Each year my daughter’s school have a Jam Jar Tombola for the children. Naturally, the kids are just mega keen on gaining a jar full of sweeties but I like to add a twist. After all, it’s far more fun to win one of my random ideas, right?
Twenty Thrifty Jam Jar Tombola Ideas
Bathroom gifts
Plants & Garden Ideas
- Various packets of herb seeds, encourage people to grow their own
- Succulents planted
- Tea light holders
Food
- Home made toffee sauce
- Flapjack
- Chutney – endless possibilities, in the UK mango may be a good choice for curry eaters:)
- Jam
- DIY cookie jar, layered ingredients
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Girly ideas
- Hair slides
- Scrunchies
- Rags, for twisting in long hair to make it curly
Creative Play ideas
- Playdough
- Every day objects printing kit
- Raided craft cupboard jar
- Craft kits from covers of magazines
- Felt food biscuits
Rest assured I did manage to get labels on to the more obscure (like the hair rags), or the homemade with a list of ingredients #healthandsafety.
There are so many more ideas just buzzing round my head.. what would you fill your jam jars with?
mo
Wednesday 30th of November 2016
I filled one of ours with plastic toy soldiers and candy canes.
another was a fairy kit with fairy tattoos, tiny bottles with fairy dust and another tiny bottle filled with tiny scraps of rolled up paper to write fairy wishes on.
Colleen
Monday 25th of July 2022
@Vicky, I made a mini sewing kit and a pin cushion top
Vicky
Wednesday 30th of November 2016
They sound great ideas:)
Kate Davis
Sunday 22nd of June 2014
These are great ideas. My daughter took in her Jolly Jar on Friday ready for the school fair and I was told they should be filled with sweets (they also have a bottle tombola for the adults), but I like your variety.
Barbara
Thursday 19th of June 2014
What a great idea