Kid’s Parties

Pizza Party

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Last week I shared the invitations for Reuben’s pizza party and now I’m back to share the details of the party. I felt really blessed that coronavirus restrictions eased in time for us to have a group of up to twenty to celebrate. My parents were also able to join us (they brought up a load of grain they had sold to a local farmer), so the whole occasion felt very festive!

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Reuben loves pizza, so this theme was really fitting to celebrate his eleventh birthday. He’s growing too old for cutesy party food and decorations, so I had to restrain myself a little! I went for an Italian themed table with the ubiquitous red and white checked tablecloth and candle in an old wine bottle. I also used some Italian placemats I made from an old calendar. The food was fairly simple, as pizza was the star of the show! We had fruit pizza, bocconcini, basil and tomato kebabs, lolly kebabs and a chocolate cake made to look like a pizza with various toppings.

I made the dough for the pizzas the day before the party and left it in the fridge to rise overnight. I chopped up lots of toppings and each guest rolled out their dough and created their own pizza masterpiece, which Murray cooked outside in our portable pizza oven. This was a great activity for this age group, but quite intense, hence unfortunately I didn’t get any photos of the pizza making or cooking.

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I used a garland I had made for Reuben’s seventh birthday party from fabric scraps as a decoration and added in some free pizza printables I found on Pinterest. This was one of my favourite parties. The boys were so lovely and enjoyed pizza making, a game of spotlight and a few games on the Nintendo Switch.

Are your kids getting too old for themed birthday parties or do they still love them?