Café Craft Pottery Painting
BEST FOR
Ages 0+
ENTRY
Free
WHERE
Birmingham
What it’s like
Pick a piece from over 150 pottery designs, paint it at your own pace, then wait a week to collect the finished mug or plate.
You turn up, choose from more than 150 pieces of pottery, plates, mugs, teddy bears, and get stuck in with the paints while the coffee lounge does paninis and bagels behind you. There's no studio fee tacked on, which is nice given how easy it is for these places to sting you with extras. Babies get in on it too, with hand and footprint pottery painting, so it's not just one for the school-age crowd.
The gallery wall is worth a slow look while you're there, over 70 framed photos of customer pottery, which gives the little ones something to point at and gives you a decent idea of what your wonky mug might eventually look like glazed and fired. That's the one catch: nothing goes home the same day. Painted pieces get glazed and kiln-fired, and it's five to seven days before you're back to collect, so this is one for people who don't mind a second trip.
Opening hours run 10 till 4 most days and 10 till 6 on Saturdays, and there's no charge just to walk in and paint, you pay for the pottery itself. Booking isn't compulsory but they do advise it, so a phone call or email first saves you turning up to a full table. Parking is free on the street off Bearwood Road, which takes one small worry off the list.
Birthday parties run here too, with three package tiers to pick from, and if you want the place to yourselves after hours that's doable with a minimum of ten people.
Facilities
Need to know
- Best for
- All ages, from babies doing footprints to grandparents painting mugs
- Booking
- Advised but not required
- Parking
- Free street parking off Bearwood Road
- Food
- Coffee lounge serving paninis, filled bagels, hot and cold drinks, and desserts/cakes
- Parties
- Children's and adult birthday parties available
- No studio or booking fee, you just pay for the pottery piece itself
- Collection is five to seven days after painting, not same day
- After-hours party bookings need a minimum of ten people
- Take a look at the gallery wall of over 70 customer pottery photos while you're there
Plan your visit
Do we need to book?
Not required, but they advise it. A quick call or email ahead of your visit is the safer bet.
How much does it cost?
There's no studio or booking fee. You pay for the piece of pottery you choose to paint.
Can we take the pottery home the same day?
No, it needs glazing and firing in the kiln first. It's usually ready to collect five to seven days later.
Is it suitable for a baby or toddler?
Pottery painting is open to all ages, and there's hand and footprint painting set up specifically for babies.
What is there to eat?
The coffee lounge does paninis, filled bagels, hot and cold drinks and desserts.
Where do we park?
Free street parking off Bearwood Road.
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