DIY and craft ideas to learn, make and share
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Regardless of your experience, unlock your artistic potential at Ontario's creative studios and workshops.
Southeastern Ontario
Blackwood Guitar Making Workshop
Take your love of music to the next level! Join a five-week acoustic guitar-building class and learn how to build your dream guitar.
Blackwood Guitar Making School is located in the countryside, approximately an hour east of Kingston. Classes are offered four times a year, and no experience is needed.
Location: 340 County Road 5, Mallorytown
Master the art of handcrafting in the cozy converted barn studio at Shed Chetwyn Farms. Watch alpacas graze and horses wander the fields between sessions. The small class size makes one-on-one time with instructors easy.
Location: 500 Closson Road, Hillier
Located in the heart of Prince Edward County, this contemporary art studio offers art workshops in drawing, sketchbook graffiti and encaustic painting (painting with melted beeswax).
Morning or afternoon workshops can be booked on short notice, making them a perfect last-minute addition to your trip to the County.
Location: 54 Wilson Road, Bloomfield
Hamilton, Halton and Brant
Art Aggregate
Artists of various disciplines share their expertise across Hamilton.
Purchase tickets for a variety of classes, workshops and events. Past courses have included festive tree arrangements and holiday decorating sessions.
Location: 637 Parkdale Avenue North, Hamilton
Caranina
Transform your jewellery ideas into the real thing at a custom workshop under the guidance of Caranina Bertone, a classically trained goldsmith.
Create a signature wedding ring, or design your own charm bracelets, pendants or signet rings.
Location: 16 Myrtle Avenue, Hamilton
Play with Clay
Register for a pottery class and discover the many creative things you can make with clay.
You can also express your creativity by painting ready-made ceramics in the pottery studio or one-of-a-kind dishware.
Location: 198 Locke Street South, Hamilton
Try wheel throwing in a ceramics class, build your own charcuterie board in a woodworking course or sew clothes and costumes in a textiles course.
Join a single-session sampler class or sign up for an in-depth, multi-week art course.
Location: 121 Princess Street, Hamilton
Get your hands dirty at this vibrant Hamilton creative hub.
Its range of workshops and multi-week classes for kids and adults guide you through hand-building, wheel-throwing, glazing and other pottery techniques.
Location: 388 Barton Street East, Hamilton
York, Durham and Headwaters
META4 Gallery
Tap into your artistic side at the classes Port Perry’s award-winning gallery offers. Experiences range from painting and sculpting to felting and metalsmithing.
Half-day, full-day, and weekly art classes are available. Small class sizes make learning easier and more personal.
Location: 200 Queen Street, Port Perry
Crafty Pots
Check out the walk-in activities available at Crafty Pots, such as ceramic painting, glow-in-the-dark painting and pottery.
For a more immersive class, book the Adult-Try-It Wheel Class.
Enjoy project-based pottery activities that teach the fundamentals of pottery techniques with the option to make a small item.
Location: 126 Main Street Markham North, Markham
Niagara Region
The Watering Can
Take a floral arrangement class in the heart of Niagara’s wine country.
Workshops are offered seasonally, giving you the opportunity to explore a wide range of floral design techniques year-round.
Location: 3725 King Street, Vineland
Lively, hands-on pottery workshops are designed for both beginners and seasoned potters, leaving you with new clay creations and ideas for your next piece.
You can also join a drop-in session or sign up for a private group experience with your friends, family, or co-workers.
Location: 1648 York Road RR 1, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Explore your artistic side at Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre.
Many of the art programs, including painting, printmaking, stained glass and dyeing techniques, are taught by professional artist-educators. Art camps and family-friendly activities for all ages are also offered.
Location: 247 Ricardo Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Transform your event into an interactive art experience with ALK Artwork.
Invite a talented artist to guide your party through a fun paint night, or join one of the kid-friendly monthly tutorials to learn to paint the night’s featured illustration.
Location: Across Southern Ontario
Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery
After admiring contemporary glass and ceramic art, book a private workshop to create your personalized mug or plate from clay.
Location: 25 Caroline Street North, Waterloo
Social Art
Meet new people at fun social craft events such as paint night and jewellery-making workshops, where you can channel your creativity over food and drink and lively conversations.
Social Art has been honoured with multiple Readers’ Choice Awards.
Location: Various venues in Kitchener-Waterloo
Held at the Stratford Perth Museum, the Busy Hands Workshops bring experts in carpentry, leatherworking, blacksmithing, candle making and more to teach their trade.
These one-day, DIY project workshops make great gifts for your loved ones or keepsakes for yourself.
