Holiday Mock Market Day

Holiday Mock Market Day
By Cola City Homeschoolers
Wednesday, Oct. 30
from 10am-noon
All ages — $5/vendor space

Market Day is a fun, opportunity to be a creative entrepreneur and snag a bunch of treats! Wednesday, October 30th from 10am to noon. Wear your costumes, too!

Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia, 2701 Heyward St, Columbia, SC 29205 Free parking along both sides of the street–look for the entrance at the corner/front side of the building.

(Let Grow Play Club meet-up: Hide and Seek Trick or Treat is at Owens Field afterwards from 1-3pm)

Entrepreneur Challenge: create items for “sale”: something fun, useful, or beautiful. Holiday Theme recommended.

Ideas for getting started: Bookmarks, DIY Slime, Homemade Soaps, Origami Creations, DIY Stress Balls, Sun Catchers, Dream Catchers, Beaded Bracelets, DIY Bouncy Balls, DIY Bath Bombs, Wood Crafts, DIY PlayDoh, Picture Frames, Small Clay Dishes, Paper Flowers, Pet Rocks, Painted Stones, Magnets, Mod Podge Creations, Homemade Comics, Pour Paintings, Keychains. Edible items are permitted, too: either homemade or packaged creatively.

Participants may set up as individual vendors or partner together. Market Day bucks will be provided per vendor space, to shop for items. Each vendor space is $5 (will be provided $20 Market Day bucks). Partners sharing a space will also share their market day dollars.

Vendors please price items or have a price sign. Each participant will be provided with Market Day Bucks only–no coins. So keep that in mind with your prices.

Notes to clarify about the market day bucks and the particpation fee:

• Participants will not earn or use “real money.” Think of it more like a mock market day or a trading day. The currency is a set amount for each participant–so they can value their items and trade within the closed economy. Like a barter system of sorts–they’ll walk away with other “goods” to show for their contribution to the economy.
• We do have a small fee for participation to cover our overhead costs of running and organizing Cola City. That money goes into the “economy” of this event and this support resource.
• Consider the real life value of your market items between $.25-$1.50 per items. Prepare 15-30 items for your store. Set the market day bucks prices between $1-$5.
• Bonus bucks ($5)  for vendors who incorporate recycled, repurposed or environmentally-friendly products–and can explain this component.
• Parents will not have any spending money. Roles will be reversed, to get your child to buy items that you might want.

Sign up here to get a vendor space: