Top Colorado Craft Classes

Get your creative juices flowing and participate in a painting workshop during your time in Estes Park, Colorado. Join a small group at a studio and discover a new art medium—acrylic pour painting. Every guest receives a canvas and learns how to pour the paints in a methodic way to create beautiful works of art. The best part is, that you can create your work without worrying about cleaning up.

Take a break from Colorado’s outdoor adventures and discover a new art medium during this alcohol ink class in Estes Park. Make your own way to the workshop and get an introduction to alcohol inks, which are easier to work with than watercolors. Then, play around with the medium and create your own, one-of-a-kind art piece to take home.

This project is a fun introduction into the many different uses for metal as an art medium. It's an usual project, but a lot of fun!

Instead of buying a souvenir to remember your time in Estes Park, create something that's much more personalized—your own one-of-a-kind hydro-dipped tumbler. Simply choose a vessel and your favorite spray paint colors, then learn from your tutor how to decorate the surface of the tumbler. At the end of the session, take home a special memento with a mesmerizing marble-effect pattern on it.

This Make & Take class uses some of the basics of photography to help create this unique project! Each participant leaves with a piece that is uniquely theirs! It's a great project that makes a wonderful souvenir of Colorado! The Inspired Art Kits include all of the instructions and materials needed to create your one of a kind piece, and can be created either in the studio or the kit can be taken with and created where ever and whenever the participant would like to create!

Experience the thrill of soaring through a Rocky Mountain landscape on some of the longest ziplines in Colorado! Whiz through the fresh alpine air and admire the scenic landscape below on a series of cables totaling more than 6,000 feet (1,828 m) in length. Soak up some of Colorado’s famous sunshine while you hike between the tracks.

Immerse yourself in the exciting history of the Colorado Gold Rush, and enjoy the intimacy of a small-group tour. Stroll through the historic town of Central City and follow the steps of the miners as you learn about their lifestyle. Visit an authentic ghost town, tour a real gold mine, and and learn about the mine's history and modern-day mining techniques. Get an opportunity to strike it rich by panning for gold and silver before your return trip to Denver.

Immerse yourself in Denver’s thriving distilling scene, explore two of its hippest neighborhoods, and sample Colorado-made whiskey during this immersive, small-group walking tour. Meet your guide at a distillery in the RiNo district, and taste a flight of locally made whiskey. Continue your tour to the LoDo district, and visit one more distillery as well as two historical saloons, where you can enjoy further whiskey samples and cocktails (own expense).

Eat your way through downtown Denver's ever-changing dining scene on a walking food tour that lets you sample five of the best restaurants in town, all in one afternoon. Discover award-winning eateries, authentic Neapolitan pizza, freshly baked empanadas from a family-owned shop and more. In between bites, learn about Denver's Wild West history and pass landmarks like the baseball field and iconic Union Station.

Explore Colorado’s famous protected playground on a small-group tour of Rocky Mountain National Park. Drive through the foothills into the unspoiled western wilderness, stopping in the resort town of Estes Park and the historic—and allegedly haunted—Stanley Hotel. Wintertime means stops at snow-ringed lakes, cozy mountain hideouts, and visitors’ centers, while summer allows access over the soaring Trail Ridge Road and other alpine vistas.

Get the lowdown on LoDo on an express tour of Denver’s oldest neighborhood. Both historic and rapidly changing, the district is home to many of the city's hippest bars, restaurants, and hotels. Walk a loop around LoDo’s most important landmark buildings while hearing tales from Denver’s Wild West history. Get inside tips on where to dine and drink while in town from a guide who knows the area best.

Explore downtown Denver’s biggest attractions plus hidden curiosities that even most locals don't know about on this walking tour that's full of surprises. See essential landmarks like the , Denver Art Museum, Colorado State Capitol, and Brown Palace Hotel while a Denverite guide shares details of intrigue, scandal, and Wild West history along the way. It's a great way to get oriented and get local tips on where to dine, drink, and get cultured in the Mile-High City.

Spend a day hiking and exploring the natural attractions around Idaho Springs without the risk of getting lost. Hike up to St. Mary's Glacier for incredible panoramic mountain views whatever the time of year. After a lunch break at a classic pizza joint, soak away aches and pains in natural hot springs warmed by geothermal forces. This fun day out includes a great blend of activity and relaxation.

