June 12 & 13, 2026

Coastal Create Your Own

Craft your very own Coastal gourd designs with the help of our expert crafters

This event is over for 2026. We will announce 2027 dates in the future.

How it works

Join us for our Coastal Create Your Own event where you can work with our experts to create your own gourd design! No artistic experience is needed.

Sign up and pay a deposit for your seat reservation. We will provide you with a coupon for the reservation fee to put towards your project costs!

Pick your projects

Choose between a variety of gourd design projects, and make your own masterpiece! May designs allow you to choose between different heads and bodies to make the design unique to you. You can make as many projects as you would like during your workshop time. Need more time? Many will reserve spots in two back to back classes so they can craft for even longer!

Paint & Dye

Choose your own color scheme, or take a look at our example projects for inspiration, and paint or dye your projects with the help of our team. We can give you tips to help you make a beautiful design that is unique for you!
Painted Gourd project at Meadowbrooke Gourds' Coastal Create Your Own Event

Style & Accessorize

Use our wood burners and other tools to add more detail to your design with the help of our team. Choose from many different accessories like ribbons, raffia, and more to complete your pieces. Make you own style or use our inspiration projects!

Working on three painted gourd designs at Coastal Themed Gourd at Meadowbrooke Gourds' Coastal Create Your Own Event

Create Your Own Gourd Designs

Choose between a variety of gourd design projects (listed below), and make your own masterpiece! No artistic experience is needed. Our team will help guide you through the process of making your own projects where you can paint, dye, assemble, and accessorize. You can complete as many projects as you would like within your workshop time.

NEW this year, we are adding a VIP class on Friday night from 6pm-9pm. All participants must be 21 or older to attend. This class is limited to only 25 people so you will have extra time with extra help to make some really extra special gourds. This class allows you to make extra limited designs that are exclusive to VIP night.

Design Options

Large Projects - $43.50

Approximately 7" in diameter.

Small Projects - $19.25

Approximately 4 1/2" in diameter.

Small Crab Silhouette - $19.25

Approximately 4 1/2" in diameter.
Whale gourd at Meadowbrooke Gourds for the Coastal Create Your Own Class.

Small Whale - $27.50 & Large Whale - $43.50

Small Whale - Approximately 4 1/2" in diameter.

Large Whale - Approximately 7" in diameter.

NEW Octopus & Flamingo

Small Octopus - $18.00 Approximately 3 1/2" in diameter

Extra Tiny Flamingo - $7.00
Shark Gourd and Crab Gourd at Meadowbrooke Gourds.

Tiny crab & Shark - $15.00

Crab- Approximately 2 1/2" in diameter
Shark- Approximately 5-7" long.

Registration Information

How to Register

Pre-registration is required. There is a $10.00 registration fee (plus processing fees) per person to hold your spot at the event. You will receive a $10 credit per person towards your projects during the workshop. Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email that will have tickets attached.

Please print out tickets and bring along or be able to bring up on your phone the day of the event to receive your refund when you checkout.

Rescheduling 

If you need to move to another day, please call Dori and she will be able to move your entire party to the date and time that works better for you if there are spots available.
Ordering for a Group

If you are ordering for a group: and would like to sit together, please only place one order under one name.

Rescheduling

Rescheduling 

If you need to move to another day, please call Dori and she will be able to move your entire party to the date and time that works better for you if there are spots available.
Cancellations

Please note that service charges for the tickets are non-refundable. If you need to cancel you will be refunded the cost of the ticket only ($10.00/ticket). In order to receive a refund, you need to cancel your registration by the deadlines:

  • Refund deadline for September 6 & 7 is August 28th by 4:00pm
  • Refund deadline for September 13 & 14 is September 4th by 4:00pm

If you need to cancel after your deadline, we can provide a refund only if your spots are able to be filled. Please call Dori at 717-776-6029 Monday-Friday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm if you need to cancel.

No shows will forfeit the $10.00 registration fee and will not be able to be used by others in the party.
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