Ancient civilizations were known for painting scenes on the pottery they created, leading to crude hand-etched tableaus of overweight cats talking back to their owners. Engage in age-old endeavors with today’s Groupon to Quiggly's Clayhouse in Richardson. Choose between the following options:

• For $20, you get $40 worth of walk-in mosaic, pottery paint, or clay-sculpting projects.
For $25, you get admission for two to a glass-fusion or pottery-wheel experience (a $50 value).

Quiggly's Clayhouse equips creative kids and artistic adults with the knowledge and supplies required to forge eye-catching art pieces from glass and clay. When inspiration strikes, imaginative hands can create a masterpiece on the spot with walk-in art projects. Select a lily-white piece of pottery to paint in bright colors and stencil with creative html code or sculpt clay by hand to create a functional dish or dysfunctional clay television. Mosaic mavens can choose from a range of wooden shapes to adorn with glittering pieces of glass and other materials. After placing the final stroke, shape, or shard on a project, crafters hand off their prized pieces to a staff member, who will clear-glaze pottery, dry and fire clay, and introduce mosaic decorations to one other to prevent the formation of rival art schools.

Glass-fushion and pottery-wheel classes nourish young minds with in-depth instruction. Keeping a safe distance from glassblowing's hazardous torches or modern-art bonfires, 20-minute glass fusion lessons let fingers assemble colorful glass mosaics without placing them near flames. A seasoned silica sculptor then fires the piece flat, creating a scintillating 4-inch coaster ideal for adorning home coffee tables. 30-minute pottery classes teach tykes to throw clay on a pottery wheel, using the rotating surface to create perfectly round vases or extremely dizzy paperweights. Students return from class with renewed artistic inspiration and two finished pieces to take home.