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 for hands-on pottery projects at Harry the Potter in Flowood. Choose between the following options:

• For $12, you get $24 worth of pottery and supplies for up to two individuals.
• For $22, you get $48 worth of pottery and supplies for up to four individuals.<p>

Harry the Potter’s artist-led studio houses a collection of unglazed dishes, mugs, animal statuettes, and other house adornments, which eagerly await a freshly painted exterior. Gather one to three acquaintances or sentient lamps and artistically enliven coffee mugs ($12–$22/mug) with self-inspired designs, or decorate a palanquin worthy of caesar-drenched greens with a customizable salad plate ($16–$18). Pintsize painters can pick up a brush and unleash their inner artist with a pottery piece from the kids’ shelf, such as an animal, a heart, or a little house ($10–$12). The shop also stocks a variety of holiday-themed items, including ornaments for Christmas decorating and pumpkin plates for distributing Halloween candy or restraining orders.

Helpful Harry the Potter staffers stay ready to offer helpful painting advice and aid during each customization session. Women looking for a night of relaxation and creation can attend Harry the Potter’s ladies nights, BYOB events that take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Friends can pack a bottle of wine and meet up with other painters and call three days in advance to reserve a complete meal ($5, not included with today’s Groupon) to save recently painted grapes from an untimely digesting.