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Christmas fayre

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DamnAllTheJellyfish · 10/09/2023 16:23

Our school is having a Christmas fayre again this year and I always try and help out but the ideas are getting a bit samey. What do you/your kids like to see/do when they go to one?

Any fresh new ideas?

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Lalanbaba · 10/09/2023 20:32

Nice homemade biscuits that don't cost an arm and leg. Jams, pickles, cakes etc.
Maybe a stand were the kids can make reindeer food for 50p? Choose the mix in a little bag with ribbon?

OMGitsnotgood · 10/09/2023 20:37

Do you have a chocolate tombola? Always a bit hit at our school

angelopal · 12/09/2023 11:45

Lollipop stand where you pick a lollipop and if there is a colour on the bottom then you win a prize.

Teddy tombolas are popular. Also games like hook a duck or a lucky dip.

Honestly mine love any kind of tombola. It's the winning rather than the prizes they enjoy the most.

HerculesMulligan · 12/09/2023 11:46

Ours asked for donations of cuddly toys last year. They got them by the bag load (I asked my neighbours and took in a black bin liner full) and put them all out on a table for £1 each. The kids all bought one with their spending mone sio that stall made a fortune. I think you could do something similar with dinosaurs and trains too.

DamnAllTheJellyfish · 12/09/2023 13:58

Thanks for the ideas guys. They tend to invite stall holders from the community to buy a table for a tenner so that usually covers homemade type treats.

I had Reindeer food on my list, do you think it's better to get the kids making their own rather than buying a pre-made pack?

They always seem to do a teddy tombola and a bottle tombola so might suggest swapping one of those out for a chocolate tombola, sounds yummy!

They have a hook a duck and a lucky dip which we did last year but cos they only charged 50p a go the prizes we gave out were more expensive which seemed pointless to me.

I thought about suggesting we ask parents to donate a Xmas bag/Box full of little treats similar to operation christmas charity and doing a tombola of those?

I will do a name the Xmas teddy (if I can find a suitable large one) and a guess how many sweets in a jar one.

I really love those stackable christmas character boxes but don't know what I could do with them, but want to suggest things that people will actually WANT to win, I'm all for raising money for the school but I've got a houseful of stuff I don't want as it is lol.

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Ponoka7 · 12/09/2023 14:05

Christmas themed bean bag throws, hit Rudolph's nose , pin Santa's beard on etc was liked by the younger children, the small chew sweets were the prize. One teacher was happy to do the 'find the item under the cup' game. Again the item was a chew sweet. It's fine to ask for donations. We do it class by class, so one do harribo/small sweets. One wrapped bars/sweets etc.

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