I just want to THANK YOU all for the great advice whave decided to go ahead with requesting a dollar store toy as admission and use them as the prizes so thank you thank you for all the ideas as usual!! Where would we all be without you!!
How about candy bar bingo. The cost of admission is a candy bar and then that's what you use for prizes.
Good luck, we just held a bingo on Friday and our prizes were stuff we had laying around and we also went to the Dollar Store and spent about $150 there. It turned out great.
Do you have enough time to have a simple bake sale during school hours? Even if you only made $100 that would gain enough money for prizes if you shop at discount/dollar stores.
If you can't go to the businesses, then the parents are your only option. If you're having a bookfair or some type of event coming soon, you could give away coupons/gift certificates for purchases at that event. Or if you decide to sell food and drinks to make some money that night, maybe you could find a parent or parents who would be willing to buy what you need and get reimbursed after the event.
We cannot ask for prizes from the community as it is forbidden for our school as we are only k-3 and they don't want anyone hitting them up besides the high school who has more need. so that is out.
