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Discover expert tips, setup guides, and creative ideas to help you plan, promote, and run a festive, fun, and profitable holiday shop for your school.
Holiday Shoppe Blogs
11 Themes for Your Next School Holiday Shop
Everyone is excited for the annual school holiday shop – shopping for the kids, volunteer opportunities for staff, a way to bring the community together, and surprise gifts for parents. It’s a countdown every year! Some years, however, the annual school holiday shop...
How To Plan Your School Holiday Shop Timeline
Planning Your School's Holiday Shop Timeline Like any large, school-wide event, a school holiday shop takes planning and time to be successful. While school holiday shop companies like Kids’ Kastle make it easy to dive in with packages and product samples, the more...
9 Easy Ways to Promote Your School Holiday Shop
At Kids’ Kastle, we know how exciting (and a little overwhelming) planning school holiday shops can be! Whether you’re a seasoned PTA member or new to organizing school fundraisers, promoting your holiday shop is key to its success. Don’t worry— promoting your school...
Top Trends for School Holiday Shops in 2024
Are you excited for this year’s school holiday shop? We are too! School holiday shops are one of the most fun ways to help schools raise money while giving students a chance to buy gifts for their families. In 2024, we’re seeing some cool trends that are making...
How To Do a School Holiday Shop
A popular winter tradition in most elementary schools is the School Holiday Shop, where students can purchase small gifts for their loved ones. Children and adults alike look forward to this festivity every year, where kids get to shop, gifts can be purchased, and...
Why Host an In-School Holiday Gift Fair
Hosting an in-school holiday gift fair around the winter season can be just the exercise children need to get into the holiday spirit. Holiday gift fairs help with budgeting lessons and financial responsibility, allows children to purchase gifts for their families and...
School Holiday Shops: The Basics of Getting Started
A school holiday shop is a great way to involve parents, teachers, students, and the wider community to come together and celebrate the spirit of Christmas. It also helps children get familiar with important life and social skills early on, making it a fun learning...
How to Promote Your Virtual School Fundraiser
7 Easy Tips for Promoting Your Online Holiday Shoppe Putting together a school holiday shop fundraiser virtually can feel like a challenge. Parents and schools are tasked with finding a way to raise money for their schools while giving kids their dose of holiday cheer...
Top 10 Best Virtual and Creative Christmas Fundraising Ideas
Brainstorming fundraising ideas for this winter isn’t an easy task. Schools can’t rely on traditional holiday shoppe fundraiser, Smencils (scented pencils), dances, or other large events that involve gatherings. While some companies, like Kids’ Kastle, offer hybrid...
The Complete Holiday Fundraising Guide
Tips and Tricks to Ensure Fundraising Success Fundraising can be a daunting task. The planning, executing, and collecting of funds can seem like an overwhelming process. The good news is that when done properly, a good fundraiser can bring in money, donations, and...
School Fundraising Blogs
Benefits of Hiring a School Fundraiser Company vs DIY Fundraising
Fundraising is one of the most exciting times for a school – the students, teachers, and staff all get involved to make a successful event that benefits the entire community. And, when done successfully, a school fundraiser can establish the funds needed for the rest...
Dates to Remember for School Fundraising Year-Round
At Kids’ Kastle, we are more than just a school holiday shop. We offer seasonal fundraising opportunities to help schools and PTAs make fundraising exciting and easy year-round. As the year wraps up, we’ve put together a month-by-month guide to the best dates and...
How to Use Social Media for Spring School Fundraising
Springtime is coming our way and with it comes new Spring fundraisers – Easter eggs, special treats, Smencils, pretzel snacks, and more. This time of year, we get a lot of PTA members, teachers, and even students asking how they can better improve their high school...
School Fundraising Do’s and Don’ts
School fundraising is a fantastic idea for all grade levels. Students, faculty, and families get to join together to celebrate their school pride and raise money for activities, supplies, growth, and more within their school system. School fundraising is about...
12 Easy & Creative High School Fundraising Ideas
Fundraising is critical for all grade levels to raise funds for school activities, trips, resources, and more. As students move from grade school to high school, finding interesting and creative fundraising ideas that don’t conflict with busy high school schedules can...
10 Tips For Promoting Your School Fundraisers
Good fundraising ideas for schools aren’t hard to come by — it is the challenge of promoting your new fundraiser that can take some time and planning. By successfully promoting your school fundraiser, you have a better chance of raising the funds you need and getting...
Unique School Fundraisers
It may be early for the holidays, but school fundraising can happen any time of the year and shouldn’t be put off until just winter. When trying to raise money for various programs and a bright new school year for both faculty and staff, taking advantage of...
5 Ways to Simplify Fundraising
Easy School Fundraising Tips It is about to be that time of year again — your child is coming home with a school fundraiser and is full of hope to earn all the great prizes they could get by being a top seller. Now it’s your turn to help with the holiday shop...