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Three steps, no booking
Skip the set menu. For Valentine's Day in London, book a creative date at Art Play: paint each other's portraits at Paint Your Partner, share a Sip & Paint class, or get your hands in clay together. No experience is needed, materials are included and there's a bar at both studios.
Valentine's Day activities for couples
1. Paint Your Partner: paint each other's portraits and compare the results. It's about the fun, not the likeness. Around 2.5 hours, tickets £45.
2. Sip & Paint: an artist guides you both through a painting on canvas, step by step. Two hours, £38.
3. Bottomless Prosecco Sip and Paint: the guided class with bottomless prosecco. Two hours, £52.
4. Hand-building pottery: shape a ceramic piece each in a relaxed class. 1.5 hours, £32.
5. Wheel throwing taster: try the potter's wheel together at Shoreditch. 1.5 hours, £55.
It's a date with something to do, which takes the pressure off a first date and gives long-term couples a change from dinner. Both studios have a bar, so you can make an evening of it.
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Valentine's date ideas in London
The best Valentine's dates give you something to talk about. A workshop does that: you're both trying something new, and you end the night with a painting or a pot rather than just a bill. Art Play has studios in Shoreditch, near Liverpool Street, and Chelsea, near Sloane Square.
Galentine's and anti-Valentine's plans
Not doing romance this year? Bring your friends. Sip & Paint and candle making work just as well for a group, Vibe N' Paint is an 18+ paint party with a DJ, and private workshops are available for parties of 8 or more.
Valentine's gifts with a personal touch
Give an Art Play gift voucher and choose a date together later, or make the present yourself at a silver ring making or candle making workshop. Book early if you want a mid-February date.