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Gigi’s Global Adventure
BREAKING NEWS, can you solve Gigi’s global mystery?
Recommended for:
Adaptable for all sections
Estimated Time:
Flexible
Materials:
Extra Resources Required
Celebration:
World Thinking Day
Activity Description
Following a breaking news alert, participants discover that Gigi the Dragon has gone missing on her global adventure, and her treasures have been scattered across the world. By visiting activity stations, girls recover pieces of Gigi’s lost treasure and learn how Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world share the same Promise, values, and spirit of friendship. Stations are designed to be self-led, allowing girls to choose activities freely and move at their own pace.
You Will Need
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Printed country activity station cards
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Treasures (velcro passport stamps, beads, stickers etc.)
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USA: Postcard Blanks, Pens, Postbox, GG Board Games (Resources coming soon!)
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UK: Eggs/Spoons, Masking Tape, Uniform Designer Pages, Stickers
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CHINA: Card, Pens, Scissors, Tape, String, LED Tealights, Orgami paper
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AUSTRALIA: Boomerang templates, pens/pencils
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SOUTH AFRICA: Yoga Poses
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TURKEY: Ribbon wands, Tile Puzzle Sheets
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GERMANY: Uniform Puzzles (Resources coming soon!), Trefoil colouring, Pens/pencils
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SWITZERLAND: String, Gondolas, Straws, Strawberry Laces
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SOUTH KOREA: Laptop, Projector, Just Dance
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BRAZIL: Paper Masks, Feathers, Sequins, Glue, Pens
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NETHERLANDS: Dove templates, Paper, Pens/Pencils, Cushions, Blankets
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FRANCE: Paper, Pens
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ITALY: Biscuits, Icing, Sprinkles
How to Play
1. Watch the Newsflash - Begin by reading aloud or displaying the Breaking News introduction, explaining that Gigi the Dragon has gone missing on a global Girlguiding adventure and needs help to recover her lost treasures.
2. Explore the World – Around the hall set up tables representing different countries. Each table has a country card explaining the activity. Girls may visit countries in any order and choose which activities they would like to try.
3. Complete Challenges – Girls can work alone or with others. Leaders should encourage teamwork, kindness, and trying something new.At each station, girls complete a challenge inspired by Girlguiding in that country. Activities are designed to be simple, inclusive, and mostly self-led.
4. Collect Treasure – When a challenge is completed, girls collect a piece of Gigi’s treasure before travelling on to their next country. This could be a stamp for their passport, a flag bead for their friendship bracelet, a paper puzzle piece of the final newsflash.
5. Final Update - Finish by gathering everyone together and reading the Closing News Update, revealing that Gigi has been found and celebrating World Thinking Day together.
Programme Links
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World Centre Postcards (UMA30)
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Lantern Lighs (UMA60)
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Legends of 1000 Cranes (UMA30)
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Scribblers (UMA15)
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Build a Board (SB4LS)
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Designer Drawings (UMA30)
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Tantalising Tangrams (UMA30)
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Games Master IB
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Perfect your Poses (UMA30)
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Carnival Creations (UMA45)
With over 1,000 resources across the programme, we might have missed some! If you spot other links, please get in touch, we’d love to add them.
Keeping the Adventure Alive
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