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Raffle Ideas During a Craft Show

If you want to draw more people to your craft show, you may want to consider giving away a few things. Raffles are simple fundraisers that can bring in a lot of money with very little work and help offset the expenses of putting on the show, like the venue and table rental costs. When it comes to what you should give away at your craft show, there are a plethora of prize options sitting right at your tables.
  1. Ask Your Artists

    • The people who are showing their crafts and artwork at the craft show may be willing to give away some of their works for free, especially if they get a discount on their booth rental fee. You'll have a variety of items to choose from, which is perfect for giving away multiple prizes. Try to get a piece of jewelry from one of the show's jewelry makers, a painting or print of a work from a painter, and other tangible items that can be shown. If people can see the goods that they could win, they are far more likely to buy a raffle ticket. Don't neglect the intangibles, though. A photo session with one of the show's photographers is also a quality prize.

    Gift Baskets

    • Instead of giving away large prizes, ask the artists for smaller items and combine several of them together into gift baskets. This takes some of the burden off of the artists to provide one large item, which may normally sell for hundreds of dollars, and may increase interest in the raffle. With the variety of items in a gift basket, you may draw in people who would otherwise not participate, because there is a better chance of them winning at least one thing that they like.

    Gift Certificate

    • People will enter the raffle for gift certificates to just about anywhere, but try to keep it about the art. Some of the people in attendance at the art show will certainly be artists themselves. Gift certificates to art and crafts stores like Hobby Lobby or Michael's may appeal to these people. At the very least, it will appeal to the artists at your show.

      You can also give away a gift certificate to be spent at the show. The winner can use the certificate to shop at any booth or combination of booths, the money is tracked, and you can then pay the artists whose work was purchased using the certificate. With this prize, the winner benefits from the free items and the artists benefit from additional sales.

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