Throw a Pi Party to Celebrate the Math Lover in your Life

When your kid loves math as much as ours does, at some point you’re gonna want to throw them a Pi Party…and what better day to have the party than on March 14, National Pi Day. According to Piday.org,  Pi Day is celebrated around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159…… I don’t know how many people treat this day as an actual recognized holiday, but in our home it is a day to celebrate! We dine on all things circular:

• Sliced Cucumber
• Ritz Crackers
• Doughnuts
• Pizza
• Orange Slices
• Pepperoni
• Oreos
• and of course PIE!

Obviously, you can’t just go to the party store or even Amazon and purchase Pi themed party supplies, so I had to create my own and will gladly share them with you. You can download your own Pi Pennant Banner HERE to print out and create your own Pi party decor.

We printed out extra pennants to decorate the single serve pieces of pie. They were the perfect size for Edwards brand pies found in the frozen dessert section (2 slices per box).

These cookies were my plan B. Originally I spent HOURS crafting Pi shaped cookies using a cookie cutter I made out of an aluminum lasagna pan. You can find the tutorial for making your own cookie cutter HERE. The cookies were baked and frosted with melted chocolate and looked really great. In the hustle of getting the kitchen cleaned up, the plate with the Pi shaped cookies got placed in the sink. They were totally destroyed. There was rage…There were tears. Yes, I cried over Pi shaped cookies, an ugly cry, the likes which my kids had never seen before. Let’s chalk it up to stress and total frustration and disappointment. It was all those things, but in the end they were just cookies.

With just hours before the party was to begin, I didn’t have enough time to make enough of the Pi shaped cookies, so I decided, after wiping away my tears, to just roll with it and make the second best Pi cookies. I decided a circle made the most sense, so while the cookies were in the oven, I took some melted chocolate and piped a couple dozen chocolate Pi symbols to add to the top of the cookies once they were completely cooled off. They turned out great and now my children will always remember the time when mommy cried over complicated cookies.

I used the remaining chocolate Pi symbols to decorate the chocolate pie for the pie eating contest. Each boy had to consume three mini chocolate pies without the use of silverware…or hands! It was a total mess and I’m quite sure none of them will be asking for chocolate anytime soon! These pies were made quickly and easily by filling mini graham cracker crusts  with canned chocolate whipping cream!

For those who didn’t participate in the pie eating contest, we offered a delicious berry pie! Seriously, you can’t go wrong with a berry pie!

To wash down all the sweets, I had these custom Pi water bottles available. These mini water bottles were purchased at Trader Joes, but I believe you can find them at most grocery stores.

After all the snacks were gone, the guests all settled in to watch “The Life of Pi.” This Pi party was a fun way to geek out over all things Pi and to celebrate our son who loves to recite Pi.

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