3D Pen Parties, Workshops & Experiences
Draw it. Build it. Take it home.
Turn drawing into something you can actually hold.
Our interactive 3D Pen Experiences give children and adults the chance to design and create using handheld 3D printing pens.
From birthday parties and school workshops to corporate family days, festivals and branded activations, our team brings everything needed to turn your event into a hands-on creative experience.
Private Parties from £195
Corporate Experiences from £395
Email: parties@tdc.community
Call: 0333 335 5369
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3D Printing Pen Parties
Give them a birthday party that's a little different.
Our facilitators introduce the children to their 3D pens before helping them create their own designs using colourful filament.
We'll provide templates, challenges and plenty of opportunities to experiment — and everything they create is theirs to take home afterwards.
Private Party Package
90 minutes | Up to 8 children | From £195
Includes:
• Creative facilitator
• 3D printing pens
• Filament and materials
• Design templates and challenges
• Party theming
• Setup and pack-down
• Take-home creations
Additional children, longer sessions and travel outside our core area can all be added.
Make it theirs
Tell us what they're into.
Dinosaurs? Gaming? Animals? Space? Football? London? Christmas?
We can adapt our templates and challenges to complement your party theme, giving the experience a much more personal feel.
Corporate & Branded 3D Pen Experiences
Looking for an activity people won't have already done a hundred times?
Our 3D Pen Experiences can be brought into corporate events, family days, Christmas parties, conferences, exhibitions and brand activations.
Sessions can operate as a structured workshop or as a continuous drop-in activity for larger events.
Corporate Experience
From £395
We can provide:
• Facilitated 3D Pen activities
• Individual or collaborative challenges
• Multiple creative templates
• Branded templates
• Company logos and brand colours
• Event-specific designs
• Drop-in or scheduled workshop formats
• Additional facilitators for higher participant numbers
Whether you're entertaining ten guests around a table or hundreds of families across an event, we'll build the delivery format around your audience.
Your Brand in 3D
For branded events, we can develop bespoke templates inspired by your:
Logo
Products
Campaign
Event theme
Brand colours
Location or venue
Talk to us during your enquiry and we'll explore what's possible.
Schools, Community Groups & Youth Organisations
3D Pens are also a brilliant introduction to design, making and additive manufacturing.
Participants can explore creativity, problem-solving and STEM principles without needing to learn complicated CAD software first.
We can deliver one-off workshops, programme activities and larger event sessions for schools, charities, councils and community organisations.
How does it work?
We start with a short, age-appropriate introduction explaining how to use the pens.
Participants then practise with some simple challenges before progressing onto their main creations.
Depending on the session, they might follow one of our templates, customise an existing design, create something completely freehand or work together on a larger collaborative piece.
At the end, their creations go home with them.
What do you need to provide?
Very little.
For most events we simply require:
Suitable tables and chairs
Access to electrical sockets
An appropriate indoor or well-ventilated working space
We'll bring the pens, filament, materials, templates and equipment.
We usually arrive approximately 30 minutes before the session to prepare the activity area.
Designed for different ages
For younger participants we use child-appropriate, low-temperature 3D pens and activities designed around their age and ability.
Different equipment and more advanced creative challenges can be introduced for older participants.
If anyone attending requires additional support, tell our team when you enquire and we'll work with you to make the activity as accessible as possible.
Ready to create something?
Whether you're planning a birthday for six children or a corporate event for hundreds of guests, tell us what you're planning and we'll build the right 3D Pen Experience around it.
3D Printing Pen Parties FAQs
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At the party, the participants will firstly be taught how to use the pens basic functions safely. How to load and unload the filament and how to adjust the speed of the pen. This process usually takes around 15 to 30 minutes.
Once the participants have full understanding of the pen, we then bring out some fun templates for the participants to begin to trace. These templates help create puzzle pieces that all slot together to form a 3D object. We have a vast array of templates ranging from a simple keychain all the way up to a model of Tower Bridge. (Dependent on age and ability of participants)
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We supply: 3D printing Pens, Filament, Extension leads, Templates and fun!
Once booked, we will contact you to discuss your parties requirements.
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At Home Parties
If you are having the party at home, all we ask for is access to a table with chairs, which accommodates your party size (A dining table is fine.) and access to a plug socket. If you need any support with tables and chairs, please let us know.
At a venue.
If you are hosting a party at a hired venue, all we need to know is the location, room size and if you have access to tables and chairs.
*We recommend that you host this party in a well ventilated area, with access to opening windows.
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We ask to arrive 30 minutes before the invited guests arrive. This is to allow us time to set up the printing stations and make sure the extension leads are taped down to avoid creating trip hazards.
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In our over 12 year old packages, we use 3D printing pens that reach temperatures of 200 degrees. When the plastic is extruded through the pen, the plastic can come out hot to the touch.
In our parties for under 12’s we use a specially adapted type of 3D printing pen, which melts the plastic as a lower temperature and is completely safe to touch for younger participants.
Booking FAQs
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Within 48 hours of you placing a booking, you will be sent an invoice for 50% of the booking total. Bookings are not held until we receive then cleared funds.
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We take a 50% upfront deposit to hold the booking. 5 days before your booking we will request the remainer of your booking, usually 50%.
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Our fully trained staff are here to support children of all ages and abilities. If your in need of additional support during your party we are happy to help. If in doubt, email us on: parties@thedesigncabin.community.
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Bookings cancelled before 7 days of the party will be refunded in full.
Bookings cancelled within the 7 days of the party date, will receive a 25% of the 50% deposit back.
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Did you know?
By purchasing a party through us, you are not only supporting the education of your child and their friends. But you are investing in supporting young people throughout all our projects.
As a Not-for-profit, all our surplus generated from these parties are invested back into our projects that support young people across Rochford, Brentwood and Newham.