Portland, Maine · Children's art studio
After-school art classes, birthday parties, summer camps and toddler playgroups — all around one long table in the middle of the studio.
Every kid has a spark. We help it glow.
Programs
Five programs, one studio, one long table. Pick the one that fits your week — or your whole summer.
The end of the school day, picked up with paint. Kids settle in at the long table, get their hands busy, and head home with something they made themselves.
The whole studio, just for your crew. Making is the main event, and everyone leaves holding something they're proud of.
Longer days, bigger projects, and a whole summer of making things that don't fit on a sheet of paper.
Little hands, big sensory fun, and a grown-up close by the whole time. Come in clothes that can take it.
Grown-ups get a turn at the table. Make something with your hands — no experience and no audience required.
Not sure where your kid fits? Start with a party or a playgroup.
Start a booking
Birthday parties
A birthday at The Little Palette means the making is the main event. Bring the crew, claim a table, and let the studio do what it does best.
The studio
We're not chasing gallery walls. We're after the look on a kid's face when the thing they made turns out to be theirs — made here, with this group, at this table.
Everyone starts at the same table. Names, a look at what we're making today, and a hand getting into an apron.
Paint, clay, glue, glitter. Everything's out, and the making is the point.
At the end, the work goes up on the wall and every maker gets a minute to talk about what they did.
Booking
Tell us what you're planning — a birthday, a class spot, a summer week — and we'll write back with the next step.
After-school classes, a birthday party, a summer camp, a toddler playgroup, or an adult workshop.
Send a note with the week or the day you have in mind, and who's coming along.
We'll write back to confirm and tell you what to bring. Short answer: just yourselves.