Stone Soup Theme Dinner

Next weeks theme is Stone Soup.


Invitation Suggestions:

What to Wear Suggestions:

Decorating/Music/Party Favors Suggestions: Paint some rocks & set around the table.

Food/Menu Suggestions:
* Beverages:
* Main Meals: Stone Soup (Have each person bring one item to add to the soup -- read book to see what they mention in the soup -- Cabbage, Beef, Potatoes, Onions, Carrots, Mushrooms, Salt & Papper, Pinch of Parsley, Turnip)
* Accompaniments: Rock Candy,
* Desserts:

Projects/Fun Suggestions: Have the kids paint rocks, add wiggly eyes, glitter, markers to color, & yarn hair -- their very own "pet rock".

Read Stone Soup - Brown, Marcia. 1947. Stone Soup. Charles Scribner’s Sons. New York.


Combine NATIONAL SOUP MONTH with OLD ROCK DAY (on January 7th) and make STONE SOUP!

General Activities:
1. Rock Tumbling.
2. Jewelry Making with pebbles, stones and small rocks.
3. Make musical shakers for rhythm and rock band activity.
4. Create cement hand impressions.
5. Chalk drawings with limestone.
6. Rock Estimation Jar.(Fill a jar with rocks and have the students guess how many rocks are inside.)
7. Play hopscotch.
8. Play bingo using pebbles as bingo chips.
9. Layer Cake Rocks. Eyewitness Explorer’s Rocks and Minerals page 29 .
10. Make a checkerboard game using painted rocks.
11. Make Rock Candy.

scented rocks
pet rock mouse
pet rocks with tails
choc-o-rocks -- chocolate candy that looks like rocks -- Nerd candy also does
pop rocks

How to Make Your Own Scented Rocks
Place rocks in a bowl or dish to scent a room. A nice alternative to potpourri!
1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 cup salt
1/4 teaspoon essential oil (your favorite scent)
2/3 cups boiling water
Food coloring, if desired
In bowl, mix dry ingredients well.
Add essential oil, and boiling water to dry ingredients. (Scent will be strong, but will fade slightly when dry.)
For colored stones, blend in food coloring, one drop at a time until desired shade is reached.
Blend ingredients, and form balls into different shape and sizes to look like stones.
Allow stones to dry.