WOW!!!!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR GREAT IDEAS AND RESPONSES. I CAN'T WAIT TO GET TOGETHER THIS WEEK WITH THE OFFICERS AND GIVE THEM THESE IDEAS. I HOPE THE PARENTS PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT AND I'M GOING TO HAVE SUCH A FUN TIME PUTTING ALL THESE GOODIES TOGETHER!

THIS IS A GREAT WEBSITE, WITH WONDERFUL PEOPLE SHARING ALL THESE IDEAS. I WILL BE SURE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW WE MADE OUT. I KNOW IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL WILL BE THERE FOR SUGGESTIONS!

THANKS, MICHELLE

Here is my list of basket themes. Our basket auction in a huge event! Each class does a basket.We don't have all of these at every auction but our just ideas that are picked from.
ABC’s & 123’s, All American,Angels,Apples,Armchair Athlete,Arts and Crafts,Auction Figures,Baby,Baking,Ballet,Balls,
Bandaged Up – first aid,Barbie,
Barbecue/Back Yard Chef,Baseball,Bath & Body,
Beautiful Morning - breakfast,Beach Bag,Beads
Blue’s Clues,Boats,Bucket of Fun,By the Sea,
Candles,Candy Carnival,Car Care,
Catch of the Day - fishing,Chocolate Lover,Chess,
Christmas,Coffee Lovers,Crayola,Coke,Cup of Comfort,Decorating,Dinosaurs,Disney,Dolls,
Dora the Explorer,Drawing,Everything Elementary,
Family Videos,Fisher-Price,Football Fantasy,
Four Seasons,Games Kids Play,Gardening,Gold & Silver,Golf/ It’s all par for the course,
Grandparents,Grapes,Hair Raising,Handy Man,
Harry Potter,Hip Girl,Hollywood,Hot Stuff - Spices
Hot Wheels,Hugs for Mom,Ice Cream Sundae,Inspirational,Italian Gourmet,IU,Jewelry,
Jimmy Newtron,Junk Food Junkie,Just Buggy,Just Ducky,Kids Books,Kids Stationery,Legos,Lighthouse,
M&M’s,Matchbox,Mickey & Minnie,Music Lovers,Nascer,Nerf,Night at the Movies,Noah’s Ark,
Office Supply,Old Time Favorites,On the Go – travel items,Out of This World,Outdoor Fun,Pamper Mom,Pet Toys/Pampered Pets,Picnic,Play Doh,Play Time,Popcorn,Potpourri,Puppets,Puzzles,School Supplies,Science Fiction – Star Trek, Star Wars etc.,Scrapbooking,Scooby Doo,Shopaholic,Smiley Face,Snakes,Sunflowers,Snowmen,Spa at Home,
Sponge Bob Squarepants,Stress Busters,Souper Basket,Spick ‘n’ Span,Summertime Fun,Suds it Up,
Taco Time,Taste of Kentucky,Tea for Two,Teddy Bears,Thomas the Tank Engine,Traveler,Treasure Chest,Toy Time,Toys for Boys,Toys for Girls,
Trains & Planes,UK,UL,Victorian,Writing,
“You’ve Been Framed” – picture frames,
Yu-gi-oh,and zoo

As far as charging, we do most of ours as a silent auction with a few set aside for drawings. The drawing tickets are $1. We make $50-$100 on each of the drawing items, but we usually only have 4 or 5 (not all are baskets). Sorry, I don't have experience to share doing the whole thing as drawings.

Here's our list from last time:

Arts & Crafts, Baby Boy, Baby Girl, Barbie, Bar-B-Que, Bath & Body, Beach & Pool, Beach/Pool, Candles, Car Wash, Children's Books, Chocolate Lovers II, Games, Gardening, Gift Wrap, Harry Potter, Hot Wheels, Italian/Pasta, Manicure Basket, Mexican Food, Movies, Patriotic, Play-doh, Scrapbooking, Texas (Big), Texas (Little), Travel Games & Summer Fun, Writing/Drawing

The Bath & Body baskets are always very popular, both to fill and to buy. We often end up with 2 or 3 of those. Chocolate is a big favorite, as well as the baby baskets. Candles are also a big hit.

Due to so many pregnant teachers and parents in our school, we added a baby basket to the raffle -it was a big hit!

Hi ~

Last year was our first year to have a spring carnival. We made almost 3,000.00!!!! I never imagined it would be such a hit, but it was!! It takes a lot of work and one crazy night, but it's worth it. I did themed baskets by grade level. We had an education basket that went over the best. Others were Boy Basket, Girl Basket, Family Fun and TLC Baskets. If we got alot of one item we simply made 2 or 3 baskets for that theme.

Good Luck!!!