Part of my job as a fundraiser sometimes includes being involved in really fun events. One campaign that I get to be responsible for is our student education/giving campaign that teaches current students about the role private support has in their education. We have a very cute and clever campaign called the Spotted PiG. Each student is given a cute plastic piggy bank that they are encouraged to “feed” regularly. Then, twice a year, we have Piggy Round-Up party or collection carnival. It’s a fun, festive, celebratory event.
This week, we are having a Spring Collection Carnival. And we are stepping up this event. There will be game booths, specialty popcorn, Sprinkles Cupcakes, and a Piggy Pageant. Its become a tradition for students to decorate their pigs and enter them in a pageant. Guests get to vote for their favorite. Since we are doing more of a carnival theme this time, I wanted to have festive ribbons that resemble those awarded to a prize pig at a fair.
While I wanted big blue ribbons, we didn’t want to spend too much money on them. Not only are we trying to raise money instead of spend it, but we are also very careful with the student campaign. We don’t want to give the impression that we’re squandering the University’s resources on unnecessary decorations. Our students work very hard and pay a good amount of tuition, since we are asking them to donate, too, we want to make sure they know that their gifts make a difference.
So now, to the making of the prize ribbons. I started out by making the medallions and strips on the computer. Since we have branded the campaign, I didn’t want to draw out these parts by hand, but I might have if it were a different occasions. After printing out the images, I cut them out.
For the rippled piece, I simply I cut an 8.5×11 piece of paper in half long ways then accordion folded it. Once it was accordion folded, I pinched the middle and fanned out the sides. I used a glue gun to attach the end pieces.
Once the round fan was made I added a nice big glop of glue to the middle. This glue keeps the ripple part nice and tight and it is what the round medallion adheres to.
With a couple dabs of glue, I adhered the strips to the back of the ribbon. And then you could be done there. But, I decided to also add a piece of paper to the back to give it a more finished look.
And that’s it. Now all we have to do is decide which pig will take home the blue ribbon.
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