An Afternoon of Painting
This past weekend I invited my Grandma to go painting with Ava and I. Have you ever been to one of those DIY pottery painting places before? They are one of my absolute favorite activities. For some reason I find the whole process very calming and relaxing. I've been a few times with friends, and Orion and I actually celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary by going on a date to a pottery painting place.
I'd never taken Ava before, and since she's really into creative things like her mama I knew she'd had a lot of fun with this. We headed to As You Wish to paint pottery for the afternoon. Ava picked out a little pegasus horse, I took her over to pick out her paint colors which included orange, pink and speckled pink! She sure loves her some pink!
I decided I wanted to paint a plate that said "Happy Birthday" on it that we could use each time a birthday rolls around and that special birthday person could eat their birthday meal or dessert on the plate. A new tradition for our family.
My Grandma who loves to paint as well choose to paint something for me that I could keep, she did a coffee mug for me. No surprise there she knows my love for a good coffee mug!
I loved picking out our own colors. There's a wide variety, the staff is super friendly and helpful. They even had bottles of glitter and were going around to the tables asking the kiddos if they wanted a sprinkle of "mermaid magic!" So cute and of coarse Ava loved the idea of mermaid magic.
While we were there a birthday party came in and they had everything set up for them to paint and party. I thought it was such a cute idea to do that for an older child's birthday! What a great memory.
If you're looking for a fun activity to do with your children this summer and have never been to a painting place like this, it's an awesome choice for keep little ones busy this summer. As You Wish offers fun and interactive classes you can do as well. And coming in August they are having painting with Ariel, and a Father Daughter Date night event. See more details by visiting their site here.
If you live locally in the Phoenix metro I have a fun giveaway for you. As You Wish is offering one lucky reader 1 FREE summer class ($30 value)! Classes run now through July 24th. Use the Rafflecopter below for your entries, for a full list of Phoenix locations please visit the link here. Contest ends July 16th! Winner will be chosen and emailed that evening.
Disclosure; I was invited by As You Wish to a painting experience, all opinions and thoughts are my own. As always I only write about experiences that we truly love and ones that I feel my readers will love and take advantage of as well.