Where children learn to think with their hands.
Design-inspired Sunday workshops for kids aged 4–11 in Montreal. Real materials, small groups, no screens—just creativity, confidence, and problem-solving.
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Every Sunday at our studio. Maximum of eight children per group. All materials, setup, and cleanup are fully taken care of.
📍 Atelier Begüm is hosted at Local Familial, near Parc La Fontaine, conveniently located between the Mont-Royal and Sherbrooke orange line metro stations.
Parking is easily available in the area. Exact address and access details are shared automatically upon booking confirmation.
✨ 6-Week Program: Book a block of 6 workshops and only pay for 5 (1 free session!). Private sessions available during the week — see private options.
Screens off.
Imagination on.
I believe children deserve the same materials, the same tools, and the same respect as an adult working in design. Every workshop starts with a question, a constraint, a challenge—and ends with an object a child can hold, explain, and keep.
The best designers don't just build; they teach us to look at space, materials, and possibilities through a completely different lens. What I develop here is not just manual skill—it is creative confidence, spatial reasoning, and the quiet art of thinking with your hands.
Here, the process matters as much as the result. I teach children to see mistakes not as failures, but as valuable information to iterate, modify, and perfect their ideas. This is a mental restructuring that turns frustration into curiosity and builds real resilience in the face of complex problems.
There are no screens, no grades, and no performance pressure. Just attentive, expert-led creative time in a calm studio environment where kids truly thrive—and parents tell me their children continue building, sketching, and talking about their projects at home for days afterward.
By learning how to translate abstract concepts into real, three-dimensional structures, children gain a crucial head start in geometry, logical reasoning, and critical thinking that will serve them far beyond the design table.
When a child realizes they can shape the world around them—and that they have a steady hand to guide them—they stop being passive observers. They become makers. This is the foundation of Atelier Begüm: providing the room, the tools, and the belief that every child is capable of designing something beautiful, structured, and entirely their own.
Six themes built around story and making.
90 MINUTES · $40 single · $200 program (6 weeks)
Secret Room
A room full of mysteries — hidden panels, moving doors, and structural surprises. Children explore the thrill of structural secrets.
Mr Owl's Treehouse
A giant treehouse with secret rooms, rope bridges, an observation deck, and hidden entrances.
Candy Shop
A delicious design challenge where everything is inspired by sweets — cookie display cases, candy windows, and colorful counters.
Animal Hotel
Pick a guest — panda, tiger, penguin, etc. — and design the hotel layout that guest would actually like.
Underwater Adventure
Coral homes, sea-creature playgrounds, submarine stations, bubble towers. Designing for water instead of land.
Dream City
The grand finale! Children bring their previous 5 completed projects and arrange them onto a solid wood base sheet. They will focus on decorating, coloring, designing roads, and adding trees or other custom scenery using the provided studio materials.
Party, school, library, association—we come to you.
We host private workshops in homes, schools, public libraries, cultural associations, and community spaces all over the island of Montreal. Same design principles, custom format.
- Birthday parties
- School & extracurricular activities
- Library programs
- Community events
- Day camps & pedagogy days