Let VanGo Pottery™ Help You Put the Fun in Fundraising!

Are you looking for a fun, unique way to raise money for your organization? Then consider hiring VanGo Pottery™ to help you with your fundraising efforts. Preschool directors, we can help you and your kids paint pottery pieces and turn little fingerprints and handprints into a variety of animals and creatures. The finished masterpieces can then be auctioned off with the “prize” going to the highest bidder.

Tile walls are a great way to beautify your school, place of worship, playground, or office. Family members and friends can purchase and paint tiles to be affixed to a wall or decorative frame in a mosaic fashion. This is a great way to bring your community together while having fun and raising money.

Our everyday low prices make it easy for you to reach and surpass your fundraising goals. And we provide friendly, helpful staff at no additional charge. Call our studio at 602.468.3136 to discuss fundraising ideas and learn how VanGo Pottery™ can help you with your fundraising adventure!

Enjoy the Great Outdoors with VanGo Pottery™

One of my favorite reasons for living in the greater Metropolitan Phoenix area is our fabulous “winters.” While some people complain that Phoenix doesn’t have seasons, I’ll take my sunny, temperatures-in-the-mid-70s winter days over shoveling snow any day!

With the nice weather upon us, it’s time to start planning those outdoor parties. You pick the location—your backyard, the park, etc.— and provide the tables and chairs and VanGo Pottery™ will do the rest. We will show up at the location of your choice (indoors or out) and provide everything you need to entertain your guests with pottery painting fun. This is a fun, creative, all-ages activity that’s great for any occasion or no occasion at all. Call our studio today and we can begin planning your Great Outdoors Pottery Party!

Happy Thanksgiving from VanGo Pottery™

Wow, it’s been 3 months since my last post! Like most people, we at VanGo Pottery have been very busy and will continue being busy through this holiday season. With that, I would like to say that I’m thankful for being busy—it means business is good! I would also like to thank our wonderful clients for the opportunity to serve them, especially during these difficult economic times. It seems many are in need of a healthy reprieve from all that is going on these days.

During the month of November, a favorite preschool project is creating turkey handprint plates. Using our rim dinner plate, along with the child’s handprint and imagination, children create their very own personalized Thanksgiving Plates. We like to ask the children what they are thankful for, so we can write it on their plates. One of my favorite responses was, “I’m thankful for Rainbows and Fruit Loops.” Leave it to a 3-year-old to tell it like it is—it puts a smile on my face every time.

Happy Thanksgiving to ALL!

VanGo Pottery™ Offers Art Enrichment Classes

VanGo Pottery offers art enrichment classes to children of all ages—from preschoolers to middle school and beyond. At a recent class, we presented our preschoolers with fun, age-appropriate information about artist, Jackson Pollock. Then the children were given a pottery “canvas” (in this case, a medium size serving dish) along with a variety of paint and tools so they could paint in the action painting style of Pollock.

The children had great fun squirting, throwing, rolling, and splattering paint at their serving dishes, all the while learning about different painting styles. One child commented to his mother at pickup, “Mommy, this was really fun. I want to do this at home.” After looking at the paint-filled tables and floor, mom replied, “Well honey, this is why we do VanGo Pottery classes. So you can learn and have fun and I don’t have to clean up the mess!”

Spice Up Your next Bridal or Baby Shower with VanGo Pottery™

Bridal and baby showers are a great way to honor and support Moms- and Brides-to-be. But let’s face it, sometimes the usual shower games are not so fun and are often the dreaded part of the festivities.

Why not break away from the shower routine and offer your guests a fun, unique activity—pottery painting! And with the help of your friends at VanGo Pottery™ we can bring the fun and creativity of a pottery studio to you.

Bridal shower guests can paint dinnerware or home décor items in the Guest of Honor’s favorite colors. Baby shower guests can paint trinkets for the baby’s room. Or, how about matching mom and baby tea sets. The possibilities are endless and much more fun than guessing mommy’s tummy size. Less embarrassing, too.

So put away the diaper pins and tape measurer and call VanGo Pottery at 602.468.3136. We have tons of ideas to help make your next shower extraordinary!

Happy Employees are Productive Employees!

It’s no secret that happy employees are productive employees and are less likely to take unscheduled days off. That said, why not show your employees your appreciation by hosting a pottery painting event at your workplace.

VanGo Pottery™ will come to your place of business (or other favorite venue) and provide everything you and your employees need for an afternoon of fun. We offer several teambuilding projects that will help build camaraderie and strengthen the team dynamic. Sometimes simply having fun and sharing a common experience are perfect for groups and teams.

Call VanGo Pottery™ at 602.468.3136 to learn more about our teambuilding activities.

VanGo Pottery brings Pottery Painting Fun to the Children of KinderCare

We recently had the pleasure of working with the staff and children of several KinderCare centers located in the west valley. Let me say, I was very impressed! The centers were exceptionally clean and well stocked with educational and fun goodies for the kids. The teachers were professional and interacted well with the children, which probably had a lot to do with why the children were so well-behaved.

We provided the pottery, paints, design tools, and guidance, while the children brought their imaginations and creativity. The children—preschool and school-aged—had a great time creating their beautiful masterpieces and now have priceless family “heirlooms” that can be used and treasured forever.