Crafting strengthens the bonds between parents and children more effectively than a Mommy & Me masonry course, which only builds more walls between them. Tighten family ties with today’s Groupon: for $5, you get one admission to a drop-in craft session and $5 toward supplies at bubble in Babylon Village.

Bubble bolsters budding artists with structured crafting sessions for kids of all ages. Groupon holders are granted access to bubble’s Craft Bar, where youngsters and their parents can use a cocktail of supplies to create beaded bracelets ($0.25+/bead), shape fragrant soaps ($10/two bars), or glue together popsicle-stick send-ups of Michelangelo’s David. With a smorgasbord of possible projects available, from sock-puppet sewing to candle making, an afternoon of crafting at bubble can singlehandedly solve the problem of bare refrigerator doors, spartan mantelpieces, or mostly-empty hope chests. Walk-ins are welcome, but reservations are recommended to avoid potentially disastrous googly-eye shortages. Bubble's summer hours are Monday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday form 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.