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Bottle Tombola
Ask pupils / club members to bring in a bottle - this could be wine, spirits, bubble bath, even a bottle of red sauce. Allow plenty of time in advance for items to be brought in. Label up the prizes with cloakroom tickets. Winning numbers usually end in a 5 or a zero. To make some prizes look extra special, why not wrap them up in clear cellophane with a christmassy bow.
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Burst a Balloon
Very popular with children! Before blowing up the balloons, decide how many winning numbers there will be e.g. all even numbers, numbers ending in 5 and zero. Insert a rolled up raffle ticket into the balloon as it is blown up. Customers then pay to 'burst a balloon', either by stamping on the balloon or bursting it with a pin. Even numbers or numbers ending in a 5 or zero win. Be warned, this can be a very noisy stall but is a good money spinner!
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Cake Stall
A traditional Fete stall. Ask for donations for cakes to be brought in. Consider sending a paper plate home with pupils / club members asking for donations - this is often more effective than just sending a letter home.
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Chocolate Fountain
Does someone on the organising committee have a chocolate fountain. Sell 'kebabs' made up of fresh fruit and marshmallows which the customer can then dip in the warm chocolate. Prepare some in advance so that the chocolate has set. Remember to have plenty of serviettes available and aprons for the volunteers serving!
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Christmas Hamper Raffle
This raffle can raise significant sums of money! The idea is to create one boy's hamper and one girl's hamper packed full of seasonal goodies including toys, sweets, chocolates, books, DVDs, CDs, what ever you can think of that would appeal to the age group you are aiming to sell tickets to. Gift cards for a clothes shop or sports shop are very popular with older children. As it can be difficult to get the right sort of donations, consider purchasing the hamper contents yourself. £40-£50 a hamper provides a really fantastic looking raffle prize! Make the prize look really appealing - wrap a box (such as a fruit box from your local supermarket) in Christmas wrapping paper and carefully arrange the items in the box. Wrap the whole hamper in clear cellophane (rolls of cellophane can usually be purchased from your local florist) and finish off with a big Christmasy bow! Put the hampers on display two weeks before your Christmas Bazaar and start selling tickets as soon as possible. Sell more tickets at the event itself and hold a grand draw at the end of the Bazaar. This raffle can easily raise £200+.
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Christmas Quiz
This can take some time to set up but can then be used again another year. Identify three sets of Christmas questions - Easypeasy, Difficult and Megahard. For example an Easypeasy question might be "Name the reindeer with the red nose". A more difficult question might be "What was the name of Bob Cratchett's crippled son". Put each question in an envelope marked with the category and display them such a way as to create interest e.g. each envelope could be pegged to a washing line. This is a prize a go stall, so have a range of prizes according to the level of difficulty of the questions.
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Christmas Ted Tombola
Another very popular stall! Complete soft toy tombolas can be purchased from a number of suppliers (See List of Suppliers for further details). Alternatively purchase just the soft toys and organise the tombola yourself, using cloakroom tickets. You can select which are the winning numbers, but numbers ending in a 5 or zero gives a good profit. It is a good idea to have a small consolation prize (a few sweets or treat size chocolate bar) for disappointed younger children.
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Christmas Ted Treasure Hunt
This stall can be purchased from various suppliers (See List of Suppliers for further details) or you could make your own. Create a 10 by 10 grid of squares, total of 100 hundred squares. On the back of the chart mark one of the squares as the winning 'Treasure' square but make sure no one else knows which is the winning square. Sell squares for 30p and get the purchaser to write their name and contact details in their chosen square. Once all the squares have been sold, reveal the winner. If you have any artistic committee members, ask them to turn the grid into a treasure map.
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Events Tombola
This stall takes a lot of organisation but can be very profitable. Around late September, early October send out letters to local companies that offer an activity such as a local leisure centre, football team, health spa, restaurant etc and ask if they could provide a prize for your Christmas event. You will need to send out quite a lot of requests so allow yourself plenty of time. The prizes are usually in the form of tickets so place these in A5 size envelopes decorated with Christmas clipart and clearly stating what the prize is. Attach cloakroom tickets to the prizes - we would suggest that winning numbers end in zero. Arrange the envelopes attractively to raise interest - pin them on a presentation board decorated with tinsel if possible. Sell tickets at £1 a go.
Fairy Stall
Great for little girls. Sell fairy items that will appeal to young girls such as deeley boppers, hairbands, scrunchies, fairy wings etc.
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Football Tombola
This can be purchased 'ready made' (see Suppliers list) or you can put together your own tombola by purchasing football items - footballs, training footballs, football keyrings, football pencils etc. You can have as many prizes as you want. Decide which numbers will be winning numbers e.g. those ending in a 5 or a zero and have a poster stating what the numbers winning e.g. Winning numbers between 5 to 50 win a football 55 to 100 win a training ball 105 to 150 win a keyring.
