Top North Carolina Craft Classes

Durham is known for its vibrant arts scene, and our candle pouring workshop offers a unique way to tap into that creativity. Whether you’re a local or a visitor exploring the city, our workshops provide a perfect blend of fun, learning, and relaxation. It’s an ideal activity for anyone looking to add a personal touch to their home or to create a memorable group experience.

Located in the heart of Charlotte’s South End, our workshop combines creativity with a vibrant neighborhood atmosphere. Whether you’re planning a group activity, a special date, or just exploring Charlotte, this experience is the perfect way to add a personal touch to your day.

Engage in a hands-on blacksmithing experience at a historic Appalachian forge led by Jeremy, a seventh-generation blacksmith with Viking roots back to Viking Rollo. This unique opportunity invites you to forge your own knife, dagger, or axe as you learn the art of shaping red-hot steel. With over 1,600 five-star reviews, Jeremy’s confident and patient guidance ensures that every participant, regardless of skill level, leaves with a masterpiece in hand. Create not just a weapon, but unforgettable memories as you immerse yourself in the craftsmanship of blacksmithing.

There's no need to look for the perfect lipstick color when you can make it at Lip Print Beauty Bar! In this one-of-a-kind workshop, a trained lip artists, will guide each participant through the steps to create a custom lipstick, lip gloss, or lip oil. Lip artists can also provide recommendations for lip colors that will look good on you based on your skin undertones. When you visit Lip Print Beauty Bar, you will leave with the perfect lippie and a great and fun experience!

The one and only experiential workshop in town that includes actual hands-on contact with the plants. You will harvest your own plant medicine from the Medicine Wheel garden for your smoke bundle. This one-of-a-kind workshop experience will immerse you in native Appalachian plants as well as exotic plants; their healing properties, folklore and rich history. You will receive fascinating facts about smoke cleansing practices here and around the world and ways to bring these powerful yet simple rituals into your everyday life.

Butter My Way is the ultimate hands on experience to customize the perfect body butter for your skin needs. Enjoy crafting a body butter that is not only moisturizing and soothing but also provides benefits to the skin. Guests can even make a body butter with shimmer and glitter to enhance their skin.

Butter My Way is the ultimate hands on experience to customize the perfect body butter for your skin needs. Enjoy crafting a body butter that is not only moisturizing and soothing but also provides benefits to the skin. Guests can even make a body butter with shimmer and glitter to enhance their skin.

Lip Print Beauty Bar Charlotte is pleased to offer such a unique activity. Lip Print Beauty Bar Charlotte gives guests the chance to make the perfect lipstick or lip gloss shade. No need to search the makeup aisle at the beauty store for the perfect lip color when you can create it to your liking and preferences at Lip Print Beauty Bar Charlotte!

Head out for an evening of drinking and dining with this immersive beer tour. You'll visit four different local breweries, where you'll get to sample craft beer and learn about the brewing process. This tour also includes a stop for a meal at Midwood Smokehouse.

Swap the usual “what should we do today?” debate for a fun, hands-on candle making class hosted at a trendy local brewery in Raleigh. In this hands-on experience, Instructor Caroline will guide you step by step as you design and pour your own custom candle. You’ll explore different scents, learn how fragrance, wax and wicks work together and create a candle that feels completely personal. And the best news? No experience is needed. Get ready for an experience that is creative, relaxing and way more memorable than sitting through another average happy hour. This class is ideal for couples looking for a unique date night, friends planning a girls’ night out, solo guests who want a calming creative escape and travelers searching for a local activity beyond the typical sightseeing list. Come for the cozy atmosphere, stay for the joy of making something with your own hands and leave with a custom candle that feels totally you.