Best Friends Activities UAE: 7 Plans Beyond Brunch
You and your best friend have done brunch more times than either of you can count. The group chat asks what to do this weekend, and brunch gets suggested again out of habit, not because anyone actually wants it. You want a plan that feels like an event, not a routine.
This is a common wall for close friends in the UAE. The usual list of options repeats fast: brunch, a mall, a movie, brunch again. Weather rules out a lot of outdoor plans for half the year, and booking a proper activity often needs advance planning neither of you gets around to. You end up back at the same cafe.
The answer: make plans you can actually keep
Here are seven plans that break the loop, with a Sawa pottery kit session as one of the easiest to actually pull off.
1. A pottery kit afternoon at one of your homes, with music on and no plan beyond shaping clay together.
2. A themed movie marathon with a dish you made from your kit sitting on the coffee table.
3. A slow morning at a park before the heat sets in, followed by coffee at home instead of a cafe.
4. A no phones challenge for one evening, filled with a hands on activity like a pottery kit.
5. A home spa night with face masks and a playlist, easy to plan with zero bookings.
6. A board game night, rotating whose place hosts it each month.
7. A joint project night, where the pottery kit pieces become gifts for each other or for your homes.
Why a pottery kit works so well for this
It needs no booking, no studio, and no drive across town. The Sawa Pottery Kit ships to your door anywhere in the UAE, with free delivery. It comes with air dry clay, tools and simple instructions, and there is no pottery wheel or kiln involved. You shape your pieces side by side, let them air dry over a few days, then paint them however you like.
Get the Couple Kit for two, from AED 228
What you end up with
Unlike brunch, this plan leaves you with something. A dish for keys, a holder for prayer beads, a small candle stand for the shelf. Split the pieces between your two homes and you both get a reminder of the day, every time you walk past it.
If your group is bigger than two, the Group Kit covers up to four people, which works well for a full friend circle night in. For more plans built around specific friendships, see our guides on sisters activities UAE and roommate activities UAE, or for a work friends version, our colleagues after work activities UAE post.
The best part of this particular plan is how little it asks of either of you. There is no venue to book weeks ahead, no dress code to plan around, and no risk of the whole thing falling through because a table was not available. You order the kit once, and it becomes a plan you can pull out whenever the usual options feel stale, whether that is next weekend or three months from now.
It also works well as a rotating tradition. Some best friend pairs treat it as a once a season reset, a chance to sit down, talk properly without a screen in front of either of you, and leave with a small object to show for the evening. Over a year, that adds up to a handful of pieces on a shelf that each mark a specific night, which a brunch photo rarely does in the same way.
Common questions
Do we need any experience with clay?
No. The kit is built for complete beginners, with instructions that walk you through every step.
How long does a session actually take?
Most pairs spend around an hour shaping their pieces, then let them air dry over the following days before painting.
What if one of us is not the crafty type?
The process is simple enough that it does not need any artistic skill. Shaping clay by hand is closer to play than to art class.
Does delivery really cover the whole UAE?
Yes. Delivery is free wherever you are in the UAE, so you can plan this session no matter which city you are in.
Break the brunch loop. Sawa Pottery Kit, Couple Kit from AED 228, free UAE delivery.