[Python] How to efficiently make a text-based menu?

I am currently making a program with a text based menu, and I was wondering if there was anyway to avoid an excessive amount of if-statements while keeping it object oriented. I thought of something like this:

class Options:
def displayOptions():
#display user options
def option1():
#do option 1
def option2():
#do option 2
def option3():
#do option 3 and so on

class Menu(Options):
options = {1: option1(), 2: option2(), 3: option3()} #and so on
def promptUser():
#prompts user to make a choice
def printHeader():
#prints header
def handleInput():
#checks if input is valid
def begin():
#initialize menu


Would something like this be convoluted? Is the Options class pointless? I'm pretty new to OOP and I was wondering how this would most efficiently be done.

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