Monday, March 14, 2011

Chinese Auction Anyone?

I need to come up with a unique and different gift basket idea for a chinese auction at my grandson's school. It needs to be something everyone would buy tickets for. Looking to,spend in range of $125.00 or less. Maybe something with gift cards or Lottery tickets but really different.
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Gift cards could involve just about anything so if you pick a category then the basket could be developed around that for example: -WOMEN'S SHOES (flip flops, slippers, foot cream, pedicure lotion, nail polishes, etc. with gift certificates for women's shoes) -GROCERIES (a gourmet food basket with gift certificates for grocery store in it) -RECREATION TIME (popcorn, candy, games, sodas, gift certificates for bowling, theater, etc.) -SUMMERTIME (beach towels, flip flops, tanning lotion, sunglasses, wrap this all up in a colorful kids innertube and put in well, a gift certificate for something "summery" in your area.. for here it would be a year's worth of beach tags) -PICNIC (get a great looking picnic basket, put in beautiful silverware and dishes for two (buy individually at Marshall's, Ross or TJMaxx.. add gourmet dressing, gourmet choclates, mustard, etc.. you can find it all at TJ's etc.) -BOOK CLUB (join Columbia House book club or Literary Guild and order all books at once (6 books plus the 4 you contract for... buy all the best sellers. Put them all in a basket with gourmet coffee, a beautiful mug, some slippers, some bath oil, an aroma therapy candle). -LOTTERY (go to Toys R Us an get all sorts of games.. try to make them all betting games. Decorate the entire basket with monopoly money pasted everywhere. Put in lottery tickets, money clip, a Suze Ormon Money Book, etc.) -SPA (put in a terry head towel, foot pedicure kit, lotions, a spa robe and a gift certificate to a spa.. kinda typical but the spa robes from Land's End would be great in this). -WINE TASTERS (Ask your local liquor store to pick out some great wines.. a variety.. add in a few different cheeses, brie, roquefort, asiago.. some gourmet crackers etc.) -DIET BASKET (South Beach Diet book and all the South Beach approved treats you can find or Weight Watchers book etc) -ITALIAN BASKET (fill with very cool gourmet dry pasta, gourmet sauces, olive oils, olives, tapenade, cheeses etc. A bottle of Chianti. Line the basket with a red and white) checked table cloth. -GRILLING (fill with gift cert. for Omaha steaks, steak sauce, grilling tools, huge salt and pepper grinders, pot holders, a grilling apron, fantastic marinades)
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