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.
Upcoming Melbourne Classes
Signature Scents: Make Your Own Perfume with Lily
Have you been looking for an eco-friendly, vegan or a natural perfume? Maybe you've always wanted to design your own signature scent! Come and join Lily for this much anticipated Laneway Learning workshop and make your own natural perfume! Whether you're a floral fan, or citrus enthusiast - or perhaps earthy and spicy! - you'll certainly find…
- 4th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Feldenkrais: Free the Neck (floor version) with Ralph (Online)
Take a little time to focus on your own body and movement, and try a safe and easy fix for neck tension and stiffness using the ingenious Feldenkrais movement exercises. Feldenkrais is a clever exercise system using gentle movement and mindfulness. You learn to release tightness and unconscious restriction and create natural, graceful and…
- 4th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- Online
Vintage Festive Cards with Cherie
Come along and make some lovely Vintage Christmas cards for your nearest and dearests. In this class, we will be making a set of Vintage Christmas Cards and gift tags that will take you back to the magical past. You will be supplied with a pack that includes: a card, envelope & swing tags that…
- 4th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Signature Scents: Make Your Own Perfume with Lily
Have you been looking for an eco-friendly, vegan or a natural perfume? Maybe you've always wanted to design your own signature scent! Come and join Lily for this much anticipated Laneway Learning workshop and make your own natural perfume! Whether you're a floral fan, or citrus enthusiast - or perhaps earthy and spicy! - you'll certainly find…
- 4th Dec, 2023
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Photo to Fabric: Pet Portraits with Fran
Come and make a vibrant portrait of your best animal pal or fur baby so you can stare at their cute face on your wall! We'll start by learning how to print images on to fabric using transfer paper, and get your critter on to the canvas. Then we'll work over it with different…
- 5th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- L3 R14, 37 Swanston St (Nicholson Building) Melbourne, 3000 VIC
DIY Light-up Greeting Card with Jess
Tis the season to reconnect with your science brain learn to make a greetings card that's extra special and memorable with a light-up effect! This beginner class will introduce you to circuits and switches, which you can utilise to create your own unique light-up designs. You will be led step-by-step through all the processes, and…
- 5th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Polymer Clay Christmas: Jewellery, Accessories and Ornaments with Fran
Come and create your own festive accessories with polymer - a fun and easy-to-use material! Choose your desired colours and utilise different cutting, moulding and shaping techniques, foils, and embossing options to turn your polymer clay into cheery Xmas accessories or decorations. We will have findings for: earrings, rings, hair clips, brooches, pendants as well as decoration…
- 5th Dec, 2023
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- L3 R14, 37 Swanston St (Nicholson Building) Melbourne, 3000 VIC
Cocktails: Exploring the Whisky Sour with Simon (Online)
Make this Summer all about the whisky sours! This highly adaptable 3-ingredient drink is simple to prepare and goes down a treat! The whisky sour a perfect gateway cocktail for those new to drinking barrel aged 'brown' spirits too! Join us for this informative happy hour celebrating a cocktail classic and some exciting variations. What will we cover? In…
- 5th Dec, 2023
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- Online
SOLD OUT – Festive Native Wreaths with Robyn
***This class runs a number of times over our festive season - 6: 15pm and 7: 45pm on Weds 6th Dec and Thurs 14th Dec***Whether it’s baking biscuits, wrapping the gifts, or putting on a meal for your family, the best bit about any festive season is getting into the spirit of things and making…
- 6th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Linocut Greeting Cards with Emilie
Add an extra special handmade touch to your gift-giving this year with your own design lino-printed as a greetings card. It's a design you can print indefinitely! Did you know that linocut has been used in printing for over a century and this technique was originally for making wallpaper? Printing with linocut is similar to…
- 6th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Festive Native Wreaths with Robyn
***This class runs a number of times over our festive season - 6: 15pm and 7: 45pm on Weds 6th Dec and Thurs 14th Dec***Whether it’s baking biscuits, wrapping the gifts, or putting on a meal for your family, the best bit about any festive season is getting into the spirit of things and making…
- 6th Dec, 2023
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Make Your Own Wrapping Paper with Emilie
Add a beautiful, personalized touch to your gift giving this season - come and have fun making your own wrapping paper! Try a festive design or something seasonal, or even just a favourite food or flower that you'll use all year round. In this class, Emilie will teach you how to design and make your own rubber…
