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The Building for Kids is the ideal choice when
planning an outing for your Girl Scout troop. From
exploring our hands-on exhibits to participating in
guided Badge and Try-It workshops, The Building
for Kids invites girls to build their imagination,
creativity, and confidence!
Troop Opportunities - 2010-11 Season
Junior Girl Scout badge/Brownie try-it sessions can be scheduled by calling The Building for Kids. We offer badge and try-it sessions on Saturdays 8:30-10:00 a.m.. Fees for Badges and Try-Its are listed
per girl and include: Staff guided workshops and all
materials. Troop leaders must
purchase actual patches.
Junior Badges
Art to Wear $12
You must bring two clothing items to decorate (T-shirt, jeans, etc.).
We'll work on friendship, fashion, and flair!
Ceramics & Clay $12
Create some cool clay items and learn fun techniques.
Drawing & Painting $12
Discover what medium and media are. Mix them up and create some art.
Jewelry $14
Create baubels and bangles. Learn about gems, minerals, and how to use them.
Science Discovery $10
Chemicals that fizz, change colors, glow, and burn. Laundry soap that creates lab diamonds! You'll be amazed.
Brownie Try-Its
20 Brownies Maximum - 10 Brownies Minimum
All in the Family $9
Families are forever. Find out how to record memories and celebrations.
Friends are Fun $9
Learn about what it takes to be a good friend. Create tokens of friendship, codes, and more.
Colors & Shapes $7
Create stencils, mobiles, paper weaving, and other cool things.
Science in Action $6
Create cool color and glop! Explore magnets and much more.
Science Wonders $8
Crystals, magnets, electricity, bubbles, and more. Explore how they are made.
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Science in Action $6.00 Explore science and how it relates to your life. Go on a science hunt, make your own glop, blow up a balloon without using your own breath, and discover chromatography. Movers $6.00 Learn about the power of wind. Create your own pinwheel, windsock, kite, and blast off your own rocket! Puppets, Dolls & Plays $8.00 Learn about a new kind of art! Create your own finger puppet, yarn doll, paper bag puppet, and marionette. Science Wonders $8.00 Be the scientist! Make your own bubbles, paper, and learn about invisible ink and static electricity! Math Fun $6.00 Did you know you use math everyday? Explore the museum while learning about predictions, numbers, and time. |
Colors and Shapes $7.00 Develop your creativity by making stamps, a mobile, clay, and a magical sculpture! Me and My Shadow $6.00 Artists study how light falls on things to create shadows. Use light to create your own self portrait, shadow plaque, and sun print. Senses $8.00 Use your sensing powers to see, hear, feel, smell, and taste your way through an exciting museum adventure. Numbers and Shapes $6.00 Experiment with volume, learn about tangrams and MÖbius strips, and create a mural from different shapes. Art to Wear $12.00 Be an artist: Design and decorate your own T-shirt, make face paint, and learn to papier-mâché. |
Junior Badges
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Making it Matter $10.00 Engineers take scientific knowledge and make useful things. Discover borax, lemons, potatoes, and acids and bases, in a whole new way! Art in 3-D $12.00 Discover art. Create origami and clay molding, go on a 3-D art hunt, and design a mobile. Math Whiz $8.00 Math is used everywhere. Go on a math hunt, test your prediction powers, create a math puzzle become a math whiz! Science Discovery $10.00 Build a kaleidoscope, make a needle float on water, make disappearing ink, and discover how speed is affected by friction. * Works great as an overnight! |
Art in the Home $15.00 Learn about style trends, design and make art for your home, and visit a florist to create your own flower arrangement! Theater $8.00 We'll provide the lights and stage you'll be the actress! Make a mask, costume, and learn acting tips! Prints and Graphics $12.00 Use your imagination to stamp, carve, and silk screen your way to amazing prints and graphic! Science Sleuth $10.00 It's time to investigate! Work as a scientist to answer questions on vibration, crystals, papermaking, and simple machines. |
Private Girl Scout Overnights
Climb inside a giant heart, create a masterpiece in our DaVinci studio, and giggle yourself to sleep in our tree house- all at your private overnight at The Building for Kids. Overnights run Friday or Saturday 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. Fees are $15.00 per girl with a $500.00 minimum. A $100.00 non-refundable deposit is required 30 days before date, with the balance due the day of the event. To make your evening even MORE exciting, book a staff guided Badge and Try-It overnight and explore the museum as never before! Fee depends on the cost of Badge/ Try-it selected.
BFK Overnights for you to join!
For smaller troops or individual Daisies, Brownies, and Girl Scouts, The Building for Kids has 3 Deluxe Overnights scheduled for you to join. These overnights do not require a minimum number of girls or a minimum dollar amount to sign up. These are strictly "girls only" - No boys allowed! Fun!
2010-11 BFK Deluxe Overnights $30 per Scout/$10 per adult
Saturday, 12/4/10 "The Gift of Giving" Overnight
This special holiday season overnight will include several gift-making projects including jewelry, a T-shirt, an ornament, paper crafts, gift tags, and much more. Girls will enjoy an evening pizza snack with hot chocolate and a tasty breakfast to go in the morning.
Saturday, 3/19/11 "Pop, Fizzle, & Splat "
This fun and creative overnight will include lots of hands-on projects in DaVinci Studio including making very cool skin-softening bath salts, turning pennies into gold and silver, making amazing crystals and glowing putty, plus lots more. Each girl will get her own "Take Me Home and Dazzle My Friends" bag. Overnight includes an evening pizza snack and a tasty breakfast to go in the morning.
Friday, 4/1/11 "April Fools "
This silly spring overnight will include several ridiculous activities. We encourage girls to come dressed in funny outfits - like spikey hair, 2 different socks, clothes on backwards, or any other "foolish" get-up. We'll have a "Foolish Fashion Runway". There will be lots of funny and silly activities and projects for the girls. Girls will enjoy an evening breakfast, and a bedtime snack to go in the morning.
To register your Daisies, Brownies, or Juniors for any of the above BFK overnights, please call (920)734-3226 to reserve your spots.
"5 Course" Overnight!Calling one Girl Scout, two Girl Scouts, or a whole troop! The Building for Kids invites you to join us for our 5-Course overnights! Sleep inside our fire truck, splash the night away in our water room, plus meet new friends all at our 5-Course overnights! Leave the planning to us and get ready for an exciting night created just for you. Each overnight runs Friday 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. How to sign-up for a 5 Course Overnight
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"A La Carte" OvernightClimb inside a giant heart, create a masterpiece in our DaVinci studio, and giggle yourself to sleep in our tree house all at your troops' private A La Carte overnight at The Building for Kids A La Carte overnights run Friday or Saturday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. Fees are $15.00 per girl with a $500.00 troop minimum. Chaperones are free. A $100.00 non-refundable deposit is required 30 days before date, with the balance due the day of your private event. To make your evening even MORE exciting, book a staff guided Badge or Try-It overnight and explore the museum as never before! How to schedule your Private Overnight
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| Museum Information |
The Building for Kids 100 W. College Ave. Appleton, WI 54911 Phone: 920.734.3226 |
Hours Tues.-Fri.: 9:00-5:00 Saturday: 10:00-5:00 Sunday:12:00-5:00 Closed Mondays |
Admissions Members: Free Visitors: $7.25 Babies under age 1: Free |