Air Dry Clay Class: Make Pottery Pets

Sculpt your pet in clay, sip a wine/beer & treat your pup to their own doggy beer — pet-friendly



2 hours Location South Melbourne Class size 8 to 100 guests   $59 - $99 ($59 for Ticket only; $79 for Luxury ticket w/wine or beer + doggy beer; $99 for Treat ticket - w/wine/beer + doggy beer + catering)

Looking for a creative afternoon with your best mate — the four-legged kind? Join Paws & Pastels, a pet-friendly art experience by ARTea Art School, for this pottery and pets workshop with a twist. You’ll sculpt your own unique clay likeness of your pet (or favourite animal), guided step-by-step through basic hand-building and decorating techniques — no experience needed.
Bring your pet along for the session (well-socialised, leashed or crated) and grab a drink from our Art Deco bar — while your dog enjoys their very own doggy beer, on us. You’ll take your finished sculpture home, air-dried and ready to display, and your pup gets a treat that’s just for them.
Perfect for pet owners, hens parties, birthdays, team building, or just an excuse to bring the dog along and catch up with friends.
What you'll get
  • ARTea apron to wear during the class
  • All clay and tools supplied
  • Your own pottery pet sculpture, air-dried and ready to take home
  • A drink from the bar for you, and a doggy beer for your pet (luxury ticket)
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Knowledge required
All levels are welcome and no is experience needed.
What to bring
  • Your pet! Well-socialised, leashed (or in a carrier for smaller pets) — they’re the guest of honour
  • BYO nibbles, or add a grazing box for the table and doggy treats!
Add-on available for this class
  • Grazing Box 2p ($55)
You can add this when you book (optional).
Suitable for

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 8 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.

Location

ARTea Art School - 2 Alfred Place, South Melbourne VIC

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Recent reviews of Air Dry Clay Class: Make Pottery Pets

  • 5/5 from Bill Zhang, attended Jun 2026: very good experience there! Our team had great fun making all the animal sculps. The teacher is really lovely and helpful. Will definitely consider doing it again for our future social events
  • 5/5 from May Han, attended Apr 2026: Great space and Jasmine our instructor was lovely. Great relaxed class.
  • 5/5 from Isobelle Jarvinen, attended Aug 2025: Really fun class, nice to be there meet new people
  • 5/5 from Stuart Mason, attended Sep 2024: Was an awesome afternoon loved it!!! We will definitely be back for more!! Feeling inspired
  • 5/5 from Martina Sansom, attended Jul 2024: Had a wonderful time with my friend doing the air dried pet. Very friendly atmosphere and helpful staff. Definitely worth doing.
  • 3/5 from Wendy Smith, attended Jun 2024: We had booked into the make pottery pets class. However, we only got showed how to make a pinch pot. The class was very busy and it appeared there was only 1 instructor per table. There must have been 20 people at our table so instruction was minimal. The instructors were all lovely and we enjoyed our night, but it was not we had paid for. This is the third ClassBento we have done and instruction was really poor in the turkish lamp making class we did. Flower arranging was much better. Not sure we will be doing any more.
  • 5/5 from Deborah Koy, attended Apr 2024: It was fun and knowledgeable. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Would definitely come again
Your teacher

ARTea Art School
ARTea Art School

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female Women-owned

ARTea is a vibrant art studio offering dynamic activities for adults who love to create or to celebrate a special occasion.  ARTea is a large chic private warehouse available for exclusive hire ideal for low-key intimate events to large family get togethers (capacity 120). We offer simply venue hire (blank canvas) to fully styled events. ARTea offers unique events that give you the opportunity to interact with family & friends in a creative, entertaining, and relaxed environment.
Working with our sister company Roxy’s Entertainment, featuring an Art Deco influenced cocktail bar, is an unexpected treasure. With its own fully stocked bar showcasing a premium spirit selection, this is the perfect addition to your event. From a casual cocktail party to a more formal event including birthdays, milestones, family social catch ups and celebrations.
ARTea organises everything in their large chic warehouse studio space in South Melbourne or a venue of your choice (office, community centres, wedding, event venue). (Functions are available 7 days a week and times are flexible.
ARTea’s Creative workshops -
Are you looking for fun and creative Hens activities in Melbourne? Join ARTea Art School in their beautiful chic converted warehouse offering exciting sip and create workshops and create a masterpiece!
No experience is needed as their professional artists will guide you every step of the way until you have created an artwork to be proud of.
Classes include paintings based on famous contemporary artists, pottery, flower crowns & arrangements, terrariums, cocktail making, cooking and much more. Professional artist, teacher and founder of ARTea Art School Helen Pollard will guide you step by step to completion. She has over 15 years of teaching experience and loves inspiring minds to create.
Grab a glass of wine or a cocktail from their Art Deco inspired bar and your favourite people (connect with your friends and family that you have not seen in a while) for a creative fun evening to reconnect and socialise!
ARTea is an ART school nurturing creativity and celebrating special events! Our beautiful venue is located in Port Melbourne for your next ARTea event. Our art school also offers a wide range of professional programs for children (pre-school – STEAM, 5-12 years, teens, holiday) & adults (classes, social art events, mothers groups, Creative Hens/High Tea & Corporate Team Building). We now offer programs, parties and events online.
We specialise in parties, we offer a range of packages and activities for all ages, girls & boys from baby keep sake prints, sensory play, painting like your favourite artist, clay sculpting, t-shirt fashion design, skateboard graffiti art and much more!! We can tailer the art activity to cater for the interests of the birthday person. Then we finish off the party with party games (pass the parcel, Pinata) and a disco!!
We can organise the party of your dreams, whatever the budget we can sort it out for you!! From very simple venue hire to fully dresses Mad Hatter’s High Tea party, with your ideas, ARTea party can make it into a reality! We hand make our decorations and we love a challenge so add a theme, any is possible. The venue is very versatile so invite your favourite superhero or a fairy, pet your favourite farm animal, mini pets, reptile or pony dress ups and bop to your favourite song at the disco.
We can also visit you, simply leave the work to us and we will look after all planning and preparations. Invite us to your next birthday party, event, fete, festival, christening, corporate function, wedding or any celebration. We bring all the equipment and materials and host the activities.

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