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Parties and Special Events!
 
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Celebrate birthdays, showers, and family celebrations while making glass art! We take care of materials and instruction for the project of your choice. You can bring refreshments. Guests make their own party favors! We'll design a project for you and your guests, or you can choose from our party menu. Party activities include Glassblowing, Lampworking, Sandblasting, Bead Making, and Fusing.
Anyone age seven and up (varies by project) can create unique glass art projects that are theirs to keep. What a great opportunity to get together with your friends, express creativity and have fun. We provide all art supplies, instruction, as well as tables and chairs for refreshments.
Contact us today to schedule a celebration that is customized just for you!
A $50 deposit is required when you schedule your party. The deposit goes toward your balance, which is due one week before the event. Party costs depend on the project, number of participants and length of the event. We will make every effort to work with your budget and party ideas! Call us at 269-552-9802.
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Sandblasting Parties
Ages 7 & Up
Design your own glass piece. Cut your own design out in the sandblaster...it's ready to take home the same day!
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Pizza Party!
Guests design and blast a pizza plate. Bring your own pizza and drinks. Fun, food and favor! |
Thank Goodness it's Sundae!
Each guest creates their own unique ice cream bowl. Bring your own ice cream to enjoy a sundae in your finished dish! |
Fusing Parties
Ages 7 & Up
Create your own design using cut glass! We fire it in the kiln and it's ready to take home in a few days.
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Feeling Festive!
Design glass "cookies" or hanging ornaments for the holidays or any time! We'll design a shape to fit your theme.
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Catch Some Rays!
Guests create one-of-a-kind sun catchers or coasters. |
Bead Making Parties
Ages 10 & Up
Experience the excitement of creating glass beads on a steel mandrel. Use bright, vibrant colors to make a variety of beads. Projects will be ready to pick up the next day.
Lampworking Parties
Ages 10 and Up
Learn to shape glass in the torch. Projects will be ready to pick up the next day. |
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Hanging by a String
Guests will create their own unique pendant using lampworking techniques. |
This Place is a Zoo!
Guests will create their own glass turtle or fish pendant! |
Glassblowing Parties
Ages 10 and up
An introduction to traditional hot glass work. At the two-hour party, guests will be shown how to use glass blowing tools and manipulate colorful hot glass from the furnace.
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Flowers
Gather and manipulate glass. Add color and cut molten glass to create a unique glass art shaped flower paperweight. |
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Interactive Vase
Participate in creating a memorable glass blown vase. Each person has the opportunity to add colored glass, to cut and shape it, making the finished vase a unique keepsake from the party. |
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Pressed Glass Paperweights
Gather and manipulate glass. Add color and press designs of your choice into the hot glass to create a flattened paperweight. |
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Paperweight
Learn how to use murrine, stringers and bubbles to create unique worlds within a sphere of solid glass. |
Times are available during the day, after school, in the evening, on weekends and throughout the summer. Unless otherwise noted, parties have a minimum of $150. A $50 deposit is required when you schedule your event. The deposit goes toward your balance, which is due a week before your party. Contact West Michigan Glass Art Center at (269) 552-9802 to schedule your special event TODAY!
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