Girl Scouts

The Elk Grove Historical Museum is available to help you and your scouts with history related badges and programs. Browse our current programs below. Unless otherwise specified, programs last two hours, are available year round and include a light snack. Programs can be scheduled Tuesdays through Saturdays. Programs can be scheduled between the hours of 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. The museum requests a minimum of 8 participants and a maximum of 20. Call 847.439.3994 or email the Program Manager, eburke@elkgroveparks.org for more information.

Cost: $4 for Residents, $5 for Non-Residents.

Download Girl Scouts Program Brochure

Daisy Scouts

Simply Scraps (Use Resources Wisely® petal)
Learn how people of the past reused scraps to create new things. View quilts and dolls created from scrap materials. Make a simple scrapbook page and rag doll.

Scouting Sisterhood (Sister to Every Girl Scout® petal)
Learn about the importance of friendship in Girl Scouting. Identify the four world centers and make internationally inspired SWAPs.

Tree Hugger (Make the World a Better Place® petal)*
Understand the importance of protecting our planet by practicing responsible camping techniques and simple orienteering skills. Plant a seed and make a simple birdfeeder.
*Available April-October.

Brownie Girl Scouts

Community Spirit (Celebrating Community®)*
Visit the live elk herd and learn how it became a symbol for Elk Grove Village. Listen to Girl Scouts singing national songs and view photos of local parades. Create a simple ceremony about an event that you find important.
*Available April-October.

Cool and Creepy Crawlies (Bugs®)*
Step inside the fascinating world of bugs! Learn about various types of bugs that live in our community and explore their world by going on a bug safari and making a bug house!
*Available April-October.

Junior Girl Scouts

Geo-Adventurer (Geocacher®)*
Explore the outdoors and enter the world of geocaching. Scouts will learn how to use a GPS receiver and work as part of a team to search for items hidden within the museum campus.
*Available April-October.

Living the Past (Playing the Past®)
Step into the shoes of Carrie Gathman (who lived in Schaumburg and Elk Grove Village) and travel back in time. Create a doll costume from the early 1900s, try your hand at chores, sing songs, and make history come alive!

Cadette Girl Scouts

Natural Landscape (Trees®)*
Learn about some of the plants native to this area and the types of trees preferred by the pioneers. Identify, date and measure trees found on the museum campus. Design a plan for a treehouse and engage in other projects centered on increasing your appreciation for these wooded wonders.
*Available April-October.