Workshops in Singapore Including Coffee Brewing, Pottery, Rug Tufting & More
Looking to pick up a new skill in 2022? If you’re up for the challenge, we’ve curated a list of different workshops that you can try out to pick up a new hobby! From brewing coffee to floral arrangement and what seems to be the newest trend Rug Tufting, here's a list of workshops to add to your weekend plans.
Workshops to Try:
1. Coffee and Alcohol Brewing Workshops
2. Art Workshops
3. Cooking Workshops
4. Floral Workshops
5. Rug Tufting, Leather Craft, and Bag Pleating Workshops
6. Candle, Perfume, and Soap Workshops
7. Ceramic and Marble Workshops
1. Coffee and Alcohol Brewing Workshops
Unleash that inner barista in you with a latte art workshop! We usually want to start our day with a good cup of coffee and when we do, our day’s off to a good start. Enjoying a cup of coffee is one thing but knowing how to make one is another story. In this workshop, you’ll get to learn how to make your coffee from scratch and decorate it later on with any type of coffee art you wish to do!
Latte Art Workshop
- Price/pax: SGD 75
- Address: 208 Pandan Loop, Singapore 128401
- Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: 10:00am-12:00pm
- Age: 16+
Celebrations are never complete without a little booze somewhere in the spread. While drinking beer is so much fun, making it can be just as enjoyable too. In this beer brewing workshop, you’ll get a chance to make craft beer and develop your favorite beer flavor. There’s also a beer tasting session so watch out for it!
Beer Brewing Workshop
- Price/pax: SGD 85
- Address: #02-04, One Tannery, 1 Tannery Road, Singapore, 347719
- Opening hours:
Sunday-Saturday: 2:30pm-5:00pm
- Age: 18+
2. Art Workshops
Summon the inner Picasso in you and paint away in this art jam session! It’s such a relaxing feeling to take a break and just paint all your stress away. That’s not even the best part yet. As you paint, you get to be accompanied by a glass of drink of your choice — what a treat!
But if you wish to try out painting in the comforts of your home because of the current situation, there’s an option to have the painting kit be delivered to your doorstep.
Art Jam Session
- Price/pax (For both adults and kids): SGD 26.19
- Address: B1-37, 313 Orchard Rd, Singapore 238895
- Opening hours:
Monday-Thursday: 11:00am-10:00pm
- Age: Open for all ages
You can never go wrong with abstract art. This action art workshop is for anyone who wants to put some action into creation. You will be given a variety of unconventional tools and techniques to pour, splash, and spin your paint all over the canvas. Surely, something fun and unique will come out of it so give it your best shot!
Action Art Workshop
- Price/pax (For both adults and kids): SGD 55
- Address: 99A Soo Chow Walk S(575384)
- Opening hours:
Wednesday-Friday: 10:00am-7:00pm
Saturday-Sunday: 9:00am-5:00pm
- Age: 3+
Have you ever been curious about the art you see on walls out in the streets? Graffiti art, street art, subway art, or however you call it, this is a type of art that mainly focuses on allowing artists to express their thoughts and emotions.
This graffiti therapy workshop is a free space for you to let go of your worries by vandalizing the walls of Heaven Spot using spray paint. Have an enjoyable time and create unforgettable memories with your friends through this experience!
Graffiti Therapy Workshop
- Price/pax (For both adults and kids): SGD 45
- Address: 3 Lor Bakar Batu, #03-01, Singapore 348741
- Opening hours:
Tuesday-Friday: 5:00pm-6:00pm | 7:00pm-8:00pm | 9:00pm-10:00pm
Saturday-Sunday: 10:00am-11:00am | 12:00pm-1:00pm | 2:00pm-3:00pm | 4:00pm-5:00pm | 6:00pm-7:00pm | 8:00pm-9:00pm
- Age: 5+
3. Cooking Workshops
Our day can never be complete without food. Eating is easy, but cooking is another story. If you’re up for a challenge that may result in you learning how to cook more than one dish, then head onto this cooking session.
This Thailand cultural cooking experience doesn’t immediately start in the kitchen. You get the full experience of being a chef for a day by heading onto a Thai market first to get the ingredients you’ll need for recipes like Tom Yam Soup, Khanom Tako, and Papaya Salad, then to the kitchen to start cooking!
