If you have a crafty child, what better way to celebrate their birthday than by doing something creative? There are a number of locations across the city where kids explore their artistic vision and have a lot of fun doing it. From pottery to painting, sculpture to shadow boxes, the options are seemingly endless for arts and crafts birthday parties.
Note that prices may not include HST.
4Cats
Kids’ parties range from painting or clay parties to collage or “pouring” parties. Two locations, in Baby Point (Jane and Annette) and The Beaches (Queen and Glen Manor).
$225 to $295 (depending on theme) for 1 hour with10 children417 Jane St., Toronto
2138A Queen St. E., Toronto
Active Kids Zone
Active Kids Zone has multiple birthday party theme options, including artsy ones like Spin Tee and Frisbee, Cake Decorating, Crafts/Ceramic, and Wax Hands. Number of participants differs according to theme.
$335 for 1½ hours951 Alness St., Toronto
All Fired Up Ceramics
Under the guidance of a staff artist, kids ages 4 and up can create their own ceramics or glass-fusing piece at these parties.
$200 for ceramic party or $240 for glass-fusing party for 2 hours with 8 children8 & 10 Brentwood Rd. N., Toronto
Art Cave
Arty birthday parties at Art Cave include loot bags, take-home craft activities, and special birthday photo booth pictures.
$300 for 2½ hours with 8 children155 Lamb Ave., Toronto
The Art Room
Budding artists have the option to create moving animals, try printmaking, or “paint” with modelling clay.
$20–$22 per child for 1½ hours with 14 children maximum514 Annette St., Toronto
Art Works Art School
Children ages 4–16 can choose from a wide range of drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture activities.
$289 for 2 hours and up to 16 children238 Jane St., Toronto
Articulations
An arts instructor will lead the group in a fun art project that has been pre-approved by the birthday child.
$350 for 3 hours and 12 children2928 Dundas St. W., Toronto
Artistic Way
A birthday party for your creative child in pottery painting, clay creations, glass working, or painting.
$23–$28 per child for 1½ hours and a minimum of 10 children1003 Eglinton Ave. W., Toronto
Avenue Road Arts School
Drama or visual arts birthday parties. At a drama party, kids participate in drama games and put on a short play. For visual art parties, choose from a variety of fun, theme-based art projects.
$22 per child for an 1½-hour party with 12–16 children460 Avenue Rd., Toronto
Bamboobay
Choose a theme and Bamboobay will design a custom craft accordingly for kids to create in either a Petite Picasso or a Deluxe Duchamp birthday party.
Petite Picasso, with a maximum of 12 guests is $420 for 2 hours; Deluxe Duchamp with a maximum of 20 guests is $500 for 2 hours1515A Bayview Ave., Suite 200W, Toronto
CharbArts
Groove parties include dancing fun, a unique art activity, and a decorated poster to take home.
$300 for 2 hours with 10 children2238 Dundas St. W. Suite 111, Toronto
The Clay Room
Ceramic items are ready to paint, or kids can make their own masterpiece and paint that at The Clay Room’s birthday parties.
Paint only: $20.50/person for 2 hours; Create and paint: $22.50/person for 2½ hours; for 10–45 children279 Danforth Ave., Toronto
Create Art Studio
With the help of a Create Art Studio art instructor, each guest creates a paint and sculpture project that they can take home.
$249 for 2 hours with 12 children1801 Danforth Ave., Toronto
Crock A Doodle
Choose from a wide variety of pottery pieces, from tiles and plates to creature and figurines, and the kids can paint them and make them their own.
$20–$30 per child, depending on pottery piece, for 1 hour and a minimum of 8 children3422 Lake Shore Blvd. W., Etobicoke,
Designher Co.
Kids of all ages can create or decorate their own jewelry, accessories, or clothing at this birthday party.
$345 for 2 hours with 10 children1850 Avenue Rd., Toronto
Freehand School of Art
Freehand School of Art hosts a large selection of themed birthday parties, including Insect Shadow Boxes and Polymer Clay Animals to Split Pin Characters and Wearable Masks.
$200 for up to 8 participants (+$20 for each extra child) for 2 hours and 12 children maximum3315 Yonge St., Toronto
Luc Sculpture
Clay fun and sculpting is the order of the day at a Luc Sculpture birthday party.
$25–$30 per child (depending on number of participants) for 2½–3 hours663 Greenwood Ave., Toronto
Michaels
Michaels stores hosts a number of themed birthday parties, from Dinosaur Adventure and Pretty Princesses for young kids, and Polka Dot Party and Mad Scientist Laboratory for the tweens to Party While You Paint and Jewelry Design Studio for preteens.
$120 for 2 hours with 8 guestsMultiple Toronto locations (find a location near you)
My Art Lab
My Art Lab hosts a variety of creative parties, like The Great Train Ride in which they create a fantasy train, and Wolf & Three Little Pigs that has them create brick, straw, and wood houses and pig noses and hats.
$35/child for 2 hours with 5–12 children66 Lewis St., Toronto
Paintlounge
Kids get guided workshops to create their own version of a specific painting, and a chance to hang out and check out each other’s artwork.
$24–$27/child and 1½–2 hours for 6–40 children (Toronto East) or 6–50 children (Toronto West)1173 Queen St. E., Toronto
784 College St., Toronto
Rosetta School of Visual Arts
Rosetta School of Visual Arts allows children to choose from three themes for their birthday party: Abstract Painting, Portraiture, or Mixed Media Musical Instruments. Each is led by an art instructor and assistant.
$300 for a 2-hour party with 10 children1580 Kingston Rd., Toronto
Wanda’s Creative Clay
The birthday child gets to choose their special clay project ahead of time for the partygoers to create. Kids make their clay creations during the party and can take them home by the end of the event.
$299 for a 2-hour party with 10 children3334 Yonge St., Toronto
