Pizza Kits for Christmas

On top of all the Christmas baking and candy-making we did (sharing half of what we made with others), the girls and I put together 13 "Pizza Kits" to give away to our Amish neighbors, our preacher's family, and their Sunday School and missions teachers.

We were trying to come up with something different. Something that everyone in the family could enjoy. Who doesn't like pizza???

We hit the Dollar Tree (everything in the store is $1) and found everything we needed to complete each kit that would make two 12" pizzas. Each "kit" included two 12" round pizza pans, two packages of pizza crust mix (only 33-cents each), one jar of pizza sauce, one package of pepperoni, one container of Parmesan cheese, and one pizza cutter. We covered and kept each kit together with shower caps we also bought at the Dollar Tree (package of 8 for $1). Total cost per 8-piece kit: $6.78 (and a half-cent plus tax). Not bad for a gift that will feed a family!

We printed labels on our computer and taped them onto the shower cap. A bow would have been a nice touch, but honestly we didn't even think about it at the time. We had thought about buying pizza boxes to arrange the stuff in, but the pizza sauce jar was too wide to have shut the box. The shower caps worked great, allowing the people to see what the gift included. While they did fit snug, you can't, however turn the gift up on it's side or the heavy ingredients will fall out.