The finest festive experiences in London this winter are not at ice rinks or Christmas markets — they are in
creative workshops where you make something beautiful by hand and take it home as a genuinely personal
piece of Christmas. Discover the best Christmas workshops and festive activities in London for 2026, at Red
Glasses Workshops and Tufting London — the UK's first professional tufting studio with over 1,500 five-star
Google reviews.

The finest festive experiences in London this winter are not at ice rinks or Christmas markets — they are in
creative workshops where you make something beautiful by hand and take it home as a genuinely personal
piece of Christmas. Discover the best Christmas workshops and festive activities in London for 2026, at Red
Glasses Workshops and Tufting London — the UK's first professional tufting studio with over 1,500 five-star
Google reviews.

Christmas Candlelight Pottery Painting — A Special Seasonal Edition

Brand new for Christmas 2026, the Christmas Candlelight Pottery Painting Experience at Red
Glasses Workshops — hosted by Hands & Stories — is one of the most beautifully conceived festive workshops available in London this winter.

Set in a cosy candlelit studio with a warm and genuinely enchanting Christmas atmosphere, participants choose from a curated selection of ceramic pieces and spend the session painting and personalising their chosen piece under gentle, expert guidance. Tea, drinks, and snacks are included throughout. All materials, professional kiln firing, and shipping of your finished ceramic piece are included in the £46 per person price.

Dates:

■ Saturday 14th November — 1:00 pm
■ Saturday 21st November — 1:00 pm
■ Saturday 28th November — 1:00 pm & 2:00 pm

■ Sunday 6th December — 2:00 pm
■ Saturday 12th December — 1:00 pm

Christmas Fruit-Shaped Soap Making — The UK's Most Original Festive Gift

Red Glasses Workshops is home to the UK's first and only fruit-shaped soap making
workshop — and at Christmas, it becomes one of the most original and most talked-about festive
gift experiences available anywhere in London.

Participants blend natural fragrances, colours, and botanicals to create their own beautifully crafted,
personalised fruit-shaped soaps from scratch. Each soap weighs approximately 240 grams
including its rope and can be personalised with a name — making it one of the most thoughtful
and most genuinely original Christmas gifts available. You cannot buy this anywhere else in the
United Kingdom. Available every first and third Saturday of the month, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. £80 for two people. Contact hello@tuftinglondon.com to book.

Christmas Candle Making — Your Signature Festive Fragrance

There is no more perfectly Christmas creative experience than making your own candle — and the
Christmas candle making workshop at Red Glasses Workshops is at its most atmospheric in the
festive season.

Participants blend their own signature Christmas fragrance from a curated palette of premium
essential oils — warm spiced notes, dark amber, cedarwood, clove, cinnamon, and the clean
brightness of winter citrus — and pour their own completely personalised handmade Christmas
candle. A handmade Christmas candle also makes one of the most original and most personal
festive gifts available. 

Available for group bookings and also on 6th of December Sunday 3pm for a public workshop date.

Christmas Aromatherapy & Perfume Making — Scent Alchemy for the Season

For a Christmas workshop experience that is as much about wellness as creativity, the Christmas
Scent Alchemy aromatherapy and perfume making workshop at Red Glasses Workshops is
genuinely extraordinary.
Guided by expert hosts, participants explore a curated palette of eight premium essential oils,
blending two completely bespoke aromatherapy blends — one energising, one calming — in a
fragrance palette inspired by the winter season. Think warm spice, dark wood, festive citrus, and the
deep, resinous comfort of frankincense and myrrh. All materials provided. £55 per person.
Available on selected Saturdays including 5th and 19th December 2026, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm.

Make a Christmas Rug at Tufting London

For those who want a Christmas creative experience on a larger and more dramatic scale — a
Christmas tufting workshop at Tufting London is the most striking festive making experience
available in London this winter.

As the UK's first and original professional tufting studio, founded in 2022, with over 1,500
five-star Google reviews, Tufting London offers daily workshops where participants design and
make their own completely unique handmade rug. At Christmas, the studio palette fills with the
season's most beautiful colours — deep holly green, rich burgundy, festive red, midnight black, and
warm gold. A Christmas tufted rug is not a seasonal decoration to be put away in January. It is a
genuinely beautiful, professionally made handmade textile that will look extraordinary in your home
for decades to come. Completely beginner-friendly. Daily workshops available. Individuals, couples welcome. One minute from Nine Elms Station, Northern Line, Zone 1.

A Complete Christmas Creative Day in Nine Elms
Both Tufting London and Red Glasses Workshops are located in Nine Elms, minutes apart from
each other and minutes from Nine Elms Station on the Northern Line. This makes it entirely possible — and thoroughly recommended — to combine a Christmas tufting session at Tufting London with an afternoon at Red Glasses Workshops for candle making, pottery painting, or aromatherapy blending. The most original, most joyful, and most genuinely memorable Christmas day out available in London this winter.

■ Tufting London - Nine Elms Station, Northern Line, Zone 1 | tuftinglondon.com
■ Red Glasses Workshops Arch 61, New Covent Garden Market, Nine Elms, London SW8 5PP | @redglasses_workshop
✉ hello@tuftinglondon.com — all bookings and enquiries
Tufting London — The UK's First Professional Tufting Studio, Founded 2022. Over 1,500 Five-Star Google Reviews. | Red Glasses Workshops — Sister Studio. Arch 61, New Covent Garden Market, SW8 5PP.