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12th February

Wow, what a fun evening!

We did an evening that we ran about four years ago, therefore all the girls who did it previously have left! We invited the Minister for the Church we meet in to run a session on puppetry.

The Minister (Kim) loves puppets and runs a club at the church to get children telling stories with them - so she's used to working with children and puppets!

First of all, in their Sixes, the girls picked a puppet each and then made up a short play with them. Some were... interesting... They included a story about a sick sheep and some others which I can't remember from the top of my head! After rehearsing for around 10 minutes, they performed the play to each other.

We then had a quick break for a drink (And some white chocolate buttons that Ava brought in to share - which was very kind!)and got back on with the puppets!

Kim played a piece of music and shared the words with the girls for them to 'sing' using their puppets. We had a 'lead singer', a backing group and then everyone else and they were all brilliant! After singing it through, they then performed it to the leaders! And then we joined in - all the Brownies were the lead singers, and we were all the backing singers!

Overall, it was a very enjoyable activity and the girls seemed to enjoy doing something different! They were a little bit giggly and chatty, but I think the fact it's almost half term is almost to blame for that!

After Kim finished, we had a quick game of ladders and then we handed out the Hostess badges earned at the Coffee Morning (Some girls were very excited as it was their very first Brownie badge!)

Next week is half term, so we get a week off and then the following week we have 6 Promises to make and buns/cupcakes to decorate! 

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