With new friends in my daughter’s new school, it seems that there are lots of new playdate requests, so playdates are a big part of our social calendar. I have recently discovered the perfect activity (especially on cold wintery days indoors): a pizza-making playdate. It ticks all the boxes: happy, healthy, and fun. Plus, you feed the children in addition to keeping them entertained. Bonus!
Provide a station of various food options. Choose toppings that might slightly push them out of their normal comfort zones (and create more interesting pizzas). For instance, pre-cooked broccoli from the previous night’s dinner was surprisingly the most popular item.
Ingredients :
-Pizza Dough — this is a great recipe from Jamie Oliver for dough, or buy fresh or frozen balls of dough, or ask a local pizza restaurant to buy some dough!
-Flour (small handful)
-Pizza sauce — easy to buy or make
-Cheese — we used grated and fresh mozzarella balls
-Your choice of toppings!
Materials Needed :
-Spoon
-Rolling Pins
-Tea Towels or Aprons
-Baking Sheet
Simply roll the dough on a clean and floured surface, and even try to do some dough ‘throwing’ in the air.
So the only question I am left wondering is why it took so long for me to figure out this pizza play date trick? Successful, fun, and delicious! Finally, I hope you try a pizza play date — children of all ages are sure to love it.
Lara
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ps Another fun after school activity that we love (with another kind of dough).
Comments (2)
Love this! We also do ‘pizza fondue’ – fill the fondue pot with warm pizza sauce, and let them dip in garlic bread, tortellini, salami, veggies, etc. – kids love the super long fondue forks 😉
Great idea! I love both cheese and chocolate fondues… Will have to try!