Guest Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 we are having a fundraising event/open day and i need to come up with a stall for my unit. any ideas? was thinking guess how many sweets are in the jar, type of thing? one unit doing a raffle, another baking/selling cakes and another guess who the baby photo is? im rubbish at this stuff any good ideas? needs to be cheap to set up!!! thank you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 How about lucky dip or hook a duck ? Dot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiny Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Guess the name of the teddy or guess the weight of the cake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac20 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 We wanted something we could do fairly easily and do with the children so that they feel involved in the fair, so we made play dough with them then sold it went down a treat. Might make it glittery next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 We got rid of all of our old craft junk by putting out the craft stuff. We charged 10p a small picture, 30p a big one and I think we had some wooden pegs and made peg dolls with the fabrics too. We also did icing biscuits for 20p each - they went fast - we used raisins, chocolate chips (they don't melt) and packs of gingerbread men (sainsburys). Then we had a competition to win a teddy - bought hime from Asda for £3.00 and charged 30p a go for guess the name of the bear. Funny thing was that the older kids didn't want to do anything at first, but when they had spent their money on the expensive stuff, they came to us and used up their coppers. As the stuff came from the back end of the craft trolley, we just wrapped up the newspaper we had taped onto the table and shoved the mess in the bin - one easy tidy up! Whatever you do -good luck x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caro Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 We asked the parents for homemade sweets and had a great response. Made cones out of sugar paper. Sold them for 10p each or 12 for £1.00(the sweets that is not the cones). Some were really simple like bought marshmallows dipped in chocolate -sold everhing! Hope this helps Caro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublinbay Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 We asked parents to fill a jar (any size) with whatever they wanted. They were very creative and we had jars of hair bobbles, dinky cars, sweets, pens & pencils, erasers , sharpeners & other fiddley bits. Set up a tombola and it was the most popular stall last year. Doing the same again this year as we'll have all different parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 This might be tricky to explain, but here goes. One of our stalls was very simple: a wooden board with 50 (or less, depending on the age of those taking part) screws or nails randomly stuck in, each with a number written alongside. There were 50 dome nuts (or plastic bottle tops) each numbered which were placed in a jumble next to the board. The idea was that each person has three minutes to place as many of the dome nuts in the correct position as possible. A table of the high achievers is kept, with the highest score winning a prize (we had a pretty impressive water gun for the children, and beer or wine for the adult). It was amazing how competitive everyone got: it was completely addictive. If you got 20 out of 50 and your friend got 21 you felt you had to try again to regain 'top dog' status! We had whole families engaged in pitched battles to try to outdo each other! Great fun and frustrating in equal measure! Maz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Plastic cups with a bit of sand and a coin in. You have to seive the sand to find the coin. Some cups had silver in but most were coppers, cant remember how much the game was, probably about 10p but its very simple to set up using what you already have in nursery I expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) we did same as Rea.. had everything in already.. so no actual cost.. we did one year use the same and had prizes instead and coloured counters in the sand relating to a prize.. easy to keep a stall well stocked too using money.. Inge Another stall bought 'tatoos ' in a wide range and sold/applied them.. this was very popular constantly a queue, adults and children all used it.. Edited July 3, 2008 by Inge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Lucky Cups! - We ask parents to fill plastic/paper cups with whatever they want, small toys, erasers, sweets, money and then wrap them in bright paper. These are then labelled with raffle tickets and the rest put in a bowl just like tombola. 40p per go or three for a pound - numbers ending in 0 and 5 are the winners. These go like hot cakes especially with the older children who come back time after time. We usually offer a bowl of sweets to those who don't win so they always feel as though they get something. Bottle tombola - any bottles not just alcohol Parents contribute Hoopla - one of our garden toys greater distance for over 10's Lucky lollies - One of our parents years ago made us a wooden lolly man (about 3 feet high, spiky hair, painted fluorescent orange) and drilled with lots of holes) We buy lollies some of which are marked with black marker pen on the sticks (which aren't visible fom the front) and put them in the holes. 20p per go pick a lolly all children get a lolly and if you get one with a black mark you get another go or your money back. We have an annual Christmas bazaar and also enter a stall or two at the annual school summer fete! Rachel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 We had our sports day todayand had a few stalls so just to add to the list and probably repeat a few :- Guess the weight of the cake Lolly sticks with different coloured ends in sand - different colours, different prizes Cake stall Guess the amount of flying saucers(sherbet ones) in the jar Raffle Fruit Tombola - We received a massive fruit box, donated by Asda Raffle Treasure Hunt - Picture of a map, put a grid on the top and sell a square to guess where the treasure is. Pin the tail on the ?????? Guess the name of the teddy/ name the teddy Think that was about it. - hectic but raised £232 which isn't bad for us as we had 32 children out of 45. Net x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Lucky Cups! - We ask parents to fill plastic/paper cups with whatever they want, small toys, erasers, sweets, money and then wrap them in bright paper. These are then labelled with raffle tickets and the rest put in a bowl just like tombola. 40p per go or three for a pound - numbers ending in 0 and 5 are the winners. These go like hot cakes especially with the older children who come back time after time. We usually offer a bowl of sweets to those who don't win so they always feel as though they get something. Rachel They do a similar thing at my kids school but call them jumble jars - parents/children are asked to fill and decorate an old jam jar or similar. I totally agree with you Rachel, they are always a winner - and some of the creative ideas have been fab. Sally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Hi All - great ideas - just remembered a good few years ago, I did a "nail varnish" stall - expecting kids to come over etc etc, however, just my luck, loads of mums came to get their nails done as they were going out that night !!!! Dreadful time, not one to do again - though pretty cheap for the mums at 50p ago. Dot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 This Saturday is the school fair and the nursery have a stall...not done it before so hoping its going to be a hit Panning for Gold...... sandpit with shingle and water full of treasure....coins, old jewellery etc Sieves Idea is for the children to pan for gold into the sandpit and fill a pot of treasures, when their pot is full take it to get weighed and receive a golden nugget or in this case a winners medal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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