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11 Art and Craft Spots for Kids in Ottawa
Ottawa has a range of art and craft spots all over the city—find one near you, start getting crafty and make something new!
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Color Me Mine
Drop in any time to create your own ceramic or glass fusion project, and have a good look around for great fundraising ideas while you're there. Large pieces can become class-made auction or raffle items; tiles can become a group artwork to cover a damaged school wall. Or, set up a craft night at the store for your school or sports team, and a percentage of the profits will be donated back to your organization.
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Pottery Playhouse
The Pottery Playhouse in Stittsville offers a great selection of ceramics made on site. We love the Kids' Night Out on Fridays for spending a little quality time with our honey.
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The Art Table
A fun and unusual art space in town, the Art Table encourages kids and adults alike to get creative through all kinds of workshops. With tons of opportunities to draw, paint, and craft, we like the cooking, photography, and yoga sessions too.
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Flo Glassblowing
For a truly unique birthday experience, plan a party at Flo Glassblowing. Kids learn to blow their own beautifully coloured glass ball to hang in a window at home. While you're there, think about taking a workshop yourself—glass flowers, birds, and vases are all lovely potential creations.
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The Mud Oven
The Mud Oven is a great place to bring a group together for private birthday parties or a summer camp or sports team throughout the year. They'll also bring an instructor with all the supplies out to you for a small fee. Party on!
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Gotta Paint
Gotta Paint has some sweet ceramics, from cupcake shaped jars to smiling puppies, but older kids will really be wowed by their glass fusion projects.
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Ottawa School of Art
For the serious artist, there's the Ottawa School of Art, with locations in the Byward Market and Orleans. There are a huge variety of classes offered for kids ages 4 and up, including print making, clay and collage inspired by the wonders of the world and sculpture and drawing based on ancient Egypt.
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Monart Art School of Ottawa
The Monart philosophy assumes that learning to draw is the foundation for all of the visual arts, and that all children can be taught this skill. The focus is on giving students a strong base in drawing techniques. The studio is open for tours, so drop by to have a look (check class times first to avoid interrupting a session). Classes are offered in three-month blocks or on a month-to-month basis for kids as young as age 3.
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Laura Daub Art Studio
Looking for private or semi-private lessons for your little Picasso? Laura Daub is your artiste. She offers private and group lessons at her studio and a $5 drop-in class on Saturdays for all ages. Laura teaches art with the Association for Bright Children (ABC), and writes a blog with loads of great information on how to determine whether or not your child is artistically gifted and how to nurture their passion for art.
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Bob Grant's Art Classes
Bob Grant's Art Classes are offered at his fine arts studio on Lyon Street, where classes are available to children from the age of five. These classes focus on drawing, charcoal shading, pastels, oil and watercolour painting. Working at their own pace with individualized instruction, children learn the same techniques as adults through a teaching style adapted for their age.
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Elemenopaint
Elemenopaint is a pop-up art class that hosts events in community halls a few times a month. Dynamic, energetic mompreneur Rochelle James leads an intimate group of parents, each with one or two kids aged 4 through 12, in exploring the history, the process and the fun behind creating a work of art. Parents work with their children to help produce a ready-for-the-wall canvas with a cool Canadian theme in just a few hours.
I am a senior, and used to do some crafts for our church bazaar. I have a few supplies left over, and rather than throw them out, I’d like to donate to whoever would need them. I have 2 glue guns, glue sticks, some sticker gems. Do you know of anyone who could use this.
Lydia Pokoj