Melbourne's cheap, fun classes
in anything and everything

It happens on weekday evenings in cafes, bars and other spaces around Melbourne – and also online.
Classes usually have about 20 people to keep it friendly.

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Kokedama Moss Balls with Winter

Kokedama is an ancient Japanese botanical art like bonsai or ikebana art. The word ‘Kokedama’ means ‘moss ball’ in Japanese as they are plants living in freestanding balls of moss-covered soil instead of pots. Kokedama are a beautiful way to bring greenery into your home and are ideal for apartments or flats with minimal space.…

  • 19th Mar, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Platypus Edition: DIY Eco Paints & Painting with Serene

Come and learn how to create eco paints from all natural ingredients from your kitchen! And put them immediately to use as you learn to paint a beautiful platypus.   Did you know that know that traditional acrylic paints, while bright and cheery, contain plastics that end up in our waterways?  Not just their packaging,…

  • 19th Mar, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • L3 R14, 37 Swanston St (Nicholson Building), Melbourne, 3000 VIC

Intro to Pottery with Maddy

Come and explore the world of pottery and clay modelling! Maddy will guide you through an introduction to pottery, supporting you to make your own piece of pottery art from air-dry clay. You might like to make an engraved plate, a little pinch pot or both!   At the end of the workshop you will walk…

  • 19th Mar, 2024
  • 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Printmaking for Beginners: Milk Carton Printing with Emilie (Online)

If you visit galleries in Australia and around the world, you will often see prints made by artists using engraved copper or zinc plates.    You can do this at home but with an easy hack – using milk cartons or juice boxes! In this workshop you will learn how to design an image for…

  • 20th Mar, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • Online

Making Crêpes: Tips & Tricks with French Native Océane

Want to learn to make delicious crêpes like the real French? Making tasty home-made crêpes doesn’t require much equipment, but it does require a certain know-how.   Come and learn all the tips & tricks to make delicious crêpes for breakfast and parties with the authentic recipe of a French grandma and the advice of her granddaughter - experts…

  • 20th Mar, 2024
  • 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
  • Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Watercolours for Beginners: Autumn Leaves with Emilie (Online)

Come and enjoy the wonderful world of watercolour paintings! This beginners class will teach you skills and techniques to create your own piece of watercolour art. You will experiment with colour and shapes to create a beautiful image of the Autumn leaves of your neighbourhood. In this workshop you will learn a series of drawing…

  • 20th Mar, 2024
  • 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
  • Online

Make Your Own Silver Ring with Qing

**This is a two-part class taking place 6: 15-7: 30pm on Thursday March 21st and Thursday April 4th (fee covers both classes)** Come and make your own silver ring! Making something yourself if always so meaningful, and to make a ring - something significant that we likely wear everyday - has even extra charm. This class…

  • 21st Mar, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Queer Social Footscray: Textured Acrylic Painting with Robert

Get grounded and feel like a child again with this textured painting class! Have you seen those videos on Tiktok with the palettes and blobs of paint? Well, this is your class! Mix Paint with a variety of mediums such as sand, gesso, charcoal, flour, leaves etc to create textured masterpieces. Use a variety of…

  • 21st Mar, 2024
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm (AEDT)
  • 3 Harris St, Yarraville VIC 3013, Australia

Make Your Own Silver Ring with Qing

**This is a two-part class taking place 7: 45-9pm on Thursday March 21st and Thursday April 4th (fee covers both classes)** Come and make your own silver ring! Making something yourself if always so meaningful, and to make a ring - something significant that we likely wear everyday - has even extra charm. This class will…

  • 21st Mar, 2024
  • 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Queer Social Darebin: Intro to Pottery with Maddy

Come and explore the world of pottery and clay modelling! Maddy will guide you through an introduction to pottery, supporting you to make your own piece of pottery art from air-dry clay. You might like to make an engraved plate, a little pinch pot or both!   At the end of the workshop you will walk…

  • 23rd Mar, 2024
  • 11:00am - 12:15pm (AEDT)
  • 99 Leinster Grove, Thornbury VIC 3071, Australia

Beginner Mosaics: Plant Pots with Heather

What’s it all about?   Mosaic is a great technique for giving a colourful lift to everyday items - plant pots, coasters, table tops - with no project to big or small! It's a simple process of cutting ceramics, tiles and glass to size (or repurposing broken crockery), adhering it to a suitable surface, and…

  • 25th Mar, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • L3 R14-15, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne, 3000 VIC

Middle East Dipping Feast with Natalie (online)

Hummus, Labneh, Zata'ar, Pita!  Do I have your attention? What better way to learn how to prepare and enjoy Middle Eastern cuisine than from someone who was born and bred into it.  Join in online and learn an easy, affordable and delightful way to present a Middle East Dipping Feast from the talented Natalie. What will we…

