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Crafting is a favourite pastime in Berlin, and the city offers workshops, studios and shops for every creative idea. From ceramics in Kreuzberg to sewing cafés in Neukölln and paper art in Mitte, there are plenty of spaces to get hands-on.
This overview gathers Berlin locations built around crafting, from open studios and supply shops to guided courses for beginners and children. Some focus on a single technique, others on a broad mix of materials and seasonal projects.
Browse the places below to find the right spot for crafting in Berlin, compare courses and prices, and start your next project.
The MACHmit! Museum for Children has set up shop in the de-consecrated Elias Church in Prenzlauer Berg, with the church tower clock, altar area, and organ remaining. Across 1,200 square meters on two floors, a seven-meter-high climbing shelf is the centerpiece. Among Berlin's children's museums, it is the one for two- to twelve-year-olds with their own workshops to get started.
Werken Spielen Schenken is a traditional toy and craft store in Berlin-Steglitz with a huge assortment and an always-new course program.
The Labyrinth Children's Museum is located in a heritage-protected assembly hall from 1890 in Wedding, where matchstick machines were once assembled. Spread across approximately 1,000 square meters, Talentopia features seven areas, from a construction crane and a control center to a material bar. Among Berlin's children's museums, it is one of the oldest; since 1997, it has welcomed over 1.7 million guests.
At the foot of the TV Tower in Berlin-Mitte, the Human Museum shows what lies beneath the skin: real plastinated bodies, preserved with a method that has brought anatomy from the lecture hall into the public space. Berlin's most curious museum is also one of its most consistent.
In the fourth courtyard of the Hackesche Höfe, Perlin sells trade beads, stone, glass, and silver beads for DIY stringing. Additionally, there is ready-made jewelry crafted from old beads, reassembled by designer Birgit Laun.
During the winter holidays, the Labyrinth Children's Museum in Berlin-Wedding dedicates a whole week to language and the diversity of the world within its interactive exhibition TALENTOPIA.
Clavis School for Art and Science offers holiday camps where children and teenagers aged 8 and up can draw manga, create animated films, or design street art. Here, kids can truly unleash their creativity!
Kreuzberg's most famous creative and educational center for children and young people opens its doors free of charge for everyone. Across five floors, right next to Viktoriapark, children can craft, dance, build, and experiment – here, it's not the parents' wallet that counts, but the child's talent.
Making your own Christmas decorations? No problem, because at idee.Creativmarkt in the Kantcenter, creative Christmas crafters will find everything their heart desires.
The Yellow Villa is a creative and educational center for children and young people in Berlin-Neukölln. During the winter holidays, a free and diverse holiday program with workshops on many different topics is offered.
If you prefer to make your own Easter decorations rather than putting ready-made ones in your basket, then idee. Creativmarkt in Charlottenburg's Kantcenter is the right place for you. On approximately 1,000 square meters of pedestrian zone on Wilmersdorfer Straße, you'll find everything crafters need for their Easter decorations.
Kreuzberg's most famous creative department store at Moritzplatz offers over 40,000 items across more than 3,000 square meters – from craft paper to technical plastics and architectural model making supplies. Modulor is the go-to Berlin address for anyone serious about DIY.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the houses of the Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin - with an extensive Advent program 2018 and even a visit from Santa Claus!
In Berlin-Treptow, the city's oldest producing company invites you to arguably the greenest Easter celebration in the capital: Späth'sche Baumschulen combine Sorbian traditional Easter egg painting, the scent of herbs, and live music into a spring event that captivates both young and old.
If you prefer to get crafty yourself for Easter rather than buying ready-made decorations, Friedrichshain is the place to be: Frieda Hain at Boxhagener Platz provides sewing and crafting enthusiasts with hand-picked Easter fabrics, DIY accessories, and the perfect sewing studio that actively helps with creative blocks.
On Veteranenstraße in Berlin-Mitte, behind the vibrant logo of Frau Tulpe Fabrics & Sewing School, there's much more than just a fabric store: Here, Japanese printed fabrics meet American patchwork collections, while the attached sewing school turns both beginners and advanced sewers into creative minds.
Berlin's most famous craft specialty store has been located in Schöneberg for decades and has long been a city-wide institution. Hobbyshop Wilhelm Rüther combines everything creative minds need at four locations: from artist supplies to pottery accessories, beads, and jewelry. Honest expert advice instead of lifestyle aesthetics.
Charlottenburg has its very own crafting cosmos: StempelBar on Weimarer Straße is Berlin's go-to spot for stamping, scrapbooking, and handmade greeting cards, offering a range from clear stamps to embossing powder, and Saturday workshops where true DIY spirit comes to life.
Those who want to learn sewing in Wilmersdorf will find exactly what they're looking for at the Berliner Schnitte sewing school and fabric shop. Andrea Alms' studio on Brandenburgische Straße combines sewing courses for all levels with an open sewing studio and a carefully curated assortment of high-quality fabrics and sewing patterns.
The cozy ceramic café Colour Your Day in Berlin-Friedenau is the right place for creative ceramic painting.
Since 1989, Perlenbar in Charlottenburg has been Berlin's premier destination for homemade jewelry and DIY craft projects. On Uhlandstraße, beads from all over the world meet expert advice and a craft table where creativity takes concrete form.
A children's birthday party at the KLAX Creative Workshop for children guarantees a good mood, because here you can do pottery, build, paint, or delve into technical questions, depending on your interests!
The Tukadu in Mitte is a store for pearls and jewelry design and a mecca for those who want to create their own jewelry.
Anyone looking for craft supplies in Charlottenburg will sooner or later end up at idee. Creativmarkt: Berlin's best-known creative market chain with four branches in the city, a huge assortment, and a fabric selection that is unparalleled in Berlin.
Anyone looking for Berlin's largest craft supply and toy store in Steglitz will find it on Schloßstraße: Werken-Spielen-Schenken combines over 200,000 products across 2,500 square meters, decades of family history, and an ongoing course program for anyone who wants to get hands-on.