You can count on Happy Hands Art & Pottery to provide a wonderful experience and help create memories you won't forget.
Overview
Information
1 hour of exclusive private studio time. 1 1/2 hour (90 minute) option available at additional cost.
Drop-off only with up to 4 non-artists adults from the birthday child's family (i.e. parents, grandparents, etc.)
All pottery will be ready within 7-10 days and individually wrapped for easy pick up or distribution. Due to space limitations, all finished pottery must be picked up within 10 days after notification of completion.
Our pottery glazes do not stain clothing or skin and all materials are non-toxic, lead free, and food-safe.
Our staff takes all safety precautions including masks & gloves to accommodate your party.
Drop-off only with up to 4 non-artists adults from the birthday child's family (i.e. parents, grandparents, etc.)
- Kids are dropped off for the party and the parents return towards the end the celebration.
- Any additional adults: $25/person, subject to space limitations
- Children that require extra assistance, ie special needs, their caretaker/parent are welcome to stay.
All pottery will be ready within 7-10 days and individually wrapped for easy pick up or distribution. Due to space limitations, all finished pottery must be picked up within 10 days after notification of completion.
- Any remaining pottery MUST be picked up by the host family
- Delivery/shipping option available
Our pottery glazes do not stain clothing or skin and all materials are non-toxic, lead free, and food-safe.
Our staff takes all safety precautions including masks & gloves to accommodate your party.
PRICING
$375 for the first 8 kids
Deposit: $75
Notes:
- Additional kids: $35/child
Deposit: $75
- Non-refundable. Required to reserve the date/time
- Applicable to your final balance which is due at the time of the event
Notes:
- Price is not prorated if your party has fewer than 8 kids as the studio is closed to the public for all birthday parties.
- If host cancels party, no refunds. No exceptions. Deposit can be used towards another party or event.
- Party price Includes pottery. Prices listed before tax (CT tax: 6.35%), which will be applied at checkout.
- Gratuity is not included, but is always greatly appreciated.
OPTIONAL ADD-ONS
Extra time: $75
Birthday Keepsake Plates:
We offer 3 options for these plates. Makes for a great memento for your child to remember their party by.
All plates include birthday writing customized for your child, their handprint, signed by all guests (via thumbprints on the back of the plate), and date of the party (month, year).
Artwork & Handprint Dinner Plate: $69
Handprint Only Dinner Plate: $55
Handprint Salad Plate: $45
Notes:
- Our most popular add-on
- Adds an additional 30 minutes to the length of the party
- Required if the party host decides to have additional food (i.e. pizza), in addition to dessert
Birthday Keepsake Plates:
We offer 3 options for these plates. Makes for a great memento for your child to remember their party by.
All plates include birthday writing customized for your child, their handprint, signed by all guests (via thumbprints on the back of the plate), and date of the party (month, year).
Artwork & Handprint Dinner Plate: $69
- Recommended for all kids
- Pick from selected image styles
- Custom art requests are subject to an additional fee (starting at $25 and up) and artist approval.
- Front side: Artwork and Birthday writing
- Back side: Birthday child's handprint, thumbprints of all guests, party date
Handprint Only Dinner Plate: $55
- Recommended for all kids
- Front side: Birthday child's handprint, Birthday writing
- Back side: thumbprints of all guests, party date
Handprint Salad Plate: $45
- Recommended for kids ages 4-6. May be too small for older kids
- Front side: Birthday child's handprint, Birthday writing
- Back side: thumbprints of all guests, party date
Notes:
- Parents may include a custom message on the back of the plate, if they wish. However, we will write whatever parents write AS-IS. No spellchecking is done on our part, so parents are solely responsible that the writing is correct, ESPECIALLY if it's written in a foreign language.
Safety Protocols
The Health Screening/Liability Waiver must be completed within 24-48 hours prior to all kids events/parties by the guest's parent/legal guardian.
At the party upon drop off, if we find that anyone is showing signs of illness, they will not be allowed to stay for the party and be asked to leave. This is for everyone's safety and is our top priority in our studios.
Happy Hands Wilton & Fairfield studios are a mask-friendly environment.
Gloves are protective tools used to eliminate direct contact of food handlers with the food being districted. Although there is no absolute and country-wide regulation, gloves are strongly recommended to be worn when handling ready-to-eat foods.
Our Team will serve all the food and sweets so you could safely enjoy the celebration.
At the party upon drop off, if we find that anyone is showing signs of illness, they will not be allowed to stay for the party and be asked to leave. This is for everyone's safety and is our top priority in our studios.
Happy Hands Wilton & Fairfield studios are a mask-friendly environment.
Gloves are protective tools used to eliminate direct contact of food handlers with the food being districted. Although there is no absolute and country-wide regulation, gloves are strongly recommended to be worn when handling ready-to-eat foods.
Our Team will serve all the food and sweets so you could safely enjoy the celebration.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What do I need to bring as the party host?
