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Run a sponsored matchbox challenge


Looking for a simple and fun fundraiser? Children will love completing a sponsored matchbox challenge, and there are also some excellent parent-child bonding opportunities here too! The idea is to see how many different things can be put into a standard size matchbox – use craft matchboxes so they’re all the same size and you don’t have the worry of disposing of live matches. Give each child a box, a letter


explaining the challenge and a sponsorship form. And that’s it, leave the children to get collecting. Once the children have filled their boxes and their sponsorship form, ask them to write a numbered list of the items and submit their itemised list, matchbox and sponsor form by a certain date. This can be linked into the


curriculum – making lists, ordering, handwriting and spelling, and counting – so the teachers should be pleased! Offer prizes for the most items, the most sponsorship money raised and – if you’re feeling brave – the most unusual object!


The rules Download a letter to parents, and a sponsor form, and use this set of rules to explain the challenge to


participants: l Only one of each item is


allowed (no filling the box with


grains of sand). l No duplicates (if you put a seed of every fruit and flower, it


still counts as just one – a seed). l No body parts (toenails,


bogies and hair are not wanted!). l No living (or dead) things,


including ants, spiders or beetles. l All contents must be itemised,


along with the total number, on your sponsor form or on a separate piece of paper, and


returned together in a bag. l Entries must be returned to your


class or the office by the deadline. l All entries must have the


pupil’s name on the sponsorship


form and on the bag. l Judges decisions are final on whether items can or


DOWNLOAD A matchbox challenge


template from pta.co.uk


cannot be allowed. l Pupils are invited


to decorate their matchboxes if they wish to do so. Please decorate them so that the judges are able to open them easily.


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