School Fayre

AlexGalpin

Hello,

At the moment, I'm currently trying to find new ways to make money. I am 15, I have a part time job every day after school but it's not great pay. I have started using eBid and eBay and making some spare cash from that, but I had a new idea.

My old primary school holds fairs for the main events (Christmas, Summer, Easter) and I have agreed with the Parent's Association that I would pay them £10 for a stall for the next fair (Christmas). The school is fairly big and they already have tombolas, raffles, candy-floss and popcorn machines, drinks, catering. They also do fake tattoos, face-painting and minigames like beat the goalie and the regular games to earn sweets.

I was looking for an idea of what to sell on my stall! I thought personalised gifts were the way to go, so kids could come and buy something for their parents, but upon contacting the Parents Assoc., they already do that. So, I thought about packaging cheap sweets individually (such as flying saucers) so it would also attract the adults who grew up in the 70's with Flying Saucers about everywhere. But I was wondering if anyone had any more ideas about what to sell!

Please comment your ideas,
Thanks,
Alex

soolin

AlexGalpin wrote: »

Hello,

At the moment, I'm currently trying to find new ways to make money. I am 15, I have a part time job every day after school but it's not great pay. I have started using eBid and eBay and making some spare cash from that, but I had a new idea.

My old primary school holds fairs for the main events (Christmas, Summer, Easter) and I have agreed with the Parent's Association that I would pay them £10 for a stall for the next fair (Christmas). The school is fairly big and they already have tombolas, raffles, candy-floss and popcorn machines, drinks, catering. They also do fake tattoos, face-painting and minigames like beat the goalie and the regular games to earn sweets.

I was looking for an idea of what to sell on my stall! I thought personalised gifts were the way to go, so kids could come and buy something for their parents, but upon contacting the Parents Assoc., they already do that. So, I thought about packaging cheap sweets individually (such as flying saucers) so it would also attract the adults who grew up in the 70's with Flying Saucers about everywhere. But I was wondering if anyone had any more ideas about what to sell!

Please comment your ideas,
Thanks,
Alex

You could try asking the school what they actually want- they may be able to identify a theme.

However, you should not be using ebay or etsy- you have had to confirm that you are over 18 to do so, and making such false statements is not a good way to start an online career.

MoneyMission2015

The sweet stall is always busy at my daughters school fayres. Another idea you could do is to bake cakes to sell on the stall & provide bottles of pop. With the sweets you could either just have them in the tubs so people buying can just choose what they want in them as a pick & mix, but then you have to count with them to ensure nobody is being over or undercharged. The other thing you could do is sort the sweets in to bags of say 20p, 50p, £1 & people can just choose which size bag they would like.

libra10

Most people love pets and a stall selling dog biscuits, treats, leads and accessories etc. might do well. You might be able to pick up some bargains online at good prices.

I wish you well in your ventures, you deserve it.

Good luck

AlexGalpin

Thank you for the ideas.

The eBay User Agreement clearly states: If you are under the age of 18, you can use eBay only in conjunction with, and under the supervision of your parents or guardians..

Thanks

AlexGalpin

Thank you MoneyMission2015.

The primary school already has a BBQ that sells fizzy drinks. There are also several cake/chocolate/sweets stalls.

I had an idea of buying selfie sticks wholesale online, and then re-selling them at the fayre. Potentially, it is a £150-170 profit margin.

Thank you for the ideas,
Alex

joeyjimbles

As a long term PTA member I can tell you that people go to school fairs with a certain amount of money to spend, so you need to keep your prices very low and be aware that someone spending on your item(s) is therefore not spending on something else.
Gifts for children to buy for their parents tends to be problematic if the cost is anything over £1-2 (and sometimes less).
If there is already a sweet stall then you already have competition and given that most of your profit will be going in your pocket rather than the PTA's coffers, then perhaps they would not want you to duplicate. You are already splitting your audience in any case.
Things that sell tend to combinations of small, handmade and personalisable. Does your pta run a craft stall/room? Baker Ross sell packages of small snow globes that can be personalised with a photo or a picture. If you could rig up a printer and/or some coloring pens then they could provide you with a few ££s. In fact, generally have a look on Baker Ross for their ideas - there are many.