Earn a badge at the Great Plains Zoo or Butterfly House & Aquarium! Badge programs are two and a half hours long and include the badge! Register one scout or your whole troop. Adults who stay for the program will need to pay admission or check-in with a membership card. (A separate adult rate applies to the Cadette Night Owl Badge.) Registration will open on 1/15/2024.

Available Badges

• Cadette Night Owl Badge at GPZ: Discover the world at night, meet nocturnal animals, and tour the Zoo after dark! This badge program is held outside of normal Zoo hours. Please contact us to schedule a date.
• Daisy Eco Learner Badge at GPZ: Explore ways to protect nature and all its living things, including yourself, while meeting an animal up close and discovering animals at the Zoo. Please contact us to schedule a date.
• Brownie Bugs Badge at BHA: Discover what bugs have, do, and make as you meet some bugs (or animals that eat them) up close and visit bugs of all sizes at the Butterfly House & Aquarium. You'll also have the chance to make your own insect project! Sunday, March 17 or Sunday, March 24. $21 per scout.
• Brownie Pets Badge at GPZ: Explore how to care for different kinds of pets, meet an animal friend up close, and visit a few Zoo animals. You'll also have a chance to make a project to take home for your pet! Sunday, April 21. $21 per scout.
• Junior Animal Habitats Badge at GPZ: Explore different animal habitats, meet an animal friend up close, and visit a few Zoo animals. You'll also have a chance to make your own animal "house" to take home! Sunday, April 7 or Sunday, May 5. $21 per scout.

*All programs run from 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM.