GARDEN EXPRESS !!!!!! Seriously the grandmas LOVE bulbs, and it is no cost to the Kindergarten, you just order in your catalouges and distribute them... The cut of for the summer bulbs orders has just ended. With the summer ones you get 30% of all sales. With their main one "Spring Collection, available from Feb, you get 50% of all sales. Our kindy easily gets over $200 profit each time we do it.
Kindergarten Mugs - We get mugs once a year with the Kindy logo on front and the kids names on the back that are currently within the Kindy on the back. The costs to parents is $9 a mug.
Family Portraits - we get a guy (can give you name if you PM me) that comes to the Kindy and does family portraits. You pay $10 to book your sitting, which the Kindergarten keeps, and you get a free family portrait. The way he makes the money is from the sales of the other photos cause he will do a few different sittings. I got the whole package last year and it cost just over $100 and the photos were fantastic. You just can not resist purchasing the lot, well I can't LOL. Your main photo must be a family photo with a parent/guardian included that is the only catch, you can then have just the kids or just husband/wife after that pic. Oh and your family portrait is also fully framed. You can also pay a little bit extra and have all your photos put onto CD as well as the prints.
Mothers/Fathers/Easter/Christmas Raffles - Parents donate something small each and it gets put into 1 or 2 hampers, then sell a book of 10 raffle tickets for 50c each.
Obstacle-athon - Another big money spinner for our Kindy. Teachers set up an outdoor obstacle course, and kids get their families to sponsor (donate) them money. The kids do 5 circuits each and have a card with their name on it, where they get a star for each time they pass the check in point. The obstacle has heaps of different stuff like climibing, throwing beanbags thru hoops, carrying a saucepan of water from one bucket to another, walking on stilts (the upside down cans with string) etc etc.
I hope that is a few different ideas for you Lucy. We don't do the chocolate stuff due to our strict healthy eating policy.
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