Thailand Cultural Cooking Class
- Price/pax:
(For participants aged 6+): SGD 90
(For participants aged 0-5): Free of charge
- Address: 01-57 Crawford Ln, Block 462, Singapore 190462
- Opening hours:
Monday-Sunday: 9:00am-12:00pm | 4:00pm-7:00pm
- Age: Open for all ages
Learning about Singaporean culture has never been this fun and interactive! It’s impossible not to love their famous Laksa and learning how to cook it will be a challenge but hey, anything for good food! Aside from Laksa, you’ll get to learn how to cook other authentic dishes too like Hainanese Chicken Rice and Satay.
Singapore Cultural Cooking Class
- Price/pax (For both adults and kids): SGD 113
- Address: 24A Sago Street, Singapore 059020
- Opening hours:
Monday-Friday: 9:30am-12:30pm
- Age: 7+
Nothing beats meeting the community first before trying to make their cuisine. In this Hokkien cultural cooking experience, you start first with walking into the Hokkien community to get to know the culture and its people. With the added knowledge that you’ll learn from them, you’ll get to be more familiar with the dishes that you’ll cook like Fu Zhou Red Wine Chicken and Stir-Fried Rice Cake.
Hokkien Cultural Cooking Class
- Price/pax:
(For participants aged 6+): SGD 90
(For participants aged 0-5): Free of charge
- Address: 01-57 Crawford Ln, Block 462, Singapore 190462
- Opening hours:
Monday-Sunday: 9:00am-12:00pm | 5:00pm-8:00pm
- Age: Open for all ages
4. Floral Workshops
There’s no better gift than something that you made yourself. If you want to give flowers that won’t ever rot and are surely for keeps, then give this dried flowers dome workshop a shot. Design your dome however you like with the many flowers and decors available during the session!
Dried Flowers Dome Workshop
- Price/pax (For both adults and kids): SGD 63.25
- Address: 41 Jalan Pemimpin, Kong Beng Industrial Building, #03-01C, S577186
- Opening hours:
Monday-Friday: 10:30am-1:00pm
Saturday-Sunday: 10:30am-6:00pm
- Age: 15+
It’s about time you hone your green thumb! With this terrarium workshop, you’ll get to create and decorate your miniature forest — how cool is that? Take home your finished masterpiece and once you get the hang of it, making terrariums can even turn into one of your newfound hobbies!
Rainforest Terrarium Workshop
- Price/pax (For both adults and kids): SGD 21.35
- Address: A’Posh Bizhub, 1 Yishun Industrial Street 1, #04-06, Singapore 768160
- Opening hours:
Saturday-Sunday: 1:00pm-3:00pm
- Age: Open for all ages
If you want to learn a thing or two about flowers, why not start with something so common and yet so beautiful? Dandelions! Dandelions are known as flowers that are fun to blow because their hairs fall away like snow. They’re delicate but there’s actually a way for you to keep them — by preserving them in a dome! Create and decorate your wild dandelion dome through this workshop and take it home as a new decoration to your home.
Wild Dandelion Dome Workshop
- Price/pax:
(For participants aged 4+): SGD 66
(For participants aged 0-3): Free of charge if not crafting
- Address: 41 Jalan Pemimpin, Kong Beng Industrial Building, #03-01C, S577186
- Opening hours:
Monday-Sunday: 11:30am | 4:00pm | 7:00pm
- Age: Open for all ages
5. Rug Tufting, Leather Craft, and Bag Pleating Workshops
If you’re in for crafting something unusual and new, then this workshop is for you! Learn how to make a rug from scratch and unlock a new skill called ‘tufting’ where you braid your rug from scratch with the use of your bare hands and a tufting gun! Don’t worry, there will be a course on tufting safety and practices so you can be ready before making one. It’s not just a rug for the floor, it could also be a wall piece if you prefer to put it up as a display.
Rug Tufting Workshop
- Price/pax (For both adults and kids): SGD 185
- Address: 18 Kaki Bukit Rd 3, #02-19, Singapore 415978
- Opening hours:
Wednesday-Sunday: 11:00am-3:00pm | 5:30pm-9:30pm
- Age: Open for all ages
Though leather is hard to maintain, having anything in leather material always adds class to our everyday look. In this leathercraft workshop, you won’t only learn how to take good care of your leather, you’ll also get to make a cardholder, wallet, and accessories from scratch. Design it however you like! You can even have your initials debossed or hot-stamped on your finished product to make it more unique and personal.
