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 $15, you get $30 worth of ceramics and studio time at Seize the Clay.

Unembellished ceramics line the shelves at Seize the Clay, where children and adults call forth colorful, utilitarian artworks such as plates, vases, and pet bowls. Studio time ($7/visit) includes all materials necessary to paint a distinctive sculptural object culled from the studio’s assortment of more than 300 pieces ($12–$35 each on average). After carefully selecting a clay canvas, artists dip their brushes into a vast selection of paints to emblazon coffee mugs with monograms and piggy banks with smiles that stay constant in the face of sure destruction. Throughout the session, staff members wait nearby to help with advanced painting techniques and intricate line work. The master glazers then load completed pieces into the kiln, where they incubate for three to five days before reuniting with their creators.