It’s the eve of Girl Scout Cookie Season and I’m so excited! I get like this every year, ever since I was a Girl Scout! Just search my blog for “Girl Scouts” content and you’ll see what I mean! Ha! A few weeks ago I pinned a Girl Scout Cookie Lanyards picture that I took on my “Everything Girl Scouts” Pinterest board and it’s been well received and re-pinned numerous times. I’ve been asked for the printable template and how it can be edited or how to recreate it so I’m going to share this great resource with you.
I can’t take credit for this, one of my area service unit managers and her co-leader saw the idea on Pinterest and tweaked the original design and took a step further to customize it for our entire service unit. The Lanyards will be given to all the Girl Scouts participating in the Girl Scout Cookie Season at their upcoming Girl Scout Cookie Rally. Girl Scout Cookie Lanyards are a great resource during walkabouts and at cookie booths! I love the bright colors, it was love at first site for me! Mine is PURPLE, but you all knew that though… Lol!
The Images for the cookies were taken from the ABC Smart Cookies website. You can create this particular page in Microsoft Word. There are one of two ways you can do this… 1. You can add all the images and text to a blank Word document and use construction paper or color printing paper to create the border by cutting & pasting the information to it or 2. Use an existing color border template or create color borders in Microsoft Word. You have options! Whatever is easiest or more convenient for you!
This template was created in a Word Document and each page printed front & back. Girl Scout Cookie Images are on the front and some ingredient information on the back of the first sheet. On the second sheet is the Girl Scout Cookie pricing information per box on the front, we are a test market for the Gluten Free Shortbread Chocolate Chip Cookie so that pricing is on the back of the second sheet. Prices start at one box and go up to twelve boxes = a case!
Once you have decided which way you’re going to create your border you are now ready to cut out all your pieces and laminate them one sheet at a time. After you have laminated the sheet you can then cut out your individual pieces for the Girl Scout Cookie Lanyard and use a hole punch to create a hole for the lanyard to hook in to. The colorful lanyards came from Oriental Trading Company and they were decently priced in bulk! The borders and lanyards match perfectly, that was a BONUS!
Depending on where you are and the bakery your Girl Scout Council is using, you may not have all the same flavor Girl Scout Cookies as the Southeast Region. Check Little Brownie Bakers website for additional Girl Scout Cookie names and flavors. The names differ in each region and also carry a couple different flavors. Samoas vs. Caramel deLites, Tagalongs vs. Peanut Butter Patties, Trefoils vs. Shortbread, Do-Si-Dos vs. Peanut Butter Sandwich, Dulce de Leche, Savanah Smiles Etc. You see where I’m going with this…
Disclosure: I was not compensated by ABC Smart Cookies, Little Brownie Bakers or Girl Scouts for this post, I’m merely sharing information and resources. All opinions are 100% my own. Girl Scout Cookie Sales will start on 1/17/15 and end 3/1/15! Feel free to download and print the exact 2015 Girl Scout Cookie Lanyards Template and 2015 Girl Scout Cookie Lanyards Price Sheet if you don’t need to tweak anything, otherwise you have the formula to create Girl Scout Cookie Lanyards and customize it just the way you want to. You may also want to do this as a Girl Scout Leader activity during a Service Unit Meeting or as a Girl Scout Troop Activity and let them decorate their own lanyards. Enjoy…
** This post has been revised to include current dates and the link to this years 2015 DIY Girl Scout Cookie Lanyards Template. Our Gluten Free Girl Scout Cookie Pilot is Trios this year (chocolate chips nestled in a gluten free peanut butter oatmeal cookie.)**
What a clever idea! I am surprised no one had thought of it until now. I was a Girl Scout leader for many years when my daughter was growing up, and Service Unit Director for my county for 6 years. I LOVED every minute of it.
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This is great. Not our cookies so I’ll have to tweak but much better then my idea of making cookie cards for each cookie. My dd is so excited too. I wish you and your dd the best selling season yet.
They look great, It would be nice though to mention the original blog that it came from.
Thanks!
What great ideas !!! I also wish we sold in my area gulten free cookies !!! Thank you so much for making this page !
Please be aware every council can set their own price. prices are not set by national. also there are two bakeries, ABC and Little Brownie bake simialiar cookies, but they are not the same. Leaders be sure you get the correct info from your council.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea! I wish I would have found it sooner. Definitely will be doing this for my daughter next year. Thanks for sharing!
What a great idea.
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I did not know that Girl Scout Cookies had vegan options. I always support my local troop a little too much! I am in your SITS Tribe and look forward to connecting with you this week!
