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How much change do you have for your fete stall floats?
Here is some advice from our Facebook community on arranging your fete stall floats: We gave the bigger stalls eg: food, silent auction a bigger float than the smaller ones.
Sausage sizzle catering – how much to order guide
Sausage sizzles can be tricky things to cater. Especially when you’re working on an unknown number of expected attendees at your...
Fundraising Tip – Clean up your fete with a school disco!
School Disco For schools and clubs that hold large events – most commonly a fete – a fantastic idea is...
3 Months To Go | Fete in a Box
< 4 Months To Go | Fete in a Box Home | 2 Months To Go > Hello Fete Warriors! It’s 3 months to...
Does anyone have advice on running a free breakfast club for students?
Our school has a breakfast club run by one of the teachers. It's open from 8.30am-9am and anyone is welcome. We have toast, cereal and juice and all you can eat.
Stall Ideas
Here are some fabulous ideas for stalls that you can have at your Fete. Amusement rides, candle making, stick lotto, stairway to heaven, ring a bottle, lob the dunny roll and many more.
Pirate Theme
Ignite your child’s imagination and let them fly to Neverland with Captain Hook, sail the seven seas with Long John Silver or see the ghostly image of Captain Jack Sparrow by throwing them a themed pirate event.
Ideas for making your event ‘greener’
There is a growing trend to try and make events ‘greener’ (more environmentally friendly). Sometimes it only takes a few little...
Glow Zumba
Are you looking for an easy to organise fun family night? Transform your school hall, undercover area or the school oval...
What is the most highly profitable fundraiser you have done?
Reader question: Apart from a fete/fair what is another highly profitable school fundraiser? Here are some suggestions for highly...
Use the Queues
Cross selling and using your queues can be to everyone’s advantage because no matter how good your planning, the one thing that seems to be unavoidable at many fundraising events are the queues. The key to making this work for you is being flexible and thinking outside the box.
How should we ask for chocolate wheel prize donations?
Here are some ideas from our Facebook community on collecting chocolate wheel prizes: At our school they asked each class to bring something. So peeps brought chocolate bars, grade ones brought in jars, grade 2 brought in packets of lollies etc. works well.