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Have you ever received a door prize that you really didn’t want?
Or maybe you received a door prize that you thought about re-gifting or even (gasp) donating?
A great way to give out door prizes everyone wants is to create a Door Prize Basket filled with an assortment of goodies.
This method has been a big hit for us in the past.
The key is providing many more items than you’ll give away, so no one gets the “leftovers”.
It’s also important to provide a wide range of items everything from scented soap/lotion to devotionals to small framed scripture cards.
Give them Jesus, but give them some other options too!
Ideas for your Door Prize Basket:
- Pocket-sized Bible (no kidding – it was the first thing taken at one event!)
- Framed Scripture verses
- King-sized chocolate bars
- Insulated cups (with verse)
- Devotional books
- Personal Bible Studies
- Pretty notecard/notepad sets
- $5 gift cards for coffee, frozen yogurt, Chick-Fil-A
- Christian Fiction Books (just make sure you’ve read them!)
I try to keep each item around $5 or less (always shopping the clearance sections).
I’d much rather give out lots of small gifts to lots of women than a few large gifts to just a few.
Elaborate gift baskets lead to a large number of hurt feelings when their name isn’t called.
Smaller gifts tend to lessen the hurt feelings.
At a couple of Scrapbooking events, we were able to give a prize to everyone in attendance, while that’s not going to be the case in most situations, it sure was nice to be able to spoil everyone!
Your turn to share: What tips do you have for distributing door prizes?
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15 Creative Ways to Giveaway Door Prizes
Door Prize Ideas
1. The person to receive the door prize at your table is the one whose lived the shortest amount of time in your city or state. (This way it ensures the newcomers to receive a prize!)
2. I often use a portion of the table decor as a door prize. (example: decorative theme hand towel, or ornament)
Thanks for all your great ideas!!
May check with a Gideon representative to get Bibles or at least the New testament. Most likely they would donate some for door prizes. This would help on expense.
Great suggestion, Edie! 🙂
How do you go about CHOOSING who gets the door prize? I’ve done everything from drawing names out of a hat to whose bday is closest. Any other more creative ideas??
Lisa – GREAT question! I’ll be doing a whole post on creative ways to distribute door prizes soon – but I don’t want to keep you waiting! Here are a few ideas for you – stickers for the winners on the back of name tags, bottom of plates, program, or bottom of their chair. Play musical chairs/hot potato – when the music stops, the woman holding the gift wins. Use an icebreaker game like my Women’s Ministry Bingo – top winners all pick a prize. Hope those ideas help!