It’s a Pizzeria!
In: Birthday Parties, Do-It-Yourself-Moms, Family Snapshots
Welcome back to Party Week here on KimzKitchen. I’ve had some parties in the archives to post about for awhile now, and thought I’d feature them all in the same week. I hope you’re not gaining as many pounds as I would be if I were really having all these parties in one week. 🙂 If you’ve missed some of the fun, check out the Valentine’s party and the baby shower.
Next week will be some before and after photos of my January organizing project – that will be fun too, but parties are a great way to prequel that. So, this party, for my six year old budding chef, took place last October. It was SO FUN! All she wanted was to cook with her friends. This is what we came up with.
And truth be told, this was the simplest party ever. I mean, the kids made their own lunch, they played the games they wanted to, and they even filled their own treat bags. But shhhhh! Don’t tell any of the moms that showed up. They thought I did all that work!!
Every kiddo got their own apron (I used the apron Chloe already had as a pattern to cut out the fabric with pinking sheers (so no-sew!), then I quickly sewed on some red bias tape for the ties.
It took me about 75 minutes (and $8 worth of fabric) to make 12 of them.
Papa Murphy’s to the rescue – they provided these awesome pizza kits, already set up and ready to go for $3 a piece. And they gave me a “you’re-a-super-cool-person” discount, (or maybe it was a “you’re-about-to-have-12-kids-make-pizzas-at-your-house-and-we-feel-sorry-for-you” discount) so they were only about $2.40 a piece.
Why they were awesome – they came with sauce, cheese, and pepperoni all measured out, the dough already flattened, and on it’s own cooking tray. I <3 no dishes to wash!)
Chloe decided to take charge and give the kids directions on how to prepare their pizzas. She’s a good teacher. 🙂
While the pizzas were baking, the kids tried their hands at the Arcade “Room”. My husband built all these awesome silly games out of cardboard boxes.
The kids got tickets that they turned in later at the prize counter.
Thankfully, we had a lot of moms and aunts and uncles to help out.
Chloe’s Uncle gave the birthday girl a few extra tickets I believe. 🙂 (I got these tickets at the dollar store – you can find them here, too.)
Once the pizzas were baked, it was time for lunch!
The kids having access to all-you-can-want parmesan cheese shakers (that I got for $1 a piece at Walmart) made the lunch quite the blast for them.
(See those glasses again? This could have also been called “100-uses-for-used-Frappacino-Bottles” week.
Chloe didn’t want a birthday cake this year – she’s not a huge sweets fan anyway. So when I suggested a Birthday Dessert Pizza, she jumped on the idea!
Next was prize table time. The kids used the bags that were at their spots at the table to put their prizes in. See? Filling their own treat bags. Hee hee hee. 🙂
The prizes were all dollar store finds that Chloe and I went shopping for the week before. Â We selected things that were as brightly colored as we could.
Putting them in glass jars and trifle bowls and vases made them super visible (and I had all those glass things at home already.) The pinwheels were the biggest hit.
The birthday girl got a new bicycle (that she loves!) and a day spent cooking and playing with all of our family. I’d say it was a hit of a party!
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3 comments
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Mel Hallam
March 28, 2013 at 5:41 pm
I don’t remember giving you a month off of your blog. Where have you been!!!
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bythesparklingsea
February 23, 2013 at 9:39 pm
How cute!!
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