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lucylema
lucylema Posts: 834 Forumite
in Special occasions & other celebrations
Hi, I am going to have a stall at a craft fair in a couple of weeks. I am going to sell snowman soup, bags of snowballs and some jellybeans but just wondering what else i could make/sell just to increase my takings for the day.

Does anyone have any ideas please?
Lucylema x :j

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  • jezebel1
    jezebel1 Posts: 102 Forumite
    hi there are lots of things you could do that are fairly easy .reindeer food, reindeer poop, penguin poop, reindeer noses, cello cones full of xmas sweets, cups filled with snowman soup and sweets then cellophaned, pots of gold, pint of socks, choc slabs, choc marshmellow kebabs, to name but a few if you read the threads on here there are lots of ideas or google on how to make all theses things if you want any more detailed info would be glad to help x
  • Emmarillo
    Emmarillo Posts: 513 Forumite
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    No useful ideas, but I did my first one a few weeks ago and only 4 people came through the doors in the 2 hours it ran for. Hopefully yours will be well advertised, and tell lots of your friends about it, and maybe put it as your facebook status too.

    Good luck x
  • lucylema
    lucylema Posts: 834 Forumite
    jezebel1 wrote: »
    hi there are lots of things you could do that are fairly easy .reindeer food, reindeer poop, penguin poop, reindeer noses, cello cones full of xmas sweets, cups filled with snowman soup and sweets then cellophaned, pots of gold, pint of socks, choc slabs, choc marshmellow kebabs, to name but a few if you read the threads on here there are lots of ideas or google on how to make all theses things if you want any more detailed info would be glad to help x

    Thanks Jezabel for the ideas, I am going to fill cello cones with jellybeans and mini marshmallows.

    I have about 3 nice jars which I thought I could put cookie or muffin mixes in.

    Do you think individual candy canes might sell say for 20p each? Will put a ribbon and/or tag on them.
    Lucylema x :j
  • lucylema
    lucylema Posts: 834 Forumite
    Emmarillo wrote: »
    No useful ideas, but I did my first one a few weeks ago and only 4 people came through the doors in the 2 hours it ran for. Hopefully yours will be well advertised, and tell lots of your friends about it, and maybe put it as your facebook status too.

    Good luck x

    Thank you for your good luck wishes. The fair is in aid of mac millan so hopefully that should bring people out and its getting nearer and nearer to christmas. Ah well, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    Lucylema x :j
  • springdreams
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    lucylema wrote: »
    Do you think individual candy canes might sell say for 20p each? Will put a ribbon and/or tag on them.

    Why don't you turn them into reindeer candy canes - very easy to do:

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  • jezebel1
    jezebel1 Posts: 102 Forumite
    candy canes prob will sell good stocking fillers and keep the kids quiet on the day like the reindeer cane idea as well x
  • nancmat
    nancmat Posts: 837 Forumite
    i went to one recently, people were going crazy for x-mas bunting esp the ones spelling out NOEL, home-made jams & chutneys, unusual x-mas cards, anything knitted, snowmen were a hit.
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  • lucylema
    lucylema Posts: 834 Forumite
    nancmat wrote: »
    i went to one recently, people were going crazy for x-mas bunting esp the ones spelling out NOEL, home-made jams & chutneys, unusual x-mas cards, anything knitted, snowmen were a hit.

    not sure about jams and chutneys but like the idea of the bunting. not sure i have the time however for that as the fair is on sunday!
    Lucylema x :j
  • lucylema
    lucylema Posts: 834 Forumite
    well i have done the fair. I took snowman soup, mini marshmallow cones, sweetie cones and candy canes. Not a lot of visitors but i made 30.00 for all was not lost. Will do it again next year hopefully x

    Thank you for all your suggestions x
    Lucylema x :j
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