  • 25th Mar, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • Online

Beginner Journalling: Turning Problems into Puzzles with Ingrid (Online)

Puzzles are fun. Problems, on the other hand, don't seem to bring quite the same amount of curiosity and intrigue! This class will have you journaling as you turn the problems and challenges you're facing into something more like puzzles.   As you learn a unique step-by-step journal writing framework, you’ll also be inspired to…

  • 26th Mar, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • Online

Chikankari: Indian ‘Shadow Work’ Embroidery for Beginners with Manjari

tWhat’s it all about? Chikankari is a very old traditional embroidery technique also known as Shadow Work. This ancient art form was introduced to India during the Mugal era in 16th Century and is still practiced in the Northern India. Originally this work was done on white fabrics using white threads creating a surreal effect…

  • 26th Mar, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • L3, Room 14-15, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne, 3000 VIC

Bold Vases for Bold Blooms with Robyn

You'd be surprised at how relaxing and grounding painting a vase can be! Getting lost in the colours and patterns while making something cute and bold for your home. Flowers are a great way to add colour into our homes, but why stop at the flowers? Why not have a bright, bold vase too! This…

  • 26th Mar, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Sewing Sashiko Boro-Style Patches with Robyn

What’s it all about? Sashiko is a striking style of Japanese embroidery, and Boro means rags - referring to the upcycled use of fabric. Come and learn Sashiko embroidery methods, and other stitches,  to make a patch that can be used to repair a garment (or be ornamental)! Being able to mend our clothes is…

  • 26th Mar, 2024
  • 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Learn to Write Calligraphy with Océane (online)

Put down your phone, step away from the text messages and embrace handwriting again. Not just any old handwriting, but Calligraphy! Turn your messages and love letters into real works of art. Your teacher Oceane knows a thing or two about calligraphy. As a French native, cursive handwriting is still an important part of French…

  • 27th Mar, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • Online

Signature Scents: Make Your Own Perfume with Lily

As seasons change, so do the unique scents around us. Which is partly why, across the globe, humans find smell a very evocative sense that triggers memories and nostalgia. In Lily's class you'll learn all about the composition of perfume: how to create blends of top, middle and base notes to combine into your very…

  • 27th Mar, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Sex: Pleasure Anatomy with Louise

This class is all about pleasure! Sex educator Louise Bourchier will teach you the ins-and-outs of sexual anatomy so you can maximise pleasure in your sex life (whether solo or partnered). Rather than the reproductive focus that most of us learned in school, Louise’s style of grown-up sex ed focuses on the feel-good aspects of…

  • 27th Mar, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • L3 R14-15, 37 Swanston St (Nicholson Building), Melbourne, 3000 VIC

Signature Scents: Make Your Own Perfume with Lily

As seasons change, so do the unique scents around us. Which is partly why, across the globe, humans find smell a very evocative sense that triggers memories and nostalgia. In Lily's class you'll learn all about the composition of perfume: how to create blends of top, middle and base notes to combine into your very…

  • 27th Mar, 2024
  • 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Polymer Clay Accessories with Maddy

Polymer clay is an accessible, colourful and versatile material - a lot of fun to use,  but even better with some introductory tips to get you going. There are different types of clays and bake times, and different techniques to create shapes, blend colours, and express your colourful polymer visions! We'll put this into practice and everyone…

  • 28th Mar, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • L3 R14, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne, 3000 VIC

Intro to Acrylic Pour Art with Maria

Who hasn't seen a video of paint pouring?  It's soothing, it's colourful and it's definitely fun!   Join us and learn how to make your own pour art which is a little more involved than you may have thought but the results are pretty spectacular. Then, we'll get started designing our own and we'll all go home…

  • 28th Mar, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Paper and Glass Jewellery with Qing

Who would have thought glass and paper could be made into wonderful pieces of jewellery? !  So simple to create, yet stunning to wear!   With the limitless bounds of print media (think books, old maps, sheet music, photographs, origami paper) you can take almost anything flat and make it into your very own piece of…

  • 2nd Apr, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Learn to Arm Knit: Chunky Cosy Blankets with Maria

Knitting can be so much more than just a Winter scarf! It's a fun and practical hobby anytime of year, but especially so when you find some really unique materials and styles to knit with. Introducing. . . arm knitting! No needles required! We'll use our arms in place of knitting needles to knit with…

  • 2nd Apr, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Intro to Resin: Serving Trays with Maria

