Mountain Monet - McCall, Idaho

Blythe M.

My mother and I decided to spend an afternoon making earring for her. She wanted earrings earring that did not require a separate back. We had so much fun picking through a tremendous selection of findings, beads and gems. She made five pairs! This was a perfect mother/daughter outing. We want to bring our family members back and challenge our creativity. Highly recommend visitors consider the same😊

Sarah L.

Beware this place is addictive! I lived in McCall for 6 years and drove by Mountain Monet nearly every day and always thought I would try it, but it took coming back as a visitor to actually go. I found that painting pottery was extremely zen and ended up visiting three days in a row for several hours (bringing more people with me each day). Staff was friendly and helpful. Prices were extremely good, and they ship if you aren't local or staying long enough for the pieces to be fired in the kiln. I'm thankful I didn't start going when I lived there or I would be broke (but with a house filled with pottery). The mosaics and fused glass looked fun, too! Highly recommended!!!

Ari

My husband and I had such a wonderful time visiting this place that we went back for seconds! We adored the atmosphere, the people, as well as the pieces & creativity being celebrated. It felt like a family gathering and made our honeymoon that much more special. We created memories we will never forget and we look forward to having our pieces delivered soon. Thank you ♥️

Judaea G. B.

I loved the idea of this place when I went in with my family. We were planning to make jewelry there. They have a great variety of jewelry making and ceramics painting, but unfortunately the woman working there behind the counter made our experience terrible. She was very rude with any question we had. I don’t usually make bad reviews but this was probably the worst experience I’ve ever had at a local business. Before I went to this place my parents had gone a couple days before and said they had the same experience with that woman. Also their henna tattoos did not stay on. So it’s not just that the woman had a bad day she is just plane rude to her customers. This place has a lot of potential but I don’t recommend going to this place at all. Thumps down 👎🏻

Riddle M. F.

Other than the building being cramped and the high shipping costs, it's a great place with a good selection of things to paint and paints! I made a pastel moose (deer?) And a mug of my cat starla hah.

Edit: Revisited since I was in town again! They cleared up all the boxes and such, staff was just as nice as before. Other than some of the paint example tiles being missing (because they were accidentally broken)
They totally get all five of my stars
Made a second cat mug for my other cat

Ashley Z.

Unorganized and expensive!

My son was supposed to visit Mountain Monet with his class but wasn’t able to because he was sick. While the class was there his teacher set aside a mug for him with his name on it to decorate at a later time when I was able to drive him up there (we live an hour away). The day before we drove up there I called to make sure they were going to be open on Saturday. The employee I spoke to was very rude and had no idea what I was talking about when I asked about my son’s mug. He told me to call back tomorrow when the manager was in. Instead of calling we drove up there. When we arrived I asked for the manager and was told she wasn’t coming in that day either. I then told the employee that was working that we were there for my son to paint his mug and to request that it be shipped after it was put in the kiln once more. It took her 20 mins to search with no luck, while also calling her manager to figure out what had happened. She informed us that his mug had been broken and instead of a mug now he had a dinosaur. My daughter was also with me and asked if she could paint one too. She picked out a fox piggy bank for $20.63. Both kids were given instructions on what to do and did so all while the employee was running in circles setting up small heaters in every corner because of how cold it was inside. After they were finished the employee had me fill out a card with our address for shipping and then rang me up. She initially told me it was going to be $7.00 for shipping, but then when I was presented with the bill the shipping was $17.00 plus $20.63 for the fox and an extra fee of $7.00 plus tax. I paid and we left. After waiting for 2.5 weeks with no news or package I had to call 3 days in a row to get a tracking number and that was after I had to email her pictures of both items because they didn’t know which order was mine. When we finally received them, the shipping total only came out to $8.85. Although my kids are very happy with their creations, the entire ordeal was a complete mess. I do not recommend anyone wasting their time or money here.

Marixa M.

My hubby and kids went into this shop and we were all very excited about this place because I knew we were going to be doing some shopping and spending a lot of money since we did have all our 6 children with us. I was very upset my the young lady at the front desk was rude to my Birthday girl an md myself. We traveled all the way from Boise to make her day special and little did we know that this young lady that worked at the front desk was going to ruined her entire weekend and not only did she ruined her day but the Henna Tattoo my husband and I got with her didn’t last 2 hours the henna was gone and had nothing on the next day. It had completely disappeared. I do not recommend this shop. It’s too bad because it definitely has potential. Terrible customer service 👎🏼

amber B.

My family and I had such a fun time at mountain monet, picking out what projects we were going to paint. The shop had so many ppl laughing and enjoying there time, the lady's that work there are so nice and friendly. Can't wait to take my family back.