Informal (Fun) Appreciation Awards

Brought to you via Neil Savage's "Appreciating Girl Scout/Guide Volunteers" Compilation

• Bear. For bearing up under pressure (plastic bear with a tire gauge, mounted)
• Ball. For being 'on the ball'; we had a ball (styrofoam ball with pipe cleaner person on top; ball of any kind, mounted)
• Banana. For having the greatest a-peal (wax or plasitic banana, mounted)
• Bean. You've been (bean) wonderful! (lima or other large bean, mounted)
• Best Foot Forward. Wooden ruler; sock with the toe cut off)
• Big Heart. For real dedication (red heart pillow or red heart candy box)
• Bounce. For one who bounced back and softened our hearts (sheet of fabric softener)
• Cheer. Box of Cheer laundry soap.
• Covered the Topic. For a workshop presenter (large platic lid)
• Crutch. For being someone we can always lean on.
• Dog. For someone worked like a dog (dog biscuit or rubber bone, mounted)
• Eggs. For an eggs-cellent job or an eggs-citing idea (egg shells or plastic egg, mounted)
• Eye-opening Performance. Box of tooth picks.
• Eyes on U. We're keeping our eyes on you (button or googly eyes mounted on a large felt letter "U")
• Fizz. For adding pizazz to our undertaking (container of Alka Seltzer tables, mounted)
• Football. For being willing to tackle the job (toy football)
• Fresh Air. For bringing a fresh approach (roll of mints or Certs)
• Funny Bone. For entertaining us; resolving a situation with humor (feather mounted to a rubber/plastic/real bone)
• Hat's Off. Our hats are off to you (real hat; toy hat, mounted)
• Head and Shoulders Above the Rest. Upper part of plastic doll mounted above a piece of wood so the head is about the wood.
• Helping Hand. Outline of a hand traced on construction paper, mounted; stuffed glove on a dowel)
• Ice Cream. For someone who can lick any job (cotton wadding in sugar/wafer ice cream cone, mounted)
• Knocked Yourself Out. Small hammer or mini bat, mounted.
• Knot. For someone who tied it all together (square or over-hand knot sprayed gold, mounted)
• Key. You've been the key to our success.
• Lollipop. See Ice Cream Award (large sucker, mounted)
• Marbles. For a marble-ous job; (bag of marbles; two or three marbles, mounted)
• Million Thanks. Play money in denominations adding up to $1,000,000.
• Needle and Thread. For keeping is in stiches.
• N'ice Job. Box of N'ice cough drops.
• Noteworthy. Small notepad, mounted
• Nuts. We're nuts about you; you had to be nuts to take on this task (bag of nuts; 2 or 3 nuts, mounted, large walnut on a string)
• Plunger. For plunging right in (small sink plunger)
• Raisin Pay. For the deserving ones (a pyramid of raisins, glued to a backing)
• Record-breaker. Split vinyl record, mounted.
• Ringy-Dingy. For phone bank organizer (plastic toy phone; two cans on a string)
• Right Arm. Cardboard arm with hand in the Scout sign; doll's right arm.
• Right Foot. For starting us off right (outline of a foot traced on construction paper, mounted)
• Rock. Mounted
• Rose. You rose to the occassion (artificial or ribbon rose)
• Rubber Band. For banding us together; expanding our knowledge; showing flexibility.
• Scout Spirit. Make a ball-and-rag ghost doll.
• Seashell. For a 'shell' of a good job (large seashell, mounted)
• Shining Example. Mirror, mylar, or metal foil
• Spark. For someone who supplied the spark to get the project going (spark plug, mounted; Independence Day sparkler, mounted)
• Spoon. For a banquet organizer (wooden spoon, mounted)
• Stake. For those with commitment-a stake in the Scouting program (a tent stake; certificate for steak dinner)
• Static Guard. The 'static' has vanished since you joined the group.
• Stuck With It. A roll of tape; glue stick.
• T-rific. Golf tee or tea bags, mounted.
• Target. For keeping us on target, making our target (facsimile archery target, mounted)
• Toilet Paper. For managing the all-important paperwork.
• Toothpick. Appologize for being picky.
• Trix. For utilizing your bag of tricks (Trix cereal in a bag)
• Udderly Fabulous. Blown up latex glove.
• Welcome Aboard. Strip of wood with word "Welcome" painted on it.
• Well Done. Burnt slice of toast, perserved and mounted
• Whale. For a whale of a job (toy plastic whale, mounted)