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Pottery Painting & Craft Studios in Birmingham

Painting your own mug or plate is easy to find close to the centre. Glaze Room Pottery Painting sits about a kilometre out and starts from £28, no booking a course or bringing any skill, just pick a blank piece and paint. Café Craft Pottery Painting, a bit further out, is free to sit down at and has over 150 designs to choose from, though you wait a week to collect the finished piece. Out in Solihull, Fired Crafts brings the whole set-up to cafés, homes and parties, so the kids paint without you needing to go anywhere. For a one-off session with toddlers, Café Craft's free entry and parking make it the easy choice, and the on-site cafe helps if you need a sit-down after. Glaze Room suits a quick visit when you want it done and fired without waiting a week. If your child is older and wants to actually learn the craft rather than paint a single piece, Sundragon Community Pottery runs proper term-time courses in wheelwork and hand-building, though it is for ages 16 and up. For parties, both Glaze Room and Fired Crafts do the organising for you.

✓ 4 places★ 1 upcoming event✦ 1 free to visit