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The Junction — paint a canvas, decorate a figurine and make personalised crafts

Make a UAE-inspired canvas, paint a figurine or assemble a personalised 3D-printed clicker or brick-name keychain at The Junction’s November community programme. B1 Mall brings these hands-on creative sessions to its indoor concourse and outdoor promenade in Al Barsha.

Representative painting-brush photograph by Swathysuren, taken in 2015 with a 2024 background edit by Hohum. This is not a photograph of The Junction, its participants or the crafts provided.

Al Barsha, Dubai · Indoor Concourse and Outdoor Promenade, The B1 Mall, Al Barsha 1, Dubai

Follow organiser directions for the exact entrance.

When to go

All craft sessions start at 17:00: 13 and 29 November, personalised clickers; 14 November, Colors of the Emirates canvas art; 21 November, brick-name keychains; 22 November, paint your figurine. Individual finish times are not published. The wider Junction event runs 14:00–22:00 on these dates.

Who can go

All ages welcome at the event; confirm craft suitability and supervise children · Free craft sessions · 17:00 starts · first 30 for clickers and keychains

The original venue programme expressly labels The Junction as all ages. No separate numerical workshop age limits are stated; the all-ages event label does not guarantee every craft is suitable for every child.

Check age guidance

What’s free & what to know

  • The listed November craft sessions are free, with no stated purchase or paid companion requirement.
  • DIY personalised clickers on 13 and 29 November and brick-name keychains on 21 November are limited to the first 30 visitors. Canvas art on 14 November and figurine painting on 22 November have no published capacity; places and materials are subject to availability.
  • Arrive for the 17:00 session start and follow the on-site workshop team. Individual durations and finish times are not published. Places are allocated on site.
  • The Junction welcomes all ages. Confirm the selected craft’s suitability and supervise children; workshop-specific age guidance is not published.
  • The listed craft dates are 13, 14, 21, 22 and 29 November 2026. Check the calendar for the craft on your chosen date.
  • Food, shopping, paid trading events and any transport or parking charges are separate. The map pin is the mall location, not an individual workshop station.
Sources & photo credit

Last successfully checked 12 Nov 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.

12 November 2026: The current original B1 Mall event page confirms The Junction at the indoor concourse and outdoor promenade, Al Barsha, Dubai, with all-ages admission and Friday–Sunday event hours14:00–22:00. Its linked original November calendar was downloaded and visually inspected: FREE17:00personalised clicker sessions13/29November, Colors of the Emirates canvas art14November, brick-name keychains21November, and paint-your-figurine22November. The first30limit is explicit for clickers/keychains only. No purchase, paid membership, trial enrolment or compulsory paid companion appears. These are consolidated as one programme; shopping and unrelated trading events are excluded. The public venue enquiry form is not a guaranteed workshop reservation. Original contact page supplies the mall map coordinates.

The B1 Mall — original Junction programme

Original November calendar — free craft sessions and first-30 limits

Venue address and linked map

Photo: Swathysuren; background edit by Hohum / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and compressed to WebP; original proportions preserved.