KIDS PAINT PARTIES!

It’s time to ditch the ordinary birthday cake and balloons routine, and give your child a celebration they’ll remember. At the Arty Smarty Paint Party, we provide the brushes, colours, creativity and fun — while the kids bring their imaginations!

Your child and their friends will hop into a lightly guided painting or craft experience: each guest gets their own canvas to create, discover colour, experiment with shapes, and take home a masterpiece at the end.

• Fun, creative focus: Kids spend 45 mins –1.5 hours actively painting/crafting and enjoying the sensory experience of paint and mess. A painting party offers a unique way to bring friends together and every child goes home with a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
   
• Age-appropriate structure: Tailored for younger children  (3-5 years) painting or crafting (5-8 years) with simpler canvases and fun guidance, and for older kids (9+) with a bit more freedom and creative choice.
   
• Minimal stress for parents: We provide the craft/canvas, aprons, paints, and easels — you bring the cake and the smiles.
   
• Keepsake creation: Each child walks away with a personal artwork they made themselves.

• Use of our creative studio space in New Gisborne - no mess for you!

• 3-5 years old - painting or crafting available

• Canvas for each guest 5 years and over(pre-drawn designs chosen by the birthday child or randomly picked)

• Aprons, easels, paints, brushes and all art supplies

• ART TIME - 30 - 45 mins for toddlers, 1-1.5 hours of guided painting for younger guests / 2 hours for older group

• Time for cake, snacks and group photo

• One finished canvas/art project to take home for each guest

• A little painting/craft gift kit for the birthday child to take home!

• Arrival & welcome – approx. 10 minutes: guests arrive, get settled, choose their canvas/craft supplies.
   
• Main painting/crafting time – approx. 30-90 minutes (younger group) / 90-120 minutes (older group): lightly guided, kids create their art, try out techniques, and have fun.
   
• Snack and cake break – approx. 15 minutes: food and cake time. (Note: we suggest BYO snacks/cake; we’ll provide plates & serveware).
   
• Final wrap-up & clean-up – approx. 10 minutes: quick photo, hand out artworks, tidy up.

• Ask guests to wear clothes they don’t mind getting a little paint on, though we’ll supply aprons.
   
• It’s helpful if the party family arrives no more than 10 minutes before the start time — it keeps things running smoothly.
   
• We suggest simple snacks + cake rather than a full hot meal, so kids focus on the painting/crafting fun.
   
• If you’d like everyone to paint the same canvas design, please let us know at least one week ahead so we can prepare. Otherwise, individual design picks are fine.
   
• Let us know the final guest number in advance to prepare the correct number of canvases and supplies.

• Birthdays of children aged 3-12 yrs
   
• Girl / boy friend-group celebrations
   
• Family gatherings with younger cousins
   
• School groups or after-school activity parties
  If you have children younger than 5, we can accommodate with close adult supervision (please ask for details)..

3 - 5 YEAR OLDS!

BASE PRICE

1-10 guests $250 inclusive of GST

LARGER GROUP

10+ guests  $22 per guest inclusive of GST

5-12 YEAR OLDS!

BASE PRICE

1-10 guests $320 inclusive of GST

LARGER GROUP

10+ guests  $28 per guest inclusive of GST

Once you pick your date, we’ll hold it with a $100 deposit, and the balance is due on the day of the party [based on attendance]. Free cancellation up to 7 days prior after which the deposit becomes non refundable.