Science Entertainment

Contact: info@elementastic.com or (920) 467-3400

Elementastic provides fun science education through shows or experimenting workshops and special events.
We get kids of all ages excited about science! We show them how much fun science is and how much it is part of their daily life. All our programs are hands-on learning experiences and provide the girls with the opportunity to earn several badges:

Girl Scout brownie “Try-It”-badges:
“ My body”, “Earth & Sky”, “Movers”, “Science in action”, “Science Wonders”, “Senses”, “Sounds of Music ”

Girl Scout Junior badges:
“ Discovering Technology”, “Making it matter”, “Science discovery”, “Science in everyday Life”, “Science Sleuth ”, “Water wonders”, “Weather watch”

Girl Scout Interest projects: “Life skills”, “Nature, Science and Health”

Please visit www.elementastic.com for more information

Cost for programs: prices vary depending on the amount of children, please call for more information

Minimum/Maximum:
- For experimenting workshops:
Minimum of 10 children per workshop class and instructor, but several classes could be offered at the same time: maximum varies, depending on location
- For show/events:
can be up to several hundred children

Field Trip Factory

Contact: info@FieldTripFactory.com or (800) 987-6409

Hands-on learning in your community! Field Trip Factory offers FREE, FUN, community-based field trips which address a variety of social needs by teaching important life skills. The field trips provide activities relevant to the lessons being taught in an environment where they apply including healthy eating, nutrition, consumer education, and natural foods. On every field trip, children are exposed to job skills and potential career choices.

Visit www.fieldtripfactory.com for more information.

Cost: Free

Minimum/Maximum: Depends upon the location

Noah’s Ark Animal Workshop
Contact: Cory Stuefen
Phone: 920-783-0546
Email: clstuefen@gmail.com

Description: At Noah’s Ark Animal Workshop you will be able to make your own stuffed animal, make a wish on a rainbow star, name it, and dress it. The stuffed animal also comes with a customized birth certificate. You can then give the animal you made to a child in need.

Daisy Badge - Zinni "The Art of Sharing"

Cost: $13.00 & up per participant plus shipping and handling.

Minimum/Maximum: Depends upon location.

Location: I will come to you

Pahnke Ceramics

Contact: 
Nancy Pahnke - 920-269-4885
Laura McCauley - 920-269-8277  lauramccauley09@yahoo.com

Decorate bisqueware (fired and unglazed ceramic clay) of your choice with glaze. 

Cost: $10-$20 per girl, travel/delivery charges may apply

Bead Trade by Hannah LLC.
Contact: Hannah
Phone: (920) 683-8468 or (920) 242-2609
Email: beadsbyhannah@sbcglobal.net
Web: http://www.beadtradegame.com/index.html

Available Activities:
Sign up for a party and play Bead Trade, the brand new board game that has the bead world buzzing! Play for fun or take the risk and bluff your way to a pocket full of beads! I provide the Bead Trade games for you to play and the beads to win.

You can also learn exciting beading skills making jewelry or beading projects. Girl Scout groups can earn try-its, badges and interest project patches while learning new beading techniques and skills. I also provide classes where you learn the history of beads and what country's they come from. All beads, bead boards and supplies are included with each exciting class or party, plus everyone goes home with a really cool project you've created yourself. It may be jewelry, beaded bookmarks, beaded bubble wands, beaded picture frames, macramé or much more.

Demonstrations of Lampwork Glass beads made with a torch may be included as well. Every class instructed by me is filled with hours of fun!

Girl Scout Brownie Tri-its: Hobbies and Art to Wear
Girl Scout Junior Badges: Jewelry and Making Hobbies
Girl Scout Cadette/Senior/Ambassador Interest Project Patches: Just Jewelry

When: Call 2 weeks in advance to book all classes or parties.

Where: I will come to you. Normal travel charges apply.