Please bring the following items for your party:
Optional items:
Notes:
- Paper goods
- Balloons
- Dessert
- Individually packed beverages
Optional items:
- Pizza (or additional food that's not dessert)*
- Party Favors
- Table cloth (for gift/food table)
- Decor
Notes:
- *Additional food requires host to pay for additional time to accommodate extra set up and clean up
- Helium or air-filled balloons only; no confetti-filled balloons
- With dessert, cupcakes are preferred
- If bringing a cake, we do not put candles on cakes. Please bring an additional cupcake for the birthday child to blow out the candle on
- For beverages, small juice boxes and/or water bottles
When will the pottery be ready?
Typically within 7-10 days of your party.
Please keep in mind that while we do our best to stay within that timeframe, occasionally factors outside of our control may cause unexpected delays.
We will email you once everything is complete, as well as include a picture of the completed party.
You have 2 primary options for pickup:
Regardless of which method you choose, please make sure that you inform your guests' families how they will get their child's pottery, so there's no miscommunication.
After about 10 days or so, we will contact you if there are any remaining bags. If there are, you as the party host will have to pick up the remaining bags for distribution.
Please keep in mind that while we do our best to stay within that timeframe, occasionally factors outside of our control may cause unexpected delays.
We will email you once everything is complete, as well as include a picture of the completed party.
You have 2 primary options for pickup:
- Guests' families will pick up their pottery from our Wilton or Fairfield locations respectively
- You will pick up everything and handle distribution
Regardless of which method you choose, please make sure that you inform your guests' families how they will get their child's pottery, so there's no miscommunication.
After about 10 days or so, we will contact you if there are any remaining bags. If there are, you as the party host will have to pick up the remaining bags for distribution.
Why is there a limit on the number of non-painters?
Short answer:
Our focus is on the birthday child and their guests. When there are numerous non-painters, it can be very difficult for us to talk over everyone, as well as keeping the party running as smoothly as possible.
Long answer:
Neither studio has a separate area for parents and other non-painters to mingle, so everyone is in the same space. Limiting the number of non-painters also limits the number of possible distractions for the kids.
Children can be easily distracted if their parent stays. We've had cases where some of the kids get upset when their parents leave, while other parents remain. While it's fine for parents who do stay to socialize, it can get extremely overwhelming for our staff trying to run the party, while keeping the kids focused on painting.
The goal is to make sure your child/children's party runs as smoothly as possible and to make sure they have our full attention on their special day. When we have to talk over other parents' conversations, it takes away from the party as a whole and the focus ends up more on the adults vs the kids.
We completely understand that there may be circumstances where there might be extra adults in the studio, outside the immediate family, such as a child with special needs who requires extra assistance, or if a guest's parents have a longer commute. And in those situations, we will accommodate your group to the best of our abilities.
While covid restrictions have lifted as a whole at this time, we still want to maintain a healthy and clean environment in our studios. There are a lot of factors why we don't want to overload the studio with people, regardless of the studio being closed during your party. The more people in the studio as a whole, it directly impacts the number of staff required for your party, as well as additional cleanup and sanitation required before the next group arrives at the studio.
We cannot have unlimited non-painters in the studio without an additional cost to the party host. It may not be obvious on your end, which is understandable, it is absolutely more work on our end. If you are looking for a 1:1 or 1:2 ratio with the number of kids to adults, meaning that there are equal or more adults than kids attending the party, there will be an additional cost.
You can offer parents who want to stay for the duration of the party, an opportunity to pick a piece to paint, within the same price range as the kids -- up to $30. The cost for them to paint would be the same cost as each additional kid, past the first 8 kids -- $35 per person. You'd be surprised how many parents have enjoyed that option. In that situation, we would have a staff member focused on assisting the adults and they'd have a separate area to paint.
Since we have implemented this policy, it's been very well received by our clients and guests' parents. We always try our best to accommodate our clients as much as possible, however, we greatly appreciate your understanding of the reasoning for why we run the parties the way we do.
Our focus is on the birthday child and their guests. When there are numerous non-painters, it can be very difficult for us to talk over everyone, as well as keeping the party running as smoothly as possible.
Long answer:
Neither studio has a separate area for parents and other non-painters to mingle, so everyone is in the same space. Limiting the number of non-painters also limits the number of possible distractions for the kids.
Children can be easily distracted if their parent stays. We've had cases where some of the kids get upset when their parents leave, while other parents remain. While it's fine for parents who do stay to socialize, it can get extremely overwhelming for our staff trying to run the party, while keeping the kids focused on painting.
The goal is to make sure your child/children's party runs as smoothly as possible and to make sure they have our full attention on their special day. When we have to talk over other parents' conversations, it takes away from the party as a whole and the focus ends up more on the adults vs the kids.
We completely understand that there may be circumstances where there might be extra adults in the studio, outside the immediate family, such as a child with special needs who requires extra assistance, or if a guest's parents have a longer commute. And in those situations, we will accommodate your group to the best of our abilities.
While covid restrictions have lifted as a whole at this time, we still want to maintain a healthy and clean environment in our studios. There are a lot of factors why we don't want to overload the studio with people, regardless of the studio being closed during your party. The more people in the studio as a whole, it directly impacts the number of staff required for your party, as well as additional cleanup and sanitation required before the next group arrives at the studio.
