Plaster Fun House

The Plaster Fun House on Unley Road possess a large chunk of my childhood (same to the nearby Fairy Shop) and although they have moved premises, I spent many a friend’s birthday sitting on the little plastic chairs and trying to emulate the display pieces of my chosen plaster mould. Oddly enough, I found myself back here as an adult, sitting on the same little chairs sipping on a juice box and covering myself in paint and found the experience just as fantastic as it was when I was smaller.
For $ 10 you can pick one of the basic moulds to paint AND get a packet of twisties and a juice box. Amazing really. The Plaster Fun House was an amazing experience and allowed my friend and I to wile away an hour or to whilst singing along to the Peter Coombe pumping from the stereo.
The kids and parents sitting around my friend and I, appeared to seriously enjoy their time. Kids took a lot of time seriously pondering their choice and then spent a long time in silence carefully painting away and thinking of the most unusual colour combinations possible.
The Plaster Fun House is well worth the stop on Unley Road, no matter your age, bonus points for the Peter Coombe.

I don’t care who you are, this is an awesome place to go.
SUPPOSED to be for kids, but me and my friend see it as our guilty pleasure as we sit there on the small tables painstakingly painting small plaster models whilst having our adult conversations and PAINTING THEM BETTER THAN ANY STUPID KIDS IN THE SHOP. Because we’re adults.
Add some glitter? sure! add some stupid glasses and a fuzzy haired hat? Why not?! Get a softdrink and a packet of chips whilst you talk.
Affordable and fun, great for kids and no one will tell if you shed your accountant exterior for some naieve painting fun.

I don’t know how these people make their money but I’m glad for their existence.
I’ve two faded memories of birthday parties here, and have always vaguely assumed it was a place for kids. One time, however, while I was trying to pretend I was more quirky and spontaneous than I actually am, I took a girl here for a date.
We picked our moulds (I, as ever, the dragon) and spent a great few hours decorating the crap out of them. Then, once the moulds had achieved a level of artistic resonance satisfactory to our personal standards, we switched and let each other have at each other’s figure. My dragon (which was amazing) was ruined, but I wasn’t too hurt by it. I’ve a feeling I didn’t do her fairy much justice either.
The relationship did extend to far past the Plaster Fun House. It’s good, but it doesn’t work miracles. But I take solace in the idea that she’ll always remember me as that quirky, spontaneous guy who took her to the Plaster Fun House.

I’d forgotten this place existed until just recently when I went in for a kids party. I love the idea, it’s so cheap, and it’s so much easier and cleaner doing it here than it is to do it at home.
I reckon they could double their profit if they turned into an ‘adult’ themed plaster and paint place in the evenings!
The people that run the place are really nice, and seem to get on well with the kids. It’s definitely a good idea if you’ve got kids who need entertaining, cheaply.

Finding inexpensive things for kids to do in a holiday environment or even simple treats that are provided through the school year can be really difficult, so when something turns up that presents an alternative to going to the movies, the beach or a fun fair royal show type of thing it is really important to share and support it.
I am all in favour of crafty things and expression through creativity so I love the whole concept and delivery of being in a Plaster Fun House — it has all the B Grade movie fun you can imagine if you see life as like a movie.
Turn up, select an object of your desire cast in plaster and proceed to paint it. Simple really, but not so simple in your own home. Much better to tackle this activity in a purpose designed environment. Even better you can take a party of kids and get away with it relatively cheaply.
It can be a great deal of fun for everyone as long as you don’t get too fussy. It can be fun to run your own judging competition and have plenty of prizes (cheap not nasty) to hand out at the end of the day, or simply awards.
So once the painting of various cats, dogs, clowns, dolphins or shells has been accomplished the hour and a half activity can be stretched out a little longer to include an exhibition of all the works and an awards ceremony… you can do this in your own local park, home or at the Fun House.
It’s great fun and doesn’t cost so much it would break the bank.

It’s fun! It’s messy! You can get a lemonade and a packet of chicken chips!
Plaster Funhouse for the unititated is a place kids paint and decorate a plaster design of their choosing. It’s a great idea but their profit margins must be slim. We go in there and spend $ 6.00 each on a couple of plain moulds and have a whole afternoon hanging out in there decorating them.
I think they earn their living on the birthday parties. We’ve been to a few in our time and they are not the calm and crafty exercise you might imagine. Twenty kids with paintbrushes and lollies are ticking time bombs! Plaster Funhouse is a great and inexpensive avo out for parents, the kids stay calm and have something pretty to take home and display. Don’t let the kids have all the fun, you pick yourself out a pretty dolphin and paint it in the most impractical colours you like. Try to ignore the creepy clown logo as I do, you get used to it.