Costs:
$10.00-$15.00 per participant
$12.00 extra for Lampwork Bead making demonstration
$3.00 per participant additional for baggies of beads to play Bead Trade

Minimum: 10

Dare to Dream Theatre
634 N 10th Street
Manitowoc
Phone: (920) 755-2970
Email: daretodreamtheatre@msn.com
Web: www.daretodreamtheatre.com

Available Activities:
Girl Scout Brownie Try-It: Let’s Pretend , Girl Scout Junior Badge: Theater , Girl Scout 11-17 Interest Projects: Performing Arts and The Play’s the Thing .

Cost: $30 per troop

Rahr-West Art Museum
610 N. 8th Street
Manitowoc
Phone: (920) 683-4501
Email: rahrwest@manitowoc.org
Web: www.rahrwestartmuseum.org

Available activities:
Girl Scout Brownie Try-It: Numbers and Shapes, Girl Scout Junior Badge: Art to Wear, hands-on tour activities (art or historical based) and Art Adventure Backpacks.

Cost: Workshops-$10.00 per participant Hands-on Tour and Adventure Backpacks are Free (donations appreciated)

Minimum/Maximum: 10/45

Wisconsin Maritime Museum
75 Maritime Drive
Manitowoc
Phone: (920) 684-0218
Email: museum@wisconsinmaritime.org
Web: www.wisconsinmaritime.org

Available Activities:
Girl Scout Brownie Try-It: Listening to the Past, Girl Scout Junior Badge: Local Lore, Girl Scout 11-17 Interest Project: Museum Discovery, tours, educational program and overnights.

Cost: Varies

Abrakadoodle® helps girls around the world by nourishing originality and creativity!

Description: Abrakadoodle classes are carefully crafted to promote creativity and imaginative thinking. In Abrakadoodle, girls learn about and through art… all while having a blast! They will create fabulous original art, get excited about creative experiences, develop the ability to see things from a variety of perspectives, creatively solve interesting problems and experience the joy of accomplishment. We are building a world of creative children, one child at a time!

Abrakadoodle is the winner of 7 Nickelodeon 2009 Parents’ Picks Awards in cities nationwide.

Available Activities: Through our imaginative lessons and inspired teachers, we can design a program especially to fit your needs and budget – from Daisy Learning Petals all the way through Junior Girl Scouts patches. Many of our lessons focus on being Green. We also offer ARTrageous parties!

Location: On-site

Abrakadoodle was the winner of 7 Nickelodeon 2009 Parents’ Picks Awards in cities nationwide.

Description: Joan Kramer, a registered nurse, is available to demonstrate a wide variety of American Red Cross’s safety kits. Some of the safety kits include topics such as fire safety and first aid. Joan Kramer will come to you within Sheboygan County.

Cost: The workshop is provided free of charge.

Minimum: 10

Inspire Yoga with Rachael Haas Lewinski
at Greenseed Studios
1011 Indiana Ave. 
Sheboygan
Phone: (920) 889-1016
Web: http://www.sheboyganinspireyoga.com/

Description: Rachael Haas Lewinski has worked with troops from Girl Scouts of Manitou Council for more than four years and has a passion for working with children to help them explore ways to develop their minds, bodies and hearts in a fun, uplifting, empowering and age-appropriate way. Rachael provides yoga classes both off-site and on-site for children and adults.

Available activities:
Yoga workshops

Cost: $100 per hour. Workshop time frame dependent on number of participants as well as ages of participants. A small mileage fee may be charged for travel beyond Sheboygan County.

Nourish

Nourish enables collaborations between local farmers and volunteers to bring meals inspired by fresh, locally grown ingredients to struggling families that deserve to eat well.

Contact Nourish nonprofit at nourishfarms@att.net or 920-918-0251 to plan your NOURISH farm-to-table tour.
www.nourishfarms.org

Sheboygan County Dairy Workshop
Contact: Cheryl Rivas
Phone: (H) 920-451-6942 (W) 920-458-4263
Email: clrivasl@aol.com

Description: The Sheboygan County Dairy workshop is being offered to Brownie Girl Scouts and Junior Girl Scouts by the Sheboygan County Dairy Ambassador. This workshop focuses on educating girls about dairy farms. A story is shared about getting milk from cows, to the dairy, to the store. It encourages girls to drink milk to stay healthy and have strong bones. This workshop is very flexible. It lasts about an hour and a half. A two week notice is required. The Dairy Ambassador will come to you if you live in Sheboygan County.

