the First Aid badge with the red cross on it, that is a part of the Brownie Outdoor Journey badge set?

Most girls like to group the Journey badges together by set, sometimes in a pattern circle, big triangle, etc but it is perfectly fine to simply line them up in a row. Answer: Typically, skill-builder and Journey badges earned as a Junior stay on the Junior vest, and badges earned as a Cadette go on the Cadette vest.

You can generally tell the program level by the shape of the badges: Junior skill-builder badges are round and Cadette skill-builder badges are diamond-shaped. Journey badges, though, may have size and shape variations, but you can see what they look like in the Journey books.

Certain awards like bridging arches and Brownie wings, however, do move to the next level vest. Question: I am assuming "Inspire Imagine Innovate!

I just wanted to be sure before ironing them on. Answer: Yes! Thanks for your question and for supporting your Girl Scout! Answer: Early Bird is a patch given for early registration. Since this is earned, it goes on the front of the vest or sash. You can place them in a row just above any other earned badges, or just above other earned badges. The World Thinking Day award should not be confused with general World Thinking Day fun patches, which are different in size and shape than Girl Scouts badges, and should go on the back of the vest or sash.

Answer: These patches are associated with the cookie program, and are considered fun patches, so they go anywhere on the back of the vest or sash. Answer: Cookie badges and patches are always a source of some confusion.

There are actual earned badges for cookie sales, like the Junior level Cookie CEO badge, but probably you are referring to a patch given to a Girl Scout for doing a site sale, or participating in a similar cookie event? If the patch is not shaped like other skill-builder badges, for example: triangular for Brownie badges, or circular for Juniors, then it is likely a fun patch.

All fun patches go on the back of the vest or sash. If it is a skill-builder badge, it will go on the front of the vest, on the girl's right side, with placement starting at the hemline and working up. If there is no more room, it is perfectly fine to place the badge on the back. One other possibility: if the girl is a Daisy, and the patch looks like a green leaf and says "Count it Up" or "Talk it Up", then it goes on the front of the vest, below the petals, so that it forms the girl's left-side leaves of the daisy's stem.

The Cooie Activity pin also is an earned award and goes on the front of the vest or sash. Answer: The rededication or Investiture patch goes anywhere on the back of the sash or vest. Most Scouts will place patches starting at the top edge of the sash or vest and work downward. Answer: I am only aware of fun patches to mark rededication, so unless your council has an earned badge for rededication, I would say that it goes anywhere on the back of the Daisy tunic.

If you discover that what you have is an earned Council badge, please write back and let us know! Answer: Both of these are considered fun patches, and so will go on the back of the vest or sash. Question: Does it matter if Daisy Journey badges are placed on the bottom left or right?

When they run out of room on the bottom left, they will fill up the bottom right. If you still run out of room, you can add another row above, again going from left to right. If by chance you earn skill-builder badges, you can place these in a row above the Journey badges on the left, OR in a row on the right. No worries, though, the important thing is that the badges were earned and a girl should rightfully feel proud to wear them! Answer: Thanks for your excellent question!

This is a bit confusing, so bear with me. If this is a fun patch, given to the girl for participating in an event, then it goes on the back of the vest or sash. These G. If you are still unsure, check the shape of the badge or patch.

If it is shaped similarly to other badges your scout has, then it too is a badge. If it is a general oval shape or an odd shape, then it is likely a fun patch.

Answer: The Cookie Rally patch is a fun patch that goes on the back of the vest or sash, There is a Speak Up fun patch as well as a Raise Your Hand patch that also goes anywhere on the back of the vest or sash. Question: Where does the triangle "play fair" patch go on a Girl Scout's sash? Since it is an earned badge, it goes on the front of the sash, below all the usual insignia, and below Journey badges. If you haven't yet earned any Journey badges, but plan to, leave some space below insignia for the Journey badges, and start placing Try-its below that space.

Alternatively, you can start placing Try-its along the bottom hemline of the sash, and work your way up. If you've run out of room on the sash for Try-its, it is okay to place some on the back of the sash!

Question: If we get our cookie sale and cookie booth patches after we bridge from Brownies to Juniors, can we place them on the junior vest? Answer: I am going to assume that this is the Brownie level Making Friends try-it badge, which is triangular in shape with a brown edge and has a cat and mouse design in the center.

If so, then this is an earned badge, so it goes on the front of the vest, on the girl's right side. Badges are generally started on the hemline, lined up in a row. Move up, row by row, as you add additional badges. If you run out of room on the right side, you can place some on the left side, again starting at the hemline and moving up. For sashes, place the badge on the front, starting at the bottom and working up, row by row. If your Making Friends patch does not match the description of the Brownie badge, then perhaps it is a fun patch?

Most Making Friends fun patches have the words "Making Friends" on it. If that is the case, then as a fun patch, it would be placed anywhere on the back of the vest or sash. They can be placed anywhere on back. Question: Where does the "Bridging '18" Girl Scout patch go?

Does it go on the back? Answer: You are correct! Bridging patches generally go on the back of the vest or sash. The only exception would be if your Council has a special earned badge related to bridging. Question: Where do patches for cookie sales go on a Girl Scout's sash or vest? Answer: If it is a fun patch, it will go on the back of the vest or sash. If it is a badge that is associated with cookie sales, it will go on the front.

