Fairy House Workshop

St Albans Museum + Gallery is hosting a Fairy House Workshop on Saturday 14 November, a morning spent crafting your own whimsical fairy house or hobbit hole from polymer clay. It's led by Dani of Designed By Dani UK, who'll guide you through the process of building a little home from scratch, so you'll leave with something you've actually made yourself rather than just a kit put together.

The workshop runs from 10:30 and lasts two and a half hours, giving you plenty of time to get the details right without having to rush it. It's a hands-on session, so it's as much about the making as it is about the finished piece. If you've never worked with polymer clay before, it's a great way to get a feel for it—it's a versatile material that's easy to shape and hold, which makes it a good choice for something as detailed as a tiny house.

It's held at St Albans Museum + Gallery, in the restored Georgian Town Hall on St Peter's Street, which still keeps the old courtroom and the historic cells. The museum moved here from Hatfield Road in 2018 and now runs a mix of changing exhibitions, talks, and workshops alongside its family activities. That family side covers a fair bit of ground: craft afternoons for children aged five to eleven, guided heritage tours of the Town Hall—including the grand Assembly Room—and Museum Minis for the two-to-four crowd, who follow a tale through a story, a craft activity and a treasure hunt.

This workshop is one of those creative slots that fits into a Saturday morning, with the session starting at 10:30 and running for two and a half hours. Tickets are £40.