Face painting flowers

Flowers were a delicate touch, the brush stroes were minimal.  The end effect suited the wearer, her clothes and apparent personality.

Paintings at Old Gippstown

Old Gippstown in Moe [Victoria] invited the Hazelwood and Churchill Guides to attend the art and Craft show.

The challenge was passed onto the Gipp's Guides who -

• Demonstated painting with random homehandy man materials.  Much to the surprise of a lot of older male artisits / handymen.
• Painted faces.
• Displayed art from various artisits within Churchill as well as the four paintings that they had done.

Way to go

The four paintings the Gipp's Guide's created when they collabrated together to achieve are titled

• High Country
• Forest
• Desert
• Cities

Since Australia is such a large continent the thought at the time of the four individual paintings creation was to pictorially show that everywhere people go in Australia they will journey through a wide range of climates, horizons, cultures. Like the Gipp's Guides lives there are a multitude of things that follow, alter or cause change in the pathways we each travel. 

Already each of these Gipp's Guides have travelled a path the has taken them away, brought some back and moved scattered others. 

And then the Promise

Since Samar had one week earlier previously made her Promise Rebbecca was able to make her promise to Sumar.

The Ceremony was relatively simple. Which was good as by the time the fireworks finished the wind had gotten a cold chill factors in it.  We were all shivering.  Rebecca had chosen to make her Promise at the Trafalgar Fireworks evening

 Samar reaffirmed her promise.  Then as president of the Gipp's guides Samar asked Rebbecca to step forward.  Rebbecca confirmed that Yes she was ready to make her Girl Guide promise.  And yes she would appreciate the support of all there while she made her promise.  

Once made Samar then pinned on Rebecca's Promise Badge as well as presenting Rebbecca with the Olave Baden-Powell bar.

Rebecca made a comment later in the evening which sums up making a Promise well.  "I did not relaise just bhow making your Promise makes you feel inside.  It's like Wow!".

Now of course both Samar and Rebecca may start on their chosen OBP journey.

Boom went the night sky

 Wow the night went off with a bang.  Fireworks were long awaited for and well worth the wait. We all took lots of the fireworks photos... when we remembered that is.  We were to busy standing staring in wonder at the sky above.  Rebbecca and Samar forgot to be scared of the fireworks.  And the people and objects while in a public place in the dark.Which was a main objective of the evening.  While achieving one objective a side out come was all the photos taken... and while taking the photos each Gipp's Guide could be a little more comfortable within the crowd.  In fact with a camera in front of you it was found that there was no crowd.  You were to busy taking photos and looking for another good shot about to occur so you forgot about your crowd phobia..

The colors really lit up the sky.  Susan began to tell us how some chemicals  are used in a contained campfire setting.  Thus providing an added spectacular dimension to campfires.

Well away from the crowd

Well away from the crowd an area had been fenced off.  On the inside of this area squares had been painted on the grass.  Each square had a number.  Over these numbers walked a cow calmly eating the grass around.

What was the attraction.  As time went on more and more people [ mostly adults] went and stood near by.  Realivetly not much sound can from the crowd.

All of a sudden the cow pooped.  The crowd cheered.  Numbers were checked.  Someone had won a great deal of money as they had the winning ticket.... decided by where the cow had pooped. 

What a cow of an idea for a fundraiser.

Face painting as a service

There was one lady in amongst the kids impatienly lining up for their faces to be painted.

Soon there was two face painters. Susan spent most of her time there helping the lady catch up to the end of the kids line.  The line did not go until well after dark.  Both facepainters just kept facepainting though.

Rebecca asked to be shown how to face paint. Samar had already been going to tafe for a beautician course.  How ever there were no finger nail or toes to be painted that day. Which left both of the Gipp's Guides attending free to wonder around seeing the sights and taking photos.

A sock puppet in the making

The children's area [which is where Susan ended up all evening] had a variety of things to do.  There were sock puppets to make, cards and posters to paint, faces to paint, craft and glitter to use.

So a sock puppet was made.

Now Ms Ribbit [the frog] the Gorilla and the Duck have a new puppet friend with which the Gipp's Guides [and Leaders] may use with the Youth Members as well as an assett on public displays.

Pop went the balloon

Samar won a prize.  After all that hard work deciding which game to play.  Then trying to figure out how to throw the dart... at the board not the ground.

Trafalgar Fireworks

Novemeber is when the Traffalgar bonfire and fireworks is ment to occur.  So off we travelled.

• The event started off with getting there. 
• After that an icream stand was found. The ice creams were licked to pieces.
• Prizes sort.
• Puppet were made.
• Faces were painted.
• Why were the cow over in that area.  The cow were walking around all over painted boxes on the grass.  What was the great interest?
• Then finally came the fireworks display.  What a show.
• The bon fire was not lit due to fire regulations.
• Out came the bun.
• Rebecca G's Guide Promise was made and Samars reaffirmed.