I have not been geocaching for long but i have been wanting to do it for several years, however never had the money to actually buy a GPS... until i suddenly got given a second hand one. Anyway I have always been involved in Girlguiding, running several groups. This year as people may have heard is the centenary year and groups are being encouraged to do something special.
Now my idea is to create a geocache (it's a bit different to the normal ideas), situated in the village that we run the pack in, related to GirlGuiding. I was thinking a cache that was decent size, maybe an ammo box that the girls could help hide and decorate. We have also created a small fact sheet about geocahing and plan to get them involved by learning how to use coordinates, doing small treasure hunts etc. The girls themselves are aged between 7 and 10years old and we already do a lot of outdoor activities as we live in quite a rural area.
I was thinking of filling the box with;
- a trackable item - that they can monitor throughout the year
- girlguiding badges
- girguiding items
- some info about our group etc
Does anyone have any more idea and how do you think it would go down? Also does anyone know of any Girlguiding related Geocoins, i have seen scouting ones but they are no use to us i am afraid.
Thanks
