
Werken Spielen Schenken is a traditional toy and craft store in Berlin-Steglitz with a huge assortment and an always-new course program.
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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.

Werken Spielen Schenken is a traditional toy and craft store in Berlin-Steglitz with a huge assortment and an always-new course program.


In the basement of the Berlin TV Tower, one of the city's most curious museums is located: BODY WORLDS displays real human bodies as plastinated artworks. Anatomy, health, and the big questions of life across 1,200 square meters.







During winter, the Labyrinth Children's Museum in Berlin-Wedding is also open on Thursdays until April 2019 and invites children in the 2018/2019 winter season to discover the diversity of the world.

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!





The yellow villa is a creative and educational centre for children and young people in Berlin-Kreuzberg. A wide range of activities are offered here free of charge, from a wood workshop to a dance and sports room.

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-Kreuzberg. During the 2019 Berlin winter holidays, a free (!) and diverse holiday program with workshops and excursions on many different topics will be offered.




At Idee.Creativmarkt in Kantcenter, creative craft fans will find many craft ideas and accessories for Easter decoration.



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!





Späth'schen Baumschulen (Späth Nurseries) are getting ready for Easter 2025, traditionally kicking off the new garden season with plant advice, an Easter bonfire, and Sorbian-style Easter egg painting.


Frieda Hain at Boxhagener Platz offers beautiful Easter fabrics for DIY sewing. For those who need help with the creative process, the sewing studio provides support.

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 sewing studio Berliner Schnitte offers holiday sewing courses for students in Berlin-Wilmersdorf during the winter holidays.






The cozy ceramic café Colour Your Day in Berlin-Friedenau invites you to 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.

Since 1985, Fadeninsel on Oranienstraße in Kreuzberg has been the premier destination for knitting, crocheting, and handicrafts in Berlin. Over a hundred yarn qualities, a focus on natural fibers, and truly thoughtful advice make this wool shop a vibrant DIY institution in the neighborhood.

Anyone in Berlin serious about crafting, painting, or designing can hardly avoid boesner. With branches in Prenzlauer Berg, Charlottenburg, and Neukölln, the professional art supply dealer is the first choice for creatives who want more than the average drug store assortment.