I did a craft fair the weekend before Thanksgiving...
so what sold well was
individual cards - $2.50 each or 5 for $10 - I was surprised how many sold - many more than previous years - lots of birthday and thank yous
Decorated Peppermint patties - we had 2 different types - a Holiday one with 4 per package with a top note die topper ($2) - you can see them
HERE - and ones with 3 in a small cello bag with some crinkle filler - those were mainly Birthday, Thanksgiving, New Year themed ($1.50)- we also had individual ones available for .50 each or 3 for $1
Monogrammed checkbook covers ($4) - similar to these in my gallery -
HERE monogrammed while they waited - I sold 6 of those - not bad considering I only had 10 to begin with.
Girl Scout Ornaments & Candles ($4) - these were my uplines - using the retired SU scouting set - she sold a fair amount of those
Chocolate dipped hot chocolate spoons ($4) packaged 3 together with a gift tag - now I had wanted to sell them separately for $1.50 each or 3 for $3 but the organizers said they were competing with the bake sale - so i had to put them together and add a stamped tag...I did sell out of them although next year I think i will do 2 per group for $3
Holiday Ornaments ($2) - where it is on the acetate inside the glass bulb - I had some stamped with a snowflake saying and my upline had some done with the rubons
some of the other things we had that we sold a few of (i.e. we came home with more than what we sold)
Prepackaged Card Sets ($10)
Decorated Clipboards ($12 for a set that included a photo clip and pen) - last year I sold out of them - these year I sold 4.
Photo clips ($1.50) - I was surprised last year they sold like hotcakes
Rectangle coaster clipboards ($2.50) - first year with these - sold a few but I thought I would have sold more...
Reindeer Food ($1.50) -used oatmeal, colored sugar crystals and white suger - last year I sold out of them (made about 40 of them)...this year I sold maybe 15 or so packets..next year i think I will do a little less per package and charge $1
Chocolate holders ($1.50) - my upline even made her own paper for local schools to use but not too many people bit
Chocolate coffee flavor spoons ($4) - 3 different flavors packaged - cinnimon, peppermint, butterscotch
A good rule of thumb is to only make items that you can give away or use as gifts during the holiday season...everything that is left over will get used as a gift at some point during the holiday season....my husband already claimed dibs on the coffee spoons for his co-workers...and the reindeer food will go to my daughters classes...the teachers will get the decorated clipboards and the photo clips and rectangle coasters will be perfect little gifts for my co-workers...
What didn't sell at all - holiday cards....quite frankly I don't think you can compete with cheapo boxed cards at holiday time...most people have a decent amount of cards if they are sending so $10 for 5 cards is a little cost prohibitive for most people...but not for birthday and thank you I guess
What little stocking stuffers can I make for a craft fair?
