After operating a mobile service for 19 years, Tricia McDaniel opened the first Kid Creations studio in July in Friendswood. She said the response from the community has been great so far.

“Friendswood is a very kid-friendly environment,” McDaniel said. “I get so many moms saying that they were looking for a venue like this to bring their kids.”

From its inception, Kid Creations has offered arts and crafts activities for children’s events. Projects include plaster painting, mosaics, sand art and canvas freestyle painting. McDaniel said the storefront has allowed the business to offer more options to customers than ever before.

“It was hard to take all of this to one place,” she said. “[Customers] had to choose [one craft] because it was hard to offer everything. [With] the venue, they can come here and have many choices whether it be for a birthday party or just to come in as a walk-in.”

Kid Creations is available for parties and continues to offer mobile service to anywhere in the Greater Houston area, McDaniel said. The storefront is also open to walk-ins, and McDaniel recently added special events for adults.

“Everybody likes crafts,” she said. “They just don’t like the mess, so I take care of all that.”