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Hunt the Reindeer
Very popular among younger children! Ask one of your more artistic committee members or volunteers to paint a number of reindeer - 10 or 12 should be enough. Each reindeer should be clearly numbered and include a clue - either a picture or a question, depending upon the age of the children likely to participate. The reindeer should then be hidden around the venue and on stalls - make sure they are not too difficult to find! If there are no budding artists among you, why not use Christmas cards - there are usually plenty of reindeer ones to choose from. Sell 'Hunt the Reindeer' Quiz Sheets at the entrance to your Bazaar. As the quiz is aimed at younger children, we would suggest that you only charge 20p or 30p a go. The children have to find all the reindeer and enter the correct clue on the answer sheet. Each child gets a sweet or a lolly for taking part. All correctly answered quiz sheets are entered into a prize draw at the end of the Bazaar. This stall doesn't make huge amounts of money, but it is a great way to ensure each stall gets visited!
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Lollipop Lotto
A prize-a-time stall aimed at younger children. Stick lollipops in a tray of sand - some of the lollipop stick ends should have been painted to show they are a winning lollipop. If the lollipop the child selects is not a winner, they still get to keep the lollipop. Have a selection of small prizes for winners to choose from. Suggested price: 10p - 20p a go. Alternatively pre-made lollipop stands can be purchased. (See List of Suppliers).
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Lucky Christmas Bucket
Decorate a large bucket (preferably red) with tinsel and fill with water. Place a £2 coin in the bottom. The objective is to get a 20p coin to land on top of the £2, if it does the winner takes the £2 coin. It's not as easy as it sounds!
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Lucky Christmas Stockings
Buy or make a number of Christmas stockings; you will probably need 25 or more - the more you have the less often you need to re-fill them. Fill the stocking with suitable prizes - 10 with small prizes such as a treat-size chocolate bar, 10 with slightly larger prizes e.g. bubbles, Christmas pencils, bouncy balls etc, and 5 with larger prizes. It can be a good idea to have the larger prizes on display and simply put a note in the stocking stating the prize won. Peg the stocking to a washing line or clothes airer, making it clear which are the small, medium and large prize winning stockings. This is a 'prize a time' stall. The customer rolls a dice and the number they win is determined by the number they roll: Numbers 1-3 select a small prize; Numbers 4 and 5 select a medium prize stocking and Number 6 select a large prize stocking. Suggested price per go: 50p.
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Refreshments
Have a separate refreshments area with decorated tables. Sell seasonal drinks and cakes e.g. non-alcoholic mulled wine and mince pies. Hot chocolate with aerosol cream and chocolate sprinkles is always very popular.
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Sweets and Chocolates Tombola
In the weeks preceding your Christmas fundraising event, ask for donations of sweets or chocolates. Approach local businesses for donations. The number of prizes can be boosted by putting a few sweets ( a lollipop and and a couple of treat-size chocolate bars) in a clear plastic cup. Wrap in cellophane and finish with curling ribbon. They are cheap to make but look very attractive to children.
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Snowball Scavenge
Wrap a large cardboard box in Christmas wrapping paper, add shredded paper and then add a dozen or so pingpong balls, around 4 of which have had HoHoHo written on them. These are the winning ball. The object of the game is to find a winning pingpong ball. Have a selection of small prizes for winners to choose from. The winning ball can be returned to the box.
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Snowman Target Game
This can be bought as a pre-made unit (see List of Suppliers), or you can try making on of your own. Cut out and paint a wooden snowman with a number of circular holes in it, each hole having a score painted next to it. The object of the game is to throw beanbags through the target holes. Award a small prize to anyone who scores above a pre-determined number with three beanbags.
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Tug the Tinsel
Fill a large box with different lengths of tinsel, some of which have a "Winner" tag stapled to the end. Have the none tagged ends of the tinsel coming out of the box. Customers select a piece of tinsel and tug. If there is a tag on the end, they win! Simple!
Wine and Water
This is a very simple stall to set up but you will need to collect plenty of screw top wine bottles. Aim to have around 60-100 bottles in total with 20% being wine, the rest being bottles re-filled with water. Once filled with water seal the tops with parcel tape to make sure they don't leak. Wrap all the bottles - with Christmas paper if you wish, but newspaper works just fine. Arrange the bottles on a table. The customer selects a bottle - if it's a new wine bottle they take it with them, if it's a bottle filled with water they hand it back (although strangely some people prefer to keep the water-filled bottle!). Suggested price: £1 a go.
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