2024 GIRL SCOUT PROGRAMS


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DAISIES

SHAPES IN NATURE (Daisy Shapes in Nature Badge)
Focus all your energy and your eyes on finding the patterns and shapes in the natural world as we explore the woods on a scavenger hunt like no other! Create artwork inspired by nature to reflect all you have learned about nature’s shapes and patterns.
75-minute program.

Design with Nature (Daisy Design with Nature Badge)
Explore our nature preserve from top to bottom to identify and sort all the natural objects found. Math has never been so much fun as when it is found in nature. Design a map of your adventure to record where you have been and where you are headed!
75-minute program.

new Animal Observer (Daisy Animal Observer Badge)
Use your power of observation as we discover the varied animal life of our nature preserve, play an animal game, and make special animal art!

new Daisy Earth Artist
(Daisy Outdoor Art Maker Badge. Daisy Art and Design Badge)
Discover colors, shapes, and sounds in nature as we explore the woods and meadow communities. In our beautiful native habitat garden, express yourself as you create a piece of art!
75-minute program.

Nature Detective (Daisy Design with Nature Badge)
Animal clues are all around us! Be a nature detective as we explore and identify animal tracks and signs. Make your own animal track craft and create your own track story map!
75-90-minute program.

Daisy Eco-Learner (Daisy Eco-Learner Badge)
Learn how to prepare yourself for the outdoors and protect nature through engaging, hands-on nature exploration. Learn "Leave No Trace" policy.
75-minute program.

Daisy Eco-learner (Daisy Eco-learner Badge)
Learn how to prepare yourself for the outdoors and protect nature through engaging, hands-on nature exploration. Learn "Leave No Trace" policy.
75-minute program.

Daisy Trail Adventure (Daisy Trail Adventure Badge)
Learn how to prepare for the outdoors including what to wear, how to plan a hike, what to bring, how to stay safe, and Leave no Trace principles. Hike along, using your keen senses to explore our woodland community!
75-minute program.

DAISIES / BROWNIES / JUNIORS

OUR NATIVE AMERICAN FRIENDS (Daisy Using Resources Wisely Petal / Brownie Celebrating Community Badge) / (Junior Playing the Past Badge.)
Learn about the Native American way of life including food, clothing, shelter, and tools through selected museum exhibits. Girls will explore our interactive "Woodland Village" with activities depicting Native American life ways. Go in a real dugout canoe, our wigwam, plant seeds in our pretend garden, and put bark shingles on a wigwam.
75-minute program.

NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY Craft and Tinker Badge for (Daisy / Brownie) / (Junior)
Experience 70-million-year-old clay! We will take a short walk down to the beach to see our natural clay deposits then scouts will immerse themselves in our handson pottery making program. Scouts will use store bought clay (to preserve the natural clay) to make their own pottery to take home.
75-minute program. Must be scheduled within 4 hours of low tide.

girl scouts investigating a dugout canoe
BROWNIES

new BROWNIE ECO-FRIEND (Brownie Eco-Friend Badge)
Be nature's guest! Learn the reasons behind our "no collection" policy, how it benefits the ecosystem, and respecting nature as a home. Learn to safely build & disassemble a campfire. 1.5 hr. Bring marshmallows if desired! Brownie Eco-Friend Badge.

new BROWNIE MIXED MEDIA MAGIC (Brownie Art and Design Badge)
Follow your sense of adventure and explore the wonderful world of art through the beauty of our nature preserve. Create mixed media magic as you design your own watercolor geode. Explore rocks, minerals & gems from our collection to inspire your natural designs. 90-minute program.
90-minute program. Brownie Painting Badge.

BROWNIE OUTDOOR ART CREATOR (Brownie Outdoor Art Creator)
Explore the beauty in nature! Observe art forms during a nature scavenger hunt, listen to bird calls & sounds of nature, use magnifiers, observe animal architects, make tiny animal homes, and make a lasting piece of artwork from nature! Brownie Outdoor Art Creator.

new SHAPES IN NATURE (Brownie Shapes in Nature Badge)
Prepare yourself to be amazed at the shapes and patterns you'll find in nature as we embark on a unique scavenger hunt in our nature preserve. What's symmetry? You'll find out as you discover the wonder of symmetry in our natural world. Make a giant spider web to experience it for yourself!
75-minute program. Brownie Shapes in Nature Badge.

updated DESIGN WITH NATURE (Brownie Design with Nature Badge)
Delve into natural design! Explore the shapes that make up beehives. Make a special nectar feeder for hummingbirds and learn a nectar recipe! Circles hold secrets when it comes to the age of a tree. Determine the age of trees before you leave!
75-minute program. Brownie Design with Nature Badge.