I didn’t realize cookie selling season was different for different regions – my daughter sold them in September and October. She’s 15 so I don’t think she needs the lanyard, but it’s a great idea for younger scouts. I’m in your SITS tribe this week, Jen – looking forward to connecting!
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I can’t believe it’s cookie season already!! I’m a faithful buyer every year, and usually get two boxes each of everyones favorites, and then one box of every cookie to send to the troops. When my husband was deployed he said the cookies were a HUGE hit, so I keep doing it for others.
And, super cute idea!!
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Just an FYI, you may want to double check the info on your cookies, as it appears that ingredients may vary. For example, on ABC Smart Cookies, it says that Thin Mints are Vegan and says “Contains: Wheat, Soy” However, on Little Brownie Bakers it does not list any cookies as Vegan and for Thin Mints, under ingredients it lists whey, which is a milk protien and NOT Vegan, and under “ALLERGY INFO
CONTAINS WHEAT, MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTS.” There was also a slight difference in the shape of the Thin mints in the pictures on both web sites.
Jamie, I appreciate the compliment. The reason I didn’t list an actual source is because I wrote my post based on a conversation with my volunteers and them giving me the step by step on what they did. I decided to write the post after I pinned my photo and received numerous requests on Pinterest for instructions or the template. I personally didn’t take credit for anything like I stated in the post. I’m Just Sharing Information.
I wish I had seen this when I had Daisies! Love this idea
Is there anywhere to get this template already done? This is great but I’m not very tech-savvy.
I love this! I will be having the girls make these at our upcoming cookie rally!
Any idea where we can get 2015 card templates? 🙂
Amy, it’s in the works! I’ll email you when it’s been updated. 😉
I would love a copy of your updated lanyard template for 2015. Please email me when you have it available or post it on your site. Thank you!!! It’s a great idea 🙂
Hi Jen! Is there anyway I could have a copy of this years templates also?? Are you in the Coastal Pines SU?? I am new to it… This year my daughter is in another troop but next year I’ll be forming a new troop, so any help would be wonderful!!
Thank you,
Dana
I would love the 2015 templates too
What size are your lanyards? If you have a template, would you email to me please? My email is calvinandcodosta@gmail.com. This will be great for my daisies.
I would also love a template for 2015 🙂
I would also love to see the templates!!!! This is my daughters first year…trying to be well prepared and ready to sell!!! Thanks so much for your help!!!
I would also love a 2015 template. Pretty please 🙂
The Template has been revised and can be downloaded (the links are clickable) in the last paragraph! 😉
Are the prices different in different areas? Because our prices are $4 per box. Gluten free prices are the same. Wish we could have used the template for the price list though, it would have been super helpful to my Brownie.
Thank you SO MUCH for this! I am a first-time Troop Leader of a Junior trop and was never a Girl Scout myself. Greatly appreciated.
Becky, yes the prices are different depending on where you are. I’ll see if I can get you an edited version with the $4.00 pricing. 😉
Thank you so much Jen. I really appreciate anything you could do. 🙂
is there anyway to make your templet but for little brownie bakery? I have over 24 girls in my troop and would love to use the lanyards for our location.
Just wondering if you know of a link where I can find the cookies we are selling in the Birmingham Alabama area, I love this idea but these are not the cookies we are selling…please help!
Suzanne, I’m trying to see if there is a way to edit the PDF vs. using to tutorial to create your own lanyard. If it can be done, I’ll share how to do it. 😉
Monica, I’m trying to see if there is a way to manipulate and edit the PDF vs. using the tutorial and creating the template again from scratch! 😉
I absolutely LOVE this idea for our little ones! Any chance you’ve created the list for $4 per box?
Beth Ann, no but you can edit the PDF to reflect your pricing if you have Adobe Acrobat or another PDF editing software. If not, you can try https://www.pdfbuddy.com/ an online PDF editing website and it’s free!
HI! Love this. Can I get updated for 2016 dates? Would you email me please.
THANKS!
We use Little Brownie Bakers. How can I duplicate this lanyard to match our cookies? I am trying in word with little success and I am not computer savvy. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Qiana, I’ll take a look at my files and see if I can email you one that may work.
Thank you.
If there is any way for you to send me your word doc also, I would greatly appreciate it! We are in the northeast and also use Little Brownie Bakers so I would need to make modifications, but am not great with creating docs like this…
Karissa, I will look in my files and try to get it to you!
If you have the file could you please send it to me so I can update it for the coming up cookie season please.
Kimberly, I’ll need to search for that and follow up with you.