Junior trips:
Rocking Horse Ranch- A good idea for an animal badge would be to travel to a horse ranch. As the girls are getting older, it would be recommended to go on an overnight or 2-night trip Create swaps to trade with other girl scouts. Create a packing list for your troop. The ranch plus hotel provided family style rooms, entertainment, food, pools, game room, and of course horseback riding! Out of our troop funds from selling cookies to raising money from Girl Scout community events we leaded, we could afford this trip for a total of nine people. All the prices are listed on the Website or you could call them up to ask for Girl Scout deals. We had a blast from sliding down the water slides to learning how to horseback ride and watching plays. The link to the website is here
Lewisboro Library - One troop visited the Lewisboro library where the librarian talked to the girls about careers. They stayed overnight and were left the place to themselves, after it was closed. They had ordered pizza from a nearby pizza place and in the night time they played games, watched movies, read books and talked. This was a fun place to stay overnight and bond with their troop and also think about what they might want to do when they're older. This is an appropriate age for an overnight trip or you may consider to do this with an older troop. The Lewisboro Library offers countless programs for teenagers and a younger age group. Here is the link to the website:
Garbage Museum: This troop visited a garbage museum where the people who work at the museum process everybody's recyclable wastes. The museum also had interesting artifacts and exhibits and movies that troops could self-instruct. One memorable part of this experience was the "Trash-a-thorus" or a giant statue of a dinosaur which didn't appear to be--but when looked at more closely-- was actually garbage. There was also a plant-walk where people could walk through a walk way with plants surrounding it, similar to walking in a garden, and had a view of what was going on downstairs. You could see all the waste that was coming in that day and all the recycling that was brought in. This trip inspired their troop to recycle more and think about what they're throwing out because they could physically see the damage of not recycling/making the world a better place. This trip not only educated them about recycling, but also inspired them to make the world a better place and to take care of the environment. You can find the link to the website here
Natural History Museum Sleepover: The American Museum of Natural History (the one in New York City) has special girl scout overnights. They include an IMAX film, the butterfly exhibit, a chance to explore the museum at night, and dinner and breakfast. The troop who did this payed 99 dollars a child, and the scouts were in sixth grade.
Great Wolf Lodge: This is just a fun trip for the girls. Great Wolf Lodge is a chain of hotel-water parks, with several locations throughout the country. The troop who did this got two suites (one for girls, one for leaders), enjoyed the water park, and had a pizza party in their suite. The website is here.
Plimoth Plantation: This is a living history museum which allows you to experience the life of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. They have 2 night overnight trips where the first night you live as a Wampanoag and the second night you live as a Pilgrim. The site provides dinner and breakfast daily, as well as activities, and the troop must provide lunch and activities during the day.
Hershey Park Camp O Ree/Visit to Amish Farm
Union Church of Pocantico Hills
Stone Barns at Pocantico Hills
Visit to the ASPCA
Lewisboro Library - One troop visited the Lewisboro library where the librarian talked to the girls about careers. They stayed overnight and were left the place to themselves, after it was closed. They had ordered pizza from a nearby pizza place and in the night time they played games, watched movies, read books and talked. This was a fun place to stay overnight and bond with their troop and also think about what they might want to do when they're older. This is an appropriate age for an overnight trip or you may consider to do this with an older troop. The Lewisboro Library offers countless programs for teenagers and a younger age group. Here is the link to the website:
Garbage Museum: This troop visited a garbage museum where the people who work at the museum process everybody's recyclable wastes. The museum also had interesting artifacts and exhibits and movies that troops could self-instruct. One memorable part of this experience was the "Trash-a-thorus" or a giant statue of a dinosaur which didn't appear to be--but when looked at more closely-- was actually garbage. There was also a plant-walk where people could walk through a walk way with plants surrounding it, similar to walking in a garden, and had a view of what was going on downstairs. You could see all the waste that was coming in that day and all the recycling that was brought in. This trip inspired their troop to recycle more and think about what they're throwing out because they could physically see the damage of not recycling/making the world a better place. This trip not only educated them about recycling, but also inspired them to make the world a better place and to take care of the environment. You can find the link to the website here
Natural History Museum Sleepover: The American Museum of Natural History (the one in New York City) has special girl scout overnights. They include an IMAX film, the butterfly exhibit, a chance to explore the museum at night, and dinner and breakfast. The troop who did this payed 99 dollars a child, and the scouts were in sixth grade.
Great Wolf Lodge: This is just a fun trip for the girls. Great Wolf Lodge is a chain of hotel-water parks, with several locations throughout the country. The troop who did this got two suites (one for girls, one for leaders), enjoyed the water park, and had a pizza party in their suite. The website is here.
Plimoth Plantation: This is a living history museum which allows you to experience the life of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. They have 2 night overnight trips where the first night you live as a Wampanoag and the second night you live as a Pilgrim. The site provides dinner and breakfast daily, as well as activities, and the troop must provide lunch and activities during the day.
We arrived Friday night in time for dinner, which was a corn and venison stew. We stayed in an Indian Wee Tu (a long house) and slept on twig benches covered with hides. We suggest bring a sleeping mat. The girls slept in their own Wee Tu apart but near one for the leaders. There is a short path to modern plumbing. One of the Wampanoag guides showed us some articles of clothing, weapons, and tools and had activities that were typical of the Wampanoag.
During the next day we visited Plymouth Rock and the Mayflower II, and we took a whale watching trip. On the second night, we stayed in a Pilgrim house, complete with roaring fire and dirt floor. We dressed in period clothing, played games of that time, and prepared dinner of turkey and cranberry sauce. We also toured the Pilgrim fort.
This experience included complete
Hershey Park Camp O Ree/Visit to Amish Farm
Union Church of Pocantico Hills
Stone Barns at Pocantico Hills
Visit to the ASPCA