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This resource is suitable for all sections. Please feel free to adapt any of the activities or even make up your own!

The main thing is to have fun!

To gain the badge, Rainbows should choose and complete 3+ activities, Brownies 4+ activities,

Guides 5+ activities and Seniors 6+ activities.

We‛d love to see some photos of you doing some of the activities in this pack!

Email us: devaseniorsection@yahoo.co.uk

Published: 01/09/2010 ©Deva Senior Section, Girlguiding Cheshire ForestDownloadable at www.devas.cheshireforest.org.uk

This badge will be available until Dec 2011

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DESIGN YOUR OWN JELLY BABYDid you know that there are 6 different Jelly Babies, each with their own name, colour, flavour and qualities? (See sheet at the back of this pack for descriptions.)

EDIBLE CANDY JEWELLERYHave a go at making some candy jewellery. You could make a necklace or a bracelet or even a matching set! Have a think what sweets you could use. How about strawberry shoe laces for the bracelet and fruity polos for the beads? Use your imagination and get creative!

DESIGN YOUR OWN MASCOT

Design your own Jelly Baby. What would it taste like?, what would its name be? what skills and talents would it have?

Bertie Bassett is the mascot of the brand ‘ Bassetts‛ sweets. He is made from liquorice allsorts. Imagine you have just started your own sweet company. Have a go at making your own sweet mascot. You could use cocktail sticks and a selection of sweets to build it.

A HEALTHY ALTERNATIVEWe all love sweets but eating too many is bad for you and your teeth. Can you think of some healthy alternatives that you could have instead? Discuss in small groups and share your ideas with the rest of the unit. Maybe you could have a go at making your snack next week!

SWEET MADNESSTry these games using sweets such as smarties or similar.

SWEETASTIC SWEET ARTHave a go a making a small mosaic picture using only jelly beans (or similar). Tip: choose a simple design to make or use one of the templates at the back of this pack. Here are some examples of some pictures created only with jelly beans!

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR SWEETS?How many of the sweets can you identify correctly? Have a go and see how many you get right (quiz available at the back of this pack).

Form a small group of around 6 people and sit in a circle. Using a straw, suck a sweet up against the straw and try and pass it on to the next person without dropping it. See if you can get right around the circle.

Form a small group of around 6 people and sit in a circle. Put some sweets in a bowl in the middle of the group. Each person needs a straw and a cup. You also need one dice. Someone starts by rolling the dice. It keeps going round the circle until someone rolls a six. When they do, they have to try and get as many sweets into their cup using just the straw, by sucking the sweets. They keep doing this until another person rolls a six and starts sucking instead. The person with the most sweets at the end of the game is the winner.

SWEETASTIC COCONUT ICE SWEET TREATS

Ingredients 50g sweetened condensed milk 250g icing sugar 200g dessicated coconut Food colouring (optional) Wooden spoon, mixing bowl and plate Small sweet cases

Method1. Mix together the coconut, condensed milk and icing sugar in a large bowl. It will get very stiff, but keep mixing until it is well combined.

2. At this stage you could add a small amount of food colouring to all or half of the mixture. 3. Sprinkle some icing sugar on a plate and begin to roll the mixture in to small balls. Place in the sweet cases, Ideally these should be left uncovered overnight to set. If you haven‛t eaten them all the next day, they can be stored in an airtight container.

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MAKE SOME GIANT SWEETS

DESIGN YOUR OWN CHOCOLATE BARCadbury‛s have employed you to design a new chocolate bar for them. In small groups you need to invent a chocolate bar, design a wrapper and create a TV advert to advertise your new product.

What would your chocolate bar be called? What would it taste like and what ingredients would it have? Would it be aimed at young children, teenagers or adults? How much would it cost? Present your new product to the rest of the group!

PLAY THE CHOCOLATE GAMEItems required Dice Tray, Bar of chocolate (in squares) Selection of items: Hat, scarf, gloves or similar, knife & fork

How to playUn-wrap the chocolate bar and place it on a tray in the middle of the circle (no more than 6 people). Everyone takes it in turns to roll the dice. When someone gets a six they must put on all the items of clothing and then use the knife and fork to eat as much chocolate as they can (1 square at a time) beore the next person throws a six and takes over.

Giant Jelly Tots!(recipe at the back of this pack).

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Did you know that there are 6 different Jelly Babies, each with their own name, colour and characteristics? They all play in the Jelly Babies band too!

Name: Baby Bigheart

Colour: Black

Characteristics: Thoughtful & caring. Plays the saxaphone

Name: Baby Bonny

Colour: Pink

Characteristics: The youngest jelly baby who is always crawling in to trouble! She plays the tambourine

Name: Baby Boofuls

Colour: Green

Characteristics: He‛s never far from tears whether happy or sad! He plays the cymbals and double bass

Name: Baby Brilliant

Colour: Red

Characteristics: He is the leader of the Jelly babies band and plays the Lead Guitar

Name: Baby Bubbles

Colour: Yellow

Characteristics: She is trendy and always playful. She sings the lead vocals

Name: Baby Bumper

Colour: Orange

Characteristics: Mischievous and clumsy. He plays the drums

Did you know that there are 6 different jelly babies, each with their own name, colour and characteristics? They all play in the Jelly Babies band too!

Design your own Jelly BabyName:

Colour:

Flavour:

Characteristics:

Did you know that there are 6 different jelly babies, each with their own name, colour and characteristics? They all play in the Jelly Babies band too!

Design your own Jelly BabyName:

Colour:

Flavour:

Characteristics:

SWEETASTICHow well do you know your sweets? Have a go at this quiz and see if you can match the names with the pictures!

SWEETASTICDepending on the age group, you may want to give them the answers to match with the pictures.

smarties

twix

everton mints

rhubarb & custard

mars bar strawberry bon bons

caramel

tea cakes

aero

snickers

midget gems

kit kat

flying saucersflying saucers

rolo

white chocolate mice

gobstoppers

bounty

liquorice allsorts

snowies

chocolate peanuts

SWEETASTICHow well do you know your sweets? Have a go at this quiz and see if you can match the names with the pictures!

rhubarb & custardtwix

snickers smartiesmars barstrawberry bon bons

everton mints

liquorice allsorts

midget gems

tea cakes

flying saucersflying saucers

gobstoppers bounty

aero

kit kat

caramel rolo white chocolate mice

snowies

http://www.sweetsentiments.co.uk/comersus/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=15

chocolate peanuts

SWEETASTICHave a go a making a small mosaic picture using only jelly beans (or similar). Tip: choose a simple design! Here are some templates you might like to use.

SWEETASTIC GIANT JELLY TOTS Items required (makes approx. 30 tots) 10 packs of jelly (2 packs per flavour - each makes 3 Jelly Tots) 1 bag of granulated sugar Cake trays (with cake moulds) enough for 30 Bowl Microwave

Method

1. Place the jelly (of the same flavour) in a bowl and microwave for 2 minutes (do not add water).

2. Pour the melted jelly into the mould (cake tray). Repeat with other flavours.

3. Put the tray in the fridge to set for approx. 40 minutes.

4. Remove the jelly tots from the mould and place them in a bowl with the granulated sugar. Coat the jelly tots with sugar.

5. You should now have some mega telly tots!