Prices, group sizes and who each one suits.
Updated October 2026. Fifteen team building activities in San Francisco that work for groups of 10 to 150, from a two-hour rug tufting workshop in SoMa to a Giants game and a Food Bank shift, each with the real price, the neighbourhood and who it suits.
If you want the short answer: for 10–45 people who need a reset, book candle making or tufting in SoMa. For 50–150 in the Financial District, tufting or perfume. For a competitive group, an escape room. For a summer afternoon with no agenda, the Giants.
KraftStories runs instructor-led team-building workshops for Bay Area companies at three loft venues – San Francisco Financial District, SoMa and San Jose – and as mobile sessions at your office, which is how most Bay Area teams book. Teams make Turkish mosaic lamps, terrariums, candles, tufted rugs or moss wall art; pricing starts at $89 per person with materials and instruction included, and sessions run 1 to 3 hours.
Private events start at 8 people and in-studio groups run from 10 to 70 depending on venue. Book 7–10 days ahead at minimum; 4–6 weeks for a fixed date in December.
Updated October 2026. Prices are what each operator publishes or quoted us this autumn; confirm before you book.
The first four are ours and we have run them for 2,000+ groups, so the prices and group sizes are exact. The other eleven are the activities San Francisco teams actually book instead of, or alongside, a workshop. Each entry has the same five facts so you can compare them in one pass.
Everyone gets a tufting gun, a frame and a design, and spends two and a half hours turning yarn into a rug they take home. It is loud, physical and absurdly satisfying, and it is the activity teams request most because nobody can check Slack while holding a tufting gun.
Each person blends a fragrance from 40+ oils, wicks a vessel and hand-pours a soy candle. One hour, calm, and it slots after a planning day or before dinner without eating the afternoon.
A guided blend of top, heart and base notes into a personal eau de parfum, with a host walking the room so nobody ends up smelling like a hotel lobby. Quieter and more conversational than tufting; people trade bottles and talk.
The class KraftStories was founded on: glass tiles and beads set onto a glass globe, grouted, and fitted onto a lamp base. Two and a half hours of slow focus with a finished lamp at the end that people photograph for years.
Large, mechanical rooms inside the Palace of Fine Arts, built for groups of six to ten and consistently ranked among the best in the country. Teams split across rooms and compare times afterwards.
A chef-led cook-and-eat session, either at 18 Reasons in the Mission (a nonprofit kitchen with a good private-class programme) or with a hired chef at your office. Dinner is the deliverable, so it doubles as the meal.
Teams of four to six race through Chinatown, North Beach or the Ferry Building on a clue trail run by a host (Watson Adventures and Let's Roam both operate here). Good in dry weather, miserable in winter rain.
Group tickets, a section together, and the best waterfront ballpark in the country. Zero facilitation, which is the point. April to September only.
A catamaran under the Golden Gate Bridge with the city behind you. Adventure Cat at Pier 39 runs public sails and private charters; several other operators work from the Marina. Dress for wind even in July.
Dandelion Chocolate's 16th Street factory walks you from bean to bar, with a tasting at the end and a café for the debrief. Short, indoors, and easy to pair with lunch in the Mission.
Thursday evenings the Exploratorium is 18-plus, with a bar and hundreds of hands-on exhibits. No booking a venue, no facilitator; buy tickets and wander together.
The ferry, the cellhouse audio tour and the island after dark. It is a genuinely memorable evening and the night tour is quieter than the day one. Book weeks ahead; it sells out in every season.
Mission Bowling Club's six lanes with a proper kitchen is the usual pick for a private team night, and Yerba Buena's Lucky Strike works for larger downtown groups. Check lane availability before promising a date.
Rent from Blazing Saddles or Sports Basement near Fisherman's Wharf, ride the Presidio to the bridge and over to Sausalito, and take the ferry back. Weather-dependent and needs everyone able to ride for an hour.
A two-hour sorting shift at the Potrero Hill warehouse, booked as a group. It is free, it is useful, and teams consistently rate it higher than the paid options. Pair it with lunch afterwards.
Prices for the eleven non-KraftStories activities are approximate public rates as of October 2026 and change with season and group size.
Live group sizes, durations and pricing, taken straight from each workshop.
Our Turkish mosaic lamp workshop in SoMa, San Francisco runs at 360 Ritch Street, five minutes from 4th & King Caltrain. In two hours you choose a lamp shape and a traditional Anatolian pattern,…
Our rug tufting class in San Francisco runs at 360 Ritch Street in SoMa, a five-minute walk from 4th & King Caltrain and ten from Montgomery BART. In 2.5 hours you choose a design,…
Our candle making class in SoMa, San Francisco runs daily at 360 Ritch Street, a five-minute walk from 4th & King Caltrain. In one hour you choose from 40+ fragrance oils, blend your own…
The Signature Terrarium is a hands-on experience in which you build a closed ecosystem within a glass container using live plants, moss, and layered substrates. Once sealed, the terrarium naturally recycles moisture inside the…
The Signature Terrarium is a hands-on experience where you build a closed ecosystem inside a glass container using live plants, moss, and layered substrates. Once sealed, the terrarium naturally recycles moisture inside the container,…
Arm knitting is a needle-free technique where your forearms replace the needles. Because the yarn is so thick, every loop covers real ground — which is why a full-size blanket is achievable in a…
Ebru, also known as Turkish marbling, is a traditional paper art where pigments are floated on a prepared water surface, shaped into patterns, and then transferred onto paper. Instead of painting directly on paper,…
Pyrography is the art of creating images on wood by drawing with a heated tool. Instead of ink, you use controlled heat to create lines, shading, and texture. Different nibs create different marks, from…
Our kintsugi class in San Francisco runs at 405 Sansome Street in the Financial District, four minutes from Montgomery BART, with elevator access. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery and highlighting…
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