We bring the host and every painting supply to your office in the Financial District, SoMa, Mission Bay or Jackson Square, or down the Peninsula, set up before you start and clean up after. Nobody climbs a wet hill to a venue after dark.
3,000+ teams served · Plan back within 24 hours
Each runs about an hour with a live host; book both for a two-hour party. Some of the team remote? See our hybrid holiday party ideas.
Starting at $85 USD / person1 hour
A guided acrylic painting on a 12 x 16 inch canvas board. Easels, aprons, paints and brushes come with it, and we handle setup and cleanup.
Best for: a calmer party where people take something home
Starting at $82 USD / person1 hour
Paint a set of four watercolor cards with a host guiding the techniques. Sign one for a teammate before you leave.
Best for: lunch parties and quieter offices
List prices for San Francisco, the same numbers the booking page quotes, and when to book for December.
| Format | 30 guests | 60 guests | 100 guests | 150 guests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canvas Painting | $2,400 | $4,050 | $6,250 | $9,000 |
| Watercolor Card Decorating | $2,310 | $3,870 | $5,950 | $8,550 |
Food, drinks and the room are yours. Booking two formats? Ask for both in one quote.
Our standard lead times: 3 weeks for painting, 4 for custom branding.
A Wednesday, 2:30 to 4:30 pm, 50 guests. A two-office afternoon: the Peninsula team rides Caltrain up after lunch, the canvases get an hour to dry during the cards, and everyone heads for BART, Caltrain or the ferry before the evening crowds.
Before 2:30
The host unloads where your building says, then sets easels, canvas boards, aprons and paints at every seat. You provide water access and trash cans.
2:30 pm
A guided acrylic painting on a 12 x 16 inch canvas board, with city and Peninsula people mixed at every table. Follow the host step by step or go your own way.
3:30 pm
Paintings line up along the window ledge to dry, and the same seats switch to watercolor paper.
3:35 pm
A set of four cards with the host guiding the techniques. Each person signs one for someone from the other office.
4:35 pm
Peninsula riders catch a southbound train at 4th and King, East Bay riders board BART before the cars fill, and the canvases have had an hour to dry.
At 50 guests: Canvas Painting $3,500 + Watercolor Card Decorating $3,350 = $6,850 at list prices.
What we bring to your San Francisco office, what we need from you, and how the price grows with headcount. We handle setup and cleanup.
Canvas Painting · Watercolor Card Decorating
Space: Table space for each painter and a sink or water source nearby. Aprons come in the kit.
Headcount and price: Canvas Painting is $55 a person plus a $750 base fee. Watercolor Card Decorating is $52 a person plus a $750 base fee.
Whether your team sits in the Financial District, SoMa, Mission Bay or down the Peninsula, these are the Bay Area details that shape a December party.
Most of a San Francisco office rides in: BART through the Transbay Tube, Caltrain up the Peninsula, Muni, or a ferry from Marin or the East Bay. Cars and boats are packed after 5, so a party that ends around 4:30 gets most people home ahead of the worst of it. Ferry sailings are spaced out, so check them before you set the end time.
December falls in the rainy season, and a storm turns steep sidewalks and the walk to a Muni stop into a cold, wet trip. A party at your own office keeps everyone in the building. A wet canvas is hard to protect on a crowded BART car, so this plan paints first and gives the boards an hour to dry. Anyone with a long ride can leave theirs on the drying table and collect it the next day.
Holiday shoppers crowd Union Square and the streets around it all December, and when a big conference is on in SoMa, sidewalks and hotels near the convention center fill too. If your office is close to either, keep the party in the building and check the conference calendar before you pick a date.
Plenty of offices in SoMa, Jackson Square and the Mission sit in older buildings with one freight elevator and little curb space for loading. Ask your building where a vendor can load in and whether it wants a certificate of insurance, and send the rules with your booking.
Want ideas beyond our formats? Read 45 office holiday party ideas.
Canvas Painting is $55 a person plus a $750 base fee. Watercolor Card Decorating is $52 a person plus a $750 base fee. That covers the host and every painting supply. Food, drinks and the room are yours to arrange.
Book painting workshops at least 3 weeks ahead; custom branding needs 4 weeks. For Thursday, Dec 17, that means booking by Nov 26. If your date is sooner than that, ask us; we confirm what we can run in your plan.
Our hosts travel to offices and venues in the San Francisco Bay Area. Send the address with your date and we confirm coverage for addresses outside the city, like Oakland, Emeryville, Palo Alto or Redwood City, when we send your plan.
Hold it where most people sit. If that's San Francisco, a midday Caltrain brings Peninsula staff to 4th and King, a short walk or Muni ride from SoMa and Mission Bay, and a party that ends by 4:30 gets them on a train ahead of the evening rush. If most of the team is on the Peninsula, send us both addresses and we confirm which one works when we send your plan.
A room with tables and chairs, water access and trash cans. We bring the host and every painting supply, and we handle setup and cleanup.
Give us your best headcount estimate; we use it to plan hosts and support. We can take extra guests on the day, and if attendance is well over your estimate we invoice the difference.
The in-person formats are built for people in the room. For remote staff, book a virtual holiday party on Zoom (Microsoft Teams, Google Meet or Webex on request) on another day, or run one for the whole company.
Yes. Pair the party with corporate holiday gifts shipped to each person, which also covers anyone who can't make it to the office that day.
An after-lunch painting party that follows the all-hands and beats the fog and the US 50 crawl.
See Sacramento holiday partiesLate-afternoon parties timed around the drive, plus parking and patio tips.
See LA holiday partiesFood cart lunch, then two painting hours, with canvases left at the office to dry out of the rain.
See Portland holiday partiesTeam building in San Francisco all year round, with a map and every format on one page.
Browse SF activitiesHosted holiday games on Zoom for everyone who can't be in the office, on Microsoft Teams, Google Meet or Webex on request.
See virtual holiday partiesChocolate and gift boxes shipped to each person, with a note from you. It covers people who can't make it in too.
See holiday gifts
Send your date, office address and headcount. You get a full event plan within 24 hours.