Christmas Craft Fair

The Christmas Craft Fair is almost here! Avoid the rush on Friday and buy your tickets now!

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We will be selling tickets before and after school on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Watch for our tables in the school foyer. Raffle tickets, and all crafts, activities, experiences and food will be purchased with tickets at the Christmas Craft Fair so come prepared and pre-purchase your tickets!

This year we have a coat check, crafts hand made by our students for sale, raffle of Class Baskets, delicious food such as hot shredded roast beef on a bun, pizza and crêpes with chocolate sauce, baked goods, hot and cold beverages, photos with Santa, crafts to be made, face painting, mystery bag game and so much more.

Click on the following links for more details:

• List of Crafts hand-made by students in their classrooms
• List of Crafts to make at the Fair
• List of Services, Activities, Food & Drinks
• Class Basket Raffle Ticket pricelist

So remember to buy your tickets ahead of time!  Here’s a tip: Save time by using address labels for the raffle tickets instead of writing them out by hand. 

See you Friday!

A few more Christmas Craft Fair reminders, then it’s time to have some fun!

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Crafts display in the lobby

Just a few more days until the much-anticipated Christmas Craft Fair! Here’s how you can help make the event a success and lots of fun for the kids!

  1. Sign up for a shift! Check the sign-up sheets posted in the lobby or connect with your class rep to sign up for a shift. It’s fun and easy and a great way to catch up with other parents! Click here to see a list of volunteer positions.
  2. Bake Sale: Please drop off cookies or brownies or cupcakes or squares or whole loaves or cakes at the office on Friday December 2nd. Where possible, please do not put nuts in your “baking”! Store bought “baking” is always welcome! We ran out of baking last year so please be generous!
  3. Mystery Bags: Bags can be dropped off at the lobby all week long.  The children LOVE these fun bags. Bags should have an approximate value of $5 per bag, and everything in the bags should be NEW (please, NO old candy or used toys).The bags could include fun holiday- or winter-themed things such as craft kits or supplies, ornaments to colour, kids’ costume jewellery or hair bands, fun kid’s gloves, small puzzles or games, candy boxes or bags, pencils, etc. The “bag” can be anything you like… brown lunch bag, goodie bag, gift bag – with the contents a mystery! All styles are welcome and fun! Please label the bag as primary or intermediate and boy, girl, or either as appropriate.
  4. Beat the rush and buy your tickets in advance! Tickets are available for sale before and after school in the lobby on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Click on the following price lists for more details:
    • List of student-made Crafts to buy at the Fair
    • List of Crafts to make at the Fair
    • List of Services, Activities, Food & Drinks
    • Raffle Ticket pricelist

Thank you to everyone for your time, energy, baking and mystery bags! See you at the Christmas Craft Fair on Friday!
—Christmas Craft Fair Committee

Mystery Bags needed for the Christmas Craft Fair!

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The Christmas Craft Fair will have a Mystery Bag game this year!

Parents, we NEED your help for this ever-popular treat. Please be generous – donate a few mystery bags for the Christmas Craft Fair so every child may have a chance to get one!

  • Preferably the bags should have a holiday or winter theme but they are certainly not limited to that.
  • The children LOVE these fun bags. Bags should have an approximate value of $5 per bag, and everything in the bags should be NEW (please, NO old candy or used toys). The bags could include fun holiday- or winter-themed things such as craft kits or supplies, ornaments to colour, kids’ costume jewellery or hair bands, fun kid’s gloves, small puzzles or games, candy boxes or bags, pencils, etc.
  •  The “bag” can be anything you like… brown lunch bag, goodie bag, gift bag – with the contents a mystery! All styles are welcome and fun! Please label the bag as primary or intermediate and boy, girl, or either as appropriate.

Mystery Bags can be dropped off anytime in the box by the PAC mailbox located in the lobby below the “down” stairs up to and including the day of the Christmas Craft Fair – Friday, December 2nd.

Reminder: Class Raffle Basket contributions due this Friday!

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Click here to list of 2011 Class Raffle Baskets!

Ross Road Christmas Craft Fair 2010. Click image to see a list of all the amazing basket themes for 2011!

Once again the ever-popular class baskets will be at the Christmas Craft Fair…to be raffled off to 20 lucky winners!  Click here to see the full list of amazing themes!

Class reps are getting ready to wrap up their respective baskets, so if you have not made your contribution (either an item or a cash donation) please try to get it to your class rep by Friday, November 25th to give the reps time make final purchases for the baskets and wrap them up into wonderfully eye-catching collections!

Thank you!

Reminder – Wed. Nov 23rd is the last day to order yummy food to enjoy at the Christmas Craft Fair!

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Click here to view full-size notice

Take a night off from cooking! Come and enjoy dinner at the Christmas Craft Fair on Dec. 2nd with hot shredded roast beef on a multigrain bun served with quinoa/couscous salad and fresh vegetables. Order a Flying Wedge cheese or pepperoni pizza for the kids and everyone is happy. For dessert enjoy a delicious hot crêpe with chocolate sauce.

