What has been your favorite art/craft/design/food one-time activity?

February 13, 2023 11:43 AM

Can you recommend a one-time course that would be a fun date activity? It can be any art, craft, design, food, or other fun interactive class. What maker/art/craft/etc. What have you done in the past that you loved?
posted by andoatnp to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (17 answers total)

Glassblowing. Lots of studios have one day classes to make an ornament, paperweight or similar. Not necessarily cheap, but really fun and interesting.
posted by donpardo at 11:52 AM on February 13, 2023

Dumpling making class.

I have zero interest in ever making the fussy little yum pockets ever again in my life, but for me it was a really fun one time thing.
posted by phunniemee at 11:54 AM on February 13, 2023 [4 favorites]

Paint your own pottery
posted by hydra77 at 11:55 AM on February 13, 2023

I had a great date to a workshop where we built our own terrariums.
posted by bluedaisy at 12:04 PM on February 13, 2023 [1 favorite]

Cooking classes, or knife skill classes are really fun. The cooking classes can be very long, so i wouldn't recommend it as a first date.
posted by Sparky Buttons at 12:06 PM on February 13, 2023

Glassblowing is fun and so was a blacksmithing half day workshop I took a few years ago. I still have the stuff I made from both classes - they're cool, pleasing objects with extra memories and meaning.
posted by terretu at 12:25 PM on February 13, 2023

Cake decorating was fun
posted by Mchelly at 12:30 PM on February 13, 2023 [1 favorite]

I don’t know yet if I love it, but my husband and I are taking an intro to powertools class and I know they also have a night to make a cornhole set together
posted by raccoon409 at 1:06 PM on February 13, 2023

If you can find a one-off woodturning lesson, that's what I'd recommend. Enormous fun, and most people can produce something decent as their first piece.
posted by pipeski at 1:48 PM on February 13, 2023 [1 favorite]

I did a drop in life drawing class at a local art school. Bonus was we went to dinner after.
posted by waving at 1:53 PM on February 13, 2023

Candle making or glycerine soap making (note: not lye soap, that's hard) would be easy day activities. Glass fusing is easy fun if you can find somewhere that offers it. Maybe a collage making class. And they have painting/drinking classes in a lot of places.
posted by jenfullmoon at 2:27 PM on February 13, 2023

seconding knife skills class. Scintilating AND Life changing.
posted by wowenthusiast at 8:31 PM on February 13, 2023

One time? Acrylic paint pour guided by instructor(s)
posted by TimHare at 9:18 PM on February 13, 2023 [1 favorite]

I just went to a fun silversmith class where we chose a cabochon and made our own silver ring, as in this video.
posted by scrubjay at 4:14 PM on February 14, 2023

Seconding the jewelry making. We found a local artist here in Portland who does these 2-3 hour classes, hammering and blowtorching and everything, and then you have a keepsake at the end.

Maybe pottery making? Those hokey paint-and-drink date night things can be fun even if in a semi ironic way. (I’m sure NYC has its own hipster brand of those.)
posted by gottabefunky at 8:26 AM on February 15, 2023

Jewelry metalsmithing was so much fun, I took the same course twice.
posted by MexicanYenta at 11:49 AM on February 15, 2023

Whiskey tasting/pairing events.
posted by mcbeth at 2:07 PM on February 15, 2023