Ricicle’s owner David Nichols-Rice went along to his local Girl guiding group to run a Card Club session with the Brownies. The 24 girls aged between 7-10 years old were working towards their ‘Kindness’ badge, and one of the example activities to earn their badge was creating a greeting card to send to someone.
The evening began by asking each Brownie how they might show kindness to someone, and luckily, one of the girls mentioned that it might be nice to send a card to someone who wasn’t feeling very well.
After that lucky and well-thought-out start, David, the Brown Owl leader, Helen, and the other leaders sat down with these energetic young ladies to talk about what a greeting card is and the reasons why they might send one beyond just a birthday card.
Then, they all got to work on digging through the colouring pens, stickers, gems, and lots of other colourful materials to decorate their cards and envelopes.
Helen Harris, Brownie Leader ‘Brown Owl’ said:
A big thank you to the hard-working team at Clevedon Girlguiding for having us!
The Card Club initiative launched last September at the GCA conference in Manchester. A big thank you to GCA council member Rebecca Green from Raspberry Blossom for all of the tools and resources!
Card Club is all about inspiring creativity and connection. Whether you’re a teacher, parent, or community leader, you can help spark the joy of card-sending in your school or group. Download the free resources today and let us know if you’re taking part—we’d love to share your story!
