When it comes to discovering new passions, there's nothing like a DIY workshop! The Do It Yourself trend that emerged in the 2000s is here to stay, and many Parisian venues have set up classes and workshops where you canlearn creative, hand-crafted discpilines with yourown hands. For the most part, you don't need much skill to get started, just good will and a little imagination!
Whether you want to learn how to make pretty pastries, brew your own beer, make your own unique perfume, create your own ceramic bowl or sew your own little sweater for winter, almost anything is possible in Paris! In a society of over-consumption, DIY allows you to recycle, to create without breaking the bank, and above all, to have something original! Not to mention the particularly pleasant feeling of pride you get when you create a little work of art all by yourself.
The editors have put together a short list of places that offer workshops or are dedicated to creativity, with a wide range of activities. Sewing, modeling, drawing, macramé, jewelry or perfume creation, which of these workshops will become your new passion? Because once you've started, it's sometimes hard to stop creating! We've warned you: we're not responsible if you get totally hooked on one of them!
Insolite: "Superbe." workshops to make your own swimsuit or panties in Paris
Superbe, the funky lingerie and swimwear brand, promotes audacity and uninhibited femininity with sequins and colorful patterns. For DIY aficionados, the label organizes swimsuit and panty creation workshops to learn how to create your own made-to-measure style! [Read more]
Be Bearz: pouring painting workshop and bubble tea salon, near the Eiffel Tower
Be Bearz, the new hybrid concept store, pouring painting workshop and bubble tea salon, has arrived with its cute teddy bears a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower. With this painting technique, already all the rage in Los Angeles and Milan, you can create your own work of art, with the added bonus of hot drinks and gourmet treats. A trendy creative hobby within everyone's reach! [Read more]
Mosaïcafé, the pretty, colorful spot to learn how to create a mosaic in DIY workshops
At Mosaïcafé, you'll spend two and a half hours in a timeless workshop, assembling your coloured earthenware pieces and giving life to the motif of your choice, to create a home-made decoration! [Read more]
Atelier P1, the bakery in the 18th district that offers workshops to learn how to make organic bread
In the Lamarck district, come discover your new favorite bakery, with its organic breads, pies, pastries and seasonal sandwiches, Atelier P1! Workshops are also offered on Wednesdays to learn how to make your own sourdough bread. [Read more]
Boby la Plante, playful workshops to create your own terrarium
If you're a plant lover, come and visit Boby la Plante, an astonishingly friendly store where you can create your own miniature tropical garden and take it home with you in fun workshops! [Read more]
Introduction to modeling and ceramics classes with friends or family at Three Seven, in the 6th arrondissement
Putting your hands in the clay is your guilty pleasure, the activity you never tire of? Then it's a good thing, because Three Seven is now offering its ceramic modeling classes for young and old, in its store in the 6th arrondissement. [Read more]
Café Studio, a vegan spot with a flea market feel that offers creative workshops
Head to Café Studio, in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, to learn how to sew, embroider or apply makeup, while enjoying a good vegan cookie, in the middle of upcycled objects that you will want to take home! [Read more]
Mazette, the first creative DIY lab in Paris
Mazette is the new place to be for creative people in Paris! DIY fans, you will be happy with this creative lab where you can try your hand at crocheting, knitting, drawing and candle-making! [Read more]
La Papoterie, the ceramic café to spend the afternoon chilling and crafting
With a ceramic café in Paris 9th arrondissement and another one in the 11th, La Papoterie welcomes children and adults, ceramic painting professionals and amateurs for 2.5-hour sessions to create the design of your choice on dozens of crockery pieces, decorations… [Read more]
L'Atelier Geneviève, a café where you can enjoy ceramic workshops
L'Atelier Geneviève is the cool new spot in the 11th arrondissement. Both a café and a ceramics workshop, L'Atelier Geneviève offers you to personalize all kinds of ceramic objects but and to take them home afterwards! All this while drinking a good coffee. [Read more]
Maison Laugier, a niche perfume boutique-workshop where you can create your own bespoke fragrance
After its first boutique-atelier in Lyon, Maison Laugier has arrived in Paris! In this spot dedicated to haute-parfumerie, you'll discover a line of niche perfumes, but above all you'll come to create your own fragrance. [Read more]
Le Liquorium: Drink Doctor's hidden cocktail bar in Paris
Just imagine: a speakeasy akin to an incredible cabinet of curiosities, where you can sip mixology remedies and make your own beverages... That's what awaits you at Liquorium, the new hidden bar in the basement of the Drink Doctor, in the capital's 1st arrondissement. [Read more]
So, what are you going to create today?
