Hello, I am trying to find something new that our PTO can do for our carnival, we always do a silent auction with gift baskets and the kids bring items to go in the baskets, we did not make a lot of money off this this year and was trying to come up with some new ideas. Any ideas will be appreciated.

Hi, My school always does a dunk tank. Could you tell me more about your baskets?
Thank you,
Anne Clark York, Pa

each class would have a theme to do and the children would bring the items, my daughter's classes one did arts and crafts and the other did games, I would have to go and buy items for the baskets, the night before the carnival we(room moms) would come and make the baskets, PTO had their own baskets and we would but the items in the basket, we would have to write down the items that was in the baskets so that when they typed the auction sheets they would tell the parents what was in them. We are just tired of doing this every year and want to try something new. I hope this helps

We call ours a fall festival. We sell tickets for .25 each or $5/25. The tickets are used for everything except concessions. We set up games, have a cake walk (cakes are donated by parents) have 2 inflatables. Most everyhting costs 2 tickets. We also have an auction but it is not silent, it is a live auction and the basket list the value as well as the contents on the outside. Bids start at the valued price since all items are donated. Each class is responsible for making a basket. The room mother will either get donations, asks class members for items to go along with them or ask for money to purchase the items. Many local businesses donate items that we auction off as well. Our concession are burgers, hot dogs and drinks, most of which is donated by local businesses.

Hi Ladies-
Re: raffle baskets - have you seen these pics from our Auction group page of different raffle basket ideas?
www.ptotoday.com/community/photos/album?...id=63&groupid=39

~Lisa

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Thanks for all the good ideas