- 6th Dec, 2023
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- L3 R14, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne, 3000 VIC
Dry Felting 101: Xmas Puddings with Heather
What’s it all about? Needle felting is the simple process of turning loose wool into a solid felt using a barbed needle. It’s a very easy craft which doesn’t require extensive equipment. You can make toys, ornaments and decorations - a very fun hobby! To celebrate the festive season we'll be learning to dry…
- 7th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- L3 R14-15, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne, 3000 VIC
Queer Social Moorabbin: Soap Making 101 with Maddy
Soap is a staple, everyday item, but do we really understand how it's made and how it works? Let alone how to make good choice about what soap to use - for our skin and for the environment? In this hands-on class you'll learn all about the natural chemical reaction that creates soap, what to look…
- 7th Dec, 2023
- 6:30pm - 8:30pm (AEDT)
- 77 Keys Rd, Moorabbin VIC 3189, Australia
Native Australian Festive PrintShop with Emilie
Join us for a drop-in craft workshop for complete beginners, with a focus on festive-themed printmaking! You can make your own wrapping pager, gift tags, festive cards and more! Choose or stay for three options: Make your own wrapping paper with native flora and fauna linocut carved stamps (print station - 10 to 20 minutes)Make…
- 10th Dec, 2023
- 11:00am - 3:00pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston 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…
- 11th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Pet Portraits with Marloes (Online)
Would you like to draw a super cute portrait of your pet? Or really any other animal you love! Come and learn how to create an adorable pet image and how to create the perfect animal fur texture with artist Marloes! This class welcome beginners! What will we cover? Through this draw along workshop you…
- 11th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- Online
SOLD OUT – Bauble Wreaths with Robyn
The festive season has arrived, and sometimes it can be a bit overwhelming and hectic. The antidote? Some festive craft time, of course! Settle in and make something with your hands - a cheery bauble wreath - for yourself or a pal. With a simple construction process (the power of glue guns! ) the real…
- 11th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Bauble Wreaths with Robyn
The festive season has arrived, and sometimes it can be a bit overwhelming and hectic. The antidote? Some festive craft time, of course! Settle in and make something with your hands - a cheery bauble wreath - for yourself or a pal. With a simple construction process (the power of glue guns! ) the real…
- 11th Dec, 2023
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Soap Bar Making 101 with Maddy
Soap is a staple, everyday item, but do we really understand how it's made and how it works? Let alone how to make good choice about what soap to use - for our skin and for the environment? In this hands-on class you'll learn all about the natural chemical reaction that creates soap, what to look…
- 11th Dec, 2023
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Journaling Writing: How Far You’ve Come with Ingrid (Online)
We're all busy with something or other, whether it's doing, working, growing or being. And even though there will always be something more to do, to learn, to overcome or enjoy, every now and then it's so good justbto pause and recognise how far we've come. With the end of the year just around the…
- 12th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- Online
Paper Gift Boxes with Valerie
Valerie is on a mission to reduce waste, and repurpose everyday materials around us. As such, she's never having to buy wrapping paper or gift bags, but has a neat method for turning collected paper into cute gifts boxes of all sizes. Come along and learn to make cute gift boxes from all sorts of paper through…
- 12th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
DIY Festive Stamped Stationary with Cherie
A touch of the handmade adds something special and personal to your gift giving, while having fun n the process. In this class we will be stamping onto papers that have been dyed to give them an aged look and then creating stationery that includes cards, gift tags and wrapping paper. Whether you prefer…
- 12th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Festive Candle Making with Maddy
A little bit of homemade luxury goes a long way! Who doesn't melt a little bit and relax at the warm glow of a candle, its scent filling your space. Come and join this beginner class and learn how to make soy candle from scratch - a process that's safe and simple to replicate at home.…
- 12th Dec, 2023
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Festive Native Wreaths with Robyn
***This class at both 6: 15pm and 7: 45pm on Thurs 14th Dec***Whether it’s baking biscuits, wrapping the gifts, or putting on a meal for your family, the best bit about any festive season is getting into the spirit of things and making something yourselfWhy not give something new a try and make your own…
- 14th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Watercolours for Beginners: Xmas Cards with Emilie
