Back to School Game Night with Ellio's Pizza
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Food:
I combined dinner + snacks with our game playing. Combining the two saves time and makes dinner seem festive. The kids were thrilled to have snacks and treats on a school night. We served Ellio's Pizza as the main dish. Pizza often makes the menu during the busy back to school season. It's super convenient to swap a from-scratch meal for the ease of an all natural (Ellio's uses 100% real cheese and no artificial ingredients), low cost alternative. My husband used to eat Ellio's Pizza as a kid. I love that Ellio's has been around for a while and it's the same pizza he grew up with. Plus, it's super quick to pull together (just throw in the toaster oven for 12-14 minutes), which means it doesn't cut into our quality time together. Besides pizza, I served popcorn, mozzarella bites (gotta get some veggies in!), and brownies for dessert. Don't the mozzarella bites look like little apples? That was totally unintentional.
Games:
Our girls are still young so the games have to be to the point and quick. We love the classics- Hungry Hungry Hippo, Chutes and Ladders, and Candy Land.
We used Joe's phone and a Bluetooth speaker to throw on a kid-themed playlist and get the party started.
Decorations:
Of course decorations aren't totally necessary but I'm a sucker for a theme! Usually for game night we break out a game and play on the living room floor. But I wanted to make this game night a fun "You survived the first week of school!" party for Genevieve so I took 5 minutes (and about $5) and put out a few decorations. These included pencils in jars, apples as a centerpiece, a composition notebook, and a map I stole from their playroom.
A good old fashioned game night paired with Ellio's Pizza and yummy snacks makes for a good start to the week and a sweet way to say great job to our 1st grader! Do you play games with your kiddos? What's your favorite game night meal? Join the conversation--follow Ellio's on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram.
And, if you're now inspired to host your own game night, I have extra good news: Ellio's and Hasbro are partnering up for a special pizza + family game night giveaway. From now through November 30, pick up a specially marked Scrabble edition pizza box of Ellio's Pizza for a chance to win cool prizes from Ellio's and Hasbro! Visit Ellios.com for official rules.
This is a sponsored post on behalf of Dr. Oetker USA LLC. I received compensation for this post, however all opinions stated are my own.
7 comments
What a cute idea!! It looks like y'all had so much fun! And I especially love your cute mozzarella bite skewers! :)
ReplyDeletei TOTALLY remember those from when i was a kid! this is such a fun idea!
ReplyDeleteThis is quite the spread! I bet the girls love it!
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When my girls were younger we had movie night every Thursday during the summer with a theme dinner, movie and craft. I miss those times.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cute idea. We have a weekly family game night. I remember eating Ellio's Pizza as a kid too. I'll remember this the next time I want a quick dinner.
ReplyDeleteWe love playing games as a family to and now that my kids are getting a bit older (12 and 10) we can play games that require a bit of skill as well as chance. I love the decorations you did... fun idea to turn a game night into a part!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for such a good idea...
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