Movie Night Silent Auction Basket

This was a fun silent auction basket to make with everything a family would need for a Movie Night!

The basket contains:
2 $25 AMC gift cards
$20 Domino's gift card
Galvanized beverage tub
4 family friendly DVDs
Large popcorn bucket
Popcorn
Candy
Drinks
Movie night napkins

I found the movie night decorations at Hobby Lobby.  It turned out so cute!

Grillin' Basket

This Grillin' Basket turned out so well for our school silent auction!

Here are the items included:

Char-Broil Deluxe Portable Propane Grill

Char-Broil 3 Piece Tool Set: Spatula, Tongs, & Basting Brush

Grill Brush

12 inch Bamboo Skewers

16 ounce Propane Canister

Burger Press with Storage

Meat Thermometer

Bean & Sauce Pot

Sauces: A1,

Rib Rack Sweet Honey,

Sweet Baby Rays Golden Mustard, &

Sweet Baby Rays Honey BBQ

Seasonings:  Rib Rack Dry Rub,

McCormick Memphis Pit BBQ Rub,

McCormick Montreal Steak Marinade,

McCormick Garlic Pepper IPA Marinade,

McCormick Southwest Chipotle Sauce Mix-in, &

McCormick Brown Sugar Boubon Mix-in

Large Wooden Black Tray I purchased the grill on Amazon, the black tray at Hobby Lobby, and most of the other items at Walmart.  Such a great idea for camping or tailgating!

Silent Auction Fire Pit

This was the easiest silent auction "basket" I have ever made!  Plus it is such a cute idea that you know will sell during the auction!

The fire pit is the best part!  But, I also added marshmallows, graham crackers, and hershey bars for smores along with extendable cooking forks, a cozy over-sized plush blanket, pumpkin candle, fall mugs, hot chocolate mix, apple cider mix, and pumpkin spice cookie mix.  Awesome!

To finish it off, I added orange, yellow, and red tissue paper and tied it all up with cellophane wrap and a giant red mesh bow!

Happy Fall Y'all Basket

I made a Happy Fall Y'all Basket for the school silent auction this year.  It turned out so cute!  We included a beautiful brown wicker basket, a large chevron "Harvest Blessing" pumpkin hanger or stand, an elegant red velvet plush throw, an ornate decorative owl, a tin "Gather Together" sign with orange burlap bow, a lovely decorative pumpkin and gourd set, 6 festive fall cookie cutters, a spiced apple cider scented candle, a pumpkin spice muffin mix, a matching fall hand towel & potholder, and a sweet cinnamon pumpkin foaming hand soap.  The lucky recipient will be ready for fall!

Christmas Cookie Decorating "Basket"

I made this Christmas Cookie Decorating "Basket" for our school's silent auction.  It turned out so cute!  The "basket" was actually a glass mixing bowl (from Walmart) and it contained:

• Better Homes & Gardens Very Merry Cookies cookbook (Amazon)
• Lots of cookie cutters (Amazon b/c Christmas stuff wasn't out when I made the basket) - I taped these all around the glass bowl
• 3 different spatulas, measuring cups, & measuring spoons (Dollar Tree)
• 2 sugar cookie mixes (Walmart)
• Green & red cookie icing plus white icing (Walmart)
• Christmas sprinkles (Amazon b/c Christmas stuff wasn't out when I made the basket)
• Cookies for Santa plate & Milk for Santa mug (plate & mug from Big Lots) - I cut white vinyl with my Silhouette using Jennifer Wambach's Cookies for Santa & Milk for Santa designs (I did replace the Santa in the center of the Cookies for Santa design with Sarah Hurley's Santa's sleigh silhouette instead).

Other ideas that I wasn't able to do were: cookie bags for individual packaging, a cookie press, & Christmas apron or pot holders.  I was really happy with how it all turned out!

Gift Idea

This has become my new go-to birthday gift idea when my kids can't give me any other ideas.  It's so easy and fun!  I've also added more to it, made a Family Movie Night tag, and used it as a silent auction basket. 

Ideas include:

• popcorn that comes in its own bucket (or a popcorn bowl from Dollar Tree)
• movie theater boxed candy
• mini sprites or other drinks
• more popcorn and popcorn bags
• DVDs (there is a $5 bin at Wal-mart)
• gift card to the local movie theater

This was the present for a little boy who was having a Scooby Doo birthday party: popcorn in a bucket, 2 mini sprites, Scooby Doo stickers, Skittles, M&M's, and 2 Scooby Doo DVDs.

This was the present for a teacher: popcorn bowl, popcorn bags, her favorite drink, candy, popcorn, and DVDs.