Instructions

1. Before the activity, create multiple color copies of the food templates. Multiple sets may be needed depending on the size of the group. 
2. Staff will make a large soup pot out of butcher paper. Be sure that the pot is big enough for all the ingredients. The pot can be as intricate or simple as you want; butcher paper cut into a large circle is the simplest. 
3. Set all the food templates on one table before students start. 
4. Introduce the activity and relate it back to the book, showing the book illustrations and the craft examples.
5. Divide students into small groups with no more than four students per group. 
6. Let each group pick one ingredient that they want to create. Call groups up to the table with the ingredient printouts one at a time. 
7. Students work together to create their chosen ingredient out of the materials provided (e.g., color construction paper, markers, crayons, felt). Groups can create their ingredient any way that they choose but they may not cut up the template. 
8. Once students are finished creating their ingredient, they should clean up their table space and throw away all paper scraps. 
9. Gather all students into a group and read out the recipe from the back of the book. When each group hears their ingredient, they will bring their ingredient up to the “soup pot” and glue or tape it on. 
10. When all the ingredients have been added to the pot, students and staff will reflect on the activity.