The existence of prehistoric pottery shards paints a clear picture of ancient artisanal practices while highlighting ancestral clumsiness. Leave behind traces of your own civilization with today's Groupon to Fun2Paint in Danvers. Choose between the following options:

• For $15, you get $30 worth of pottery painting.
• For $55, you get a pottery-painting birthday party for up to eight people (a $112 value).

At Fun2Paint, artists of all ages adorn plaster vessels with individualized designs, crafting masterpieces in the studio to take home immediately. After selecting a choice piece from hundreds of options (starting at $10.99), fledgling Van Goghs can embellish with studio-supplied paints and brushes, creating a vibrant flower, a realistic butterfly, or a mustached Batman. The resident spray wizard will then coat finished figures with a magical paint-fixing spray-finish, so artists can take their master works home that day.

Those planning painting parties will have access to an hour and a half of reserved space inside the studio, and professional invitations will be sent to all guests ahead of the party date. After up to eight whippersnappers select casts, they'll be able to choose from more than 30 shades of paint to most accurately represent a life-like gasoline puddle. Additional children may participate for an added fee ($13.99/child). Fun2Paint's dedicated party planners supply celebrants with plates, napkins, and plastic-ware for consuming birthday cakes, as well as assistance with all painting activities and a thorough spray-finish of completed artworks.

All painted items created at Fun2Paint are strictly decorative and are not food safe.