Yes, we’ve also looked covetously around Gods Own Junkyard, pondering whether or not we can justify spending the month’s food budget on a kitsch neon sign.

However, we’ve never tried making our own. To be honest, we didn’t know it was a thing.

Then we discovered Neon Workshops, which offers two-hour taster sessions on creating neon art by fusing glass with flame, filling with gas, then illuminating with electricity.

You’ll get a detailed demo from the professionals before having a go yourself, and taking home whatever you’ve created.

Taster sessions run on Wednesday evenings and daytime Saturday at their Wakefield HQ, and at their mobile workshop nationwide.

There’s also a full-day course taking place in London on 13–14 September, so you can fashion that giant neon Starbucks sign your kitchen wall has been crying out for…

5 summer activities you probably haven’t heard of