To give 2-3 year olds pizza at a party?

[TheExcitablePrawn]

DS is having a party on Sunday for his 3rd birthday. All little guests 2-3 years old.

Would I be being unreasonable to serve cold (maybe hot, depending on oven working at venue, but otherwise cooked night before) pizza instead of sarnies?

Was going to do individual party lunchboxes for each child, but after reading something on the party section on here, have gathered that lots of people think these would be a waste of food for small ones.

Want something fairly cheap and thought pizzas might be easy! Would serve with bowls of toddler-friendly crisps, cut up grapes, little biscuits, and then give guests cake to take home in party bags. Just don't want loads of waste if people think this could be the case.

I occasionally will give at home/let DS and DD (20 months) have pizza if we go out, but not sure if other parents would be horrified at this!

Would you be?!

nothing wrong with pizzas, but I wouldn't do them cold as they are quite chewy for little teeth and jaws. I think more pizza gets eaten than sandwiches. I do plain pizza for the children and posh pizza for the parents!

Pizza slices, mini sausage rolls, bowls of quavers, cucumber sticks and baby tomatoes. Mini breadsticks? Cubes of cheese. A fine spread.

Mini pizzas will reduce the mess....a little bit. Yes to warm pizza only though. Cold pizza is for breakfast!

P.S. food sounds great. Can I come please?

Cold pizza? Sounds not great tbh

I'm in America--pizza is expected at toddler parties, as opposed to sandwiches. And I think pizza is absolutely fine as far as special treats go.

we served it last weekend at ds's 3rd bday - served warm as venue had an oven. We served veg sticks, mini sausages, cut up cheese and crisps - went down a treat and the parents had a few slices too.

Jam sandwiches usually go down well.

DS's soya intolerance means that pizza is one of thr few party fods he can eat. It was fantastic when his milk allergy calmed so that he could cope with a little cheese. Before then, we had to take a packed lunch to parties as sometimes the only foods he could eat were vegetable sticks and cocktail sausages as everything else contained milk, egg and soya. So, yes I'd be thrilled to see pizza at a party, and DS would happily scoff it. He likes his food, and pparties don't distract him from it.

Can you check if the oven will be available at the venue?

My DS especially loves pizza and will scoff any leftover pizza when we have a takeaway.

(Or could you get a delivery from a Pizza Delivery place? Ask them to cut it up into small pieces for you? )
And then you'll know it's hot. (Look online for any special offers)