Crafty Monkey
Pottery Painting & Ceramics Studio
St Neots Cambridgeshire

Crafty Monkey offers art and craft activities at our St Neots studio for all ages and abilities for families, schools, clubs, workplaces and individuals.

Our creative services include:

🎨 DIY Pottery Painting: Sessions, Parties & Groups

🏺 Pottery Making Classes: Learn Hand-Building with Clay

🍷 BYOB Sip & Paint Nights: Adults' Social Painting evenings

🎉 Themed & Seasonal Events and Workshops: In Our Studio & Local Venues

📦 Pottery Painting Kits: Paint Ceramics at Home

🧸 Build-a-Bear Experience & Parties: Make a Teddy Bear

👣 Baby Hand & Foot Keepsakes: Ceramic, Clay Imprints, Outprints & 3D Casts

🐾 Paw Print Keepsakes: On Pottery, Clay Imprints, Outprints & 3D Casts

🧑‍🎨 Creative Workshops for Schools & PTA Fundraisers

See a list of all our creative activities

Yes, we have a Price List page on our website that gives an overview of the costs for our activities, including pottery painting, baby prints, clay workshops and more.

For more detailed information, you’ll find specific pricing on the activity page, booking service page or in our online shops (we have several depending on if you're looking for, i.e. bear kits, pottery, baby prints or personalised pottery)

See our different shops

View our general opening times. However, these can vary, especially during school holidays and around Christmas so the best way to see live availability is when booking a session.

Yes! Pottery painting at Crafty Monkey isn't just for kids, it's a fun, creative and relaxing activity that adults love too! It's suitable for adults, children, families and groups of all ages.

We have a wide selection of pottery pieces to suit every age and ability - from items ideal for younger children to pieces adults love to paint.

Our general pottery painting sessions have no age restrictions, but we find toddlers under 18 months may not engage for very long (we also offer handprint and footprint sessions on ceramic pieces for babies and toddlers). We use safe, non-toxic paints, making it a fun and creative activity for little ones to express themselves and make something truly unique.

Our Sip & Paint Pottery evenings and event nights are designed for adults who want to enjoy art in a laid-back social setting, but ages 12 and up are welcome to attend with adults.

Whether you're planning a kids' party, a family day out, a fun date activity or a relaxing session with friends, our studio makes painting ceramics accessible and enjoyable for everyone.

You can buy gift cards and gift vouchers online or in our St Neots studio, and they can be used towards any of our activities.

E-gift cards are our most flexible option. Choose the amount and the date you'd like it emailed, and we'll send it straight to your inbox or the recipient's. They can be used online to book sessions and buy pottery painting kits - and they can't be lost! Buy an e-gift card.

Gift vouchers can be bought in the studio, or ordered online to collect from the studio or have posted to you or the recipient.

Yes! At Crafty Monkey, we sell DIY Pottery Painting and Build a Bear kits, in our online shop, perfect for people who want to take a longer time painting or hosting a creative party at home.

If you’re not local, we can post out both our pottery and teddy bear making kits right to your door! Our pottery kits can be painted with acrylic paints, meaning there's no need to return them for glazing and firing and the children can take home their pieces the same day.

Yes! As well as hosting groups at our St Neots studio, we offer a mobile pottery painting service and can bring the session to you - at your workplace, home, school, community hall, pub or café. Minimum numbers apply (usually 12 or more people) and an attendance fee applies.

We can also run group and party sessions at our studio outside our normal opening hours (an opening fee applies).

Prefer to run it yourself? Our pottery painting take-home kits are perfect for parties, school groups or painting at home.

To arrange a session at your venue or out of hours, fill in the enquiry form at the bottom of our Groups & Parties page.

Yes! We run BYOB Sip & Paint Pottery Nights for adults, usually on a Friday evening. They're relaxed, creative sessions, ideal for a night out with friends, a date night or some time to unwind. You're welcome to bring your own alcoholic drinks, and soft drinks are available to buy. Ages 12+ are welcome with an adult.

We also run occasional themed event nights at the studio, and pottery painting events at other local venues.

To hear about new dates first, follow us on social media or join our mailing list.

You can easily book a pottery class through our online booking system. Simply choose the class you’re interested in, select a date, fill in the booking form and complete the payment online.

If looking at the project based workshops, you'll be able to see which core pottery class to book in order to make the item.

See our list of pottery classes we offer or our pottery workshop schedule

We do offer a postal service; however, some pieces may be too delicate to send safely through the post.

