Fete ideas please

karren

Its coming up to the season of fetes, and Im stumpted this year as to what we can do in our school fete, could anyone please inspire me, as I make and sell jewlerry so thats my stall sorted, but Im keen for new and exciting ideas to make money for the school, and cheaply too.
We do jars of sweets etc
Sweeet stall

so let the ideas roll, and Id be really grateful to you all xxx

Giggle

There are some great ideas here

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2246747&highlight=

karren

Ive made up this list so we can just work our way through it and see how we go, feel free to add ideas or say how your event went,



FETE IDEAS SUMMER 2010

BBQ

Bric a Brac

Fancy Goods

Toys / donated dvds and games etc, all unsold at end donated straight to charity shop so not hanging around

Buried Treasure

Lucky Straws (straws buried in sand)

Spin the wheel

Raffle

Kids lucky dip – Yellow moon

Books – Donations and all left over can be donated to

Cakes/Refreshments –

Chocolate fountain -

Welly Wanging

Horse rides –

Sweets stall

Kids crafty corner – yellow moon and see whats there from last fete

Stocks ???

Croc of gold –Gold coins in jar with poem ? more useful Christmas time

Jam jars, kids donate the filled jars,



Get the police/fire brigade to turn up with a vehicle - provides a point of interest

Professional bouncy castles – very popular
Face painting -

Hair Braiding –

Fake tattos - rubbed on with water

Nail painting - nail varnish




Frog in a bog - make frog bean bags (really simple if you google you'll
find a pattern. You either use a real toilet or make one up
using a toilet seat and people have to throw them in.


Coconut shy – very very cheap, but need stand and back for the stall

Stocks - throw a wet sponge / at the teacher

Photo Board - Get someone arty to draw a pic on a piece of hard board, leaving
holes for faces and take photos of people. Like the old
fashioned lifeguard carrying a woman etc.

Cream teas or strawberries and cream -alternative to bbq for mums and grandparents who would rather not have burgers etc.

Hook a duck – already got

Hoopla stall- wooden rings and wooden blocks with prizes on

Kids craft stall- i.e. paint their own t shirts - you can buy them from tescos
for approx £1 each. Maybe have a word with your local tesco to see if you
could bring back the ones you dont sell? We charged £4 a tshirt.
Have potato/sponge prints/old bike wheels for a tyre track to go across shirt/pens etc.

Ask local dance/gym/clubs groups to give a demonstration (some will do for free)

Organise a school football/netball tournament/tug of war at the same time then you have other parents coming along with their children to spend money at your school.

Hook a bag - Have small brown bags with goodies in and bamboo poles with hooks on end. Whatever bag they hook they win the prize. Only one prize per person.



Teddy tombola - ask for unwanted soft toys. Put name tags on them all and put the names into a box. Whatever name the child pulls out that is the toy they win. I always put the soft toys on the table in alphabetical order so its easier to find them.


How many sweets in a jar?

Weight of the cake?

Balloon race



Skittles - We have used old plastic drinks bottles decorated and with numbers on (relevant scores). Pop a bit of water or sand in the bottles to make them stand up. At the end of the fayre person with highest score wins a prize.

Frisbee - Draw with chalk on the playground circles with scorees on and do the same as above.

Sell icecreams/ices - Just buy them from the supermarket. We have always doubled our money at least.

Punch balloons - Buy them from the pound shop (for 10) or ebay. Then put a spoon of rice into each balloon, blow up and sell for about 50p each. The kids love selling these balloons...send kids around the fayre demonstrating and selling them. (pop a poster on their backs with the price)

Bowling game - Either cut arcs from a piece of hard board with numbers above to score or bend over wire and push into grass with a flag with the score on . Highest score at end of fayre wins

Plant stall - Get people to start planting seeds/bulbs/cuttings now ready to sell on your own stall. Make up herb gardens..hanging flowering baskets...hanging salad baskets, strawberry pots etc

Puppet show - Try to get one of the teachers/parents to put on a puppet show. The puppets only have to be basic and the kids love it. Have it in a classroom/hall and kids pay to come and watch..

Which key opens the door - mini door with keyhole in and bag of odd keys. People pull out one and if you choose correct one you win prize.

Giggle

I will get my list out later of stalls we are doing and will add some

tranmererovers

I'll add...

Beat the goalie

Remote control car racing - make a circuit with cones, fastest lap at end of day wins a prize

Candy floss and popcorn (machines borrowed from local schools)


Champagne bottle - put bottle in bottle bag and have lengths of string with labels on coming out of the bag which people pay £1 to put their name on. One of the strings is attached to the bottle and that one is the winner

Bidding wall - an auction for some of the better prize donations we receive - eg this year we have got a signed liverpool football

I'll add if I think of any more

karren

Ive found out today that the fete has to haea european theme!!! so I was thinking of food from the country
national anthems (OMG)
Fancy dress for the children and the stall holders etc, and a prize for the best dressed

but then im stumped!!!

lilly81

Im doing a BBQ to raise money for the local scout group, the children age between 5-14 and are mainly boys, any ideas of easy to set up stalls/games we can do?
Also does anybody know where we can get some cheap prizes from?
We will be at a scout camp field.

Hsl500

Hiya we do a game were take photo's of objects really close up and see who can guess the many
hth xx

sweet_baby_cakes

lilly81 wrote: »

Im doing a BBQ to raise money for the local scout group, the children age between 5-14 and our mainly boys, any ideas of easy to set up stalls/games we can do?
Also does anybody know where we can get some cheap prizes from?
We will be at a scout camp field.

hi, the beat thing we have at our bbq for the school is a raffle, dose your scout group have charity number?? if so put a letter togeth and send out to your local tesco, sanisburys, any local bunesses ask the parents if they have any unwanted gifts bottles ect ect.

if you pm me your email i will send you a list of busness who give us raffle prizes if you like

good luck