Rainbows Ceramics Painting Studio

Mugshots. 😂

3 for 2 baubles during September!
We’ll do the prints for you (and writing if you prefer), then you are welcome to decorate as you wish.
Per painter only.

If you are planning a party in November and December we have introduced a new festive 'Paint a Bauble' party package. Perfect for birthdays, schools, brownies and work groups. Usual T&C's apply.

York Food Festival is this weekend. Lots of free children’s activities at the Little Vikings tent which we are proud to sponsor. Get yourself down! Little Vikings - York for kids

Up Up and Away! To celebrate @yorkballoonfiesta our Up window is back!
#yorkballoonfiesta #balloons #knavesmire #baubles @visityork @littlevikingsuk #potterypainting #ceramics #rainbows #up

We're having a Halloween Party! 🎃🦇🧟‍♀️👻 Call 01904 675533 to book. Deposit required.

BISHOPTHORPE INFANT SCHOOL! You are our tile competition winners. Congratulations!BISHOPTHORPE INFANT SCHOOL! You are our tile competition winners. Congratulations!

Look what’s arrived on the shelves! 💀🎃👻

**SCHOOLS COMP UPDATE!**
Remember this?!
We have spent the summer counting all 2.5k votes (yep took a while!) and we are pleased to say we now have a winning school!
... Watch this space next week for the announcement! 🌈
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Please come down to Kings Square on 22nd Sept for the Minster FM roadshow to help support our high street.
We are all aware of shops closing everyday in York so it’s important that we remind ourselves of all the wonderful shops we still have in our beautiful city.
Please also sign the petition in the link and assist our local MP present to government the need for business rates reform, the main killer for all our lovely shops. Thank you 🌈

Cooper the Rainbows puppy has passed all of his puppy classes! Pop in and say hi, he’s very friendly. Till training next. 🐶🌈
Highly recommend these guys if you need puppy training. 4 Positive Paws

Stunning. 🦊
#fox #handpainted #pottery #potterypainting #ceramics #foxy

Thank you to everyone who came to our Adults Night last night, so much fun as always. Look at all these newly painted beauties! They’ll look even more fabulous when glazed.
Our next evenings are Fri 28th Sept & Fri 19th October. All dates can be found on our Events page.

Fancy being in panto?

Paint in acrylics and take away the same day. These are truly stunning tiles and painted using only acrylic paints. 🌻
#acrylic #acrylicpaint #sunflower #painting #ceramics #york #potterypainting

Just painting a giant Santa, as you do in the middle of August. 🎅🏻🛷
#windowdisplay #christmas #fatherchristmas #santa #potterypainting #york

Happy Hen Party Maddy. Pic as requested..😁🌈

And another clay print done. No.167 infact. Wow, they soon added up. 👣 This little one is just 1 week old. ❤️

Well we had such a lovely time here on our trip to York can’t wait to see the finished product but the staff were so friendly and helpful.



Will definitely plan another trip to York and will come back and create some more amazing memories with my little boy!



Highly recommend!!!

We've been here a few times with my stepdaughter and loved it each time, but today deserved a special mention. We had her 9th birthday party at Rainbows with a handful of friends and I honestly don't think Daisy could have been happier or more excited. Helen and the team were absolutely fantastic from beginning to end and made sure that Daisy had a very special day indeed. We even had a visit from Igor the pug! Thank you so much ladies, you've made a little girl very, very happy! Xx

We have visited Rainbow Ceramics on a few occasions in the past. Our eldest daughter loves it so much she wanted her 6th birthday party here. We opted for the animal party plus party food. I would highly recommend Rainbow Ceramics especially for a child’s birthday party.The staff were incredibly calm and helpful to all 10 children attending the party which included one 2 year old, one 3 year old and eight 6 year olds.It was the calmest party I have ever been too. The food which came in a packed lunch box catered for all needs.

