Badge Name - Description
1.
An Apple a Day
- No Sugar Day
2.
Mother Nature
– Pull weeds, plant something, star gaze
3.
Hiking
4.
BioDome - go
to the zoo
5.
New entertainment- Pick out some new toys/books/snacks at the Dollar Tree
6.
Shhhhh – Read
25 books (of appropriate difficulty) throughout the summer. See how many
different places you can read (under a tree, at the pool, etc.)
7.
Felicity & Ben- tour Colonial Williamsburg
8.
Castle – make
a marshmallow castle using toothpicks
9.
The King’s Palace – Visit Graceland
10.
Know Thyself
– Write in a journal at least once a week
11.
Mommy Rules-
Go on a date with Mommy
12.
Daddy Rocks-
Go on a date with Daddy
13.
Catch a Wave-
go to the beach, build a sandcastle, collect shells
14.
Smarty Pants
– finish workbook over the summer
15.
Handyman –
make a monkey-powered plane @ Lowe’s 6/9 @ 10am or 6/10 @ 2pm
16.
Swinter – Christmas in Summer: pick out a
$5 treat
17.
Wordsmith – learn
a new word every weekday
18.
Fresh from the Garden- pick out food from a produce stand
19.
Front of the Bus- visit the Rosa Parks museum. Journal about your thoughts.
20.
Baker- make
and decorate different kinds of cupcakes and soft pretzels
21.
Art is Fine- sidewalk
chalk, crafts, art, classical music
22.
Spielberg- make
your own movie using stuffed animals/dolls as characters and legos as sets.
Videotape.
23.
Not a hoarder –
clean out old clothes and toys
24.
Alphabet tour-
Take a walk and journal about things you see from A-Z
25.
Daredevil- Ride
roller coasters @ Kings Dominion
26.
Neighborhood Heroes – deliver treats to the fire station
27.
Outdoorsperson
– Make a Catch-a-fish game and Wildlife seminar 2pm 6/26
28.
Historian – make
a time capsule
29.
Heritage – make
a family crest based on where we are from
30.
Creamery- make
homemade ice cream
31.
Saints- read a story about a saint and write a
short report
32.
Cascade- Crabtree
Falls
33.
Nautical- Make
and sail a milk carton boat
34.
Bubble- Learn
to blow a gum bubble
35.
Cartographer
– Draw and color a map of important places in your life (where you live, where
you were born, church, fave vacation spot, etc.)
36.
Flashback- play
games of the past (jacks, bottlecaps, marbles, run with cups of water and don’t
spill), listen to music of the past, get a drink from an old-time soda fountain
37.
Lazy Day- Pajamas/Movies
+ Popcorn/Computer/Wii/TV day
38.
Collector- Do
something with your collections (bottle cap chain, paint rocks to look like
bugs)
39.
Mama is no Maid- help Mommy and Daddy with chores (at least 1x a week over the summer to
earn the badge)
40.
Don’t Forget-
Visit the Alamo
41.
The next Michael Phelps- set a personal record in a swim meet
42.
Arcade- make up
an arcade game
43.
Haiku- Make
10 haiku poems about things you do in summer
44.
CandyChuteOpoly- make up your own board game using poster board
45.
The Great Outdoors- have a picnic and play at a park we’ve never been to before
46.
Factory – Take
a factory tour
47.
Side view – make
silhouettes
48.
I love Virginia- Visit the Governor’s Mansion and State Capitol
49.
Cycling-
Learn to ride a two-wheeler
50.
Busy as a Bee-
Earn all 49 badges… big time treat!
