Open to the Public Saturdays 9:00am to 5:00pm

Girl Scout
Programs

Take a “Journey” to the George Ranch

Our Girl Scout badge workshops have been carefully aligned to the “Journey” activities to create fun, hands-on programs that help scouts earn a badge. These 90-minute adventures include six badge steps from two badge activity sets and will help your girl scouts travel far along in their individual journeys.

Pricing & Reservations

  • $20 per Girl Scout; $10 per adult chaperone; Ranch admission is included in program price
  • Available most Saturdays at either 10:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m.
  • Minimum of 6 Girl Scouts per program
  • Maximum of 15 Girl Scout per program
  • Advanced reservations are required and can be made by contacting education@georgeranch.org or call us at 281-343-0218 x220.

Helpful Tips Before Your Visit

  • Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before your scheduled program time and allow at least 90 minutes for your group to complete the workshop.
  • Encourage scouts to dress comfortably for the outdoors and wear closed-toe shoes.
  • Please bring a refillable water bottle. Water bottle filling stations are available.
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It’s Your Planet-Love It!

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Historic Hiker Badge

Become a historic hiker and explore the hiking techniques people have used from the beginning to survive and thrive!

  • Learn how early pioneers mapped out their route to Texas and made their way across unexplored, wild land.
  • Study historic trail signs and compare them to their modern counterparts.
  • Compare historic and modern packing gear to discover what we have learned from our ancestors.

Badge Requirements Fulfilled

  • Decide where to Go: Find a trail.
  • Try out a hiking skill: Learn to follow trail signs.
  • Pack the right gear: Invite an experienced hiker to your meeting.
  • Go on your hike: Do a detective hike.

Sensory Explorer Badge

Using human senses was a matter of survival for early pioneers. Explore your inner pioneer and apply your senses in a frontier setting.

  • Reading the land was an important aspect of early life. Learn how observation skills were necessary in newly settled Texas.
  • Explore the sounds of the prairie and learn how a keen sense of hearing was critical for pioneer life.
  • Help cook a pioneer meal using your sense of touch, taste and smell. Cooking outdoors is an exploration of the senses.

Badge Requirements Fulfilled

  • Look around: Hold a scavenger hunt in your neighborhood or at a park.
  • Listen to the World: Listen for 10 different sounds.
  • Put your nose to work: Play a smelly game with your friends.

It’s Your Story – Tell It

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The Social Butterfly Badge

The Victorian era was all about the proper rules of etiquette. Come learn these old-fashioned rules which can still be applied today.

  • Learn the dos and don’ts of polite conversation to use at your next special occassion.
  • Study Victorian dinner etiquette and try it yourself in our historic dining room.
  • Show your gratitude to your host and pen a thank you note using nib pens and ink.

Badge Requirements Fulfilled

  • Hold a Conversation: Practice conversation starters.
  • Use Table Manners: Set the table.
  • Say Thank You: Handwrite a thank-you note.

Playing the Past Badge

Where better to experience the Past than a living history park! Join us for an adventure in time as you experience life in different eras.

  • Explore how fashions changed with a look into the different eras of historic clothing.
  • Learn a 19th century traditional skill that most ladies in the era would have known.
  • End the day with a bit of play, with popular games from the 1800s.

Badge Requirements Fulfilled

  • Decide who you are

  • Create a costume

  • Have some old-fashioned fun

It’s Your Planet-Love It!

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Working with Wood badge

Early Texians had to be good with their hands to build and create their households. Let us show you the classic tools and techniques which have stood the test of time.

  • Discover the types of saws used in the Past. Try both a two-man saw and a hand-held saw and see why sawing was so much work.
  • Get handy with a hammer and learn the proper technique for hammering in nails.
  • Experiment with levels and learn how historic structures will settle and shift over time.