  • Dinner is served in Frosty’s Diner between 5:30 and 7:00 PM.
  • Online ordering is open until Wednesday November 23rd.

How to Order:

  • Click here to link to the Munch a Lunch ordering site (or click on the green Munch logo in the right sidebar)
  • To start ordering, please click on the heading “Order Lunch” and select any child to create your order. Families can place their entire order under one student’s name. The order doesn’t need to be person specific as the orders will be picked up as a family at one location.
  • If you would rather pay by cheque you can do so by clicking on “other payment option” when you get to the Payment Option screen. Please drop off your cheque in the PAC box located under the “down” stairs in the lobby.

If you have any questions please contact the Christmas Craft Fair Coordinators:
• Bettina Harris at robandbettina@shaw.ca or
• Desiree Blume at desireeblume@gmail.com

Ross Road Christmas Craft Fair: Friday, December 2nd!

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Click on image to view poster

Mark your calendars! It’s the annual
ROSS ROAD CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR
Friday December 2, 2011 5:00 – 8:00 PM

We are so excited about this year’s rendition of the Ross Road Christmas Fair! Imagine an evening with your family, strolling through the school, listening to live Christmas music, sipping on hot chocolate or hot spiced apple cider, visiting with Santa, getting some Christmas shopping done and taking time to create a Christmas craft together. And to top the evening off, you have a chance to win one of the remarkable Christmas Raffle Baskets!

Here are a few more highlights:

  • Check your coats in the coat room and start the evening with a delicious dinner of hot shredded roast beef on a bun, and pizza for the kids in Frosty’s Diner.
    > For online pre-ordering, click here. Online ordering is available from November 15th-23rd.
  • The gym will be turned into a festive hall with none other than Santa on the stage!
    > For a map of the Craft Fair to help you plan your evening, click here.
  • For the first time, we will have crafts hand made by our students in their classrooms for sale. You can get an early start on your Christmas shopping with such items as cards, wine charms and jewellery, just to mention a few.
    > For a complete list of items, click here.
  • As always, we will have the raffle of our popular and amazing Class Baskets, delicious Christmas baking and live Christmas music.
    > For a compete list of Class Baskets, click here.
  • For those wishing to make their own memories, there will be craft activities for preschoolers to adults, face painting, storytelling and a Christmas mystery bag game.
  • See old friends or meet new ones over a cup of hot apple cider or coffee and enjoy a crêpe with chocolate sauce.
    > For a complete list of activities, food offerings and prices, click here.

This is one of our major events of the year, giving the opportunity to raise much needed funds as well as build our community and strengthen the bonds between our families and school. All proceeds will go to make the school a better place for all of our kids.

We really hope to see all of you there!
Any questions, please contact:
• Bettina Harris at robandbettina@shaw.ca or
• Desiree Blume at desireeblume@gmail.com

We would like to take the opportunity to thank Carolyn Sluis, our PAC co-chair since 2009, for very capably coordinating the Christmas Craft Fair for the past few years. Thank you, Carolyn, for all the energy and effort you and your team put into creating such memorable, festive evenings for students and parents!

Wanted: A new coordinator for the Ross Road Christmas event!

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Click to see more photos from the 2010 Christmas Craft Fair

Ross Road students checking out the ever-popular Class Raffle Baskets at the 2010 Christmas Craft Fair. Click on the image to view more photos.

Ross Road families have enjoyed a Christmas event at the school for many years now.  It serves as both a great social/community evening, and an important fundraiser for our kids.   Although the event has taken the form of a Craft Fair for some years, it can be anything we want it to be : )

Carolyn Sluis, our PAC co-chair since 2009, has very capably coordinated the Christmas Craft Fair for the past few years, but is stepping down from the position this year. We are all so grateful to her for all the energy and effort she and her team put into creating such memorable, festive evenings for Ross Road students and parents alike! Thank you, Carolyn!

Now we are looking for someone new to head up a simple, enjoyable evening for the Ross Road Community.  It could be as basic as a Sing-a-long.  Add in the famous Ross Road Class Raffle Baskets (last year we raised $3500 in raffle basket
tickets alone!), and maybe a concession with Christmas treats and you’d have a fun, easy-to-organize evening.  Some teachers have expressed an interest in having their classes make art/crafts and sell them at the fair—that could be a great fundraiser, too!

We have booked the school gym for Friday, December 2nd, in hopes that someone or some people would step forward to keep this popular annual event going!  You would have help from the Class Rep Coordinator to organize the Class Reps and the Raffle Baskets, and Carolyn is happy to help you get started.  Grab a few friends and make this event happen!

If you are interested in this position, please use this form to contact our PAC co-chairs, Carolyn Sluis and Lene Burgmann:

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Christmas Craft Fair 2010 – final totals

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Here is some fantastic news from the Christmas Craft Fair Committee. After all the expenses were totalled, our NET profit was $8,196.33!

In 2009 it was $6751.51.  We’ve outdone ourselves! Well done Ross Road. Thanks again for all your hard work and support!

— Carolyn/Christmas Craft Fair Committee/PAC.