Leather Workshop
- Price/pax (For both adults and kids): SGD 33.95
- Address: 38A haji lane, #02-01 Singapore 189231
- Opening hours:
Monday-Sunday: 11:00am-7:00pm
- Age: 12+
If you’ve been trying to figure out how you can contribute to sustainability efforts in curbing waste, then this bag pleating workshop can be a good start! Make fashionable bags from scratch using fabrics that were manufactured in a sustainable manner. It’ll be a long process of pleating and designing, but it’ll be worth it once you see the finished product!
Bag Pleating Workshop
- Price/pax (For both adults and kids): SGD 68
- Address: Great World City Mall, 1 Kim Seng Promenade, #01-145, Singapore 237994
- Opening hours:
Monday-Sunday: 11:00am-5:00pm
- Age: 8+
6. Candle, Perfume, and Soap Workshops
A room is not complete without a scented candle on display somewhere. Relaxing in a place where a candle is lit is probably one of the most calming setups ever. In this scented candle building workshop, you get to make a candle from scratch, and to make it more personal, the candle’s scent is also up to your preference!
Scented Candle Workshop
- Price/pax (For both adults and kids): SGD 34.90
- Address: 8 Burn Road #09-16 Trivex Building Singapore 369977
- Opening hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday: 9:00am-2:00pm
Sunday: 12:00pm-4:00pm
- Age: 13+
Finding the perfume scent that’s perfect for you is quite a challenge. So to make decision-making easier, just make your own! In this perfume blending workshop, you’ll experience experimenting on flavors and crafting the scent that’s most suitable for you. Feel free to take your finished product home after!
Perfume Blending Workshop
- Price/pax:
(For participants aged 13+): SGD 78.09
(For participants aged 0-12): Free of charge but must be accompanied by a paying adult
- Address: DELTA HOUSE, Alexandra Rd, #02-04 2, Singapore 159919
- Opening hours:
Monday-Sunday: 10:00am-8:00pm
- Age: Open for all ages
We all love a good soak in the tub, but did you know that there’s a way to make it more fun? Bathbombs, when put in water, slowly explode to create bubbles and add fragrance to level up bath time! In this bathbomb workshop, you get to make your natural bathbomb using essential oils and your choice of scent!
Bathbomb Workshop
- Price/pax (For both adults and kids): SGD 64
- Address: Orchard Gateway #03-04, 277 Orchard Rd, Singapore 238858
- Age: 4+
7. Ceramic and Marble Workshops
If you’re not yet ready to work with a big chunk of clay, then this workshop is the way to go. This mini pottery experience is perfect for those who are trying to start small before taking on bigger things. In this workshop, you’ll be making mini ceramic wares that are fit to hold small plants and objects. Feel free to decorate your mini pots however you like and take them home afterward!
Mini Pottery Workshop
- Price/pax (For both adults and kids): SGD 79.55
- Address: 475 Geylang Road Singapore 389434
- Opening hours: Time depends on the selected date
- Age: 12+
We’ve all seen how interesting pottery is because shows and movies make it look like the perfect last resort when you’re running out of date ideas. It’s all fun and sweet but it’s not as simple as it looks. Though it can be a challenging new skill to unlock, you can always start by learning and practicing. In this workshop, turn a lump of clay into anything like a cup, bowl, or vase then take your finished product home afterward. Make sure to use it or put it on display because it’s your masterpiece after all!
Pottery Workshop
- Price/pax (For both adults and kids): SGD 29.10
- Address:
(Orchard Gateway outlet): 277 Orchard Road # 03-03 orchard gateway Singapore 238858
(JCube outlet): 2 Jurong East Central 1, JCube, #04-16. Singapore 609731
- Opening hours:
Monday-Sunday: 11:00am-8:00pm
- Age: 3-84
We love a good pop of color to our home decor and display but isn’t it better when we’re the ones to mix the colors we want to see and create something out of it? This marble tray workshop will allow you to create eco-friendly trays that can be used as decor or as essential to your home. Explore all the colors and mix your favorite ones for that will be the main design of your tray!
Marble Tray Workshop
- Price/pax (For both adults and kids): SGD 81.40
- Address: 362a Sembawang Crescent, S(751362)
- Age: 14+
While there are so many workshops available for you to try, finding a new skill can be hard. The year’s just beginning and you still have hundreds of days ahead of you to pick one and schedule. You never know, your next long-term hobby might be on this list!
