Girl Scouts

Girl Scout Badge Workshops 

AMOA partners with the Girl Scout Council of Central Indiana to host a variety of Girl Scout Badge Workshops. Registration ends a week prior to each workshop.


Be a Potter (Pottery)
Grades: 2-3 (Brownie)
April 15, 2023 • 9:30 am  – Noon

Learn the ancient art of pottery and meet a local professional potter! Each Brownie will create a coil and pinch pot and a Fimo necklace/bracelet. Drinks and snacks provided. Sign up no later than April 10, 2023. Badges are included in the sign-up cost. 

$18/girl
Min: 6    Max: 20

Draw a Selfie and much more! (Drawing)
Grades: 4-5 (Juniors)
April 22, 2023 · 9:30 am  – Noon

Girl Scouts will explore drawing with a variety of media including charcoal, pastels, and pencil. Girl Scouts will learn the basics of drawing including perspective, shading, proportion, and lighting. Everyone will make a portrait, landscape, and still life. Drinks and snacks provided. Sign up no later than April 15, 2023. Badges are included in the sign-up cost. 

$18/girl
Min: 6         Max: 20

Made By You: Art to Wear (Jewelry)
Grades: 4 & 5 (Juniors)
May 6, 2023 · 9:30 am  – Noon

Girl Scouts will explore different techniques and materials that artists use when creating jewelry. We will make projects using a variety of materials including metal, everyday objects, and clay. Drinks and snacks provided. Sign up no later than April 29, 2023. Badges are included in the sign-up cost. 

$18/girl
Min: 6         Max: 20

Art in the Garden
Grades: 4-5 (Junior)
May 20, 2023 • 9:30 am  – Noon

Juniors will explore a variety of different types of gardens while creating and decorating their own. Girl Scouts will take a short 7 min walk to the local Grunewald Historic Home where they will explore their garden and talk with a local master gardener. Girls will also create and design their own take home Zen gardens as well as decorate large flower pots and plant flowers which will remain on the museum grounds. Drinks and snacks provided. Sign up no later than May 13, 2022. Badges are included in the sign-up cost. 

$18/girl
Min: 6 Max: 20

Making Games

Grades: K-1 (Daisies) and 2-3 (Brownies)

$18/girl
N/A · 9:30 am  – Noon
Min: 6         Max: 15

Learn how to use your imagination to design and engineer new games. Girl Scouts will test and perfect one another’s creations while exploring a variety of different styles of games from tabletop to skill games. Drinks and snacks provided. Sign up no later than N/A. Badges are included in the sign-up cost. 

Book Maker (Book Artist Badge)

Grades: 6-8 (Cadettes)

$18/girl
November 5, 2022 • 9:30 am  – Noon
Min: 6     Max: 15

Create your own journal! Learn about bookbinding traditions, tools, and history. Then put your talents to work. Cadettes will make three different types of books: an accordion fold book, a saddle-stitched book, and a small leather journal. Drinks and snacks provided. Sign up no later than October 29, 2022. Badges are included in the sign-up cost. 

Outdoor Art

Grades: K-1 (Daisies) & 2-3 (Brownie)

$18/girl
NA • 9:30 am  – Noon
Min: 6    Max: 20

Daisies and Brownies will explore the outdoors and nature to create a variety of art projects. Girl Scouts will learn about plein air painting and create their own mixed media painting. They will also make a pressed flower/leaf bookmark and either a sun art print and/or maraca depending on the weather and time. Drinks and snacks provided. Sign up no later than NA. Badges are included in the sign-up cost. 

Make a Splash! (Painting Badge)
Grades: 2-3 (Brownie)
n/a · 9:30 am  – Noon

Brownies will learn a variety of different painting techniques to create one of a kind works of art. We will explore creating monoprints, life size portraits expressing mood with colors, and watercolor still lifes. Drinks and snacks provided. Sign up no later than March 18, 2023. Badges are included in the sign-up cost. 

$18/girl
Min: 6 Max: 20