How about a theme of "raise your hand" or "lend a hand" Have the students trace, cut out and decorate their own hand shape. It meets the qualifications....cheap, easy, and less work for the PTO. You can make big hands for the walls too..or two people holding hands...PTO and Parents- together we can do anything! Good luck

Cheep materials are:
1 colored butcher paper - doesn't every school have miles of this?
2 flat cardboard from appliance stores
3 paint, markers, ect.
4 balloons
5 donations from party stores like leftover Christmas lights or noisemakers
6 free posters www.webspawner.com/users/pumpkinpost/
7 photographs

With these you can make:
1 school pennants
2 artwork murals
3 posters of cityscapes (with lights in the windows), mascots, giant words, flowers
4 autograph/message sheets - Ie thank you's from students for attending
5 "bid high, bid often" signs
6 walkways
7 pictures of the kids or items you raising money for.

What's your overall theme?

We auction baskets and instead of plastic bags, we use netting and tie off with netting bows. It looks really pretty.

Also auction your decorations. Is there anything else taking place along with the auction (a dinner or other activity)?

I am in charge of decorating for our fundraising auction in May, does anyone have any ideas on what I could do cheaply, to make the auction attractive at all. [img]tongue.gif[/img] HELP your ideas are welcomed..Nonsequiter THANKS! Keep them coming as im learning and getting great ideas!

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