Materials
paper strips
strings
twigs
ribbons
blue paper
scissors (adult use only)
Instructions
Part One (Teacher Preparation)
1. Cut the brown felt in a circle the same size as a medium pizza. Cut the
circle into six equal sections. This will be the pizza crust.
2. Cut the red felt in a circle that is slightly smaller than the brown circle.
Cut the circle into six equal sections. This will be the tomato sauce on
the pizza crust.
3. Cut the yellow and white felt into small strips to represent cheese.
4. Cut the orange felt into small circles to represent pepperoni.
5. Cut the black felt into very small circles to represent black olives.
6. Cut the green felt into small strips to represent green peppers.
7. Cut some brown felt into small circles to represent sausage.
8. Cut a piece of card stock paper into a 7" or 8" diameter circle. Use a
marker to divide the circle into 6 equal sections. In each section, draw a
picture representing the various pizza toppings available in the game
(tomato sauce, cheese, pepperoni, black olives, green peppers, and
sausage) or glue a sample piece of the felt to each section. Attach the
spinner arrow to the middle of the card stock paper. Make sure it freely
spins.
9. Store all the pieces in the pizza box.
Part Two (Children Play the Game)
1. Four to six children can play at once. Give each child a piece of the
brown felt. This is the crust upon which they will make their pizza. Lay
the other pieces in small piles on the table.
2. Let the children take turns spinning the arrow on the game board. The
child should identify the pizza topping the arrow lands on and take one
of those pieces.
3. Play continues in turn until all the children have enough pieces to make
a piece of pizza. The child should have a crust, a red tomato piece, and
at least one of each of the other pieces.
4. Continue taking turns until all of the children have had a chance to
complete their pizza slices.
More to do Bulletin Board: Ask the children what kind of pizza they eat at home.
Record their responses and create a "Pizza Pie" bulletin board.
