Go Create Things

BYOB paint-your-own-canvas shops are very popular across the city, each offering a diverse calendar with a variety of masterpieces you can create by following simple step-by-step instructions. One of our favorites, Thirsty Palette in Leawood, offers adult and kid projects. Customers sign up for a class, bring their own beverage and spend an evening creating a personal work of art to take home and display. Create family keepsakes at Paint, Glaze & Fire or Ceramic Cafe and more DIY shops in our online guide.

If you love to cook, try a class. Function Junction at Crown Center is a haven for kitchen gadgets and tools, and they offer hands-on workshops to hone your cooking skills. A Thyme for Everything is a quaint shop in Lee’s Summit’s historic downtown shopping district that offers cooking classes for children and adults. Savory Spice in Brookside is a spice shop with every seasoning imaginable and a great course offering to add flavor to your cuisine. For something unique, head to Local Pig, where you can sign up for culinary classes to learn a variety of skills, including the fine art of butchering.

For fun, vintage art, connect with Eat Drink & Stitch, where you can participate in embroidery happy hours, workshops and parties. Restoration Emporium is an eclectic shop selling vintage and repurposed art. They also offer workshops to learn how to paint signs, make wreaths and craft using repurposed materials. The New Dime Store in Brookside offers an array of craft classes, often inspired by the season or holiday. The Studio in historic Overland Park is the place for knitting, crochet and needlepoint classes. Nearby, creative juices flow at Pintervention, a studio specializing in all those Pinterest-inspired projects you want to try, but never get around to creating.