Pottery Painting Events

Looking for a fun, creative activity for your school, workplace, or community group? Busy Brushes offers three ways to enjoy pottery painting: we come to you, you visit our studio, or you host your own event.

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We come to you You come to us Host your own
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We Come to You

Off-site pottery painting events

We’ll bring the pottery painting experience to your school, workplace, community centre, or event venue.

What’s included

  • Your choice of pottery pieces
  • All paints, brushes, and painting supplies
  • Busy Brushes event hosts to guide your group
  • Glazing and kiln firing of finished pottery

Host fees are charged hourly, based on the size of your group:

  • 1 hostUnder 20 painters
  • 2 hosts20 to 39 painters
  • 3 hosts40 to 59 painters

Your total cost depends on your pottery selections, event duration, group size, and location.

Inquire about an off-site event
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You Come to Us

Private group events at our studio

Bring your group to Busy Brushes for a pottery painting event. This option is great for school groups, team building, bachelorettes, and other group celebrations.

What’s included

  • Your choice of pottery pieces
  • All paints, brushes, and painting supplies
  • Studio space for your group
  • Glazing and kiln firing of finished pottery

Pricing: pay for the pottery pieces your group selects. A $50 private after-hours studio fee applies to bookings outside our regular business hours.

We can accommodate groups of up to 50 painters outside regular hours. Large group bookings during regular business hours are available depending on studio availability.

Inquire about a studio event
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Host Your Own Event

Take-home pottery painting kits

Prefer to host your own event? Our take-home kits make it easy to organize pottery painting at your school, workplace, home, or event venue.

What’s included

  • Your choice of pottery pieces
  • Painting supplies, including paints and brushes
  • Instructions for your group
  • Glazing and kiln firing of finished pottery

How it works

  1. Choose your pottery pieces and let us know your group size.
  2. Pick up your pottery and painting kit from our studio.
  3. Host your event wherever you’d like.
  4. Return your kit and painted pottery within two weeks of pickup.
  5. We’ll glaze and kiln-fire your pottery and contact you when it’s ready for pickup.

Pricing includes the cost of your pottery pieces plus a kit rental fee.

Inquire about a take-home kit
A guest painting a striped mug at a group event
Adults painting plates and mugs at a long table at an off-site event
Friends showing off the bowls they painted at a group event
Close up of a guest painting a plate with a green rim

Popular Pottery Choices

Here are some of our most popular pieces for group events. Prices are per piece, before applicable taxes.

Looking for something different? Let us know what you have in mind when you inquire.

  • Unpainted ceramic mug ready to paint
    Small Mug$20
  • Mug painted with fruit, fresh out of the kiln
    Medium Mug$25
  • Unpainted 8 inch ceramic plate
    8″ Plate$28
  • Unpainted 10 inch ceramic plate
    10″ Plate$30
  • Bowl painted with green hills and sheep, fresh out of the kiln
    Regular Bowl$30

Ready to Plan Your Event?

Tell us a little about your group, preferred date, and event idea. We’ll help you choose the best option and provide a quote.

Or call (705) 626-6269 during open hours.

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We come to youSchools, workplaces, community centres
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You come to usUp to 50 painters after hours
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Host your ownTake-home kits
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