Before puppets, human hands could only communicate via the written word and smacking their unsuspecting owners in the face. Animate your appendages with today's Groupon: for $19, you get a two-hour puppet-making workshop at The Puppet Kitchen (a $50 Value).

The Puppet Kitchen, which has garnered features on ABC 7 and in the Wall Street Journal, combines creative innovation with fur and lively facial features during Pup-It making workshops. Under the tutelage of experienced puppet masters, each two-hour lesson assists vacant-handed guests in whipping up batches of handmade arm associates equipped with human-like features including moving mouths and 20/20 vision. The puppeteers proffer all the materials, patterns, and expertise necessary, enabling participants to complete functional puppets. Workshops maintain small sizes, ensuring one-on-one attention and eschewing the chances of puppet mutinies, and are conveniently scheduled on the weekends.