Come and enjoy the wonderful world of watercolour paintings! This beginners class will teach you skills and techniques to create your own piece of Xmassy watercolour art - to keep or to gift. You will experiment with colour and shapes to create a beautiful image for your homemade Xmas cards this festive season. We welcome…
- 14th Dec, 2023
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- L3 R14, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne, 3000 VIC
Queer Social Moorabbin: Bold Make Up Tips for the Festive Season with Dylann
Make up can be fun and bold any time of the year! But with Christmas office parties, New Years eve, Festivals and many other parties coming up it’s a great opportunity to bring out the boldness in you and bring your make up to the next level. Dylan will share tips, tricks, inspiration and hands-on…
- 14th Dec, 2023
- 6:30pm - 8:30pm (AEDT)
- 77 Keys Rd, Moorabbin VIC 3189, Australia
Festive Native Wreaths with Robyn
***This class at both 6: 15pm and 7: 45pm on Thurs 14th Dec***Whether it’s baking biscuits, wrapping the gifts, or putting on a meal for your family, the best bit about any festive season is getting into the spirit of things and making something yourselfWhy not give something new a try and make your own…
- 14th Dec, 2023
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Printmaking for Beginners: Milk Carton Printing with Emilie
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…
- 14th Dec, 2023
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Beginner Watercolours: Beautiful Flowers and Foliage with Anita
Watercolour painting is a fun and forgiving art form, creating expressive images in a relaxing application. Come and learn more about watercolour paints as you pick up a brush and try your hand at flowers and foliage, and composing them into beautiful wreaths. They make beautiful handmade gifts and cards for any occasion, and there's…
- 8th Jan, 2024
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- L3 R14, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne, 3000 VIC
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…
- 9th Jan, 2024
- 6:15pm - 7:45pm (AEDT)
- L3, Room 14-15, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne, 3000 VIC
Galactic Jesmonite Trinket Trays with Maddy
Jesmonite is a water-based and eco-friendly resin, which is non-toxic and has no dangerous fumes. It's a versatile casting material, with diverse colours, textures and finishes. Put this material to enjoyable use and learn how to create your own colourful trinket tray. This is a beginner-friendly class with all materials provided - just come and have fun! Create…
- 9th Jan, 2024
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- L3 R14, 37 Swanston St, 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…
- 11th Jan, 2024
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Homebrewing Kombucha for Warmer Weather with Jen
Looking for a healthy drink to have on hand this Summer? Maybe Kombucha's the answer! It's so cheap and simple to make, and you'll come to love your wonderous SCOBYs in no time. The basis of kombucha brewing is the SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast). It's a bit odd and yucky looking, but it’s…
- 16th Jan, 2024
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- L3 R14, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne, 3000 VIC
The Art of Collage with Yianni
Collage isn't new, it's been around for thousands of years. But collage can allow us to be kids again - thinking outside the square, constructing imaginary worlds, scenarios and even poetry. Like other styles of art, Collage can be aesthetic, disruptive, structured or free-form. Whatever you personal style, collage is flexible and endlessly expressive.…
- 16th Jan, 2024
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- L3 R14, 37 Swanston St (Nicholson Building), Melbourne, 3000 VIC
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…
- 18th Jan, 2024
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, 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…
- 18th Jan, 2024
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Life Line Cords: An Intro To Japanese Kumihimo Braiding with Vivian
Wherever the artist Vivian Qiu travels - sitting on the train, watching over a lake - she braids in the sound, smell and the essence of that place. In this way the Life Line Cord captures life's moments, stories and body sensation. Join her and learn the technique of Japanese Kumihimo braiding. It’s a traditional Japanese…
- 23rd Jan, 2024
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm (AEDT)
- L3 R14, 37 Swanston St (Nicholson Building) Melbourne, 3000 VIC
Make 2024 the Year You Write Your Book with Ashley (Online)
Whether you’re bursting with ideas, have a personal story to tell, or want to finally give writing a go, this workshop will help you kickstart your project and give you guidance for making 2024 the year you write your book! Learn about the process from a published author – everything from first drafts to editing…
- 29th Jan, 2024
- 7:45pm - 9:00pm (AEDT)
- Online
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