Before the invention of glaze, potters were forced to color their wares with plant dyes, mud, and the Skittles that collected in the bottom of their pockets. Savor less sticky pottery pigments with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of paint-your-own pottery at All Fired Up.

All Fired Up creates a casual crockery haven where budding artists of any age can ornament their own earthenware masterpieces, choosing from an array of paintable options that includes plates ($12–$40), steins ($12–$25), vases ($16–$25), figurines ($6–$20), and bisque sculptures of Picasso’s ear. Guests can then select from a plentiful palette of ceramic-safe colors to customize a design or call upon artistic aid in the form of stamps, stencils, and computer printouts. Dress up a dining table by decorating a plain oval tray with brightly colored flowers, or reward the world's best mailman with a custom commemorative tile. Newly minted bisque works are left in the overnight care of one of All Fired Up’s friendly kiln masters, who will read them a bedtime story before hand-glazing and firing them in a kiln.