Location: 4275 Huron Road, Stratford
Learn the art of floral design with multi-week courses at this charming floral school.
Led by experienced floral designer Tina Sharpe, the course covers the fundamentals of floral design and includes flowers and greenery, vases and a starter florist’s toolkit for you to keep.
Location: Elora Centre for the Arts, 75 Melville Street, Elora
Unleash your creativity at the wide variety of art programs available at the South Huron Arts Centre.
From crochet and pottery to making your own homemade pasta or luminaries, the diverse lineup of courses ensures there’s something new for you to try.
Location: 42 James Street, Exeter
This women-owned and operated art studio focuses on stained glass and invites you to learn about art glass, tools, best practices and techniques.
Make your own suncatcher or fused glass piece in a warm and welcoming workspace.
Location: 50 Durward Place, Waterloo
Experiment with different mediums and art techniques at Button Factory Arts’ workshops, which feature one-of-a-kind artworks like felted greeting cards, clay buttons, wire jewellery, paper quilling and pysanky (Ukrainian egg decorating).
Location: 25 Regina Street South, Waterloo
Ottawa Region
Cup of Intention
Based in a home studio setting in Stittsville, Cup of Intention promotes mindful creativity while encouraging self-care and connection.
Ignite your creativity in workshops such as making bath products with essential oils and designing and creating charm bracelets.
Mindfulness and creativity come together at Earthen Vessels, where you’ll learn to express yourself through the art of ceramics.
Create bowls, mugs, lanterns and more in their classes and workshops for beginner and advanced potters.
Location: 36 Rosemount Avenue, Ottawa
Feel the heat and creativity come alive at this glass art studio in Ottawa’s Little Italy neighbourhood.
Hands-on classes introduce you to shaping, gathering and tooling hot glass. Choose to make a flower, ornament, tumbler, terrarium or more from a skilled artist.
Location: 957C Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa
Create your own beautiful handmade floral arrangements in these floral design classes.
Perfect for beginners and flower lovers, you’ll learn the foundational techniques of creating your own hand-tied bouquet, vase arrangement or spring centrepiece.
With a focus on sustainability, The Green Needle teaches sewing through repurposing and upcycling.
Adult sewing classes and kids’ sewing classes help you build practical skills while making your own clothes and giving new life to old garments.
Location: 3033 Carling Avenue Unit 204, Ottawa
Bruce, Grey and Simcoe
The Georgian Bay Centre for the Arts
Yarn spinning boot camp is just one of many classes at Georgian Bay Centre that will inspire your DIY and craft ideas. Learn the basics of sewing, the fundamentals of oil painting, the art of printing on unconventional objects or take the wheel in a pottery class. The creative options are endless.
The Georgian Bay Centre is a community arts hub with fully equipped studios in pottery, jewellery, stained glass, fine art mediums, textiles and printmaking.
Location: 938 2nd Avenue East, Owen Sound
Bliss Jewellery Studio
Make a statement with the personalized jewellery you create at a Bliss Jewellery Studio workshop. The metalsmithing studio is fully equipped for you to make wedding rings, bracelets, pendants and more.
Enroll in a gemstone cutting course to take your skills to a new level. Weekly, weekend and evening classes are available.
Location: 250 Bayview Drive, #10, Barrie
Southwestern Ontario
Ottercreek Woodworks
Build your own artisanal live-edge charcuterie board during the hands-on tree-to-table workshops at Ottercreek Woodworks.
Join woodworker David Schonberger on an immersive journey starting in the forest and finishing in the studio, with the option of a chef-curated feasting lunch box.
Location: Bell Side Road, Tillsonburg
The Kiln Room
Learn to centre and shape clay on the wheel or hand-build and decorate seasonal pieces in one-day workshops or multi-week courses. Classes are small, so you’ll enjoy personalized guidance from your expert instructor.
Classes are designed for teens and adults.
Location: 7 Light Street, Woodstock
Greater Toronto Area
Art workshops at AGO
Take a break from admiring art to create something inspirational at the artistic workshops offered at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO).
Single-day workshops and longer courses are available for all ages. Disciplines range from photography and printmaking to sculpture, drawing and more.
Location: 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto
Toronto Crafts
Whether you’ve got two or six hours, dozens of workshops are available to fit into your crafting schedule at Toronto Crafts.
Book a class to discover the world of leatherwork. Or take a woodworking workshop to make your own benches, charcuterie boards and more.
Location: 388 Carlaw Ave Unit 200A, Toronto
Studio Mooi
Craft workshops of various skill levels are offered monthly at Studio Mooi.
