Savvy Shopper Badge - September Troop Meeting

We had a great September Troop meeting! We started working on the SAVVY SHOPPER Badge. The steps need to earn this badge are the following:

1. Explore your needs and wants

2. Look into why you want what you want

3. Find out what makes people happy (or not) with what they buy

4. Learn how to decide what to buy

5. Make a plan to buy something that you need or want

We started the meeting discussing the difference between a NEED and a WANT. The girls listed various NEEDS that they have and WANTS that they have.

We then broke out into stations. Due to the time, we weren't able to rotate through all of the stations. If you are able to discuss the activities and replicate them at home, that would be great!

PRICE DIFFERENCE CHALLENGE

The girls were given various grocery ads and a list of items that they need to purchase. They needed to look through the various ads and determine where was the best store to purchase that particular item. You can do this at home as well. If you want to print the sheet we used, the link is here. Just save some ads and let your daughter look through them to determine the best price.

WANTS versus NEEDS

One of the stations the girls looked at various pieces and then determined if it was a need/want for a personal trainer, scientist, web designer or fisherman. They discussed the various pieces and indicated if it was a need or want for various professionals.

BE Happy with What you Buy

We had a conversations about something that they bought that they LOVE and something that they bought that they wished they wouldn't have spent money on it. We then presented a scenarios of being stranded on a desert island. They looked at a list and had to come up with 8 items that they would wish to have with them.