Resin is a popular material that offers great variety in the projects you can make and the decorations that you can encase. Join us for an intro into resin where we will learn how to mix, colour and pour our resin into a prepared wooden tray to make and decorate our own spectacular serving trays!…

  • 2nd Apr, 2024
  • 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Alter Ego: Darts for Clothes Alterations with Robyn

Darts are a really useful alteration technique, and this class let's you learn, try and perfect them! If you've picked up something from an op-shop or a friend, darts can make all the difference in shaping different garments for your own body and style. Darts can really add shape to garments, especially if it's something…

  • 3rd Apr, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

The Art and Exercise of Bellydance with Alia

Belly dancing doesn't require a bare belly! So put that idea to the side! Belly dancing is a wonderful form of movement and dance that focuses on isometric exercises, where one muscle group works in the opposite direction to other muscle groups. It's such an effective form of exercise as it doesn't require going down…

  • 3rd Apr, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Watercolour for Beginners: Picturesque Portraits with Emilie (online)

Come and enjoy the wonderful world of watercolour paintings! This beginners class will teach you skills and techniques to create your own piece of watercolour art. You will experiment with colour and shapes to create a pretty portrait! Emilie's classes are accessible and fun. No one is left behind and absolutely no prior experience is…

  • 3rd Apr, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • Online

Modern Patchwork with Robyn

Have you ever wanted to try your hand at patchwork and quilting but didn't know where to start?  This is the class to take those first steps and learn how to make patchwork blocks in your own style, as well as learning how various patchwork patterns and blocks are achieved. By the time you finish…

  • 3rd Apr, 2024
  • 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
  • Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Still Life Watercolours from the Pantry with Emilie (online)

In this fun and accessible art class, you'll learn to draw and colour products from your pantry!  Grab a pack of biscuits or a bag of chips and come and learn how to create beautiful illustrations.   This beginner class is perfect to get back into observation drawing and get great results following Emilie’s easy…

  • 3rd Apr, 2024
  • 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
  • Online

Sensory Textile Jewellery with Vivian

In this Sensory Textile Jewellery class, you will discover how meditative and effortless it is to make a piece of squishy bubble jewellery. If you used to doubt your own creativity, this sensory workshop is exactly for you. Jewellery designer Vivian Qiu will show you an intuitive jewellery making process. The textile will guide you…

  • 4th Apr, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
  • L3 R14, 37 Swanston St (Nicholson Building) Melbourne, 3000 VIC

Queer Social Footscray: Sex – Pleasure Anatomy for Every-Body with Louise

This class is all about pleasure! Queer sex educator Louise Bourchier will teach you the ins-and-outs of sexual anatomy so you can maximise pleasure in your sex life (whether solo or partnered). Rather than the heteronormative, reproductive focus most of us learned in school, Louise’s style of grown-up sex ed focuses on the feel-good aspects.…

  • 4th Apr, 2024
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm (AEDT)
  • 3 Harris St, Yarraville VIC 3013, Australia

Yes You Can Be A Poet! with Amy

Poetry is often seen as this lofty thing that only some people can do. This is not true! Poetry is for everyone. It can be accessible, playful, and extremely rewarding. Why? Because Poetry is the language of the soul. It can cut through small talk and get straight to the heart of human experience. Your…

  • 8th Apr, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEST)
  • L3 R14-15, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne, 3000 VIC

Feldenkrais: Fabulous Feet with Ralph (Online)

Our feet often carry the whole of our bodies and provide us mobility, but we rarely pay them the attention they deserve.  Using the ingenious Feldenkrais movement exercises, Ralph will guide you through a series of gentle and safe movement to free those fabulous feet!  You’ll be walking on air in no time! Feldenkrais is…

  • 8th Apr, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEST)
  • Online

An Intro to Linocut with Tish

Have you ever tried lino carving to make prints of art? It's a really interesting process of developing a design, carving away at lino, and creating a surface to ink, print and reveal your artwork! It's a type of printmaking process call relief printing - after cutting away at your lino, the ink attaches to…

  • 9th Apr, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEST)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Ex Libris Stamp Making with Tish

Have you ever enthusiastically loaned a favourite book to a friend, housemate, family member and it never came back? You need an ex-libris! Ex-libris are stamps that are used to mark books from a collection, usually used by libraries.  In this class you'll learn how to design and make your very own custom ex-libris stamp!…

  • 9th Apr, 2024
  • 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEST)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Carve Your Own Wooden Cheese Knife with Alma

Come and learn how to design and carve your own wooden cheese knife! Learn about different woods and grain, how to use wood carving tools, and put it all to the test to make a handcrafted knife to suit whatever cheese you please! At the end of the workshop you will have your own special…

  • 11th Apr, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEST)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Queer Social Darebin: The Art of Shibari with Harli