We cannot have unlimited non-painters in the studio without an additional cost to the party host. It may not be obvious on your end, which is understandable, it is absolutely more work on our end. If you are looking for a 1:1 or 1:2 ratio with the number of kids to adults, meaning that there are equal or more adults than kids attending the party, there will be an additional cost.
You can offer parents who want to stay for the duration of the party, an opportunity to pick a piece to paint, within the same price range as the kids -- up to $30. The cost for them to paint would be the same cost as each additional kid, past the first 8 kids -- $35 per person. You'd be surprised how many parents have enjoyed that option. In that situation, we would have a staff member focused on assisting the adults and they'd have a separate area to paint.
Since we have implemented this policy, it's been very well received by our clients and guests' parents. We always try our best to accommodate our clients as much as possible, however, we greatly appreciate your understanding of the reasoning for why we run the parties the way we do.
What the maximum capacity for parties?
Wilton/Fairfield:
up to 30 kids
Please keep at mind, at higher headcounts, it will feel much cozier in the studio, especially with older kids. While we can accommodate up to 30 kids in either location, we recommend to keep the maximum headcount to 20-22 kids.
up to 30 kids
- Average headcount 12-15 kids
Please keep at mind, at higher headcounts, it will feel much cozier in the studio, especially with older kids. While we can accommodate up to 30 kids in either location, we recommend to keep the maximum headcount to 20-22 kids.
What do guests paint? Can they paint any piece?
As a part of the Birthday party experience, the birthday child will pick out the pieces (up to $30) that their guests will pick from during the party. The total number of options to choose from is dependent on the party headcount, with a minimum of 8-10 styles to streamline the party.
WHERE DO YOU RECOMMEND ORDERING PIZZA FROM?
While hosts are welcome to order from any pizza place they choose that will deliver to our studios, here are a few recommendations of several of the most popular places that other people have ordered from over the years.
Wilton:
Wilton Pizza
101 Old Ridgefield Rd, Wilton, CT 06897
(203) 762-0007
Pinocchio Pizza
1 Center St, Wilton, CT 06897
(203) 762-3700
Fairfield:
Planet Pizza Fairfield
733 Post Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824
(203) 254-3000
Nauti Dolphin
195 Unquowa Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824
(203) 256-1877
Regardless of where the pizza is delivered or picked up, we strongly recommend the following options when ordering:
In our experience, kids overwhelmingly prefer cheese pizza vs any other topping.
Wilton:
Wilton Pizza
101 Old Ridgefield Rd, Wilton, CT 06897
(203) 762-0007
Pinocchio Pizza
1 Center St, Wilton, CT 06897
(203) 762-3700
Fairfield:
Planet Pizza Fairfield
733 Post Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824
(203) 254-3000
Nauti Dolphin
195 Unquowa Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824
(203) 256-1877
Regardless of where the pizza is delivered or picked up, we strongly recommend the following options when ordering:
- Large pizza, double-cut
- Cheese only
In our experience, kids overwhelmingly prefer cheese pizza vs any other topping.
How many pizza pies should I order for my party? Any specific toppings?
This is dependent on your headcount. With that said, it's better to have extra than not enough.
We strongly recommend the following options when ordering:
General rule of thumb --
Keep in mind that the time of the party and ages of the kids will also factor in since older kids will typically eat more than younger kids.
We strongly recommend the following options when ordering:
- Large pizza, double-cut
- Regular Cheese
General rule of thumb --
- Minimum 2 pies
- Add an extra pie for every 3 kids, past 8, rounding up
Keep in mind that the time of the party and ages of the kids will also factor in since older kids will typically eat more than younger kids.
To Inquire
Disclaimer
By filling out the form, it does not guarantee that your requested date/time slot will be available. We will follow up with you to let you know if the date/time slot is available. We'll typically follow up with you within 24-48 hours.
Please keep in mind that if requests are submitted over the weekend, we'll follow up with you on Monday/Tuesday. If it is, we will hold that time slot for you for up to 24 hours from our notification. A deposit is required to secure the reservation within the time frame.
After a deposit is made, you can always change date/time if needed, based on availability. We will do our best to accommodate your request.
In case of cancellations, no refunds. However, studio credit is available towards any activities, with exception to special promotional events/fundraisers.
Please keep in mind that if requests are submitted over the weekend, we'll follow up with you on Monday/Tuesday. If it is, we will hold that time slot for you for up to 24 hours from our notification. A deposit is required to secure the reservation within the time frame.
After a deposit is made, you can always change date/time if needed, based on availability. We will do our best to accommodate your request.
In case of cancellations, no refunds. However, studio credit is available towards any activities, with exception to special promotional events/fundraisers.
Why are there no xx:30 time slots?
We strongly don't recommend parties starting other than the top of the hour because when people start parties in between the hour (i.e. 12:30PM), we've noticed that more guests end up arriving late, which delays the party. It's overall much easier for everyone when parties start on the hour (i.e. 12:00PM).