A big thank you to all staff as it was a completely stress free party and a very enjoyable experience.

We celebrated our daughters birthday party here yesterday. I can honestly say, it had to be the most relaxed and fun birthday party, ever! The staff are super friendly and brilliant with the children. From the minute we arrived it was very well organised, the children loved choosing their item to paint, it was explained how to choose colours and how to get the perfect painting results! The displays on the walls to show different painting results and patterns etc is great. An hour for painting was perfect! All the children finished in good time. We had food too, the food was fresh, healthy options and was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone! ( even the grown ups) The Coffee and Tea available to buy here is fab also.

I can't fault anything. Thank you so much for making Mya s birthday very special!! X X

Visited this morning with my little girl to make a special present for my mums 60th. The lady who saw to us was brilliant and so enthusiastic with my little one. She helped me create an idea I had and when struggling for colours/inspiration she was so helpful and shared her ideas too. I then decided to let my little girl paint her own flower pot for a Christmas present for my mum and she dropped it on the floor and smashed to pieces 😭The lady didn't even blink an eye and replaced it straight away for us and told me to never apologise these things happen. She made me feel so much better and was just all round lovely ❤️❤️ I'm so excited to collect my items next week, I will definitely share photos just to show you how amazing the products are! 5* will definitely be back and highly recommend- Thankyou to the lovely lady that made it so special for us x

Visited Rainbow Ceramics today with my very grumpy 1year old to have her feet painted onto a plate. I have to say the lady who did it for us was so unbelievably patient with my screaming daughter and made me feel very welcome despite the noise! I would highly recommend them for their helpfulness and kindness. Thank you

This place is honestly one of my favourite places in the world! The staff are phenomenal and the quality of experience, amazing. There are always so many things to choose from and the lovely ladies are so helpful if you need a hand. Can't comend it enough - I promise you'll love it!

This place is fantastic! Loved by all my children from age 2 to 9! Helpful staff, great coffee too!

The most amazing place. I came here as part of my Hen day, it was fantastic! All the staff were so friendly and helpful right from when I booked it, they couldn't of helped us more. We all had such a great time and can't wait to go back. Thank you �

Thank you so much, my daughter Ava has had the best party ever today. Helen you were amazing with the girls and really made the whole experience such fun. We will be back!! Ava is one very happy birthday girl and all her friends throughly enjoyed it. From a parents point of view it was fantastic to sit back, relax and watch their child and friends smile and laugh throughout. Can't thank you all enough

My friend invited me along to this, and I have to say I was a little bit dubious. I'm not exactly the artistic type! Lol. Oh my God, I absolutely loved it. I can't thank enough the girl (don't know her name) for all her advice and help. She was absolutely amazing. Like she reminded us, it is only fun. And boy was it. We enjoyed the experience that much so, we are going back in August xxx

Just had my daughters 7th birthday party here today. FANTASTIC! A huge thank you to Helen and the girls for such a well organised party! The birthday girl and her guests had a lovely time. The staff were so welcoming and helpful and I can honestly say that was the most stress free party we have ever had so a winner from a parents point of view! Would highly recommend and will definitely return in the future.Thanks again.

Just had my daughter's birthday party there (Ella) and all the girls had an amazing time. It's very well organised, pleasant and there were no worries about the amount of paint used. It was very relaxed. Of course everything they painted is kept as a keepsake (after being glazed) which makes it memorable and special. We also had party food which was just the right balance of sandwiches and fruit.



I also want to say a huge 'Thankyou' to Helen who was more than amazing with the girls and coordinated everything from start to finish including taking coats, seating them and getting them started. She's a credit to Rainbow Ceramics. Ella and her friends had an amazing time and I would highly recommend it.

I've been a few times in the past and totally love the experience. It was my sister's first visit and we had a fantastic couple of hours painting, chatting and getting completely engrossed, and even a little 'artistically frustrated'! Looking forward to picking up our masterpieces next week. Staff friendly and helpful as ever and great coffee.

