The most valuable thing you can have when planning a school fete is a reliable host committee. Having a team to help plan and budget for the event, approach suppliers, delegate tasks, and lead different teams will make organising everything much easier. Put up posters around the school or announce that you are looking for volunteers. Encourage parents to get involved too by sending letters home requesting their participation.

Reach out to local businesses and ask if they want to be event sponsors, if this is something your school is happy to do. Their wider reach could boost the advertising strength needed to get your local community aware of, and excited about, the fete.

School Fete Ideas and Stalls

You can get very creative with the theme of your fete, or keep things simple and stick to activities that have proven to be popular at many social events. To help raise funds, ask local businesses, crafters, and artisans whether they would like to have a stall at the fete. You can request for 10% or more of their profits to be put towards raising funds for the fete and charge a small fee to set up a stall.

Think of each stall as a checkpoint where patrons can pay a gold coin to participate in activities like a craft corner, carnival games, inflatable amusements, henna tattooing, and face painting. Parents, staff, and students could even set up a bake sale that directly contributes to raising funds for the fete.

A raffle is a staple of school fetes that can raise quite a lot of money. Start selling raffle tickets early by letting students bring some home to offer their friends and family, set up a raffle booth near the event entrance, and have volunteers walk around offering them to patrons. The raffle prize could be a bundle of goodies donated by the participating vendors. Ask your committee for more ideas on how to organise a school fete filled with fun activities.

Bouncy Castle Themes to Include

You can expect for many families with young children to be attending, so hiring one or more inflatable amusements will make sure families have a great time. Here at Monsterball, we have a variety of themed bouncy castles for hire ranging from Batman and Scooby Doo to Disney Princess and Tinkerbell designs.

Make it a memorable event and select from our huge range of amusements for all your school event hire needs. We’ve got water slides, zorb balls, an ice rink, bucking bulls and more that are sure to keep people entertained for hours. Having a variety of activities not only gives people more incentive to stick around, making them more likely to spend or donate, but also shortens queues. You don’t want people leaving if lining up for activities takes up most of their time!

At Monsterball, we include free delivery, set-up and pack-down of all amusements hired through us within 30km of Fremantle. We can set up the inflatables on any type of surface as well, so all you have to do is pick the best amusement to suit the theme of your event..

Amusement Options for a Fete

Invite a local band, school bands, or DJ to keep things upbeat and have everyone singing along to popular songs. Hiring a magician or clowns with balloon twisting skills offer guests something to take home to remember the day. Bouncy castles, water slides, ice rinks, and the classic dunk tank will keep everyone entertained for hours.

Having punctual and reliable amusement suppliers at a function is essential for your event to run smoothly. Being a leader in the event industry since 2007, we have built a network of suppliers that we can recommend to be part of your event. Whether it is face painting, carnival rides, or food vendors you are after, just give us a shout and we’ll connect you with the best people.

Tips on a Successful Face Painting Stall

Hiring a reliable face painting service is a worthwhile investment. Offer simple yet striking designs to choose from so patrons do not have to queue or wait too long to have their design painted. You could set up a photo booth that includes dollar store dress-up items for families to have their pictures taken after a fun face painting session.

To draw a larger crowd, create a hashtag for the event and encourage people to tag photos of themselves at the fete on social media in real time! And make sure the face painting stall is under a gazebo or indoors – you don’t want a sudden change in weather to mess up the art on anyone’s face or wreck the photo booth!

Best Food to Sell at Fetes and Stalls

If you are including a bake sale, offer a variety of cupcakes, baked slices, cookies, and lolly or treat bags. Party pies and a sausage sizzle are always popular too. Try to include allergen-friendly and vegetarian/vegan options so people who have certain food requirements don’t have to miss out. Local food businesses setting up stalls and food trucks tend to be a hit too.

For more snacking options to scatter around the event, fairy floss, popcorn, and slushie machines are the way to go. As mentioned earlier, our team at Monsterball can put you in touch with some reliable food vendors for your event to help save you time and give you a peace of mind.

Fete Day Checklist

Be sure to check for/ include these key things to ensure everything runs smoothly:

• Working power and water sources
• Accessible paths for suppliers and patrons to enter and exit from
• Visible and easily accessible trash and recycling bins
• An ATM for patrons to access cash conveniently (optional if the event only takes card)
• Working and clean toilets
• First Aid kits prepared and First Aid zone clearly identified
• Emergency exit and crowd gathering zone is clearly defined
• Supplier bump in and bump out times do not clash
• All volunteers, activity hosts, and stallholders are briefed prior to the event

We hope that this guide has given you a better idea about how to organise a school fete. Now that you’ve done some research, get out there and have some fun putting together an awesome event.