Clayground Studio

So I have been torn between 3 and 4 stars because the experience had its ups and downs but overall I was happy with the product and all of us had a great time doing it so I am confident that 4 stars is what this place deserves.
Here is what to expect with the Groupon (it will be different than what you read on Groupon and when you make the reservation they don’t tell you this either): Call to make a reservation and they book quickly so call far ahead of time. That day you go, you are only going to make the pottery on the kiln, takes about 5−10min. That’s it, you then have to come back within 3 – 4 weeks to paint your product (this will take about an hour or so depending on how fancy you get), then you come back after 10 days to pick up the finished product.
Well this wasn’t explained very well initially so now you know the process. The woman that helps you make the creation you are looking for is so helpful and makes you feel like you sort of know what you are doing, its a cool experience. When you go back to paint they have a variety of paints to chose from and designs you can use so you really can tailor to your home décor. The woman that explained the painting ideas to us was so nice and very helpful as well. The only poor customer service experience is from the older woman working there (older than like 25) who may be the owner? She is not very welcoming at all just very cold with everything she says and does, like you are bothering her all the time, so she has a great business but just shouldn’t be working with customers directly, just leave that to her staff. So between the Groupon confusion and the not so friendly owner, I was torn on a rating but overall, this is a great place that you will thoroughly enjoy.
If you don’t buy the Groupon and you want to just go in and paint the clay products they have available you can, just expect to pay a lot more. But if you don’t mind going there several times then try making it yourself there and paint after. Everyone enjoyed themselves and we were all grown woman so I am sure kids would have a blast as well. Just a fun, unique experience that you should try at least once.

While I had a good time there with my son I am disappointed to say I wouldn’t recommend it. Reason being we went for two things 1. To paint some premade pottery. I painted one thing and my son did as well. Both items turned out nicely despite very minimal instruction. 2. To make some of our own pottery with the «clay class». Which really seems to need to be renamed. There isn’t instruction or anything you just get s cube of clay and left to figure it out. Which is fine for me since we were just having fun. But now after this long process… all my stuff is broken. It survived drying and painting which took 2 weeks. Then clearly once fired up there were lots of things dropped, broken and lost. The item my son made lost all 4 of its legs. Only 3 pieces of leg were returned to glue and none of them fit together. My item lost a whole leaf and again I don’t have all the pieces to glue together. I don’t mind paying $ 25 for a bad class if I at least get to take something home in one piece. I would recommend they either try to find a more mature reliable staff and possibly look into moving storage to an area further from customers reach so that other customers don’t get broken goods. It’s like I paid $ 25 for a bag of broken glass? Really not what I was aiming for.

Studio is nice. Went for ladies night with some friends a few times. Tables are normally very full… some pieces will sell out so I would get there early! Painting was fun… however — prices are steep! ALSO a few times pieces have been lost and it’s took us 5 trips to NK to finally pick them up. Poor hours as well to pick up finished pieces. Most people work and the clayground on the days they are open close at 6… I will probably go back again because it’s a fun thing to do with friends.

This place has gone down hill. Too bad, we used to love going there. So that I can be considered a reviewer (per the new owner for clayground). My actual experiences have been: phone calls not returned, not open during posted hours, materials for projects not being available.

I took my niece here for her bday and we had a fantastic experience! The staff was courteous and helpful. There was a birthday party when we were there and my niece was begging to have her party there next year. The prices are a little high but it was worth it. I’m glad I didn’t let other reviews scare me off.

Drove all the way from Woonsocket in the snow called 20 minutes before we got there to make sure they were going to stay open they said yes. We get there and they were closed. Would have been nice to receive a call back saying that they decided to close early that would have been fine but no. Wasted $ 25 worth of gas just driving there and now we have to drive an hour back home. Terrible owner if you ask me. Left a comment on their Facebook page and they deleted it immediately.