Few things can catch a snack thief red-handed as efficiently as a freshly painted crimson cookie jar. Keep track of your sweet stock with today's Groupon: for $12, you get a paint-your-own-pottery experience with a factory tour at Louisville Stoneware (a $25 value). Admission includes all necessary materials and fees, including paint, pottery, glazing, and firing.

Louisville Stoneware's artisans transform natural stoneware clay into elaborate table fixtures through an awe-inspiring series of crafting techniques. Twenty pairs of skilled, specialist hands conspire to mix, form, and paint each functional art piece inside the professional stoneware studio. Visitors admire the prowess of the pottery team Monday–Friday during factory tours, studying expert techniques to craft their own personal items during paint-your-own-pottery sessions. Preformed bowls, figurines, plates, and mugs take on individualized designs as visitors glaze items with the provided materials. Professional fire tamers carefully arrange finished items in the factory kiln, which reaches 2,350 degrees to melt glazes into a glassy, durable surface. Keepsakes require a cooling period of up to 10 days, whereupon guests may return to reclaim masterpieces and World's Greatest Babysitter titles.