15 Charming Basket Ideas to Use for a Chinese Auction

Are you planning a Chinese auction soon and need some inexpensive basket ideas for the same? Buzzle lists out some of the best ideas that you can look into and implement.

Did You Know?

A Chinese auction is usually referred to as pick-a-prize, tricky tray or penny social to avoid causing offense.

Oh, the rush of winning something and claiming it as your own. Is there anything else that surpasses this feeling? Not really, not really. A Chinese auction works on this basic principle―upping your chances of winning something ten-fold, a chance rarely offered by any other form of auction or raffle. Interestingly, a Chinese auction is nothing like an auction … if anything, it is more like a raffle. Unlike auctions, where people openly bid for several items and the items are claimed by the highest bidder, or a raffle where a ticket is bought and the grand prize goes to one person, a Chinese auction allows you the chance to win several items by simply placing as many tickets as you want (!!) in the items that you’re interested in.

So the way it works is, you buy several tickets (which are essentially quite cheap) and you place any number of tickets in the hat that has been placed next to the item; at the end of the eve, a ticket is drawn from the hat and that person wins the item. Not only can you place several tickets in every hat, but you can do this for all the items that are offered at the auction.

Chinese auctions are becoming very popular these days because they are an excellent way to raise money at fundraisers and other charity events. So much so that there are several Internet sites that offer this option as well. While anything can be put up for an auction, baskets are some of the simplest and easiest choices to make. In this Buzzle article, we will give you varied ideas and options of the kind of inexpensive baskets that you can make for a Chinese auction.

Unique Chinese Raffle Basket Ideas

The baskets that are put up for the auction are usually donated by people and businesses, especially if it’s a fundraiser or a charity event organized for a cause. With a list of the different kinds of baskets that you can include, organizing for them should not be a problem. So you go on right ahead and arrange for these baskets… and come up with some of your own, now that you have an idea of how to go about it.