Super Bowl Soup Party or Fundraiser
Idea Based on the Book - Stone Soup

If you are looking for a fun kid, family, or even fundraising Super Bowl Sunday idea, then try throwing a Super Bowl Soup Party.
 
You Remember the Story of Stone Soup

Most kids really enjoy the Stone Soup story about a guy with a rock who begins making soup. He doesn’t have anything to make soup, but everyone adds to the pot. In the end, everyone has soup. There’s a great moral there. I’ll let everyone figure that out.

Super Bowl Soup – Much the Same

I came up with Super Bowl Soup when I was teaching a Sunday School class. Our class wanted to buy some bells and play music, but bells cost money.

This was right before Super Bowl weekend. I thought about the old Stone Soup story and about how busy Super Bowl Sunday can be. I asked the kids if they’d like to make soup for donations and serve right after the Sunday service.

The kids loved this idea.

How to Make Super Bowl Stone Soup

This really is no WRONG way to make Super Bowl Soup. If you think back to the story, part of the beauty of the soup was that everyone contributed. The man with the stone simply provided the starter pot of water.

If you need a good recipe that can be adjusted to this project, then see my Vegetable Beef Soup recipe. This is the base that I used for Super Bowl Soup, and it works out great for this party project.

You can use any soup base here. Then, you ask everyone to bring heat-and-eat items to add. Though I cooked up the beef and root vegetables for our base dish, others could (and certainly might) bring meat or potatoes, carrots, onions cooked and ready to go in the pot.

So, simply let everyone know that the add-on items need to be ready to serve but not hot. It’s no problem if someone brings heated soup ingredients, but there’s no need to try to keep veggies and so on warm on the trip. The veggies go in the pot where they warm up slowly and then make for an interesting soup combination. Generally, most folks bring canned or frozen veggies. If anyone asks, just tell him or her to bring a can of favorite veggies
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Putting Super Bowl Soup Together

Well, first you do need a rock to make this really fun. You need a clean hard rock that is not soft. You really do not want cooked rock in the soup at the end. You’ll also want to remove the rock before serving the soup, because someone will inevitably eat the rock though you would think everyone would know better.

Have the stock ready and warm with some base items like beef and root vegetables. Add the rock when the group gathers. Then, begin pouring in the contributed items. Do not blink an eye. You never know what others will bring, and things you might think would not work out do. Someone brought pasta for our first Super Bowl Soup, and that was quite tasty in the pot.

If you have a big group, then have more than one base soup pot and probably more than one base soup maker. This project is meant to be fun and easy on all. Spread out the work load. Include the kids too. Kids can open cans and pour in vegetables. They can also stir. Kids can get lost on Super Bowl Sunday, and this helps keep them involved and a part of the action.

Soup’s Ready

With the base prepared ahead, Super Bowl Soup is ready as soon as the added items are heated. It’s also fine to let the soup simmer. The flavors blend nicely if the pot sits at a low temperature.