The site below has a lot of excellent mix recipes. When you get there click on Make Your Own Mixes. Here's a great site for Jan T. who wanted some recipes for dry soup mixes. There are 3 or 4 different sites that branch off of this one that I know for sure have at least 5 different dry soup mixes. Layer different shades and colors to give the most beautiful effect.
Kids really enjoy scooping the beans and it's a good time to talk about measures, colors, and sizes.
Place this in the top of the jar and seal it. Pass the jar down the line and have circles cut out of colorful remnant fabric to tie around the top of jar with raffia, ribbon, or even a rubber band. Punch a hole in the recipe and tie the recipe onto the jar. It makes a beautiful gift. Anasazi Beans Pearl Barley Lentils Green Spilt Peas Red Beans White Navy Beans Pink Beans Black Turtle Beans Yellow Split Peas Layer all together in a jar or plastic bag.