diff --git a/xarray_array_testing/creation.py b/xarray_array_testing/creation.py
index 291e082..3696318 100644
--- a/xarray_array_testing/creation.py
+++ b/xarray_array_testing/creation.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-import hypothesis.strategies as st
+from functools import partial
+
 import xarray.testing.strategies as xrst
-from hypothesis import given
 
 from xarray_array_testing.base import DuckArrayTestMixin
+from xarray_array_testing.decorator import delayed_given
 
 
 class CreationTests(DuckArrayTestMixin):
-    @given(st.data())
-    def test_create_variable(self, data):
-        variable = data.draw(xrst.variables(array_strategy_fn=self.array_strategy_fn))
-
+    @delayed_given(partial(xrst.variables))
+    def test_create_variable(self, variable):
         assert isinstance(variable.data, self.array_type)
diff --git a/xarray_array_testing/decorator.py b/xarray_array_testing/decorator.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e6babf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xarray_array_testing/decorator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+from functools import partial
+
+from hypothesis import given
+
+
+def instantiate_given(params, **kwargs):
+    def maybe_apply_kwargs(param, **kwargs):
+        if not isinstance(param, partial):
+            return param
+        else:
+            return param(**kwargs)
+
+    given_args, given_kwargs = params
+    instantiated_args = tuple(
+        maybe_apply_kwargs(param, **kwargs) for param in given_args
+    )
+    instantiated_kwargs = {
+        name: maybe_apply_kwargs(param, **kwargs)
+        for name, param in given_kwargs.items()
+    }
+
+    return instantiated_args, instantiated_kwargs
+
+
+def initialize_tests(cls):
+    for name in dir(cls):
+        if not name.startswith("test_"):
+            continue
+
+        method = getattr(cls, name)
+
+        if not hasattr(method, "__hypothesis_given__"):
+            continue
+        params = method.__hypothesis_given__
+        args, kwargs = instantiate_given(
+            params, array_strategy_fn=cls.array_strategy_fn
+        )
+        decorated = given(*args, **kwargs)(method)
+
+        setattr(cls, name, decorated)
+
+    return cls
+
+
+def delayed_given(*_given_args, **_given_kwargs):
+    def wrapper(f):
+        f.__hypothesis_given__ = (_given_args, _given_kwargs)
+
+        return f
+
+    return wrapper
diff --git a/xarray_array_testing/reduction.py b/xarray_array_testing/reduction.py
index 54af662..6d5574d 100644
--- a/xarray_array_testing/reduction.py
+++ b/xarray_array_testing/reduction.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 from contextlib import nullcontext
+from functools import partial
 
-import hypothesis.strategies as st
 import pytest
 import xarray.testing.strategies as xrst
-from hypothesis import given
 
 from xarray_array_testing.base import DuckArrayTestMixin
+from xarray_array_testing.decorator import delayed_given
 
 
 class ReductionTests(DuckArrayTestMixin):
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ def expected_errors(op, **parameters):
         return nullcontext()
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("op", ["mean", "sum", "prod", "std", "var"])
-    @given(st.data())
-    def test_variable_mean(self, op, data):
-        variable = data.draw(xrst.variables(array_strategy_fn=self.array_strategy_fn))
-
+    @delayed_given(partial(xrst.variables))
+    def test_variable(self, op, variable):
         with self.expected_errors(op, variable=variable):
             # compute using xr.Variable.<OP>()
             actual = getattr(variable, op)().data
diff --git a/xarray_array_testing/tests/test_numpy.py b/xarray_array_testing/tests/test_numpy.py
index 2a9d95b..5541674 100644
--- a/xarray_array_testing/tests/test_numpy.py
+++ b/xarray_array_testing/tests/test_numpy.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 from xarray_array_testing.base import DuckArrayTestMixin
 from xarray_array_testing.creation import CreationTests
+from xarray_array_testing.decorator import initialize_tests
 from xarray_array_testing.reduction import ReductionTests
 
 
@@ -26,9 +27,11 @@ def array_strategy_fn(*, shape, dtype):
         return create_numpy_array(shape=shape, dtype=dtype)
 
 
+@initialize_tests
 class TestCreationNumpy(CreationTests, NumpyTestMixin):
     pass
 
 
+@initialize_tests
 class TestReductionNumpy(ReductionTests, NumpyTestMixin):
     pass