What is the difference between badges, patches and try-its?
The main difference in the three, is relative to the age level of the girls: • Daisies (Gr. K-1) – Daisy Journey awards, petals, patches. • Brownies (Gr. 2-3) – Brown Journey awards, try-its (triangles), patches. • Juniors (Gr. 4-5) – Junior Journey awards, badges (round), patches, Bronze Award. • Cadettes (Gr. 6-8) – Cadette Journey awards, interest project awards, (rectangles), patches, Silver Award. • Seniors (Gr. 9-10) – Senior Journey awards, interest project awards, patches, Gold Award. • Ambassadors (Gr. 11-12) – Ambassador Journey awards, interest project awards, patches, Gold Award. Petals, try-its, badges, charms, etc…are official GSUSA awards available to all girls of a certain age level in all councils across the United States. The requirements are found in your daughter’s Girl Scout age level books. Patches are different and more loosely defined. Patches are also pieces of embroidered fabric that come in many different shapes and sizes, but they don’t all come from our nat
