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Deliver the Right Pizza in Your Shop!

Deliver the Right Pizza in Your Shop!
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Set up a mini pizza shop, make cardboard or play dough pizzas with correct toppings, and deliver matching orders to customers to practice accuracy.

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Step-by-step guide to Deliver the Right Pizza in Your Shop

What you need
Adult supervision required, cardboard or paper plates, glue or tape, markers or crayons, paper and pen for order cards, play dough or construction paper, scissors, small boxes or trays for deliveries, stickers or small labels

Step 1

Clear a flat area to be your pizza shop counter and delivery lane.

Step 2

Arrange a box or tray as the counter and place another box or tray as the delivery spot.

Step 3

Choose whether to make toppings from play dough or cut them from construction paper.

Step 4

Cut or shape at least four different toppings and color them so each topping looks different.

Step 5

Make at least four pizza bases by cutting cardboard circles or using paper plates.

Step 6

Put different topping combinations on each pizza base so every pizza is unique.

Step 7

Make order cards by writing or drawing each pizza’s toppings on separate pieces of paper and place them face down in a pile.

Step 8

Draw the top order card and read the toppings out loud to take the order.

Step 9

Look at your pizzas and pick the one that exactly matches the order card.

Step 10

Put the matched pizza in a small delivery box or on a tray and carry it to the delivery spot without changing toppings.

Step 11

Ask your customer to check the pizza and then repeat more orders to practice accuracy.

Step 12

Share a photo or description of your pizza shop and deliveries on DIY.org

Final steps

You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!

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Help!?

What can we use instead of play dough, construction paper, cardboard circles, or paper plates if we don't have them?

Use colored felt, foam sheets, or magazine cutouts for toppings and substitute cereal-box cardboard or disposable baking sheets for the cardboard circles or paper plates to make your pizza bases.

My toppings keep shifting or falling off when I carry a pizza to the delivery spot—how can I fix that?

Press play dough toppings firmly into the cardboard base or attach paper toppings with a glue stick or tape before placing the pizza in the small delivery box or on a tray to carry to the delivery spot without losing pieces.

How can I adapt the activity for different ages or skill levels?

For younger kids, make larger pre-cut toppings, use fewer pizza bases, and provide adult help with cutting, while older kids can add more topping types, write detailed order cards, time deliveries, or create a menu to increase challenge.

What are fun ways to extend or personalize our pizza shop activity?

Create a painted cardboard shop sign and delivery map, add customer review stickers and a receipt pad, and photograph each delivery to share on DIY.org to practice matching orders and document outcomes.

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Facts about pretend play and matching activities for kids

📦 Cardboard is lightweight, easy to cut and decorate—plus it's one of the most commonly recycled materials, perfect for kid projects.

🚗 Domino's, one of the world's biggest pizza-delivery chains, started in 1960 and helped make hot pizza delivery a global habit.

🎨 Play-Doh started life as a wallpaper cleaner before becoming a squishy modeling toy kids loved in the 1950s.

🧠 Pretend-play shops (like a mini pizza shop) help kids practice counting, matching, following directions, and teamwork.

🍕 The modern pizza we know (flatbread with toppings) was popularized in Naples, Italy, in the 18th–19th centuries.

How do I set up and play "Deliver the Right Pizza in Your Shop" with my child?

Set up a small table as the pizza counter, create a menu and simple order cards showing toppings, and make base pizzas from cardboard or play dough. Have one child take orders and assemble pizzas to match cards, then “deliver” to customers (family members or stuffed animals). Use a timer, play money, or receipt slips to add realism. Swap roles so children practice taking orders, matching toppings, and checking accuracy.

What materials do I need to make a mini pizza shop and pretend toppings?

You’ll need cardboard circles or play dough for bases, colored paper or craft foam for toppings, scissors, glue or Velcro dots, markers, and index cards for order slips. Optional items: a small tablecloth, play money, trays, a toy cash register, aprons, and a timer. Use non-toxic supplies and child-safe scissors. Household substitutes like paper plates, colored construction paper, and buttons work well for low-cost alternatives.

What ages is the "Deliver the Right Pizza in Your Shop" activity suitable for?

This activity is great for ages 3–8. Toddlers (3–4) enjoy simple matching with adult help; preschoolers (4–6) can follow pictured orders and practice fine motor skills; early elementary kids (6–8) can read orders, use play money, and handle more toppings for accuracy practice. Supervise younger children and adapt complexity—fewer toppings for little ones, timed challenges or math-based orders for older kids.

What are the benefits of playing the pizza delivery matching game?

This game boosts fine motor skills, visual discrimination, and following multi-step directions while reinforcing vocabulary and social play. It teaches attention to detail, early counting and money concepts, and problem-solving when orders don’t match. Role-playing also builds communication and cooperative skills. Short sessions with positive feedback help maintain focus and make learning through play enjoyable for families.
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