Badge & Gem Ideas

“Create a Challenge Badge” Ideas

Discover a Challenge (Gems)

Some ideas to get you started! 10 challenges are needed to complete the gem (making sure you cover Physical, People, Practical & Self). These challenges are located in the back of each of the Guide Handbooks

Guide Handbook 1 – Turquoise (minimum start age is 5 years old)

Taste a new fruit or vegetable. Tell your patrol what you thought
Go for a walk in the park. What did you see? What did you hear? What did you smell? Write it down or draw pictures & share with your unit
Practise throwing & catching balls of different sizes
Do 3 good turns in a week
Bring a friend to guides
Make a picture out of natural materials such as leaves, bark or sand
Know how to clean a cut & put on a bandaid
Know your full name, your parents names & address
Remember a short message & pass it on

Guide Handbook 1 – Topaz (minimum start age is 6 years old)

Drink water instead of cordial or soft drink for one week
How many times can you skip with a single rope without stopping? How many times can you do it after practising for one week?
Help sell Guide Biscuits
Think of a good turn you can do for someone at home. Do your best to do it daily for one week
Show how you can tie knots by making a mobile, bracelet or pom pom
Wipe the table & sweep the floors for one week at home
Play Kim’s Game
For one week, do your best to smile when you feel like complaining!

Guide Handbook 2 – Amethyst (minimum start age is 7 years old)

For one week, keep a diary of the fruits & vegetables you eat (use pictures & words in your diary)
Earn “Create a Challenge Badge” Trees or Water badges
Promote Guides in your community e.g. poster at school or local library
Pack for a sleepover or camp & attend event
Show how to tie your shoelaces
Attend regular meetings for 5 weeks & wear your uniform correctly

Guide Handbook 2 – Garnet (minimum start age is 8 years old)

Help prepare a meal for your family
Participate in an environmental activity such as tree planting or Clean Up Australia Day
For 4 weeks, do a helpful job that your Guide Leader has chosen for you!
Organise & run a game that every member of your patrol can play
Find out how to send a simple message using morse code, phonetic alphabet, semaphore or sign language
Make something you can wear
Spend a whole day without playing with your toys, watching TV or playing with computer. Tell your unit what you did instead!