If it weren’t for the archival nature of ceramics, we’d have little insight into the rainy-day activities of ancient Greeks. Make your own lasting, creative mark with today’s Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of paint-your-own pottery, plus a waived studio fee ($8 for adults, $6 for children), at Paint It! Pottery Shop in the Wisconsin Dells. Open seven days a week, Paint It! Pottery offers more than 400 styles of preformed pottery (prices range from $2 to $50). Here’s how the process works: after selecting a piece of classy crockery, you can plan a design using the in-house stencils, stamps, detail brushes, dinosaur dentures, and add-on shapes. With more than 70 paint colors to choose from, each piece transcends inanimate earthenware to become a personal expression of the artist, whether he or she is an amateur adult or pint-sized prodigy. Paint It! provides an enjoyable opportunity to create handmade gifts for friends and relatives. Once the palette runs dry, a Paint It! professional applies the glaze and gives customers' creations life in a fiery kiln.

Reviews

TripAdvisors give Paint It! Pottery Shop an average of 4.5 owl-eyes.

• Great place to make family memories and gifts. The staff is friendly and helpful. There is a large selection of pieces to paint. – rikrok2
• I never knew painting pottery could be so relaxing! The staff was very informative about the painting process, and they were very accommodating for our 2-year-old as well. – tjhy