I would just like to thank the two members of staff that helped look after our Hen Party on Sunday 25th February. You couldn’t do enough for us! Our experience was fantastic. Thank you

I visited before Christmas to get a foot & paw print ceramic gift for a present. I went alone with my 9 week old baby (first time mum!) & hyper anxious schnauzer, to say I felt frazzled when I arrived was an understatement but there were two lovely ladies on hand who took Herbert Schnauzer from me, they were ridiculously patient & kind with him until they gained his trust to get the print. The end result is amazing and it is a much loved gift! Thank you!

I came here has part of my hen do earlier in the month and we had an amazing time!! The staff were so so friendly and we really enjoyed ourselves! We also got a plate for us all to sign so I have a memory of the day! Can't wait to see all our finished masterpieces. We are already planning out next visit!

Having just collected our items, and been amazed at them all over again I must say that without a doubt going to the studio, spending quality time with my 2 boys and all the laughs and giggles we had doing them we will be returning as soon as we can!



The service is faultless and the coffee is great too!

We have no option than to give you 5/5 stars









It's a shame that I can't share a photo in the review of our perfectly unique items... they're fabulous xx

Amazing place to spend the afternoon with the kids or without! ALL the staff are amazingly friendly and helpful and leave your little ones feeling like the most amazing artists in the world. No pressure to leave within a certain time and really reasonably priced!

Well we had such a lovely time here on our trip to York can’t wait to see the finished product but the staff were so friendly and helpful.



Will definitely plan another trip to York and will come back and create some more amazing memories with my little boy!



Highly recommend!!!

We've been here a few times with my stepdaughter and loved it each time, but today deserved a special mention. We had her 9th birthday party at Rainbows with a handful of friends and I honestly don't think Daisy could have been happier or more excited. Helen and the team were absolutely fantastic from beginning to end and made sure that Daisy had a very special day indeed. We even had a visit from Igor the pug! Thank you so much ladies, you've made a little girl very, very happy! Xx

We have visited Rainbow Ceramics on a few occasions in the past. Our eldest daughter loves it so much she wanted her 6th birthday party here. We opted for the animal party plus party food. I would highly recommend Rainbow Ceramics especially for a child’s birthday party.The staff were incredibly calm and helpful to all 10 children attending the party which included one 2 year old, one 3 year old and eight 6 year olds.It was the calmest party I have ever been too. The food which came in a packed lunch box catered for all needs.

A big thank you to all staff as it was a completely stress free party and a very enjoyable experience.

We celebrated our daughters birthday party here yesterday. I can honestly say, it had to be the most relaxed and fun birthday party, ever! The staff are super friendly and brilliant with the children. From the minute we arrived it was very well organised, the children loved choosing their item to paint, it was explained how to choose colours and how to get the perfect painting results! The displays on the walls to show different painting results and patterns etc is great. An hour for painting was perfect! All the children finished in good time. We had food too, the food was fresh, healthy options and was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone! ( even the grown ups) The Coffee and Tea available to buy here is fab also.

I can't fault anything. Thank you so much for making Mya s birthday very special!! X X

Visited this morning with my little girl to make a special present for my mums 60th. The lady who saw to us was brilliant and so enthusiastic with my little one. She helped me create an idea I had and when struggling for colours/inspiration she was so helpful and shared her ideas too. I then decided to let my little girl paint her own flower pot for a Christmas present for my mum and she dropped it on the floor and smashed to pieces 😭The lady didn't even blink an eye and replaced it straight away for us and told me to never apologise these things happen. She made me feel so much better and was just all round lovely ❤️❤️ I'm so excited to collect my items next week, I will definitely share photos just to show you how amazing the products are! 5* will definitely be back and highly recommend- Thankyou to the lovely lady that made it so special for us x

Visited Rainbow Ceramics today with my very grumpy 1year old to have her feet painted onto a plate. I have to say the lady who did it for us was so unbelievably patient with my screaming daughter and made me feel very welcome despite the noise! I would highly recommend them for their helpfulness and kindness. Thank you

This place is honestly one of my favourite places in the world! The staff are phenomenal and the quality of experience, amazing. There are always so many things to choose from and the lovely ladies are so helpful if you need a hand. Can't comend it enough - I promise you'll love it!