Cost: The workshop is provided free of charge.

Songbirdie Studios
314 South Lincoln Drive
Howards Grove
Contact: Sarah Krupka, MTNA and WTMA certified
Phone: 920-698-2797
Email: sarah@songbirdiestudios.com
Web: www.songbirdiestudios.com

Available Activities:
Girl Scout Brownie Try-Its: Making Music, Sounds of Music and Let’s Pretend, Girl Scout Junior Badges: Visual Arts, Making Music, Music Fan and Stress Less.

Cost: Varies

Theatre for Young Audiences
Phone: (920) 458-8184
Email: tya@bytehead.com
Web: www.tyasheboygan.org

Theater for Young Audiences is an AMAZING place for Girl Scouts to explore the wide wonderful world of theater!

Girl Scouts enjoy exploring theatre at TYA productions, backstage tours, activities and events. Explore the theatre arts together, build drama skills and complete theater projects!

Mainstage Series
Theater for Young Audiences’ Youth Outreach Coordinator Rachel Baas, will provide backstage complimentary tours with paid admission.

UW Sheboygan Fine Arts Theatre
One University Drive, Sheboygan

Storybook Series (best suited for Daisy Girl Scouts and Brownie Girl Scouts)
Sheboygan Masonic Mansion, 411 St. Clair Avenue, Sheboygan

Available Activities:
Girl Scout Brownie Try-It: Let’s Pretend, Girl Scout Junior Badge: Theater,
Girl Scout 11-17 Interest Projects: Performing Arts, The Play’s the Thing

Where: Sheboygan County. We will travel to you.
Cost: $30 per troop up to 10 girls, $2.00 each additional girl

Available Activities:
Traveling Trunk Program- Through a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council (WHC), the trunk program includes lesson plans. The trunks are available for a $25 refundable deposit. Trunks can be customized to grade level and area of study and would include an inventory of items and lesson plan. Check web site for available trunk topics.

Available Activities:
Ten Girl Scout Junior Badges and nine Girl Scout Brownie Try-Its. See all available workshops along with pricing on Hearthstone Historic House Museum’s web site. ALL the materials, instructions, professional staff teaching the badge requirements are included in the cost. Your Girl Scout troop can also decide if they would like to work on their badge with or without a tour of the house.

Cost: Prices vary, check web site for detailed pricing

Minimum/Maximum: 10/20

Abrakadoodle® helps girls around the world by nourishing originality and creativity!

Description: Abrakadoodle classes are carefully crafted to promote creativity and imaginative thinking. In Abrakadoodle, girls learn about and through art… all while having a blast! They will create fabulous original art, get excited about creative experiences, develop the ability to see things from a variety of perspectives, creatively solve interesting problems and experience the joy of accomplishment. We are building a world of creative children, one child at a time!

Abrakadoodle is the winner of 7 Nickelodeon 2009 Parents’ Picks Awards in cities nationwide.

Available Activities: Through our imaginative lessons and inspired teachers, we can design a program especially to fit your needs and budget – from Daisy Learning Petals all the way through Junior Girl Scouts patches. Many of our lessons focus on being Green. We also offer ARTrageous parties!

Location: On-site

Abrakadoodle was the winner of 7 Nickelodeon 2009 Parents’ Picks Awards in cities nationwide.

Best Friends Veterinary Center
2082 Cheyenne Court
Grafton
Contact: Erin Stewart
Phone: 262-375-0130
Email: info@bestfriendsvet.com
Web site: www.bestfriendsvet.com

Description: Best Friends Veterinary Center offers an educational outreach program for youth. Tours of the clinic as well as workshops to teach youth about pet safety, pet healthcare and the humane treatment of animals are available by appointment. If there are any special topics you would like discussed, those can be incorporated into the talks/tours. The average talk/tour time is about an hour but can me modified to fit your needs. Outreach programming is restricted to Ozaukee County.

