Anyone visiting Domino’s Pizza on Thursday might have thought a group of sleepwalking children overran the store.
However, it was simply the pajama-clad children of St. James Lutheran Early Childhood Center, who visited the restaurant to learn how pizzas are made during their pajama and pizza day celebration.
“This is kind of our end-of-the-summer party,” said Miranda Fink, an employee at the Childhood Center.
After taking a short tour of the kitchen, the children witnessed first-hand how the pizzas are prepared, from dough spinning to baking.
But what was the best part about watching the pizza-making process?
“We get to eat them,” said Kaleb Lowney, 12, of Shawano.
As they circled through the kitchen, the children chose toppings for personalized pizzas that were later delivered to the childhood center for the party.
During the party, the kids learned how to make punch and enjoyed their pizza and snacks before watching “The Lego Movie.”
Fink said the childhood center likes to give children a number of learning opportunities with different trips and programs.
“During the summer we try to go somewhere at least once a week,” she said.
Earlier this summer the youngsters got to visit Heritage Park, Twig’s Beverage, the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, McDonald’s, Luigi’s and the county highway department. The group also did a number of science experiments and made weekly trips to the Shawano Recreation Center to go swimming.
Fink said they planned a number of activities for the group’s final week together, including a trip to Funset Boulevard in Appleton on Tuesday and a powwow at St. James School on Friday.
Though the kids said they are not looking forward to the start of school, maybe the fun week of activities has helped to soften the blow.
“(Funset Boulevard) was my favorite,” Lowney said. “You could go anywhere in there.”
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