Venice: Carnival Mask Workshop
1.Venice: Carnival Mask Workshop
Paint your own Venice carnival mask in a guided paper-mâché workshop. Learn Carnival traditions and take home a finished keepsake.
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The 15 most-loved workshops for couples in Venice, with prices, timings and who you book through. The ones worth planning a slow Venetian day around, and what each one is really like.
Paint your own Venice carnival mask in a guided paper-mâché workshop. Learn Carnival traditions and take home a finished keepsake.
Most PopularVenice pasta and tiramisu class with wine, limoncello, and coffee in a small group. Learn techniques, then eat what you make.
“Thomas was excellent. The place was so clean and beautiful. We learned every step of making pasta and tiramisu. Then we ate what we made. We are huge fans now. I highly recommend this.”
Private 75-minute Murano glass lesson with Massimiliano Caldarone. Make a pendant with lamp techniques and take it home for $93.
Small-group Venetian Carnival mask-making in Piazza San Marco. Learn papier-mâché techniques, paint your own mask, take it home.
“Fun for couple/friends. Nicola was very patient with us, he hosted us in his atelier (max 6 spots) and explained us a very basic on the Carnival and the Carnival masks. It was really interesting and the workshop activity was fun and smooth, all done by ourselves with his final touch up. Also if you…”
Small-group Murano glass workshop with a master demo, factory tour, take-home mosaic or bead jewelry, and roundtrip private water taxi.
“A great way to see the glass making by a master glass blower. It was a small group and very informative. We had a chance to ask questions and watch a couple of demonstrations. We then toured the glass gallery and had an opportunity to visit the shop if we wanted. The water taxi trip…”
Craft a Venetian paper-mache mask in 90 minutes at Carta Alta on Giudecca, with mask history, Baroque-style decorating, and a take-home souvenir for $71.
Private Venice glassmaking lesson with artisan Massimiliano Caldarone. Make a take-home artwork and get 10% off shop pieces.
“This was a great class. It was small and intimate and our host was funny and focused on keeping us safe and making sure we didn't do anything wrong. At the end you get a masters demonstration of a much more complicated artwork that is amazing to see take shape in front of your eyes.…”
Rialto market to kitchen: hands-on Venetian cooking with a local chef. Fresh pasta/gnocchi, tiramisù, spritz and prosecco included.
“With this tour we walked through the market and bought all of the ingredients fresh we were given a little history of the market and area”
Hands-on handmade pasta and classic tiramisù in a Venetian home with Cesarine hosts. Small group, prosecco aperitivo, and real skills.
“We had a bit of a hiccup finding her apartment as there were no real street signs and it was pouring rain but she waited for us by the door and once we found it it was a perfect evening.”
Create your own Murano glass in a 4-person beginner class. Practice safe, then blow a cup or vase, with next-day pickup.
“Awesome experience. The team was great and to see and understand how Murano Glass is made was definitely worth the price.”
Create your own Venetian carnival mask inside Palazzo delle Prigioni, led by an artisan. Materials included. Walk away with a souvenir.
Private Venice cooking with Massimo: Rialto Market stroll, handmade pasta lessons, and a wine-and-stories lunch or dinner.
“This was absolutely the best tour we had in Italy. We felt that Massimo invited our family to his family meal. It will be a forever memory of our time in Venice.”
Small-group cooking in Chef Carolyn’s Venice home. Make hand-filled agnolotti and crème patisserie, then eat lunch with wine.
“Oh, what a wonderful experience and dream come true! Learning how to make pasta and other Italian cuisine in actual Italy with Venice church bells sounding in the background from a professional chef was remarkable. Chef Carolyn is such a delightful person and we couldn’t be more pleased on how we spent our day. From…”
Make a real Venice papier-mâché mask in a small atelier. Learn Carnival history, paint and decorate, then take it home.
“Venice is actually a very crowded (as well as beautiful) place and this provided a peaceful and happy break from the chaos. It was nice to spend time with a genuine Venetian artisan in a creative activity. Our masks turned out pretty well too! We were two adults and a 9 year old child. It…”
Small-group Murano tour with an 1295 glass showroom, churches walk, and optional lampwork bead-making from the Venice lagoon.
“Lovely little tour around Murano. Valerio was fun and engaging. He knew heaps about the history of Murano and showed us great places to eat and drink.”
From the gondola and St Mark’s to the lagoon islands, the food and the Veneto beyond, every way to spend a day in Venice as a couple.