Clay Cafe

Unfortunately this location is temporarily closed.... Today is our 1st time here, our nephew and our 3 granddaughters! Many selections to choose from. Staff was helpful in ideas and informed the kids as to what they should expect in how they paint. The prices vary from adults to children. All of them enjoyed themselves a lot 😊
Feb 28th, 2021

Aug 2nd, 2020

Mar 24th, 2020

I had a horrendous experience at the Grandview location, the owner owns both locations, and we will never return to either. As a former teacher in an art studio, and a public school teacher for 20+ years, I tend to think I know a lot about how to talk to children and how to support them as humans, artists and creative thinkers. The owner was rude and condescending and doesn't know how to work with or speak to children (or customers for that matter). She said to my 8 year old, "You should've done this differently. Let me show you how you can make this better." She then proceeded to come back to the table with a wet cloth and WIPE OFF all of the paint on my daughter's piece. Her 30 minutes of hard work was literally wiped away, right in front of her as she watched, without asking permission. My daughter burst into tears, and while the owner offered a lame apology, she told her that she has taught lots of art camps and knows kids want to have everything perfect, and that she was just trying to build my daughter's confidence. What she failed to realize is that my daughter didn't think her piece was "imperfect," didn't ask for or need support, and has plenty of confidence as an artist. After telling this woman my distaste for the way she handled this situation (she could've given advice but not touched my daughter's piece, she made her think what she had done was "wrong" or "imperfect" and it could've been done better, and she sure as heck wasn't building a young artist's confidence) she said, "I've apologized and don't know what else I can do." I told her this was an awful experience that my daughter would remember and she said, "So you're telling me that I've changed the entire trajectory of your child's life?" What she doesn't understand is that yes, this could in fact be an experience that an anxiety ridden, perfectionist child takes to heart and one that sticks with her and kills her confidence. The fact that these words came out of an "artist" and a "creative" is simply unfathomable. It is the exact opposite of what artists/adults/leaders/teachers should be teaching children. There is no right or wrong when you are expressing your own creativity. Period. The owner also proceeded to follow me out of the store (even though I was visibly upset and crying at this point) to tell me, in front of my children, that I was "obviously experiencing a lot of pain" because I was so angry. This a business that I will NEVER recommend. And when she said, "Go ahead, bash me all over social media" she obviously didn't realize that I intend to do just that.
Aug 2nd, 2020

Expensive. There aren't many choices of what to paint, but I went for kids paint free day. It was $100 for one piece and $4 for one kid, but free for the other kid. That didn't make sense, since it said kids paint free. Then after your child paints the piece and you pay for it, I was told I would get a call in about a week when it was finished in the kiln. A month later I just went in to get the pieces. There was nothing to package the item in for transport besides scraps of this or that. The items will be a cool keep sake though. It would be cool if there was an option to choose a mold to paint ahead of time or order online to allow for more options in pieces. I saw a group of women come in and sit and drink champagne while they painted, which was interesting. The place isn't very big, so if you have an active child this would not be a place to take them. It was fun to try once though.
Oct 30th, 2019