Glazed Over Ceramic Studio455

The winner of our 2008 Parents' Picks quest to find the best artsy class for big kids and best place for a parents' night out in Houston, Glazed Over is a paint-your-own-pottery studio. Customers select a "raw" piece of pottery or mosaic, then choose paints, brushes, stencils, and sponges with which to decorate it. Painters can purchase soft drinks and juices, and can even have food delivered. When finished, Glazed Over glazes and fires the piece; pick-up is ready within seven days.

Birthday party packages are available for a minimum of eight painters. Glazed Over also hosts classes for kids ages five to 13, as well as weekly summer camp sessions, and a spring break camp.

The studio also hosts a storytime-workshop in which parents and children ages two to five listen to a story, then paint a critter that relates to the story.