Jessi S.
Yelp
My daughter and I had a blast painting ceramics at Color Me Mine yesterday. This was something I used to do ALL the time when I was younger so it brought me back! This was our first time here, and my daughter's first time painting ceramics and she really enjoyed it!
When we first entered we were greeted by a young woman at the front. She asked if we had reservations (which we did not), but that did not seem to matter. She told us what we had to do in regards to picking out the ceramics. There is also an $8.00 studio fee per artist. She gave us a paper to fill out with our info and we went to pick out our ceramics. My daughter chose a cute giraffe piggy bank, and I chose a cupcake box. Once we picked out what we wanted, we told the woman at the front and she got us the materials we needed.
We sat down at a table and got to painting. We filled up our palettes with the many different colors of paint they had available. It was so easy to get right into painting. I overheard someone say you should do multiple layers of paint so it will look nice when they glaze it, but my daughter does not have that kind of patience. I tried my best with mine, so we will see how they come out. It took us a little over an hour from start to finish. When you are done you leave your ceramics at the table and go up to the register to pay. It certainly is pricey! They even had a discount on the day we went (Wednesday) for anyone five and under, the studio fee is $1.00. Even with the discount the total amount was $56.00. Yes, obviously the ceramics you pick will affect the price, so just be aware of that.
My daughter did have a bit of a meltdown once she realized she had to leave her giraffe there to get the glaze. The woman said we can pick up our ceramics in about two weeks. That seems a bit long, but I assume they are pretty busy. I saw them packing away a bunch of ceramics that had been glazed and there were A LOT. Overall, I had a fun, bonding experience with my daughter at Color Me Mine. It's obviously not something I would do every day, but it was so fun to do something different for once!