This holiday cookie decorating class brings sweet, hands-on holiday team building to your own space in San Francisco: a cookie artist from a women-owned specialty bakery arrives with pre-baked sugar cookies, royal icing and tools, then guides your group step by step through decorating festive cookie art.
The class runs about an hour and is priced at $45 per guest for groups of 11 to 30. There is no baking involved and nothing to prepare beyond a room with long tables, so the group can sit down and start decorating right away.
What's Included
- 60 to 75 minutes of hands-on instruction to bring your cookie art to life
- 4 pre-baked cookies per guest, ready for decorating
- All decorating supplies, including multiple bags
This holiday cookie decorating class brings sweet, hands-on holiday team building to your own space in San Francisco: a cookie artist from a women-owned specialty bakery arrives with pre-baked sugar cookies, royal icing and tools, then guides your group step by step through decorating festive cookie art.
The class runs about an hour and is priced at $45 per guest for groups of 11 to 30. There is no baking involved and nothing to prepare beyond a room with long tables, so the group can sit down and start decorating right away.
What's Included
- 60 to 75 minutes of hands-on instruction to bring your cookie art to life
- 4 pre-baked cookies per guest, ready for decorating
- All decorating supplies, including multiple bags of royal icing and tools
- A take-home box for each guest's decorated cookies
- The instructor travels to your venue within 10 miles of the Marina District
What You Will Learn
The instructor walks everyone through the three core skills of royal icing work. First comes outlining, piping a clean border around the edge of each cookie. Next is flooding, filling that outline with a smooth layer of icing. Last come the details, the dots, lines and accents that turn a plain cookie into a small piece of holiday art. Each step is demonstrated first, and then guests try it on their own cookies with tips along the way.
Because the cookies arrive pre-made, the whole session is about decorating. By the end, every guest has four finished cookies packed in a take-home box, ready to share, gift or enjoy.
How the Session Runs
- The cookie artist arrives with freshly baked sugar cookies, colorful icings, sprinkles and decorating tools
- Guests take a seat at long tables while supplies are handed out
- A short demonstration covers outlining, flooding and adding details
- Everyone decorates four cookies at their own pace, with tips along the way
- Finished cookies go into take-home boxes to carry back to desks or homes
Why It Works for Teams
Cookie decorating is relaxed, colorful and easy to start, which makes it one of the friendlier creative team bonding activities for coworkers who do not usually work side by side. Nobody needs prior experience, and the results are fun to compare across the table. It fits naturally among office holiday team building activities, a year-end party, a business event or christmas team building for a department of 11 to 30 people.
The class comes to you, so it slots easily into an existing holiday party, a lunch break or an end-of-year offsite without anyone needing to travel. Conference rooms, long tables or large dining tables all work well.
About the Bakery
This women-owned specialty bakery in San Francisco crafts custom cookie art, adding a sweet touch to business events, parties and special celebrations with hand decorated sugar cookies. Alongside custom and logo cookie orders, the bakery runs cookie decorating workshops and DIY decorating kits. One guest described the class as so well-run, with all the tools and tips needed to become a successful cookie decorator.
Planning Tips
The class needs a minimum group and a place to sit, so the host provides the location: conference rooms, long tables or large dining tables all work. Plan for a little elbow room per guest, since icing bags and cookie boxes spread out quickly once decorating starts, and share any allergy concerns with your group ahead of time.
Who It Suits
- Teams planning holiday parties or year-end celebrations
- Birthday and bachelorette parties
- Families and mixed groups, with kids 10 and older
- Anyone looking for holiday team building activities that leave everyone with a sweet keepsake
Good to Know
- Beginner friendly; no baking or decorating experience required
- Allergens: sugar cookies contain eggs, dairy and wheat; royal icing contains meringue powder made with pasteurized egg whites
- Kids must be at least 10 years old, and an adult must accompany them (the adult may observe for free)
- You provide the location with table space for the group
- Groups range from 11 to 30 guests at $45 per guest
Plan Your Holiday Class
Share your preferred date, headcount and venue to check availability. With cookies baked in advance, every supply brought to you and an instructor guiding each step, this class gives a team or a group of friends an easy, festive way to celebrate the season together.
