Fall Fair Assignments
| Grade | Last | Booth | Room Parent Point of Contact | Materials Provided | Prizes | Volunteer Requirements | Set-Up Notes | Booth Operation | # of Tix | # of volunteers |
| PreK | Garfinkel | Soccer Shoot Out | Goal Ticket Receptacle Prizes |
Soccer Balls Goal Keeper |
Use goal closest to Davenport Street Ticket Receptacle |
child gets 2 chances to kick ball into goal for a prize | 2 | 2 to 3 per hour | ||
| PreK | Hines | Ticket Booth | No | Take Cash for Tickets | cash | 2-3 per hour | ||||
| PreK | Landsman | Bake Sale | Jennifer Bonesteel | Murch parents provide baked items the day before fair and the day of the fair. Sharpies Masking Tape Poster Board Scissors |
group items according to # of tickets (you do not need to mark each item individually), mark any foods containing peanuts or tree nuts | distribute items per ticket number | Volunteers decide on costs. | 2-3 per hour | ||
| K | C. Chalfont | Sand Art | Vessels for Sand Clay ~ 6 boxes of colored sand 6 scoops 6 funnels 2 Tables 2 Chairs for Volunteers Receptaclefor Tickets |
Arrange Supplies | Their is sometimes an issue about cost of this booth but the sand is really expensive and a random poll of the kids resulted in that they really like the tradition of wearing their art and showing it to their friends the next couple days after the fair. | 4 | 2 per hour | |||
| K | Fitzpatrick | Tin Can Alley | 6 bales of Hay 1 dozen bean bags Prizes |
Pyramid of Cans (36) | set up two pyramids of cans on bales of hay so that two players can play at the same time | each player is given 3 bean bags for 3 chances to knock down the cans, award a prize for cans knocked down | 1 | 3 per hour | ||
| K | R. Chalfont | Body Art | Young Volunteers Tattoos Glitter Tattoos Paint/Glitter Stencil Tattoos Water brushes 4 Mirrors Cups for water Waste containers Ticket Receptacle, Young Volunteers 4 boxes of Tissues 5 rolls of paper towels 4 packages of generic q-tips 4 packages of baby wipes |
2 Tables 8 Chairs |
Child selects body art that they would like from selection. Volunteer discretion on changes/suggestions to child’s request | 4 | 4 per hour | |||
| K | Schwadron | Fish Pond | Elmira Gibson | Small Kiddie Pool Ticket Receptacle Fishing Poles Fish Prizes |
ensure pool is filled with water (custodian will help), float fish in pool | child catches a fish to earn a prize, | 2 | 2 per hour | ||
| K | Seltzer | Duck Pond | Mattie Schloetzer | Small Kiddie Pool Ticket Receptacle Ducks Prizes |
Manage getting pool filled with water | ensure pool is filled with water (custodian will help), ensure that about 40% of bottom of ducks are marked | child selects duck from pool, child wins a prize if the selected duck is marked | 1 | 2 per hour | |
| 1st | Bergin | Pizza | Foil Sheets Napkins Food Service Gloves Waste Container Receptaclefor tickets |
Arrange Supplies Work with Armand’s |
serve pizza on foil sheets, collect tickets, Armand’s attendant brings pizza and it gets baked in truck. We usually sell about 90 pizzas | 5 | 2 per hour | |||
| 1st | Cresswell | Rock Climbing Wall | Patty See | Amusement provided by rental company | No | Help get harnesses on and off kids/adults quickly. Keep line moving | ||||
| 1st | Kaduk-Hsu | Hot Dogs, Brats, Veggie Burgers | hot dogs, buns, condiments, chips, foil sheets, napkins, food service gloves provided. 2 gas grills *please borrow from parents, 2 sets of bbg tongs *please borrow from parents | No | Borrow Grills from parents, provide charcoal if you do a charcoal grill. Usually a post on the Murch Listserv garners the offers of grills that can be wheeled right up to the school. | arrange supplies on table and start grilling | grill and distribute dogs, brats and chips | Hot dog 4 Brat 6 Chips 1 |
3 per hour | |
| 1st | Pinks | Corn Hole Game | Jonathan O’Connell | 2 Murch Branded Corn Hole Games and 8 bean bags Ticket Receptacle |
Yes | Operator decides how to play the games so kids have fun and we make money | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1st | Travitz | Lollipop Tree | Lollipop Tree Prizes Receptaclefor Tickets |
~ 1200 Lollipops Black Sharpie |
mark about 40% of the stick end of the lollipops, insert lollipops into tree | child selects a lollipop from the tree and keeps it, if the selected lollipop is marked, child also receives a prize | 1 | 2 per hour | ||
| 2nd | Dorn | Spin Art | Provided: 4 spin art machines, spin art paper, 16 bottles of paint, C batteries as back-up, masking tape, poles, clothesline, clothes pins, 2 bales of hay, plastic sheeting,markers | use hay bales and poles to hang clothes line for drying artwork, protect 2 large tables with plastic sheeting, secure machines to tables with tape | write child’s name on back of paper, place paper securely in machine, turn on machine, allow child up to 4 colors to create design, 6 squirts of paint is the most paper will hold, hang paper on clothesline to dry (ask child to return later to retrieve artwork | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2nd | George | TBD – Game | Yes | minimal set up | collect tickets – help with game – object TBD | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2nd | Schafer | Book Sale | Virginia Adams Marentette | books, cash box, please provide: paper grocery bags | more volunteers needed prior to fair. Staff your booth from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and have more people on the 11 -1 shifts. | Books collected as a school prior to the event. All books placed on stage during week before the fair. | sell books, this event will be organized by John Harllee | cash | 2-3 per hour | |
