| Morning Tea All Day
Because your volunteers will be working so hard, and laughing so hard, you will need refreshments for them.
'In for a penny, in for a pound', is the old expression I believe and that's where we are going here.
One of your major objectives is to keep your customers around as long as possible so you will want both toilet facilities, refreshments and hopefully a chair to ease their burden.
But wait, there's more. A cup of tea or coffee with a couple of biscuits or scones and jam is a low cost, high profit product and, after all, isn't that why are we doing this?
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'Barbie' Sandwiches
Colour, movement, sound and texture are all terribly important elements in the creation of the mood of your fete. No less important, however, is smell.
When it is coming up to lunch time, fire up the barbie and start on your onions, sausages and meat.
It will then be too late for all of those customers who were going to rush off home for lunch.
Hook them for lunch and you should avoid that embarrassing void through the middle of the day.
Oh yes, I nearly forgot. If you really put the pressure on your local butcher and hot bread shop it's money in the bank.
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| Teddy Bear's Picnic
So everyone and their dog has a teddy bear's picnic. I knew that, but how many people do it correctly?
If you wish to go down to the woods today just click, above, for the real deal.
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Face Painting
If you have some really creative volunteers, face painting is not only a good little money spinner but it can keep restless 'littlies' amused and add greatly to your fete's atmosphere
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| Buskers, clowns & personalities
Check with your local entertainers and personalities to find those suitable that will give your fete some time for free to entertain and add some colour.
You could use clowns, buskers or those balloon bending people. Free!
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Promotional Characters
Your local radio station, TV station, newspaper or pizza place along with a number of other business houses will have popular characters that can visit your fete.
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| Valuers
The owners of your local antique & collectibles stores or doll's hospital should jump at the chance to set up a stall at your fete to offer valuations and advice.
The fete could pick up a gold coin donation for the service while the shop owner gets the opportunity to buy and promote his/her store.
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Phunny Photos
If one of your volunteers has a digital camera, laptop and printer that can be set up at your fete, you can do quite nicely with instant photos ready for the frame.
If you run a teddy bear's picnic, a theme dress-up fete or some promotional characters you are all set for profit. Don't forget that the paper needs to be paid for.
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| Dress Up Competition
Pick a theme for your fete, this could be 'super heroes', 'film & television', 'colonial days' or 'monsters'.
Give a prize for the best outfit in kids, teens and adults.
Not only will this approach keep people around longer but will greatly colour your fete.
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Time Machine Ride
Who has never dreamed of going forward in time?
OK, I meant apart from you and I.
Spend a little bit of time, and a smaller bit of money, and build Big Scary Monster's Fabulous Time Machine. This should be worth a coin donation, surely?
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| Harley Rides & Pony Rides
I'm sorry that I don't know where you live or where your fete is going to be held (though I hope you email me and let me know) so I am not exactly sure what you can do in this area.
Hay rides, horse rides or motor cycle rides are great if you have access to the equipment and responsible drivers. Don't be shy about asking your local Motor Cycle crowd if needed, you may be surprised.
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Balloons
Scrounge around your local car dealerships or media organisations and get one or more of them to donate a load of promotional balloons, clips and strings and any other promotional material you can acquire like sun hats and stuff.
Not only will blowing the balloons up and handing them out keep your younger volunteers busy all day but they do add colour also.
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| Thong Chucking
Now don't be like that. In Australia a thong is a kind of rubbery, flip-floppy sandal thingy.
This could be chuck the pumpkin, pig, fish, water filled balloon or just about anything you can think of.
The winner of each heat is the one who throws the whatever the furthest in that heat.
Run heats through the day, for a gold coin donation and have a set time, near the end of the day, for the Grand Final. That should keep the bunnies there. |
Fill The Glass Contest
One of Grandpa Pencil's inexpensive games, 'Fill up my glass, please' is wet and noisy lending itself well to cheating and great laughter. Don't forget that, if you decide to use it, your main objective is money. Even if it is only a coin donation per heat it all adds up. Some other possible contests can be found in our
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I was going to add Cow Lotto but not many of us have access to a cow and a paddock.
Prizes for any of the above can be gained by approaching your local business community
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