something that is easy to do something like a bake sell those kinda ideas
2006-10-05 06:09:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
I tell ya, a sure-fire winner at any type of county-fair or festival of that nature is Rock Candy or Candy Glass. And the stuff is UBER-EASY to make. The only special equipment you need is a Candy-Thermometer and a large pot to boil it all off in. There are literally DOZENS of recipes for basic hard-crack candies (My personal favorite is the Betty Crocker Cookbook recipe) and it literally seems to FLY off the shelf.
A buddy of mine and I made 30 lbs of various flavors of Rock Candy for a county fair here in Ohio about 3 months back and SOLD OUT in 2 hours.
Hints : Flavor variety works well. Make sure you've got these sure-fire-winner flavors, extracts, though (available at most supermarkets and finer food shops) : Peppermint, Strawberry, Root Beer, Grape, Cherry, Orange and Lemon.
After that feel free to be creative with your flavors, but those 7 sold MEGA-FAST for us.
2006-10-05 06:21:36 · answer #1 · answered by Ramsanator 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's the festival for? Incorporating something that has to do with the theme of the festival always works. For example, if it's a Halloween Festival, having one of those apple bobbing booths might be a real hit, and very easy. If it's in celebration of your town, maybe a lemonade stand, or baking cookies, or something that represents your town would be good.
What will the currency be? Examples: real money, tickets, free. I would go for something unique. One year at my town's annual celebration, a church group had a booth where the kids stuck their hand through a curtain, and felt around. They had about 5 seconds then had to identify what they felt without removing their hand. If they guessed right, they got a certain color ticket that could be used at another booth. Some of the items were, a feather duster, a yo-yo, a bowl of jello, a bowl of cooked spagetti, some uncooked macaroni glued to a sheet of paper, a remote control, etc. It worked out really well, because there were only 5 booths out of about 50 that were providing tickets to the booth everyone wanted to go to. I think that booth was a treasure dig and for 4 tickets you got 15 seconds to dig around in a kiddie pool of sand that had all kinds of treasure. It had everything from junk prizes, to tickets, to cash (change and bills). It was a blast.
2006-10-05 13:32:45 · answer #2 · answered by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about a White Elephant booth? Do you know many people that have a bunch of junk in good condition that they would like to sell? You know, yard sale stuff.
2006-10-05 15:34:58 · answer #3 · answered by AlongthePemi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Food in general usually works pretty well! Make something that is a specialty of yours, and call it your "Your Name" Famous "Your Food"! Then you can offer smaller, complimentary sides and baked goods to go along with it. And drinks!
2006-10-05 13:17:19 · answer #4 · answered by missportal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something that you are good at doing and enjoy, but keep it simple. Baked goods, cakes, sweets, frosted brownies or non alcoholic drinks; being fall, are you into cider? Good luck.
2006-10-05 13:22:05 · answer #5 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