Christmas School Craft Fair...

celyn90

We took balloons, filled them with flour, tied them up - added wool hair and little eyes and sold them for 50p each one year. They are great because they are kind of squeezy like stress balls

kissmekate_2

Hi

you could try here

http://www.fundraising-ideas.org/DIY/index.html

Ive found them to have loads of ideas.

good luck, hope you make loads of dosh for the playgroup!
kissmekate

earthmother

Alongside the reindeer food you could sell Magic Keys for santa.

Take any old key (large ones do look better than Yale ones though), and a length of ribbon. Tie on a label with a poem along the lines of:

Santa, this old key is a magical kind
And we're leaving it out for you to find
'Cause for you tonight it will open any door
So you wont have to slide down chimneys anymore


You could dip the keys in glitter or gold/silver paint to make them even more magical.

Get all the parents to donate their old keys, and you're only paying for the label and ribbon - a cost of probably less than 15-20p per key, and a very quick thing to put together.

sethsgran

Buy cheap dishes and cups from Ikea. Then get PEBEO Porcelaine 150. Decorate the cups with the paints, dry for 24 hours then bake at 150 for 35 mins. They are then dishwasher proof. Fill with sachet hot choc, marshmallows small bar of choc then wrap in cellophane tie with ribbon. These have just sold out at my husbands work today for children in need.

If you don't fancy painting them buy cups and fill with goodies anyway. Wrapped in cellophane they look great.

dianasnan

I used to make clothes for Barbies, took very little material which was donated and cost next to nothing to make.

wedding and evening clothes went best as the official ones are so expensive. mount on card and put in bag as this kept it saleable for next time.


One year my little ponies were popular and I made pony clothes. the capes were so easy to do with thin ribbon ties, made of fabric or felt and decorated with felt shapes. put on a piece of card. I even did wedding capes with lace trimmings.

the school craft group made up of mums always tried to tie items into the latest fad if we could.

emuk_2

Last year my friend and me got a list of the most popular names in the school and pre made baubles with glittered childrens names on then did some on the day, would never do it again as it took ages lol but made alot of money and was good fun.

Sallys_Savings

Have a look on this thread, jamtarts gingerbread men are a great idea and you might find something else too.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=6348273#post6348273

How about making wheat bags?

zippybungle

Some really good ideas on here :T

Zippy x

kayl

I was wondering if anyone could let me know reasonable prices to charge at our Christmas school fair. I thought that I could sell reindeer food for £1, magic Santa keys for £1.50 and snowman soup for £2. Does that sound about right?

Also, I have been knitting scarves in the furry type wool, and though that I could charge £4 for them - again, is that reasonable?

Any other ideas for things that I could make reasonably and which wold sell well?

greenpixey

kayl wrote: »

I was wondering if anyone could let me know reasonable prices to charge at our Christmas school fair. I thought that I could sell reindeer food for £1, magic Santa keys for £1.50 and snowman soup for £2. Does that sound about right?

Also, I have been knitting scarves in the furry type wool, and though that I could charge £4 for them - again, is that reasonable?

Any other ideas for things that I could make reasonably and which wold sell well?

I think the prices sounds reasonable. I usually sell my reindeer food for £1 and the snowman soup for £2.
Never sold scarfs before, but when sell my knitted or crocheted items I make sure I charge so it covers for the yarn/wool/material and then add small amount on top (for time and effort )

If you good at basic sewing i suggest you try the penguins triftlady posted beginning of this thread and also the gingerbread men (post 18, last page) I made them last year and they were popular