Ideas sought

[bunn]

I'm doing a stall for the Oldies Club at a show in Exeter next week, and I'm trying to think what I could do on the stall to make a few extra bob. I already have a range of Oldies badges, car-stickers, wristbands to sell, and am just about to make a few notecards. I'll have leaflets to give away, and a full list of all the 100+ oldies we are promoting at the mo for people to goggle at.

Any inspired ideas?

The main thing is raising awareness, getting people interested in dogs and volunteering - but it would be nice to make a little cash too!

I don't suppose any of you are coming to the Wag & Bone show on 5th August, but if by some chance you are, do come over to the Oldies Club stall and say hello.

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[chainmailmaiden]

Here are a few more competition ideas, they do require slightly more financial outlay than the drawing one, but have always been popular at fairs/shows I've been to:

Guess the name of the dog, with a soft toy dog as the prize.

Guess the number of dog treats/biscuits in the jar, with the jar of treats/biscuits as the prize.

Guess the location of the bone - have a picture of a garden or a map, overlay it with a grid of numbered squares and get people to pay to put their name down for the square they think Fido has buried his bone in. The prize could be an squeaky toy bone or an edible treat one.

As to other things you could sell, I can't think of anything else you could do in a week, but for future events once you're a registered charity there would probably be quite a few things you could get printed up like pens & mugs. I get sent catalogues at work, by people who will personalise just about anything including lollipops & other sweets. Next time I get one I can forward it onto you if you'd like - we don't buy anything from them so the catalogues usually go straight in the bin.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do like the 'find the bone' idea! I think I'll get a couple of random prizes - that way I can either use them both for find the bone, or have one for the drawing comp, if there is space.

I've seen the 'guess the number of treats' and 'guess the name of the dog' thing done before, so I was thinking someone else might be doing those already (also we did a 'guess the name of the dog' thing online a couple of months back).

We have mugs, but the problem is that as we are all scattered all over the place, it's difficult having stocks of things that might break. Things like key rings, wristbands and badges are small enough to post on to whoever is doing the next show.

I've decided I'm going to sell poo bags: you never know, someone may have forgotten theirs, and I can always take them home again if nobody buys them. I have special biodegradeable ones with a builtin scoop that you can't usually get in pet shops.

Am pleased how the cards I've done have turned out: I reckon I got 50 for about £8, which is good value, and even Polo says they look quite nice and saleable (amazing, as they all have different dogs on: usually he moans they should have cats instead!)