backhoed, thank you! When I told everyone that things need to be color coded they looked at me like I have three heads!
I always match the color of the tickets with the tablecloths. We have also done it where we added balloons to match as well.
I do take it one step further...I color code the curling ribbon on the baskets to the color theme of each section. Even with all the color coding going on you still get a few people who insist on putting their tickets in the wrong containers.
We also use the clear plastic containers with lids like the Chinese soup containers. For tickets we usually get them at a Party City and buy the double rolls. We split them in two (more cost effective that way) and when we sell them we tell everyone to put their Full name and phone number on the back of them before they deposit them in the baskets of their choice. Any ticket picked without that information will be discarded. This is also posted on LARGE signs around the room. (of course not EVERYONE READS the signs - LOL) The winners need not be present and after we are done "calling" we phone the winners who were not present and let them know they won a prize and to come and pick it up. If they cannot pick up at that time or we cannot reach them we tell them they have up to 3 days to come to the office to get their prize.
We use different colors for different prize levels too and try to get the same color tablecloths to match the ticket color.
Last year we moved out tricky tray from the foyer area of the school to the cafeteria since it was getting bigger every year. But again, ours is only one part of our "Winter Wonderland" that we hold in December.
For high volume (like bingo, concessions, etc.), we order the carvnival style tickets from sources like Serendipty posted.
For our drawings, we only need about 500 (we have 4-6 jars). We make them ourselves using a business card template in Word. They print 10 per page. We don't buy the expensive perforated cardstock but just copy them on colored paper and cut in the workroom. If we run low during the event, one of our team can make more quickly.
One color (usually yellow) is for the kids only drawing, which is 50 cents and usally "lunch with the principal". The others are $1, all the same color, and can be used to put in any of the prize jars.
We put a generic title, basic instruction, and space for their name and phone number.
We don't want to deal with two part tickets. Plus winners don't have to be present to win the drawings, so this gives us the info we need.
Someone also told me that they think the local party supply stores also sell these tickets. These are only the ones used for the small prizes.
For the med, lg, & grand prizes we just use regular rolls of raffle tickets in different colors.
Bertha....Hello there! I love those containers as well. We actually got ours from a chinesse take out. They use them for quarts of soup. Yes, I believe having a lid is the only way to go. It is the only way to ensure that people cannot get their hands into the container to pull out tickets.
Originally posted by Serendipity: When we do ours here we have a table with small prizes, a table with medium prizes, a table with large prizes, and a table with grand prizes.
I really like that idea. We were looking at doing a shopping spree which would have a bunch of gift certificates and felt that it was worth more than $1.
How do you do the sheets? Do you have to cut them up or are they perforated?
I also wanted to have a booth at super markets the Saturday before and all week after school while preselling carnival tickets. I don't know if having several items would be too hard.