Cookie badges are shaped like other Girl Scout badges - triangular, round, diamond, rectangular, or stylized square depending on grade level. Daisies also have leaves that are associated with cookie sales that go on the front of the vest or tunic. It can be confusing with all the badges and fun patches. Is so, it is generally treated like a patch and goes on the back of the vest or sash.

However, if it is an award pin, or if there were a number of tasks necessary to earn the pin, then it may be worn on the front, along with other earned badges or awards. It is arc-shaped like a bridge and there are specific requirements to earn it.

Juniors may also wear their Brownie Wings on the front of their vest. Question: Where does the Girl Scout early registration patch go on the daisy vest? Answer: The early registration patch goes anywhere on the back of the Daisy vest. Does that go on the front or back of her Girl Scout Brownie sash? Answer: I think I may be stumped! But, could this be a Council badge, specific to your local Council? If it is similar in appearance - size and shape - to other earned Brownie badges, then it would go on the front.

If it is a skill builder badge, it would go on the right side of the vest. If the badge does not look similar in size and shape to other earned Brownie badges, then it is likely considered to be a fun patch, and so would go on the back of the vest or sash.

Since it is a fun patch, it goes anywhere on the back of the sash or vest. Answer: The sash typically is worn over the right shoulder down to the left hip, but I have had girls who preferred to wear theirs the other way for various reasons. Answer: The cookie pin is fuchsia in color, about an inch or so in size, in a rhombus shape. If the girl does not have membership stars, you can place the pin below the troop numerals. Some girls like to put all of their Try-it badges on the right side of their vest, starting at the hemline and working up, and their Journey badges on the left side of the vest.

But most girls run out of room and will put Try-its on the left side below Journey badges as well as on the right side. Question: Where does the Girl Scouts digital cookie patch go on the Daisy tunic?

Answer: Since this is a fun patch, it can go anywhere on the back of the vest or tunic. Do they all go on the back of the vest?

Answer: If you run out of room on the front of the vest, you can place badges anywhere on the back. Also, if you group Journey badges on the left of the vest and proficiency badges on the right, and run out of room for proficiency badges, if is fine to place some on the same side as Journey badges.

Answer: These are both considered to be fun patches, and so go anywhere on the back of the vest or sash. Hi Heather, Wow! A special patch from the council CEO is a wonderful thing! There is no rule stating that such a patch must stay on a particular vest, so if your girl wants to move it to her Brownie uniform, I'd say go ahead and move it. She has a right to be proud of it! My girl got a special patch from our council's CEO last year and she really wants to move it over to her Brownie uniform.

Is that something we could do or do we have to leave it on her Daisy vest? Hi Roxanne, Thanks for your question! All product sales patches, like the Avatar patch, go on the back of the Daisy vest.

I'm not familiar with any badge or patch called "Council Wide. Councils may also have a patch program, with "fun patches" given for certain activities. If a fun patch, it can go anywhere on the back of the sash. Congrats to your granddaughter, Suzanne! I'm presuming that what you are sewing on to the vest are fun patches, not earned badges? Fun patches can go anywhere on the back of the vest. Some girls like to try to group them together somehow, but most girls like the back of the vest to not be too fussy.

You can simply start at the top and work your way down, row by row. Now, for earned badges, you'll sew them to the front of the vest. Place earned skill-builder badges along the bottom right side of the vest, going up in rows as more badges are earned. On the left side of the vest, place earned Journey badges along the bottom, going up in rows. The Journey badges that are sets will go more towards the center of the vest, on the left side. If you are ever unsure, you can use just a few stitches to hold the badges until you are certain of their placement, and then stitch them in more securely later.

Happy Scouting! Where should I begin to place them? Does it matter? Hi Maria, Yes, bridging awards generally transfers to the new uniform.

For example, Brownie "wings" or the Brownie Bridge arch will transfer to the Junior vest or sash. It will be placed below the Junior Bridge arch.

The Cadette Bridge arch will be placed above the Junior arch, which will be placed above the Brownie arch or wings. Then, you'll add the Senior Bridge arch and finally the Ambassador arch. Do the briging awards transfer from uniform to uniformn. From Brownies to juniors to cadets and so on? Hi Trica, I think you must have the Pax pin that is given to those who visit in person, and is not available for purchase in the shop. If the pin was given as a keepsake only, then it goes anywhere on the back of the vest or sash.

If it was given as a special recognition or honor, perhaps in exchange for service performed by the Girl Scout, or for completing any number of activities or tasks, then it is worn on the front of the vest or sash, below other GS awards and above skill-builder badges on the girl's right side. I'd probably place it near cookie pins, or at or below My Service My Faith pins. I asked about the placement of the Pax Lodge pin.

It is the pin given at the pinning ceremony at Pax that both my daughter and I received last summer when we visited. At the time and for convenience there were 15 of us in the group getting the pins , hers was pinned by the American flag patch on her sash and mine was put under my Appreciation pin.

I hope this helps? I would attach a photo if I could!