Cost: All programming is offered free of charge to you.

Captain Fredrick Pabst Mansion, Inc.
2000 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee
Contact: Jodi Rich-Bartz
Phone: (414) 931-0808
Email: Jodi@pabstmansion.com
Web: www.pabstmansion.com

Available Activities:
Girl Scout Brownie Try-It: Listening to the Past and Girl Scout Junior Badge: Local Lore

Cost: $5.00 per person
Fee includes snack and craft supplies. Reservations require two weeks notice. A $25 deposit is required for all groups.

Cedarburg Cultural Center
W62 N546 Washington Avenue
Cedarburg
Contact: Sue Gyarmati
Phone: (262) 375-3676
Email: cccenter_sue@ameritech.net
Web: www.cedarburgculturalcenter.org

Available Activities:
Several Girl Scout Brownie Try-Its and Girl Scout Junior Badges related to art, history, community and science (call for details)

Cost: Prices vary

Year Round Indoor Horseback Riding at Flying S. Ranch, Grafton, WI!   

Ride for fun while learning fascinating facts how a horse's natural instincts affects how the horse behaves toward you and other horses. 

Located 20 minutes north of Milwaukee (3 miles off of I 43), Flying S. Ranch provides a fun, safe and structured riding program enabling girls to earn a Certificate of Completion from Flying S. Ranch Riding School.  

Girls will get hands on experience in many aspects of horsemanship including saddling, grooming, feeding, handling, general healthcare, and of course riding! Placed in groups of 4-5 girls, each group will rotate through a series of activities all including interaction with horses.

Minimum/Maximum: 6/30

Glaze
N61 W6321 Turner Street
Cedarburg
Contact: Kristina Eckert, owner
Phone: 262-376-8852
Email: glazepottery@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.glazepottery.com

Description:
Glaze is a paint-your-own pottery and glass fusing studio that also offers clay and tie-dye projects. With hundreds of unfinished pottery items to choose from, Glaze is a great place for your troop to have fun while earning a badge or creating a special community service project item!

Available Activities:
Girl Scout Brownie Try-It: Colors and Shapes, Girl Scout Junior Badges: Art in the Home, Art in 3-D, Art to Wear, Ceramics and Clay, Drawing and Painting, “Making” Hobbies and Visual Arts, Girl Scouts 11-17 Interest Projects: Artistic Crafts and Your Own Business.

Cost: Varies
Min/Max: 6/40

Milwaukee County Zoo
10001 West Bluemound Road
Milwaukee
Web: www.milwaukeezoo.org

Girl Scout Discount tickets available only through the Girl Scouts of Manitou Council Center:
Child (3-12) $5.75 (reg. $8.25)
Adult $7.75 (reg. $11.25)

To order call: 920-565-4575 or e mail jodi@gsmanitou.org
**Price does not include parking. ($10.00 per car)

North Shore Academy of the Arts, Inc.
1111 Broad Street
Grafton
Contact: Paula Christensen
Phone: (262) 377-3514
Email: nsaa@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.northshoreacademyofthearts.org

Available Activities:
Several Girl Scout Brownie Try-Its, Girl Scout Junior Badges and Girl Scout 11-17 Interest Projects related to art, dance, theater and music (call for details)

Cost: Prices vary

Pumpkin Farm Tour and Educational Opportunity in Cedarburg

Carol Bolwerk invites you to explore her pumpkin farm and learn about pumpkins, gourds, corn, nutrition and much, much more. Tours are $3.00 per child and include: tour, educational experience, two pumpkins or one pumpkin and one squash, along with one broom corn and one Indian corn. Plan for the outing to last roughly two hours.

For more information or to schedule a tour please call or email Carol at:
H: 262-377-6621
W: 262-243-4233
carol.lueders.bolwerk@cuw.edu