This place is fantastic! Loved by all my children from age 2 to 9! Helpful staff, great coffee too!

The most amazing place. I came here as part of my Hen day, it was fantastic! All the staff were so friendly and helpful right from when I booked it, they couldn't of helped us more. We all had such a great time and can't wait to go back. Thank you �

Thank you so much, my daughter Ava has had the best party ever today. Helen you were amazing with the girls and really made the whole experience such fun. We will be back!! Ava is one very happy birthday girl and all her friends throughly enjoyed it. From a parents point of view it was fantastic to sit back, relax and watch their child and friends smile and laugh throughout. Can't thank you all enough

My friend invited me along to this, and I have to say I was a little bit dubious. I'm not exactly the artistic type! Lol. Oh my God, I absolutely loved it. I can't thank enough the girl (don't know her name) for all her advice and help. She was absolutely amazing. Like she reminded us, it is only fun. And boy was it. We enjoyed the experience that much so, we are going back in August xxx

Just had my daughters 7th birthday party here today. FANTASTIC! A huge thank you to Helen and the girls for such a well organised party! The birthday girl and her guests had a lovely time. The staff were so welcoming and helpful and I can honestly say that was the most stress free party we have ever had so a winner from a parents point of view! Would highly recommend and will definitely return in the future.Thanks again.

Just had my daughter's birthday party there (Ella) and all the girls had an amazing time. It's very well organised, pleasant and there were no worries about the amount of paint used. It was very relaxed. Of course everything they painted is kept as a keepsake (after being glazed) which makes it memorable and special. We also had party food which was just the right balance of sandwiches and fruit.



I also want to say a huge 'Thankyou' to Helen who was more than amazing with the girls and coordinated everything from start to finish including taking coats, seating them and getting them started. She's a credit to Rainbow Ceramics. Ella and her friends had an amazing time and I would highly recommend it.

I've been a few times in the past and totally love the experience. It was my sister's first visit and we had a fantastic couple of hours painting, chatting and getting completely engrossed, and even a little 'artistically frustrated'! Looking forward to picking up our masterpieces next week. Staff friendly and helpful as ever and great coffee.

I would just like to thank the two members of staff that helped look after our Hen Party on Sunday 25th February. You couldn’t do enough for us! Our experience was fantastic. Thank you

I visited before Christmas to get a foot & paw print ceramic gift for a present. I went alone with my 9 week old baby (first time mum!) & hyper anxious schnauzer, to say I felt frazzled when I arrived was an understatement but there were two lovely ladies on hand who took Herbert Schnauzer from me, they were ridiculously patient & kind with him until they gained his trust to get the print. The end result is amazing and it is a much loved gift! Thank you!

I came here has part of my hen do earlier in the month and we had an amazing time!! The staff were so so friendly and we really enjoyed ourselves! We also got a plate for us all to sign so I have a memory of the day! Can't wait to see all our finished masterpieces. We are already planning out next visit!

Having just collected our items, and been amazed at them all over again I must say that without a doubt going to the studio, spending quality time with my 2 boys and all the laughs and giggles we had doing them we will be returning as soon as we can!



The service is faultless and the coffee is great too!

We have no option than to give you 5/5 stars









It's a shame that I can't share a photo in the review of our perfectly unique items... they're fabulous xx

Amazing place to spend the afternoon with the kids or without! ALL the staff are amazingly friendly and helpful and leave your little ones feeling like the most amazing artists in the world. No pressure to leave within a certain time and really reasonably priced!