Dec 19, 2025 - News

Where to make your own gift in San Francisco

Nadia Lopez

Top view of hands shaping a pottery vase on a spinning wheel, with clay-covered fingers and a sponge smoothing the surface. — Studios around town offer workshops to create your own holiday gifts. Photo: Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Handmade gifts are having a moment, and there are tons of spots around the city to try your hand at a new craft.

The big picture: Younger generations are shifting to hands-on hobbies like needlepoint, knitting and pottery, part of a broader turn toward analog pastimes. Plus, homemade gifts help save money.

Christmas ornaments, simmer pots and bath bombs ranked among the top trending do-it-yourself gifts in the past month, Google Trends data shows.

What's happening: You can make your own meaningful holiday gift at studios around San Francisco.

🪴 Ceramics: Try a pottery workshop at spots like Richmond Clay House, Stone Gold Pottery or Wheelhouse Clay Studio.

Or personalize an already-made pottery piece at Terra Mia.

🧵 Sewing: Take a sewing class for all levels at Ciclo Sewing Lab.

🫧 Soapmaking: Learn the basics of making soap from scratch at Craftivity.

🎨 Marbling: Create a psychedelic marbled piece of art with help from The Workshop, which offers a variety of classes at its studio in the Haight.

📿 Jewelry: Create various statement pieces like stained glass earrings at Sharon Art Studio.

🧶 Knitting and crochet: Keep your loved ones warm with a handmade scarf or hat made through a beginner knitting or crochet class at ImagiKnit.

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