I tried posting this on another board and only got a couple of responses (but good ones). I am hoping for more traffic here and more great ideas!
I know that everyone here is uber-creative, so I am hoping to get some ideas. My daughter's elementary school's PTA organization is having their fundraiser Nov 7th. Instead of sending home the usual magazine to order expensive wrapping paper, we decided to use a more interactive and hands on approach this year that may be a little more cost effective for people. We are doing a craft fair. It will be held in the cafeteria and there will be booths where the students and parents can (for a nominal fee) do little make/takes, crafts, etc. We are just now getting people signed up for this. I have volunteered to do a craft booth. I have to come up with a little project for the kids to do at my booth. One mom is doing stamped cards, one mom is doing candy cane ornaments. There are more, I just don't know what they are doing yet. I figured I could do something for Thanksgiving/Fall. I thought about turkey magnets or picture frame magnets. Does anybody have any GREAT and WONDERFULLY UNIQUE ideas? It has to be something that is easy to assemble/make (probably under 3-5 minutes per student). I will buy all of my supplies for the project and reimburse myself with whatever money my project makes. It is for K-5 grades and I was hoping to charge $2 per student for my project. Whatever extra money there is goes to the school. I think that if the project is a good one that can be kept as a "keepsake" by the parents, that a lot of money can be made at my table. I also want parents to think "oh, how neat" or "oh, how cute". I kind of want to avoid the whole foam project thing b/c it's just been used for so many things. I don't mind premaking elements of the project (gluing, cutting, etc). It just has to be easy for the kids to assemble. Any help would be SOOOOO greatly appreciated. Thank you!!!!
I know that everyone here is uber-creative, so I am hoping to get some ideas. My daughter's elementary school's PTA organization is having their fundraiser Nov 7th. Instead of sending home the usual magazine to order expensive wrapping paper, we decided to use a more interactive and hands on approach this year that may be a little more cost effective for people. We are doing a craft fair. It will be held in the cafeteria and there will be booths where the students and parents can (for a nominal fee) do little make/takes, crafts, etc. We are just now getting people signed up for this. I have volunteered to do a craft booth. I have to come up with a little project for the kids to do at my booth. One mom is doing stamped cards, one mom is doing candy cane ornaments. There are more, I just don't know what they are doing yet. I figured I could do something for Thanksgiving/Fall. I thought about turkey magnets or picture frame magnets. Does anybody have any GREAT and WONDERFULLY UNIQUE ideas? It has to be something that is easy to assemble/make (probably under 3-5 minutes per student). I will buy all of my supplies for the project and reimburse myself with whatever money my project makes. It is for K-5 grades and I was hoping to charge $2 per student for my project. Whatever extra money there is goes to the school. I think that if the project is a good one that can be kept as a "keepsake" by the parents, that a lot of money can be made at my table. I also want parents to think "oh, how neat" or "oh, how cute". I kind of want to avoid the whole foam project thing b/c it's just been used for so many things. I don't mind premaking elements of the project (gluing, cutting, etc). It just has to be easy for the kids to assemble. Any help would be SOOOOO greatly appreciated. Thank you!!!!
