Bridging Ceremony

The original copy and many other ceremonies that can be downloaded are found at http://members.aol.com/SurfinChar/campcook.html.

Make sure you scroll down to the ceremonies part. This leader really has some great pages. Check them all out.

Here is my version.

Brownies form a circle on one side of bridge and the juniors form a horseshoe on the other.

The Leader says:

“Now it’s time to say good-bye; break the ring and out you fly.”

Ring breaks to let girls and Leader out. She takes them to the bridge, repeats the following poem and gives them their Brownie Wings:

(Girl's name) you are just about

To become a Junior Scout

In the troop you soon will find

Junior scouts are true and kind

So now I give you Brownie Wings

That you may fly to bigger things

Brownies cross the bridge one at a time. The Juniors meet them half way across and they do the girl scout handshake. Each Junior takes their Brownie the rest of the way across the bridge and to the Junior horseshoe. When all are in place, they repeat the Girl Scout Promise together and the Brownies are presented with the Girl Scout pin.

After we had their bridging we went inside for their awards. I had cut a bunch of flowers with a die cutter and then placed their patch and their name on each flower. At the ceremony I called each girl up one at time and handed them their flower for the patch they earned. By the time they were done they had a bouquet of flowers (& and patches).

Click on the cake to see how to make this cake for your bridging ceremony: