We had our daughter's 5th birthday there, and it was awesome! The one thing I will caution is that this place has a wonderful reputation and families love it, so don't expect many declines when you're considering how many to invite! We invited my daughter's entire class, thinking we'd have at least a few away for MLK weekend. Not the case. The entire class rsvp'd yes, and all but 1 showed up, so our group was 23 kids...over their 20 kid limit. While the art garage staff was amazingly accommodating and understanding of our group size, their space is small. We had quite a few parents stay with their kiddos, which made for a tight squeeze. I would recommend heeding their advice and aiming for 10 - 15 kiddos. Even 20 would have been too tight, and our group was all relatively small 4 and 5 year olds. The art space is nice and open, with plenty of room for 20, but the eating area for food and cake is quite small...perfect for 15 or less. We knew this going in, but just over invited! Anyway, as far as the art instruction, they were fantastic...coming up with a creative mixed media on canvas project that stuck with my daughter's rainbows and pegacorns theme and held all of those little kids' attention for the entire 90 min. Plan on bringing in EVERYTHING you need in terms of food, serving utensils, water pitcher or dispenser, etc etc, because you're on your own in that department (which we wanted). If I were to do it again, I'd have planned on more snacks/food for the adults to get them out of the art room and into the food area. The teacher preferred for parents to stay relatively quiet in the art room so kids could hear her instructions, but without food or something to lure the parents out of that space, they all wanted to stay and watch. Overall, it was absolutely perfect - the staff made my shy birthday girl feel totally comfortable and special, and the kids all left with an awesome piece of original art! We will definitely be back for classes and camps! read more