pink party 2010

karren

Right I need your help,
Im a nurse in a hospice and last year I hosted a pink party to raise funds for work, and we raised an incredible £750, so Im doing the same again this year, but , i need new and fresh ideas!

Its going to be open house in mine as last year

We have some raffle or auction prizes including
A gas bbq
3 meals for 2 in local restaurants etc
and ive written letters to lots more.

I have a chocolate fountain
serving rose wine and cocktails
and everyone asked to bring a bottle or plate of food
and thats it so far,
so can you get your creative heads on for me, please???? Thanks xxx

wendall

Decorated cupcakes with pink icing on. lf you know someone who do does knitting they could knit some flower badges (pink of course) knitted keyring jumpers, knitted pink bow brooches.

Finefoot

If you know any beauticans, ask if they could do pink mini manicures, maybe a file and polish in pink for the ladies attending - for donations of course.
you could plant little pots of seeds which will bloom pink when they blossom and sell those.
HTH.
Best of luck.

Emmypenny

Pink wafer biscuits and pink sweeties - YUM! If you can find good vouchers or discounts on entertainment media then perhaps offer Pink albums or Pink Panther DVDs as prizes?

Maybe you could get a pink photo corner set up (Camera on a tripod pointing at a pink backdrop) and charge a fee to have a picture taken. Provide a box of pink props (Feather boa, cowboy hat, glasses, masks - anything!) and encourage people to dress up and have fun! Take an email address when they pay and after the event upload them to a website and email everyone the link.

Print a crossword or word search of pink things onto light pink paper (Someone suggested this site http://www.puzzle-maker.com/CW/ elsewhere on the forum) charge a small amount to enter and pick a winner from all the completed entries at the end of the party.

Sounds like it'll be a fun do, I hope it goes well!

rainmac

Try local shops for donations and bigger shops such as supermarkets and M&S. You may be able to make up a basket of goodies to auction/raffle. Gyms are quite good at offering a free day or weekend pass for charity. Also try Clarks shoes, they gave me £25 voucher for our preschool raffle. We also got a mini car for a weekend from the local BMW garage.

Good luck with the fundraising xxx

rainmac

Someone mentioned a crossword, great idea. We did quizzes at Xmas and Easter and had them for sale in the local shop and pub, got us more customers than just targetting preschool parents only.

karren

I knew the iseas would come flowing !!!
So am doing a puzzle!
I thought how about a colouring comp for the children? Ie pink panther???

karren

Ive people offering to do nails now
Im going to plant up some pink plants
get loads of pink sweets and pop them in a jar for quess how many sweets

LJM

i know people who hold pink parties each year they all dress in pink or something pink the food and drink is pink also, i think its a great idea and for a very good cause too

jcr16

i know of a group of ladies who do this, they have a decorate a pink bra competion. i think there main idea for this was they were raising money for breast cancer. but it still a fab idea.

karren

Hi, party is sat and im panicking!
do far we have raffle
spot the ball
name the teddy
Nail painting
french plaiting
cupcakes galore
buffet
cocktails
guess have many sweets in a jar
pink chocolate fountain (white chocolate with drop of colouring)
Normal chocolate fountain
pink bunting
pink gerbia's coasters and placemats(pinted from clipart and laminated)



ANd thats it!!!
Please inspire me, ive a few random raffle prizes that I can use for cheap and cheerful ideas on the nights, ie teddy's, jewellery and smellies, all ideas welcome, ok very very welcome!!!