Program on the Go
For troops and Service Units unable to participate in activities due to scheduling conflicts, our Program on the Go service is available. GSNNJ will bring some of our most popular program activities to your location. Some programs, like Continental Cooking, are featured at specialty program destinations.
Program on the Go explores Entrepreneurship, Life Skills, and STEM, and includes fun and educational activities such as cake decorating, a group cooking class, sewing, constellation exploration, and more.
To request one of our Program on the Go activities listed below, complete a Program on the Go Interest Form at least three weeks prior to your desired activity date.
Entrepreneurship 
Creative Engineer
Popsicles, trampolines, and crayon holders are just some of the items designed by kids. Their inspiration to create these items came because they needed to solve a problem. Solving problems requires creativity and imagination. In this workshop, girls will use the supplies provided as well as their creativity and imagination to design a product and create a prototype. This brand-new design will be shared with the group for feedback that can be used to improve your design. Then persuade your fellow Girl Scouts to invest in your product by creating an advertising pitch.
- Level: Girl Scout Brownies
- This program activity earns the Girl Scout Brownie Budding Entrepreneur (Badge not included with program fee)
- Program Length: 2.5 hours
- Total Length: 3.5 hours (includes set-up and clean-up, 30 minutes each)
- Minimum: 10 girls
- Maximum: 20 girls
- Price: $25 per girl (additional travel fee may apply)
Toy Maker
Pop bead jewelry, dress up clothes, board games, markers, and crayons. What is your favorite thing to play with? Ever wonder who made those toys and how they came up with the ideas? Try your hand at designing your own toy and then share your idea with the group. Make it even better and then create a commercial or advertisement that will get everyone interested. Your toy could be the next big thing! All supplies needed for this program will be provided.
- Level: Girl Scout Daisies
- This program activity earns the Girl Scout Daisy Toy Business Designer (Badge not included with program fee)
- Program Length: 1.5 hours
- Total Length: 2.5 hours (includes set-up and clean-up, 30 minutes each)
- Minimum: 10 girls
- Maximum: 18 girls
- Price: $22 per girl (additional travel fee may apply)
Life Skills
Cake Décor 1: Fundamentals
Get creative with icing as you learn the basics skills of cake decorating from a professional baker. Adults can register and participate too, but not required. Please note: food items may contain or be cross contaminated with know food allergens.
- Level: Girl Scout Brownies-Ambassadors
- Program Length: 1.5 hours
- Total Length: 2.5 hours (includes set-up and clean-up, 30 minutes each)
- Minimum: 10 girls & adults
- Maximum: 30 girls & adults
- Price: $43 per person
- Each participant receives instruction and decorates a 5" vanilla cake to take home. A take home kit is included, which consists of a decorating bag, four tips, a coupler, a practice board, information sheet, and spatula.
Cake Decorating II: Borders and Basket Weaving
Build on the skills you learned in Cake Décor 1, as you work with bakery icing to create ruffled swags, basket weaves, and piping techniques on a cake that you will take home. Adults can register and participate too, but not required. Please note: food items may contain or be cross contaminated with known food allergens.
- Level: Girl Scout Brownies-Ambassadors
- Program Length: 1.5 hours
- Total Length: 2.5 hours (includes set-up and clean-up, 30 minutes each)
- Minimum: 10 girls & adults
- Maximum: 25 girls & adults
- Price: $43 per person
- Each participant receives instruction and decorates a 5" vanilla cake to take home. A take home kit is included, which consists of a decorating bag, ten tips, a coupler, a practice board, information sheet, and spatula.
- Note: Cake Decorating I is a pre-requisite.
Continental Cooking
Put on your chef’s hat and apron and join us in a professional restaurant kitchen at the Black Forest Inn in Stanhope, NJ. Here you will learn basic cooking skills and create a special meal to share with the guidance of a Master Chef who made it to the final round of the cooking show Chopped! Adults may participate and enjoy the family-style meal at the end of the session too! All registrants will need a signed parental/custodial waiver. This program is offered on Monday evenings from October 2023 through April 2024.
