Helensburgh Girl Guide Adara Rook, age 8, reports on a weekend with the Guides

We had to bring a bag with a sleeping bag and a pillow. We cooked a delicious Christmas dinner, set a Christmas table, and had dinner. It was so yummy!

We watched Arthur’s Christmas in our blankets. On Saturday, we had Christmas crafts with clay, carving Christmas decorations. We sewed Elf on the Shelf sleeping bags with little pillows, did angel paintings, made candles, and created reindeer ornaments for the shelf.

My favourite was the candle making, as you got to use dried-up oranges, leaves, and cinnamon sticks to decorate and make them smell great.

We also made Christmas gift tags that were so adorable. All of the things we made, we sold at the Christmas stall. At the stall, we also handed out flyers to sell Christmas trees. It was great to do things to make Christmas happy for people.