Holiday workshops include creating fresh and dried wreaths, crafting personalized self-care essentials and more.
Location: 926 Kingston Road, Toronto
Loom Studio
Get acquainted with spinning wheels, looms and warping mills in textiles and tapestry workshops. Channel your personal style with pattern making and experimenting with colours and textures.
Workshops are also available in Caledon.
Location: 15 Adrian Avenue Studio 150, Toronto
Gardiner Museum
Take a clay class at Toronto’s premier ceramics museum. Classes are offered year-round and designed for adults and kids.
Tickets for informal single classes are released on the 15th of the month for the next month, so act fast if you want to register.
Location: 111 Queens Park, Toronto
Kandl Artistique Yorkville
Add your personal touches when creating luxury candles in Kandi’s state-of-the-art candle-making lab, where you can blend your own candle fragrances.
Choose from an extensive library of Europe’s finest perfumery to customize a fragrance that reflects your style and preferences.
Location: 88 Avenue Road, Toronto
Orris Labs
In these fun and unique workshops, learn about the history and science of perfumery and get hands-on experience making a customized fragrance to take home.
It’s the perfect memento from the experience or a personal gift for a loved one.
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Let's Make It
Make wellness products from scratch, such as body scrubs, candles, creams and soaps in a warm and friendly environment.
Learn about the healthy ingredients used in the products. You can attend these workshops at the Toronto location in STACKT Market or the studio in Richmond Hill.
Locations:
Parkdale Pottery
Nurture your creative side at Parkdale Pottery’s pottery and sculpture classes.
Join a quick but thorough taster class to get a feel for clay, receive step-by-step guidance in a beginner’s course or level up your pottery skills in an intermediate class.
Locations:
Sharpen
Develop your manual skills such as sewing, woodwork, renovation and other handy skills in daily workshops.
By learning to make and do things yourself, you’ll gain the confidence to create, fix and customize things your way.
Location: 950 Queen Street West, Toronto
Kawarthas and Northumberland
Canadian Canoe Museum
Visit one of Ontario’s most unique museums for a hands-on workshop inspired by the canoe, kayak and the timeless tradition of paddling.
Check the calendar for upcoming sessions on paddle carving, weaving, leatherwork and even canoe construction. The new lakefront campus also offers the opportunity to extend your time to enjoy the great outdoors.
Location: 2077 Ashburnham Drive, Peterborough
Art workshops at the Art School of Peterborough
Join one of the many all-ages art workshops offered at the Art School of Peterborough.
From drawing and mixed media to basketry and pottery, these collaborative experiences invite you to take creative risks and keep trying new things.
Location: 174A Charlotte Street, Peterborough
Haliburton Highlands to the Ottawa Valley
The Hot Shop by Artech Studios
Experience the mesmerizing craft of glassblowing.
Designers and artists Terry Craig and Jennifer Wanless-Craig offer half-day, full-day and weekend glassblowing workshops in their cozy Haliburton Highlands studio.
Location: 18639 Highway 118, Tory Hill
Blackbird Pottery
Try your hand at clay at this beloved ceramic studio situated in the historic Donald Schoolhouse in Haliburton.
Owned by experienced clay maker April Gates, Blackbird Pottery offers classes and workshops in wheelwork, hand-building and decoration. The studio also connects with the creative community at pop-ups and maker markets hosted in its airy space.
Location: 5843 Gelert Road, Haliburton
Northeastern Ontario
Quilting by the River
Sign up for three-hour classes or one or two-day quilting workshops held in the beautiful French River region.
Novice quilters will learn the basics of traditional quilting, while more experienced crafters will enjoy tips and insights on innovative techniques to improve their skills.
Location: French River
Clayverly’s Pottery Studio
Clayverly’s Pottery Studio embraces the mess and encourages makers of all levels to experiment.
With lessons spanning multiple weeks, beginner and advanced potters alike will shape creative bowls, mugs and small vases. Or sign up for a private group pottery session with up to two friends.
Location: 215 Angus Street, North Bay
Algonquin Park, Muskoka and Parry Sound
Spark Adventure Photography
Reconnect with nature and your creativity with these all-women outdoor photography workshops.
Taking place in scenic, off-the-beaten-path locations across Ontario, you’ll learn to tell stories through photographs and develop your own personal style.
Location: Various locations across Ontario
DIY and craft workshops across Ontario offer a chance to unwind, participate in hands-on projects and take home distinctive gift ideas you can make yourself.
Last updated: August 11, 2026