Join us for a guided journey into the exciting world of rope bondage. Designed for curious, caring creatures, this class will explore the artform’s potential for profound intimacy, connection and trust building. We will learn the important foundations of safety and rope-craft before learning some basic yet effective techniques for empowering your inner rope-top. The lesson structure is designed…

  • 11th Apr, 2024
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm (AEST)
  • 218 High St, Preston VIC 3072, Australia

Wooden Spoon Carving with Alma

Come and dip your toe into the skill of wood carving. Learn how to design and carve your own wooden spoon! At the end of the workshop you will have your own special spoon that you can take home and use with pride! What will we cover? In this hands-on and informative class,  we will: Begin with…

  • 11th Apr, 2024
  • 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEST)
  • 512 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Kantha: Indian Embroidery and Quilting for Beginners with Manjari

What’s it all about? Kantha sewing originated from the West Bengal region of India and is now popular all over the world. Kantha is the simplest of sewing techniques which provides a lot of scope for exploration, imagination and expression. This form of quilting comes from rural India, where resources were few, but imagination and…

  • 15th Apr, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEST)
  • L3, Room 14-15, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne, 3000 VIC

Queer Social Footscray: Collage for the Soul with Yianni

Collage isn't new, it been around for thousands of years. But collage can allow us to be kids again. Think outside of the square and construct imaginary worlds, scenarios and even poetry. Discover how collage can help us loosen up, relax and even discover things about ourselves.  Lets have fun and have some interesting conversations…

  • 18th Apr, 2024
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm (AEST)
  • 3 Harris St, Yarraville VIC 3013, Australia

Explore A Japan Less Travelled with Andrew (online)

Dreaming of sushi, samurai, and sakura? Contemplating joining the many Australians who have made Japan the top tourist destination in 2023? Make your first trip as unique as the Land of the Rising Sun itself! There is more to Japan than Castles, Cat Cafes, and Cherry Blossoms - find out about everything from hiking, Japan's…

  • 23rd Apr, 2024
  • 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEST)
  • Online

Queer Social Darebin – Queer Auslan with Hadley

Come and learn how to have a conversation with D/deaf and hard of hearing queers who use Auslan (Australian Sign Language). We will explore queer specific Auslan signs as well as do's and don'ts when approaching D/deaf and hard of hearing people. This event will be half social chats with a bunch of like minded queer…

  • 24th Apr, 2024
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm (AEST)
  • 218 High St, Preston VIC 3072, Australia

Queer Social Darebin: Boxing for Everyone with Emily

Ever wanted to try out boxing in a supportive, fun environment were everyone is welcomed? That space is Pony Club Gym and this class will have to throwing upper cuts in no time! Come and have a play, move a little and discover how much fun boxing is. This event will be half social chats…

  • 2nd May, 2024
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm (AEST)
  • 488 High St, Preston VIC 3072, Australia

Queer Social Footscray: Knitting 101 with Lucie

Jazz up your accessories cupboard with your very own handmade woolies. We will learn to knit and get the basics down so you can be sporting your own scarf, hat and gloves combo in no time!  All materials are provided, come along for some fun. This event will be half social chats with a bunch…

  • 2nd May, 2024
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm (AEST)
  • 3 Harris St, Yarraville VIC 3013, Australia

Queer Social Darebin: Learn Sewing via Plush Hearts with Robert

Learn hand sewing basics while creating a cute plushie heart that can be used as a key chain or home decor! Together we'll learn how to work with plush fabric, read and cut a simple pattern and some basic stitches to get us going. Come and join us for a queer good time! This event…

  • 9th May, 2024
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm (AEST)
  • 218 High St, Preston VIC 3072, Australia

Queer Social Footscray: Doodling and Sketching for a Sense of Calm with Felix

Mindful doodling is about using your hands to help you focus, learning a skill to quiet your thoughts, and drawing something silly- because art should be fun! We’ll learn a mindfulness technique to help you decompress when stressed or have racing thoughts, and pair it up with learning to draw something cute and easy. By…

  • 16th May, 2024
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm (AEST)
  • 3 Harris St, Yarraville VIC 3013, Australia

Queer Social Darebin: Sex – Pleasure Anatomy for Every-Body with Louise

This class is all about pleasure! Queer sex educator Louise Bourchier will teach you the ins-and-outs of sexual anatomy so you can maximise pleasure in your sex life (whether solo or partnered). Rather than the heteronormative, reproductive focus most of us learned in school, Louise’s style of grown-up sex ed focuses on the feel-good aspects.…

  • 6th Jun, 2024
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm (AEST)
  • 488 High St, Preston VIC 3072, Australia

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