Family Pizza Party (Pillsbury Pizza Crust, Plates & Pictureka! Review)

picture of Pillsbury Pizza Crust Family Pizza Party

We started Family Night when my kiddos were just toddlers. Now, it’s what we look forward to weekly. Sometimes we have movie night, cooking night, baking night, or game night. The 4 of us decide what we want to do and enjoy the evening of Family Night. We were excited to be given the chance to review and have our own Family Pizza Party.

Pillsbury has a great line of products that my family loves including crescent rolls, cookie dough, biscuits, and pie crust. They have a new line of Pizza Crust in both Thin Crust and Classic Crust. We headed for Acme and picked up both for this review.

Pillsbury Pizza Crust Review

The crust rolled out very easy, here it is on my cookie sheet before forming it or anything. Pizza crust couldn’t be easier than this!

picture of Pillsbury Pizza CrustMy kids are only 3 and 5 but they love to help in the kitchen. They were able to help put on the toppings: Sausage, onions, green peppers, pepperoni, and tomatoes. Elijah even helped cut the pizza with his kid size Curious Chef pizza cutter. If you are looking for great recipes for pizza and recipes using other Pillsbury items, go to their website for Meal Solutions! You’ll find quick and easy recipes for your family.

picture of Cutting Pillsbury Pizza CrustThe pizza was yummy. The crust was flavorful and cooked just right. The Pillsbury pizza crust cooked evenly, nothing was soggy in the middle. We liked both crusts but I think my favorite was the Thin Crust since it was a bit crispier. Between the 4 of us, we ate 1-1/3 pizzas. We all agreed that this was delicious pizza, even better than the pizza we had earlier this week from a pizza shop. I love that I’m feeding my family fresh pizza filled with fresh ingredients.ย  My kids loved the Pizza Shape plates that came with the Family Pizza Party pack! They look good enough to eat.

In between eating, good conversation is key to Family Pizza Night. Here were some “interview questions” that kept the night fun and light-hearted.

  • What is your favorite thing about family pizza night?
    • I get to cut the pizza myself! –ย  Elijah
  • Who in your family do you think would make the best pizza?
    • Mommy because she puts lots of cheese on it. I like cheese. – Elizabeth
  • Who would make the silliest pizza?
    • I would because I would put all of the meat in the world on it because I’m a meat-eater! – Elijah
  • If you could put any topping on a pizza, what would it be?
    • Meat. – Elijah
    • Olives. – Elizabeth
  • What crazy shape would you make your pizza?
    • Dinosaur like the cake grandma made for my birthday. – Elijah

When you pair an activity with Family Pizza Night it becomes more than just dinner, it becomes an event that your kids will look forward to. Some ideas include board games, video games, movies, act-out theater, painting contests, drawing with markers and crayons together especially on large posterboard, neighborhood walk, hike at the park, and evening at the playground. Let your kids make suggestions throughout the week and put them in a jar, then pick one suggestion each week.

Pictureka! Family Game Review

Pictureka! from Hasbro is a “find it fast” game. I wasn’t sure how this game was going to work out with a 3 and 5 year old when it says 6 and up but we gave it a try. Now, Pictureka! is our favorite game and we’ve played is several times this week already.ย  Hasbro has an outstanding selection of old favorite games that you played as a kid and new family-focused games. Check out the Hasbro Website to check out the newest games available as well as pick up some hints on how to make your Family Game Night a success!

Pictureka! game instructions are simple to understand and follow. There are even instructions on how to include younger kids into the game.

Ready for Pictureka! Game Night

Some games only keep my kids attention for 10 minutes, this game was addicting and the kids played for about 40 minutes! It is similar to an I-spy challenge but with more variations and challenges. Elijah enjoyed the challenges to find the items on the board first!

picture of 5 year old playing Pictureka! Elizabeth is 3 but played just as well as the rest of us. She ‘earned’ 3 cards, it only take 6 to win! To earn a card, you must find a certain number of aย  specified object on the board before time is up! Some of the cards are images so she could just look at the image and others were words so she had to process the thoughts of the word and locate the items on the board. This is a challenging game and rewarding when you locate the objects before the time runs out.

