Decided we'd make homemade pizza from scratch this weekend as a family project. My 5 year old got more flour on himself than in the dough, my 8 year old actually helped with rolling it out, and we somehow ended up with 3 pizzas instead of 2. It took twice as long as normal but the kids were so into it and actually ate what they made. Definitely doing this again.
That sounds awesome man. The mess is half the fun at that age. We did something similar last month and my 6 year old was basically a flour ghost by the end, but he talks about making pizza every single day now.
This is the kind of weekend mission I love. Sure there's cleanup, but those are the moments they actually remember. My boys still talk about helping me build stuff in the garage.
Did they actually eat the pizza after or was it more about the experience? My kids always want to help but then get bored by the actual eating part.
The pizza flour everywhere phase is real. My 5yo turned into a flour ghost halfway through and just accepted it. But man, nothing beats seeing them take a bite of something they actually made with their hands.
Pro tip for next time - let them top their own personal pizzas instead of one big one. Keeps them engaged longer and they get way more invested in eating what they made.
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This is such a good project. My kids are still talking about the time we made homemade pizza three months ago. The dough stretching part was chaos but they were so proud. You're winning at parenting right now.