| 2nd | Walton and Heitbrink | Hair Coloring | Young Volunteers hand mirrors Hair Chalk Hair Spray 2 tables 8 Chairs Receptaclefor Tickets Waste Can 4 XL T-Shirts for Smocks |
Ok, I know this booth is not liked by the parents but it’s our MOST profitable and I get volunteers to help. I’ve combined two classes. Get your juices flowing. | Arrange Supplies | Create fun patterns etc. in childs hair. Give child mirror, admire and ooh and ahh. Have fun! | 3-6 tickets | 4 per hour | ||
| 3rd | Brady | Photo Booth | Photo Booth Technician Some accessories 1 Table Ticket Receptacle |
Collect Tickets Manage line of children |
3 tickets per person | 2 per hour | ||||
| 3rd | Davis | Ticket Booth | cash | 4 | ||||||
| 3rd | Lieberman | BBQ Sandwiches | hamburger buns Disposable chafing dish Cole Slaw Sauce chips foil sheets napkins food service gloves |
2 Serving Tongs for putting meat on the buns 2 Serving tongs for adding cole slaw to bun |
Assign one parent to pick up BBQ at Rocklands BBQ in Glover Park.
Arrange supplies on table |
Parents will take bun and fill with approximately 4 oz of meat and serve sandwich in foil sheet.
Cole slaw and extra bbq sauce will be self serve. |
6 | 3 per hour | ||
| 3rd | Robin | Snow cone machine | Provided: Machine, cups, syrup *will need to get ice | Bring coolers for ice. Ice will be provided |
minimal | Fill snow cone cups, add syrup | 3 | 2 per hour | ||
| 3rd | Samenga | TBD | ||||||||
| 4th | Grinrod | Ticket Booth | cash | 4 | ||||||
| 4th | Heist | Drinks | cans of soda, juice boxes, bottled water, | coolers: please borrow 6 or 7 from parents, | an extra person is required for set up of this booth, please adjust your signup sheet accordingly, ice the cold drinks, display the varieties of drinks available on table | sell drinks, variety and quantity | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4th | Mathur | Cake Walk | 3 vinyl table cloths, tape, price stickers, small bags, wrap, foil, numbered signs for chairs, corresponding numbers for random selection | No | CD player/ipod/speakers, | Murch families donate baked goods for the sale and cakes for the Cake Walk *please indicate items with NUTS, items will be dropped off in teachers’ lounge, tablecloths should be taped down, items need to be priced accordingly | number of tickets varies depending on cake, 8 children play at a time, children march in a circle to music, when music stops each child sits in a numbered chair, a number is picked out of a hat, the child whose chair number is selected wins a cake | 3 or 5 tickets | 2 | |
| 4th | Snyder | Popcorn Machines | Provided: popcorn machine, popcorn, popcorn bags, scoop, plastic food service gloves | ensure all supplies are placed at booth, training will be provided by amusement rental company | make and distribute popcorn | 2 | 2 | |||
| 5th | Finberg | Caos Obstacle Course | Laura Kaiser | Blow up obstacle course and attendant provided by amusement rental company | No | minimal | collect tickets and provide supervision and get as many kids through as possible! | 3 | 2 | |
| 5th | Levy | Sand Storm (spinny ride) | Rachel Schumacher | attraction and attendant provided by amusement rental company | minimal | collect tickets, provide supervision, crowd control, ensure that ride is swiftly loaded and unloaded. | 4 | 2 | ||
| 5th | McCoy | Trackless Train | Beth Stein | Train Driver 2 chairs Receptaclefor Tickets |
No | Charge adults riding with children at your discretion. It’s a fundraiser but we don’t want to go overboard. | Collect Tickets Manage line Load Train Unload Train Tell Ice Cream man to go away |
4 1 adult rides free with babes in arms |
2 per hour | |
| 5th | Otten | Basketball Shootout (subject to change) | Receptacle for Tickets Gaffer’s Table for Lines Waste basket |
3-6 basketballs | Place X with Gaffer’s Tape on the spots where children can make shots from. Start Designate someone or take turns to retrieve balls. Start each turn with one parent handing the player each of the three balls |
Use judgement to figure out the best rules of play. Each child should get three attempts to make a shot Larger kids – maybe free throws Smaller maybe layups Use judgement for prizes – maybe two out of three gets a prize – Little kids if they get one in |
2 | 2-3 per hour | ||
| Other | Carl Bergeron | The Ice Man | ||||||||
| Sponsor | College Hunks | Dunk Booth | College Hunks will arrive at 10:00 a.m. to fill dunk tank, work dunk tank and help until 4:00 p.m. Kids are paid hourly so we are not expected to tip. In return, we use their logo and include them as a sponsor. |
Area on stage with outlet for heater, towels | Fill tank, plug in heater. | College kids take tickets and dunk in the booth | 2 | Provided by Sponsor | ||