CEO Cards & Origami Cases A Cookie Professionals Business Builder

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1 Cards & Origami Cases A Cookie Professionals Business Builder Girl Scouts learn how people skills can be used to build their business, when they create and utilize this popular tool of business professionals. She s in business! Inspire your cookie professionals with business cards Worth Sharing. Simple and impactful, all that girls will need to create eye catching, personalized business cards, are some stamps and paper. Add a finishing touch with this unique origami folded card case. Supplies: Blank business card paper* (order from a printer, or cut card stock to size, using a paper cutter) Business card stamps (stamp art provided) (search custom rubber stamps for companies who can make stamps from this art). OR as a troop level activity, see tips on page 2 for alternate instructions that do not require custom stamps) Markers (various colors - to color in stamped designs) Pens (to write their names on their cards) Scissors Origami Business Card Template* (template provided). (These cases can also be folded from a square of scrap book paper.) * NOTE: Be sure to match your business card blanks to your Origami Business Card Case print method. If you want to use standard size business card blanks, print the Origami case on 9 x 11-1/2 paper - per instructions on back of Origami case template. If you wish to print the Origami case on standard 8-1/2 x 11 paper, you will want to use a reduced size business card blank (3-1/2 x 1-3/4 ) (Business card templates included in this activity are designed to this smaller size) Instructions:. 1. Set up the station: Place the origami case print outs at the first station, and the business card blanks, stamps, markers, pens and scissors at the second station. 2. Talk to the girls about how business professionals use business cards as a tool to build relationships and promote their products. Explain that as the of their own business, they will have the opportunity to make their own business cards, along with a case to hold them in. 3. Invite girls to follow the instructions provided to fold their origami paper into a business card case. Consider sharing this fun fact: Origami is a Japanese word for folding (ori) and paper (kami) 4. Distribute one page of business cards to each girl. Invite her to cut them apart, and write her first name on the line. If using blank cards, provide stamps and/or markers for girls to decorate cards. Girl Scouts and Girl Scout Cookies are registered trademarks of the Girl Scouts of the USA and are used pursuant to license. Cards and Origami Cases Activity - English Copyright,, KELLOGG NA CO 0815

2 Girls can use stamps to customize their unique business card designs. They can add color by using markers to color in the stamped images. Images of Stamp Art are pictured below. The designs below are provided as jpgs in the Rally Activities folder. (Look for jpg files starting with Stamp... ). This art can be sent to a stamp company to produce stamps that girls can use to create their business cards. * TIP: If your group size is too small to justify having custom stamps made, you can use scrap booking stamps that you may have on hand or might purchase from a craft store. OR, invite girls to draw their own decorations. OR use the business card template (provided with this activity) that already includes cute pre-printed designs, and focus on having girls make the origami card case to use in carrying their cards. Below you will find examples of how girls might use the stamps to customize their unique business card designs. Girl Scouts and Girl Scout Cookies are registered trademarks of the Girl Scouts of the USA and are used pursuant to license. Cards and Origami Cases Activity - English Copyright,, KELLOGG NA CO 0815

3 Step 4 Fold each corner inward so that the corner points meet the nearest crease. Step 6 Fold in the left and right flaps to meet in the center. Step 8 Fold the bottom up the same way, tucking inside the other flap. They should overlap slightly. Step 10 Insert Cookie Business Cards Step 3 Fold the left and right edges inward to meet the center fold and open back up. Step 5 Make sure all 4 corners folded in stay down in place. Step 7 Turn the paper over and fold the top down so that the diagonals make a point at the top of the page. Step 9 Turn the piece counterclockwise and fold in half to complete. The GIRL SCOUTS name, mark and all associated trademarks and logotypes, including GIRL SCOUT S, GIRL SCOUT SALE, THIN MINTS, TREFOILS and the Trefoil Design, are owned by Girl Scouts of the USA. Used under authority of Girl Scouts of the USA. SAMOAS, TAGALONGS, DO-SI-DOS and SAVANNAH SMILES are registered trademarks of Kellogg NA Co. Copyright, TM, Kellogg NA Co. Little Brownie Bakers is an official GSUSA licensed vendor. Step 2 Fold paper in half vertically with printed side face down. Open after completing. Step 1 Cut along dotted line. See print instructions on back.

4 Origami Business Card Case Print Instructions To Fit A Standard Business Card: Print full size at 9" x 11.5" at a professional printer. For ease of use, you can ask the printer to print with a perforated line to the left of the instructions. To Print on Letter Size Paper: Select 8.5" x 11" paper and in your print settings select Fit to Page or Shrink to Fit (depending on your printer). You will need to adjust the size of the business card to 1.75" x 3.5"

5 Business Cards (sized for small origami case) Print on card stock, (one sheet per girl). INSTRUCTIONS FOR GIRLS: 1. Cut cards apart. 2. Decorate the right sides with stamp art (or your own art). 3. Write your first name on each card. 4. Make Origami Card Case (separate file) and place collection of cards inside.

6 Business Cards (sized for small origami case) Print on card stock, (one sheet per girl). INSTRUCTIONS FOR GIRLS: 1. Cut cards apart. 2. Write your first name on each card. 3. Make Origami Card Case and place collection of cards inside.

7 Business Cards (sized for small origami case) Print on card stock, (one sheet per girl). INSTRUCTIONS FOR GIRLS: 1. Cut cards apart. 2. Write your first name on each card. 3. Make Origami Card Case and place collection of cards inside.

8 Cookie Entrepreneur Business Cards and Cases