There isn’t anything more rewarding to Family Night than seeing my kids smile like Elizabeth is below. Family night is a great bonding time between parents and kids. It’s great to share fun experiences with your kids.

picture of game nightWith no help from mom or dad, Elijah won the first game of Pictureka! fair and square. Can you see how proud he is of his accomplishment as he holds his 6 winning cars?!

Even Arnold, the dog won, sort of as he discovered the spilled Lemonade…

picture of dog drinking Lemonade

Buy Pillsbury Pizza Crust with a Coupon

I was able to purchase my crust for $2.59 each. Go to the Pillsbury website to print a coupon to save $0.40 when you purchase two packages of Pillsbury Pizza Crust today.

Win Pillsbury Family Pizza Party (Closed)

Updated: 5/19/10 Winner Announced: Congratulations, Corrie Gompf! You have 36 hours to respond to the email sent or another entry will be selected.


Win a Family Pizza Party (1 free Pillsbury Pizza Crust, 4 pizza shapped Plates, and Pictureka! board game)

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Pillsbury Family Pizza Party Prize Pack

Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on May 17th when a winner will be drawn at random and announced the next day. When commenting, please include your email address (not visible to public). I will notify the winners and they will have 36 hours to respond!

This was not a paid post. My own opinions were used based on my perceptions and experience. Thank you to Pillsbury and BlogSpark who supplied the products for review and giveaway.

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247 thoughts on “Family Pizza Party (Pillsbury Pizza Crust, Plates & Pictureka! Review)

  1. tina reynolds says:

    Smores chocolate chip cookies, I am going to make them tommorrow for the kids and hubby they will love them thanks for the chance to win

  2. Jennifer h says:

    commented here-https://www.akronohiomoms.com/life-family/kids-ages-3-10-play-together-on-backyard-discovery-playset/comment-page-1/#comment-12127

  3. Steph says:

    The Pepperoni-Pesto Popovers they have on the homepage look delicious and really not that hard to make.

  4. Holly W says:

    I was going through the recipes and boy would love to try the Lemon-Layer Cream Cheese Pie! Wish I had the ingredients to make it right now…Yummy!

  5. Shawna OBrien says:

    I visited the Pillsbury and found a yummy recipe for ultimate Frozen Mud Pie Dessert.

  6. Deborah Wellenstein says:

    The whole website looks yummy! I love that they have printable coupons right on the site. As for a recipe, you just can’t beat the million dollar winner, Mini Ice Cream Cookie Cups. Thanks!

  7. Ellen C. says:

    I’d like to try the cranberry and vanilla chip cookies recipe. Thanks for the chance.

  8. Jason Patterson says:

    I am now following you on twitter, and retweeted this

    (iwannawin2day is my username)

  9. Greta Brandau says:

    The Night-Before Taco Bake looks yummy – probably would leave out the green chilis though! Not very kid friendly

  10. Amber G says:

    I voted for you on Top 100 Mommy blogs #2
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  11. Amber G says:

    I voted for you on Top 100 Mommy blogs #1
    Good luck!
    Thank you for the giveaway ๐Ÿ™‚
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  12. Jaque says:

    Wow, easy entry…find something yummy on the Pillsbury site! Cool. Pillsbury makes ONLY yummy products. However the recipe that sounds the most delicious to me is the Vegetable-Cheddar Quiche…uh, oh, my mouth is beginning to water!

    Thank you. ๐Ÿ™‚

  13. Jason Patterson says:

    Pillsbury’s Totino’s pizza rolls have always been a favorite of my kids, but all of their products are staples, lol.

  14. Cindy Orley says:

    The required entry is just to go to the Pillsbury website and report back on something that looks delicious on their website. ๐Ÿ™‚ All other entries count as extra entries and you can do as many as you like!

  15. Roseanne says:

    Just saw your post on Pillsbury, thought I would check your website. Looks like you had a fun evening. We try to do the same thing! Not sure if I entered correctly? Thanks!

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