Weaving is a very meditative art medium. Learn how to weave fabric in different patterns and designs to create a beautiful art piece that you can hang in your home! Pick through different colors of fabric strips and attach fun embellishements to create an art piece that is uniquely your own. Included are all of the materials and instructions, as well as a canvas for you to attach your finished 'fabric' art piece. The Inspired Art Kits include all of the instructions and materials needed to create your one of a kind piece, and can be created either in the studio or the kit can be taken with and created where ever and whenever the participant would like to create!

No more souvenir keychains or kitschy T-shirts—for your winter trip to Estes Park, create your own snow globe. Designed for both kids and adults, this waterless art project makes for a fantastic gift or simply a cherished memory to display, commemorating your time spent in this beautiful slice of Colorado.

In this class you will learn the the basics of creating amazing fused glass pieces while also make a beautiful necklace all your own! Experience cutting glass into different shapes, layering different types of glass, and firing your unique piece. You will also get to design and string a custom beaded necklace using our a huge variety of beads that your finished fused glass pendant will prominently display on. Due to the firing process, you will not be able to take your finished pieces home right away. Classes that are available for booking at 11:00 can be pick up their finished necklaces at the end of the day (7:00 in the summer season) and classes that are available for booking at later times will need to be picked up the next day. If it will not work for you to pick up your pieces the next day, we can ship your finished piece to you for a small fee ($5.00)

This class is perfect for any skill level, with impressive results for every participant! The instructors take the basic art concepts of value and shade and use them in a unique and approachable way that allow participants to really feel like artists as they construct their own, unique art piece. The class offers a wide variety of colors and patterns of paper for participants to choose from so that no two projects look the same, and the art pieces is as unique as the person who make it! Every participant leaves with a finished piece that is framed and ready to be hung. This class allows participants to make their own souvenir from Colorado!

This Make-&-Take class uses some of the basics of weaving to teach participants how to create their own dream catcher. Participants will use 4 colors of thread to create decorative tassels that hang down from the dream catcher as well as learn how to add beads and feathers to their finished project. The Inspired Art Kits include all of the instructions and materials needed to create your one of a kind piece, and can be created either in the studio or the kit can be taken with and created where ever and whenever the participant would like to create!

Experience the incredibly fun, organized chaos of Art Collage! Learn how to decoupage different papers on a 3D object and to attach embellishments to make an art piece that is unique to you. We provide a wide variety of papers and embellishments, but feel free to bring some items that are special for you (such as stamps, letters, buttons, pins, coins, keys, etc.) so that you can decoriate your birdhouse with a few of your 'Favorite Things'! Materials: All materials are included in the class fee.

This Make-&-Take class gives participants the chance to design and assemble their own Hummingbird Feeder! Using images of Colorado, participants can design the pattern for the outside of their feeder and then paint it onto the glass jar using special glass makers. Included in the instructions for the kit is a recipe to make the nectar to put in the feeder to attract the hummingbirds when you get it home! The Inspired Art Kits include all of the instructions and materials needed to create your one of a kind piece, and can be created either in the studio or the kit can be taken with and created where ever and whenever the participant would like to create!

This Make & Take class is so colorful and relaxing. If you manage to stop by Patterson Glass Gallery before you come to the class, you can get one of their glass pebbles and add it to your frame! Each participant leaves with a piece that is uniquely theirs and is a great project that makes a wonderful souvenir of Colorado! The Inspired Art Kits include all of the instructions and materials needed to create your one of a kind piece, and can be created either in the studio or the kit can be taken with and created where ever and whenever the participant would like to create!

In Colorado, we are a center for curiosity about plants and mushrooms. We believe that our area is interesting as we are always looking for new innovations and ideas within the field of cultivation and sustainability.

Tap in to your creative side at a local Estes Park art studio and create wood-burning works of art through a process known as pyrography. Using special high-temperature stylus tools and flat circles of wood as a canvas, create images based on the beauty of the Rocky Mountains and Colorado wildlife. String four different designs into a piece of hanging wall art to take home as a keepsake of your time in Estes Park.

Learn how to sculpt simple shapes from core wool, and then add bright embellishing colors to bring these sweet little creatures to life. Every participant will leave with at least one finished piece they are proud of and is ready to be hung in their home (if there is time we can create a second hummingbird). Create a beautiful reminder of spring that you can have year round! All materials and tools required for the class are provided.