Turn children's artwork into personalised Christmas cards and gifts while raising money for your school. Choose between bulk delivery to school for greater control over fundraising, or direct delivery to parents for the simplest possible PTA experience.
Every school is different. Some PTAs are happy to receive and distribute finished orders and want maximum flexibility over the profit they make. Others prefer to minimise administration and have every parent's order posted directly to their home.
Both projects let children create their own artwork, parents order and pay online, and the school raises money from the resulting sales. The main difference is what happens after parents place their orders.
The best choice usually comes down to one question: would your PTA rather have more control over pricing and fundraising, or remove the job of distributing orders at school?
| Feature | School Fundraising | Little Acorns Art |
|---|---|---|
| Parents order online | Yes | Yes |
| Parents pay online | Yes | Yes |
| Children's artwork personalised | Yes | Yes |
| Christmas cards & personalised gifts | Yes — a broad range of products | Yes — six personalised products |
| How orders are delivered | Bulk delivery to school | Individually posted to parents |
| PTA distributes orders | Yes | No |
| How fundraising is set | PTA sets parent selling prices and controls its profit | 30% commission on sales |
| Best suited to | Schools wanting greater pricing and fundraising flexibility | Schools wanting minimum administration and no order distribution |
Product ranges, pricing and project terms can change from year to year. Follow the links above for the latest details before registering.
Your PTA is comfortable receiving and distributing finished orders, you have volunteers available to help, and you value the ability to decide what parents are charged.
With the School Fundraising project, the PTA sets its own selling prices. That gives you direct control over the balance between affordability for parents and the amount raised for the school.
Your priority is making the project as easy as possible for the PTA, particularly if you do not want boxes of completed orders arriving at school for sorting and distribution.
With Little Acorns Art, every order is posted directly to the parent and the PTA receives 30% commission on sales.
Whichever service you choose, the project starts with children's artwork and ends with professionally printed keepsakes that parents can buy while supporting their school.
Your school or PTA registers for the Christmas project.
Children create their designs using the supplied artwork templates.
Parents view the project and place their orders online.
The children's artwork is turned into personalised cards and gifts.
Either at school in bulk or directly with parents, depending on the project chosen.
School Christmas card projects combine a classroom activity with fundraising. Children enjoy seeing their own designs turned into real products, while parents and relatives get a personal Christmas keepsake rather than simply being asked for a donation.
Starting early helps. Schools generally get the best experience when artwork is completed during the autumn term, parents are given a clear ordering window, and at least one reminder is sent before the online shop closes.
No. Both projects allow parents to order and pay online.
Delivery. School Fundraising sends completed orders together to the school, while Little Acorns Art posts each parent's order directly to them.
Little Acorns Art removes the job of sorting and distributing completed orders because they are sent directly to parents. School Fundraising still removes cash and order handling, but the finished orders are distributed through school.
School Fundraising lets the PTA choose the prices charged to parents, so the school controls the balance between affordability and fundraising profit.
Yes. School Fundraising and Little Acorns Art are both operated by School Fundraising Limited, so the two services are offered as different ways of running the same type of school Christmas fundraiser.
There is no single right way to run a school Christmas card fundraiser. Choose the service that best matches the amount of administration your PTA wants to take on and the way you want your fundraising to work.