Archaeologists examine ancient pottery to identify a culture’s preferred cooking methods and to determine which of its members was the World’s Greatest Dad. Make timeless memories with today’s Groupon to Kiln-N-Time. Choose from the following options:

• For $14, you get a BYOB date-night pottery-painting outing (a $29 total value). Date nights take place Thursday and Saturday nights from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The outing includes:
• Date-night studio fee for one adult (a $9 value)

• $20 toward pottery<p>

• For $16, you get a child’s pottery-painting outing (a $32 total value). The outing includes:
• Studio fee for one child (a $12 value)

• $20 toward pottery<p>

• For $19, you get an adult’s pottery-painting outing (a $38 total value). The outing includes:
• Studio fee for one adult (an $18 value)
• $20 toward pottery<p>

Kiln-N-Time’s ceramic pros guide unsure artists through the steps of customizing pottery in a sunny studio with yolk-yellow accent walls. Grownups and future grownups choose from a wide variety of bisque pottery pieces before claiming a spot at a tile-topped table and beginning to paint. Embellish a vase ($20+) with sassy polka dots, cover a latte mug ($20+) in a coffee-complementing hue, or fill the inside of a bowl ($15+) with cherry-shaped chocolates, creating a complicated metaphor for life and dessert itself.

Once fired, painted creations can survive spins in a microwave or dishwasher without damage. Alternately, procure a pair of Groupons to bring a friend or significant other to the studio’s twice-weekly date nights, during which libation-toting couples can bond by inscribing a pottery piece with the date of their first joint grocery purchase.