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HELP ! , im having a grade nine entrepreneur fair and i have no clue what to sell ?
November 25th, 2008by
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this is to raise money for a trip were taking to ottawa, quebec and montreal … and i have no idea on what to sell ideas plaese,
best idea get the best answer award
= )
Saw one of these fairs last year (in Ottawa, actually). A couple of girls sold these stupid coloured beads in jars and sold nothing all day. I don’t know if they were scented or just “decorative” or what, but I don’t think even their parents bought one.
Another kid sold baked goods in little mesh bags and had a lineup down the hall.
You could also sell notepads, which you can do for pretty cheap at your local print shop (not Staples, which doesn’t offer custom padding) if you supply interesting paper. You could even expand that into pre-ordered stationery sets of 50 letterhead, 50 envelopes, and two notepads, which you could sell for $10 or $15 per set.
sell bottled watter, if the fair is outside, and hot were you live.
people will pay any amount for an ice cold drink of watter. if there that thirsty. or ice pops.
or if it’s cold were you live sell coffee & hot chocolate.if it’s cold that’s the best way i can think of to get warm.
(beside cuddling up with someone, but i think that could be illegal to sell.) =)
You could sell soap. Go to a craft store, and you can buy unscented, undyed soap cubes and scents and coloring. All of it is generally cheap. Usually, those stores have candle supplies too.
Also, the baking idea is nice, too. I would do cookies or brownies- something that has little mess.
Ooh, or you can sell homemade mice. They are adorable and will sell like hot cakes. Here’s what you do:
Take apart an oreo. Use the side which has the icing on it. Get some of that gel icing that comes in tubes. Use the gel icing to stick a chocolate covered cherry on the oreo. The stem of the cherry is the tail, and the cherry is the body. Use the icing to stick a Hershey’s kiss to the cherry for the head. Use the icing to put two almond slivers between the cherry and kiss for the ears. Use the icing to put two dots for eyes. All of the materials are cheap, and they are SO CUTE. A girl in my yearbook class made them for our class at Halloween. They are adorable!
DO you have access to a digital camera, colour printer and scanner? My son did this project five years ago for a school fair when he was in grade 8.
After getting permission from the art department he and a classmate borrowed some of artwork done by students during the year. For the smaller pieces they scanned them into picture files. For larger pieces or objects other than paintings they photographed them.
They went to local business supply store (Staples) and bought some card stock paper and envelopes. They then printed a piece of artwork on the front of the card, packaged five together and sold them as greeting cards.
They decided to put a limited number of packages together but kept on display all the master copies and allowed customers to order sets for later delivery. It was a big hit particularly with the parents of students whose artwork was featured on the cards. My recollection is that they were able to generate about $500 in sales with more than half being profit.
After the show the boys got an order from the school vice-principal for some invitations and made another $150. They toyed with the idea of doing it as a summer job but other opportunities came along.
The keys for doing this right…
Choose quality artwork that will show well on the cards
Choose different types of card stock (finish/colour) and try to match up the artwork with the best cardstock.
Price your product competitively with retail card sets but know all your supply costs including the cost of the printer cartridges. Check out pricing at your local business supply stores for the card stock; my son used HP textured greeting card stock half-fold and quarter-fold paper for the invitations.
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5 Responses to HELP ! , im having a grade nine entrepreneur fair and i have no clue what to sell ?
Easy and cheap ideas: Cupcakes and brownies. make em from scratch and cut generous portions. sell em 75 cents a piece
Or , sell 5 minute backrubs for 5 bucks. What a deal. 1 minute for 1 buck. haha
Saw one of these fairs last year (in Ottawa, actually). A couple of girls sold these stupid coloured beads in jars and sold nothing all day. I don’t know if they were scented or just “decorative” or what, but I don’t think even their parents bought one.
Another kid sold baked goods in little mesh bags and had a lineup down the hall.
You could also sell notepads, which you can do for pretty cheap at your local print shop (not Staples, which doesn’t offer custom padding) if you supply interesting paper. You could even expand that into pre-ordered stationery sets of 50 letterhead, 50 envelopes, and two notepads, which you could sell for $10 or $15 per set.
sell bottled watter, if the fair is outside, and hot were you live.
people will pay any amount for an ice cold drink of watter. if there that thirsty. or ice pops.
or if it’s cold were you live sell coffee & hot chocolate.if it’s cold that’s the best way i can think of to get warm.
(beside cuddling up with someone, but i think that could be illegal to sell.) =)
You could sell soap. Go to a craft store, and you can buy unscented, undyed soap cubes and scents and coloring. All of it is generally cheap. Usually, those stores have candle supplies too.
Also, the baking idea is nice, too. I would do cookies or brownies- something that has little mess.
Ooh, or you can sell homemade mice. They are adorable and will sell like hot cakes. Here’s what you do:
Take apart an oreo. Use the side which has the icing on it. Get some of that gel icing that comes in tubes. Use the gel icing to stick a chocolate covered cherry on the oreo. The stem of the cherry is the tail, and the cherry is the body. Use the icing to stick a Hershey’s kiss to the cherry for the head. Use the icing to put two almond slivers between the cherry and kiss for the ears. Use the icing to put two dots for eyes. All of the materials are cheap, and they are SO CUTE. A girl in my yearbook class made them for our class at Halloween. They are adorable!
DO you have access to a digital camera, colour printer and scanner? My son did this project five years ago for a school fair when he was in grade 8.
After getting permission from the art department he and a classmate borrowed some of artwork done by students during the year. For the smaller pieces they scanned them into picture files. For larger pieces or objects other than paintings they photographed them.
They went to local business supply store (Staples) and bought some card stock paper and envelopes. They then printed a piece of artwork on the front of the card, packaged five together and sold them as greeting cards.
They decided to put a limited number of packages together but kept on display all the master copies and allowed customers to order sets for later delivery. It was a big hit particularly with the parents of students whose artwork was featured on the cards. My recollection is that they were able to generate about $500 in sales with more than half being profit.
After the show the boys got an order from the school vice-principal for some invitations and made another $150. They toyed with the idea of doing it as a summer job but other opportunities came along.
The keys for doing this right…
Choose quality artwork that will show well on the cards
Choose different types of card stock (finish/colour) and try to match up the artwork with the best cardstock.
Price your product competitively with retail card sets but know all your supply costs including the cost of the printer cartridges. Check out pricing at your local business supply stores for the card stock; my son used HP textured greeting card stock half-fold and quarter-fold paper for the invitations.
Good luck