{7/10} Old-Fashioned Soda Shop Summer Camp

Ages 8+ | Friday, July 10 | 1:00–4:00pm (2:30pm on is an all ages class.  Check out listing here.)
Taught by Melissa Mott

Step into the world of old-fashioned soda counters, homemade root beer, and vintage summer treats in this immersive hands-on summer camp at Handcraft Revival in Salt Lake City.

Throughout the day, campers will explore the sights, scents, flavors, and traditions behind homemade sodas while creating their very own soda “brand” from start to finish.

We’ll begin by exploring classic soda ingredients like sassafras, wintergreen, ginger, citrus peel, vanilla, and spices — learning how traditional sodas were once flavored using roots, herbs, and botanicals from nature. Campers will smell, taste, sketch, and experiment with flavor inspiration before designing their own soda labels, packaging, and vintage-style soda shop graphics.

Using watercolor, stamps, foam board printing, and beginner-friendly rubber stamp carving techniques, campers will create custom soda labels, logos, and printed designs before decorating their own soda carrier to use during the root beer brewing portion of camp.

After a snack break and outdoor walk, we’ll return to the workshop to brew naturally fermented root beer together using traditional methods and real ingredients. Campers will bottle their soda in swing-top bottles, apply their handmade labels, and package everything into their decorated carriers to take home.

This camp blends craft, creativity, food history, fermentation, design, and summer nostalgia into a memorable folkcraft experience perfect for curious makers and old souls alike.

Details

Ages:
Time:
Instructor: Stan Bailey + Handcraft Revival Staff
Location: Handcraft Revival — Sugar House, Salt Lake City
Skill Level: Beginner Friendly

Camp Rhythm

• Welcome & soda shop setup
• Ingredient exploration & flavor inspiration
• Vintage soda label design
• Bottle carrier decorating
• Snack break & outdoor walk
• Root beer brewing & bottling
• Labeling and packaging finished bottles

What Campers Will Learn About Root Beer & Soda Making

• The history and traditions of homemade sodas
• Basic fermentation concepts
• Traditional root beer ingredients and flavor profiles
• How homemade root beer is brewed and bottled
• Vintage-inspired label and packaging design techniques
• Creative storytelling and branding through art and design

What Campers Will Make

• A batch of naturally fermented homemade root beer
• Custom soda bottle labels
• Decorated soda carrier packaging
• Vintage-inspired soda shop artwork and designs

What’s Included

• Brewing ingredients and supplies
• Swing-top bottles for bottling root beer
• Art materials for labels and packaging
• Decorated soda carrier
• Guided instruction throughout camp
• Snack during break

Helpful Notes / FAQs

• No prior brewing or art experience needed.
• Fermentation continues after camp — care instructions will be provided.
• Please dress comfortably for crafting and outdoor walking.
• Campers will be working with glass bottles during the brewing portion.
• This camp includes both creative art activities and hands-on food crafting.

Refund & Transfer Policy

Refundable for store credit up until 1 week before the event.
After that, tickets are transferable to another person only. Please try to give us a heads up at least 24 hours in advance.