3 Simple Fundraising Ideas
- Perfect for your Fete

Life doesn't have to be complicated. Here are three simple fundraising ideas that anyone can do. Perfect for the village fete:

Ping Pong Pringles

Attach empty Pringles tubes painted a bright colour to a large sheet of hardboard. Weight them with a bit of sand in the bottom of each.

Contestants have to bounce a ping pong ball into a tube to win a prize.

Instead of Pringles tubes you could use the old cardboard inner rolls from carpets. Most carpet fitting outfits will be only to glad to get rid of some of these. Alternatively pieces of drain pipe also work well. You will need a saw to cut them to size.

If using wider tubes simply adjust the number and distance between the tubes to maintain the level of difficulty.

If its cheap and simple fundraising ideas you are after try this one! Sell contestants a sheet of A4 paper. They fold it however they wish to make a paper airplane. Get them to fly their plane along the course behind your stall. Mark their attempt with a white plastic plant label or little paper flag on a stick. Furthest distance wins a prize / trophy.

Tip- Display the current top distances on a leader board to encourage "friendly" competition and repeat attempts.

An alternative is to have a hoop set at a certain distance behind your stall. Contestants have to fly their plane through the hoop to win a prize.

Stand an upturned flowerpot on a tray of marbles. Contestants have to use a teaspoon to pick up the marbles and put them through the hole in the flowerpot's bottom.

Hide all the marbles in a certain time to win a prize. Alternatively how many can you hide before a buzzer (electric egg timer) sounds etc.

More details for this great fete stall idea were sent in by Pat Sweeney from Canvey Island Essex -
Have a tray with a large ceramic flower pot upturned in it. (It needs a hole in the base just big enough to let a normal sized marble drop through it.) Have a large bowl of different sized marbles to the side, with a spoon. The player has to spoon the marbles onto the top of the pot for (30 seconds/one minute)-no touching the pot or marbles, or helping them to drop through the whole!(Disqualification!!) The number of marbles in the pot is counted and noted. At end of event the person who scores most wins.

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