Pottery Hollow

I like painting – So wanting to do something a little more creative, I googled painting options in the area and landed on Pottery Hollow.
So it’s one of the places where you select your item to paint, they offer a decent selection – mugs, wine glasses, piggy banks, animals, plates, small vases, dog bowls& more. So something for grown ups, kids, and even the four legged kids.
As a an adult flying solo, I felt fully welcome here.
I spent about two hours here painting some gifts, and experienced great customer service from the manager, Travis. He checked on me to see how it was going, and offered me some help when it was clear I was struggling with some transfer paper. Excellent customer service!
So, after choosing your items you grab your paints, and some brushes. $ 8 supply fee/​head. So you’re not painting with squirrel hair or anything, but the brushes do the job. I had fun. I’d go back, so I recommend it completely.
My items were ready about 5 days after I painted, so within the week I was told to expect, great experience there as well.
Mostly 2 hr parking in the area.

My kids and I love this place! We’ve been coming for a couple years now. They have to long walls of choices. Your typical stuff, plates, bowls, mugs, figurines, cups, etc. Of all shapes and sizes. And costs of course range greatly, from $ 6-​$ 50, with most things in the $ 10-​$ 20 range. Their painting fee is $ 8 a person, but on Mondays it’s $ 1, and they always have coupons and deals on their website. There’s never a reason for you to pay full price for everything. The room is really big and airy and not closed in, which I greatly appreciate. Painted Zebra is so tiny I feel like I’m suffocating. Not so here. The manager Travis is the nicest guy. Really helpful with everything and very pleasant affect.
The only downside: the chocolate store right next door that my kids always sucker me into stopping by ;)
My kids and I only do this kind of thing twice a year, because it is kinda pricey, but we’d never go anywhere else when we do.

Needed a new «go to» pottery place because my usual place recently closed. Happened upon Pottery Hollow in downtown Kirkwood and couldn’t be more pleased. Nice large space with a great selection. Very accommodating and pleasant staff — worked with me on a complicated project that involved many different people contributing to the same piece. I know we drove them crazy but they didn’t once let it show! Highly recommend.

Pottery Hollow was a great, fun experience for the girls day we had planned.
There weren’t many workers that Sunday so not everyone in our group got the paint instruction like the others. They have many pieces to pick from, which is great compared to some of the other pottery places, but if you want specialty paint that will cost extra for some reason. The sitting fees are pretty low and depending on when you go, they have specialty nights that it could be waived, could include various things.
They tell you it’ll be ready for pick up in a week and that they’ll call you. Supposedly they called me, I never saw an unknown number come up nor did I ever get a voicemail. I finally contacted them after 2 weeks and the worker was very blunt about my inquiry and didn’t budge from the fact that she was certain they called. I went to pick up my piece, along with two others that painted with me, and they couldn’t find my finished piece. I had to dig while the worker went to do something else to find my own on their shelves. That was a bummer, not being aided in my search.
I would definitely go to PH again, I love their selection, I just hope that they can iron out a few kinks.

Pottery Hollow is a fine place to take the kids to get your paint on.
The prices seemed a little steep — there are specials each day, EXCEPT WEDNESDAY THE DAY WE WENT! So, plan ahead if you want to save some dough.
My friend and I were celebrating Happy Ornament Day, our annual get together when we paint Xmas ornaments for our kids. We were the only people in the joint, so it was a bit annoying that we were paying full price for everything. But, it’s a once a year deal for us, so no big whip.
The place is very spacious, so if you have a big group, you should have plenty of room to work.