If your item is suitable for posting,please note that, while we package well, we cannot accept responsibility for any damage that may occur once it is in the hands of the postal service.

Crafty Monkey is located between Argos and Barclays Bank in the heart of St Neots, a charming market town nestled along the River Great Ouse in the Huntingdonshire District of Cambridgeshire.

We're easily accessible from nearby towns including Huntingdon, Bedford, Cambridge, Cambourne, Sandy, Biggleswade & St Ives.

St Neots is full of character, with scenic parks, independent shops and cosy cafés - making us a popular destination and perfect for pairing your pottery experience with a day out.

If not local, our online shop and postal service enable you to still enjoy some of our services.

Parking: We’re within easy walking distance of all public car parks in St Neots town centre. The nearest car park is on Tebbutts Road, just a 1-minute walk from our studio.

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Yes please. We ask that all visits are booked online, even if it's just 30 minutes before you arrive. If we have space we can sometimes fit in walk-ins, but booking is the only way to guarantee your spot. We don't take bookings over the phone.

Booking ahead matters most at weekends, during school holidays and in the run-up to Christmas, when we're at our busiest. Some activities, like baby handprint keepsakes, pottery classes and group workshops, only run on certain days and times, and we sometimes have private groups or big parties booked in.

It's also important to book the right session for what you want to do. If your plans change, you can usually reschedule from your confirmation email.

Crafty Monkey is a reputable, established local small business with a good track record of creating baby keepsakes since 2010.  We have a high street presence and are open 7 days a week. See our reviews from satisfied customers.

We're also committed to sustainability and use eco-friendly materials and processes wherever possible.

Pottery painting is a relaxing, creative activity that many people find therapeutic and calming. It's a great way to unplug from screens, focus on something hands-on and switch off from everyday stress.

Whether you're painting on your own, with friends or as a family, it's a gentle way to boost your mood, spend quality time together and come away with something you've made yourself.

Yes, we cater for groups and parties of all kinds, either in our St Neots studio, at your venue or with our DIY pottery painting at home take-out kits. or build a bear kits.

Whether you're planning a birthday celebration, team building, work social or a community event, we’ve got you covered. Find general information on our Group & Party page or follow the links below:

Children's Parties

Adults & Family Parties

Hen Parties

Baby Showers

Creative Team Building Workshops

Brownies, Beavers, Scouts & Youth Groups

WI Groups, Clubs & Local Societies

School Visits & Educational Sessions

Mum & Baby Groups

Yes! We welcome school visits and youth groups like Brownies, Guides, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, either at our studio or at your venue. See our school visits and Brownies, Scouts and youth groups pages for details.

Groups & Parties

Crafty Monkey, St Neots, specialises in capturing baby handprints, footprints and even bumprints to create beautiful, personalised keepsakes. They make meaningful mementos for parents, grandparents and loved ones, and are perfect as gifts or treasured displays.  

Our keepsake options:

Handprints and footprints on pottery - prints on plates, mugs, tiles, baubles & more

Clay imprints - prints pressed into soft clay for a timeless, tactile keepsake

Plaster outprints - raised prints capturing every tiny detail

3D baby casts - three-dimensional casts of hands or feet for a stunning sculptural memory

Or see an overview of the services we offer for Baby Keepsakes

Yes! We offer a range of keepsakes you can make from your dog's paw prints. 

Choose from:

• Pawprints on Pottery

• Pawprint Imprints

• Pawprint Outprints

• 3D Paw Casts

Yes! Our artists can hand-paint bespoke ceramics for you - ideal if you'd rather leave the painting to us, or want a professional finish or a design that's all your own.

Whether you're after a personalised wedding gift, a Christening keepsake or a special birthday present, we can create a custom piece that's truly one of a kind.

Not local? No problem! You can order online and have your personalised pottery delivered straight to your door.

Ceramic Personalised Gifts

We sell cold drinks in the studio, but you can't bring and consume your own food and drink on our premises. The exception is alcoholic drinks at our Sip and Paint Pottery Nights, event nights, hen parties and adult party bookings.

Residue from food on your hands can cause problems with your pottery. It can leave dark patches on the surface once fired, and can stop the glaze taking, leaving patches unglazed.

If you've booked a kids' party with us, you're welcome to bring a birthday cake to sing 'Happy Birthday' and blow out the candles, but it can't be eaten in the studio.