- Level: Girl Scout Cadette-Adults
- Program Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
- Minimum: 10 girls & adults
- Maximum: 22 girls & adults
- Price: $48 per Girl Scout and $20 per Adult
- Location: Black Forest Inn, Stanhope, NJ
Program Date and Cuisine:
Oct. 16, 2023: Oktoberfest - Oktoberfest - Chicken Schnitzel, Potato Pancakes, Struedel
Nov. 13, 2023: Autumn Harvest - Turkey Piccata, Carrots, Squash, Pear Crisp
Dec. 11, 2023: Fondue & Frosty Fun - Cheese & Chocolate Fondue, Sorbet
Jan. 8, 2024: Fondue & Frosty Fun - Cheese & Chocolate Fondue, Sorbet
Feb. 5, 2024: Roman Holiday - Make Fresh Pasta, Garlic Bread, Gelatto
March 4, 2024: Celtic Country - Shephard's Pie, Colcannon, Bread Pudding
April 15, 2024: April in Paris - Chicken with Mushrooms, Quiche & Creme Brulee
Sew Petite
In this introductory, hands-on class for Girl Scout Daisies, girls will create a fun, easy to sew messenger bag using a computerized sewing machine.
- Level: Girl Scout Daisies
- Program Length: 1 hour
- Total Length: 2 hours (includes set-up and clean-up, 30 minutes each)
- Minimum: 10 girls
- Maximum: 16 girls
- Price: $32 per person
Sewing I
Girls will learn to use computerized sewing machines, pin fabric, and learn the language of sewing to make a one-of-a-kind pillow case.
- Level: Girl Scout Brownies-Ambassadors and Adults
- Program Length: 3 hours
- Total Length: 4 hours (includes set-up and clean-up, 30 minutes each)
- Minimum: 10 girls & adults
- Maximum: 16 girls & adults
- Price: $55 per participant
Sewing II
Girls will learn about style, body measurements, and the basics of garment construction to make an elastic waistband skirt or halter top.
- Level: Girl Scout Brownies-Ambassadors and Adults
- Program Length: 3 hours
- Total Length: 4 hours (includes set-up and clean-up, 30 minutes each)
- Minimum: 10 girls & adults
- Maximum: 16 girls & adults
- Price: $55 per participant
- Sewing I is a pre-requisite
Sewing III
Participants will continue to learn to thread and program the computerized sewing machines, they get introduced to sewing curves and more intricate sewing construction to make a shoulder bag.
- Level: Girl Scout Brownies-Ambassadors and Adults
- Program Length: 3 hours
- Total Length: 4 hours (includes set-up and clean-up, 30 minutes each)
- Minimum: 10 girls & adults
- Maximum: 16 girls & adults
- Price: $55 per participant
- Sewing II is a pre-requisite
Perfectly Imperfect
Discover how to better focus on what your body can do, than on how it looks. During this program, you'll explore yoga, meditation, and breathing techniques that will help you ignore the negative body image messaging in advertising, movies, television, and social media.
- Level: Girl Scout Daisies-Cadettes
- Program Length: 1 hour
- Minimum: 10 girls
- Maximum: 30 girls
- Price: $25 per participant
- Location: Body Positive Works Studio, 96 East Allendale Road, Saddle River, NJ or participants' meeting space (Bergen County only) at an additional fee.
- Participants should bring their own yoga mats.
Just Breathe: The Magic of Mindfulness
Join us on a magical journey of mindfulness in a relaxing and fun atmosphere. This amazing workshop includes relaxation techniques through breathing, yoga, guided meditation, motivational games, and an inspirational craft.
- Level: Girl Scout Brownie-Adult
- Program Length: 1 hour
- Minimum: 10 girls & adults
- Maximum: 25 girls & adults
- Price: $25 per Girl Scout and $5 per Adult
- Location: Body Positive Works Studio, 96 East Allendale Road, Saddle River, NJ, or participants' meeting space at an additional fee.
- Participants should bring their own yoga mats.
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)
Sensational Stars
Get a closer look at the stars in our traveling Star Lab planetarium that brings the stars down to Earth! Work on your space science badge and spend time studying the constellations and other wonders of the night sky. Girl Scout Daisies earn the Daisy Space Science Explorer Badge. Girl Scout Brownies work toward the Space Science Adventurer Badge (Steps 1, 2, 3, 4). Juniors work towards the Space Science Investigator Badge (Steps 1,2, and 4).
- Level: Girl Scout Daisies-Juniors
- Program Length: 90 minute presentations
- Total Length: 90 minutes for Daisies and Brownies and 2 hours for Juniors
- Minimum: 12 girls
- Maximum: 22 girls
- Price: $20 per girl
Note: The Star Lab can hold up to 25 people. Star Lab presentations are appropriate for all ages; however, we will group presentations by age level. A space of at least 25 feet by 25 feet with at least 12-foot-high ceilings is needed. The Star Lab cannot be set up outside. A single AC electrical outlet must be available. We will need adults to be able to assist with badge-earning activities and to come into the Star Lab, especially for the Daisy and Brownie levels – it’s dark inside.
