Ideas for 'made in sheffield' theme

[kim.bent 10]

Any one got ideas to help me!

 

I am a teacher and need to create a stall at a school fair with the theme 'made in Sheffield'

 

The way it works is we get a £10 float to set it up and then what we make minus the £10 goes to charity.

 

It is only other school children spending at the stall so needs to be a cheap cost per go/item, and needs to be popular so that a lot of children want to pay for a go/item from our stall.

 

Any one got any ideas or even better anything that you could lend out for the event!!!

 

Thanks

[halestorm 10]

local brass band? borrow a player for the afternoon get them to bring some instruments? mini lessons for a £1 a go?

[diamondjack 10]

buy some licquorice allsorts (made in Sheffield) put them in a large jar and then let the kids pay to guess how many are in. The closest wins them for their class. Any money left over put small dishes of them on the stall for the kids to sample the goods!

[charlotta 10]

Perhaps cupcake icing? Biscuit icing?

 

You can get the ingredients for cheap and then perhaps they could ice their own cakes and take them?

[MonkeyLover 10]

Get a packet of straws, hide a raffle ticket or some other distinctive piece of paper in the end of some of them. Let the kids pay to pull out a straw, the ones with tickets win a bottle of Hendersons relish!

[Bludragonfly 10]

buy some licquorice allsorts (made in Sheffield) put them in a large jar and then let the kids pay to guess how many are in. The closest wins them for their class. Any money left over put small dishes of them on the stall for the kids to sample the goods!

 

 

this is a good idea

 

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One i've used before is:

 

- if you get a piece of perforated hardboard (see link below) eg 50cms square

- make a frame on the back of it (eg 1 x 1 inch wood strips so that the there is a gap behind the holes - i used a 'no nails' type glue

- paint the whole board eg white - make sure you unblock the wholes before the paint dries though

- paint a picture of Sheffield - could be the 'hills on the Council logo or the Winter Garden etc - get someone arty if you need to

- buy lots of wrapped lollies - on some of them paint the end of the stick with a bright colour

- on the day put painted and unpainted lollies in the holes

- child pays, say 20p, and picks a lolly

- child keeps the lolly so it's a 'win every time' game

- if the lolly has a painted end they win another prize - if you painted the lolly sticks different colours you can have different grades of prizes eg money back, 50p, £1, cuddly toy, pencil etc

 

At first you won't see the 'Sheffield' theme but you will as the lollies get sold the picture will gradually appear

 

 

It was always popular and often needed refilling part way through so hope this idea helps you

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perforated_hardboard

[hodgepodge 10]

you could do a Guess Whats in the Box game, ie cardboard boxes with something made in Sheffield in....perhaps a fork, a horse shoe, a matchbox tram etc, but each box is filled with something progressively yucky.......cornflakes, yoghurt, shredded newspaper etc.

A big bowl of hand washing soap and water at the end.

Even big kids love mess.

[MonkeyLover 10]

this is a good idea

 

---------- Post added 17-06-2013 at 20:41 ----------

 

One i've used before is:

 

- if you get a piece of perforated hardboard (see link below) eg 50cms square

- make a frame on the back of it (eg 1 x 1 inch wood strips so that the there is a gap behind the holes - i used a 'no nails' type glue

- paint the whole board eg white - make sure you unblock the wholes before the paint dries though

- paint a picture of Sheffield - could be the 'hills on the Council logo or the Winter Garden etc - get someone arty if you need to

- buy lots of wrapped lollies - on some of them paint the end of the stick with a bright colour

- on the day put painted and unpainted lollies in the holes

- child pays, say 20p, and picks a lolly

- child keeps the lolly so it's a 'win every time' game

- if the lolly has a painted end they win another prize - if you painted the lolly sticks different colours you can have different grades of prizes eg money back, 50p, £1, cuddly toy, pencil etc

 

At first you won't see the 'Sheffield' theme but you will as the lollies get sold the picture will gradually appear

 

 

It was always popular and often needed refilling part way through so hope this idea helps you

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perforated_hardboard

 

 

That's a brilliant idea!

[Mr Bloom 10]

A little mester and a buffer girl dress up costume for the kids - they put the clothes on have their photo taken and you put it in a simple card frame that has the date of the summer fair, name of the school on and 'Made In Sheffield' at the bottom for £1.50 with extra prints for grandparents at a £1. Take their name and class details and then deliver them to classes next week.

 

Or, as Sheffield is the home of football, a board with holes in, and if they can kick the ball through the a hole, they get a prize, or even if they can 'score' past their teacher.

[kim.bent 10]

Thanks so much for all these ideas - they are brilliant!! I will put it to the class and they can pick.

 

Really appreciate your help!

[pottedplant 10]

Or - on the football theme how about blow football -using straws and a ping pong ball ; could weave in the Sheffield teams colours (banners/ scarves etc)