BROWNIE TRAIL ADVENTURE (Brownie Trail Adventure Badge)
Join us for 3 awesome trail adventures through the woods & meadow and along the beach! Learn how to prepare for the outdoors including proper attire, planning, safety, and Leave no Trace principles.
75-minute program. Must be scheduled within 4 hours of low tide. Brownie Trail Adventure Badge.

BROWNIE OUTDOOR ADVENTURER (Brownie Outdoor Adventurer Badge)
Hike through the woods to learn about birds, trees, and animals. Learn how to blow a grass whistle and tie knots. Amazing adventures wait you in the great outdoors!
75-minute program. Brownie Outdoor Adventurer Badge.

BUGS (Brownie Bugs Badge)
Discover the varied insect life of our meadow, preserve and gardens as we explore their homes, what they eat & eats them, their lifecycles, and more! Make a cool bug craft as we learn about the parts of an insect.
75-minute program. Brownie Bugs Badge.

BROWNIES / JUNIOR

OUR NATIVE AMERICAN FRIENDS (Brownie Celebrating Community Badge / Junior Playing the Past Badge)
Learn about the Native American way of life including food, clothing, shelter, and tools through selected museum exhibits. Girls will explore our interactive "Woodland Village" with activities depicting Native American life ways. Go in a real dugout canoe, our wigwam, plant seeds in our pretend garden, and put bark shingles on a wigwam.
75-minute program.

JUNIOR

new ANIMAL HABITATS (Junior Animal Habitat Badge.)
Explore the varied environments of our nature preserve - as we embark on an animal habitat hunt! What are wild animals vs. pets? What are similarities and differences between groups of animals? Learn about endangered animals and habitat loss. Build a giant bird's nest & participate in a habitat cleanup!

new NATIVE AMERICAN BRACELET WEAVING (Junior Craft and Tinker Badge.)
Learn the fine art of jewelry-making from the past to the present. Investigate different types of materials and techniques as you create a beautiful, beaded bracelet! All materials provided.
90-minute program. $20.00 per scout and age-appropriate tagalong.

new JUNIOR SHAPES IN NATURE (Junior Shapes in Nature Badge.)
Explore our nature preserve and its varied ecosystems to discover the most beautiful and fascinating patterns – tessellations, Fibonacci sequence and golden ratio. Learn by doing in this hands-on, interactive program that allows participants to explore symmetry in its varied forms. Design a craft using all you've learned and so much more!
90-minute program.

FASCINATING FLOWERS (Junior Flower Badge.)
There is so much to learn about flowers! Do all plants have flowers? We will explore the parts of a flower, all about pollination, where fruit comes from, diversity of flowers & fruits, how seeds spread and so much more! Flower craft. More to explore during late Spring-late Fall.
75-minute program.

TOOLS AND ARTIFACTS (Junior Playing the Past Badge.)
Discover how Native Americans made and used tools, such as stone-working and wood-working tools, as a means of adapting their environment to meet their life needs. Participants will be able to handle authentic tools and other artifacts. In addition, they will use replicated tools such as mortars and pestles, fire-bows, and pump-drills.
75-minute program.

CADETTES

TREES (Cadette Tree Badge)
Explore the woods of the preserve and learn different ways to identify trees & how plants and animals interact. How did Native Americans use natural resources to build their homes? Make leaf rubbing ID booklets!
75-minute program.

COST: $15.00/participant per program (except Jewelry)
Must pay minimum of $75 (or $100 for Jewelry) IN ADVANCE of program.

Minimum of 5 persons, maximum of 25 per program.


Tagalongs welcome (age permitting) if total number is within 25.
$4.00 PER ADULT, 2 Leaders free

MINIMUM PAYMENT DUE IN ADVANCE OF PROGRAM
Payable to: FRIENDS of GARVIES POINT MUSEUM & PRESERVE
Call 516-571-8010 to book now.