Silly Slices

Activity Overview

The best chefs are often the most creative. In this task, students are asked to think totally out-of-the-box about how to re-create a fan favorite: pizza! While considering their recipe revamps, students will explore vocabulary as they compare elements of pizza, with other ingredients. Students will also have the opportunity to further develop fine motor skills by drawing, collaging, or cooking up their unique pizza creation!

**Important note: please be aware of choking hazards with collage materials intended for pretend play. Also, please be aware of food allergies when cooking**

What You Need

• Lorenzo the Pizza Loving Lobster on Epic!

• Blank paper and markers, colored pencils, crayons OR collage materials

• Wild pizza ingredients (optional)

Steps

1. Read Lorenzo the Pizza Loving Lobster.

2. Think about your favorite foods. Could any of those be turned into pizza toppings? Think about creative, out-of-the-box ways that you could recreate a traditional pizza. Go wild!

3. Draw the details of your pizza toppings or create a fun “pizza” out of collage materials.

Guiding Questions

• What are your favorite foods? What do you like most about those foods?

• What is your favorite pizza topping? What do you like most about it?

• Compare those favorites, what is alike about them? Consider the textures, flavors, shapes and sizes. What is different about them?

• What out-of-the-box pizza toppings would you add?

• What would happen to _____ if you cooked it on a pizza? Would it change how it should be cooked? Should it be added after the pizza is cooked?

• Think about the different elements of a traditional pizza. For your new creation, would you use pizza dough or another dough? Would you use pizza sauce or another sauce? Would you sprinkle cheese on top or use something different?

Extensions

• For inspiration, search online for recipes such as: dessert pizza, Mexican pizza, lasagna pizza, scone pizza, pita pizza, daal pizza, breakfast pizza

• Have a silly slices pizza competition with members of your community. Let everyone make their own versions of silly mini-pizzas and do a taste test of all the different options!