Innovative Giveaway Items

**NDNKIDZ** · 01-05-2004, 11:51 AM

ok, I know this question has been asked here many times, but new members join daily, so here it is one more timeeee.....

My daughter has been asked to be head woman in June. I would like to have the powwow.com'rs to give some interesting things they have seen in a giveaway, things they have given that were amusing, not to copy of course but to put our own spin on it. We are looking for amusing things, and not the same ole same ole that you see so often. This is a one day powwow so lots of close friends and family. Thanks for any ideas that you might have:D

powwowbum49 · 01-05-2004, 12:53 PM

Ok this is something I made not too long back to kinda make an inexpensive blanket nicer for giveaway.

I made a blanket strip to attach to it...the trick was I did it out of fabric applique instead of beading it. I was pleased with the way it turned out too...it looked nice.

It is not necessarily amusing but is kinda my own spin on a common giveaway item.

**NDNKIDZ** · 01-05-2004, 01:23 PM

thanks powwowbum.. great idea...:)

WhoMe · 01-06-2004, 12:58 PM

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Personalize anything with pufferpaint!

Pufferpaint comes in the same colors as beadwork. If dotted on a surface it can also look like beadwork. I have made a whole fancy shawl dance outfit out of pufferpaint. So many people came up to take a closer look to see if it was real beadwork or not.

You can put pufferpaint beadwork designs on: dresses, coats, shoes, towels, socks, stockings, hats, t-shirts, jogging outfits, pendleton blankets, golf bags, drum stick bags, picture frames etc., etc., etc.

Pufferpaint is inexpensive, dries fast, can be laundered and your own design can dress up a simple walmart outfit.

(put an Indian design on your "special someones" underwear and watch their face light up)!

j/k

bushy_braids · 01-07-2004, 09:51 AM

people around here give away "laundry baskets" of course filled w/ANYTHING & EVERYTHING including laundry items, canned goods, candles, duct tape (haha), household items, candies... you name it! kinna neat cause it's definitely useful stuff

pendleton makes nice stuff, quite expensive... but for the "fun stuff" it's reasonable - things like journals, cd cases, purses, small stuff.

Gah-Gah! · 01-07-2004, 01:31 PM

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Originally posted by WhoMe
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(put an Indian design on your "special someones" underwear and watch their face light up)! j/k

Hahaha!!Have your own private run~way modeling show Who Me? :Crazy

NDNKIDZ one guy friend gave away little two man tents that he picked up at a discount camping supply store that they had on sale. I thought that was a good idea and he gave them to people he knew camped ALOT!! :Idea

**NDNKIDZ** · 01-07-2004, 01:34 PM

thanks for everyones ideas... these are great... :Chatter ..keep postin those ideas...:D

**Kakeeya** · 01-07-2004, 10:44 PM

II also received a small travel bag with clear plastic and zippers to hold my powwow stuff in.

**billyjoejimbob** · 01-08-2004, 10:33 AM

Buy some pendleton yardage and handmake the drum stick bags, purses and vests. You can get yardage from a number of internet places and even on ebay. I made a tradional fake beadwork set with it. vest, aprons, sdie drops and belt. Looks pretty snazzy.

WhoMe · 01-08-2004, 03:35 PM

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Innovative gift item for a give-away?

How about a gift certificate for . . .

One month's babysitting and housework duties from your kids?

Peacekeeper83 · 01-11-2004, 10:45 PM

one of the things I have gotten in the past ...thats really inexpensive...and practical...is the sheer scarves..you get em at walmart for like 1.99 and to me they are very handy...same goes for bandanas..hand towels with embrodery on em for the singers...or....at a dance in Austin...I got a small tool set ..the made in china type...inexpensive to get...but always practical to have

EducatedNdN · 01-12-2004, 06:11 PM

With all the snagging and high rate of STD a box of condoms would be innovative and needed to help sustain the NdN populations.

**BurBz** · 01-12-2004, 06:32 PM

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Originally posted by EducatedNdN
With all the snagging and high rate of STD a box of condoms would be innovative and needed to help sustain the NdN populations.

sustain ndn populations?? Why would some person want to sustain the ndn population? MY gawwwddd nevermind..

EducatedNdN · 01-12-2004, 06:55 PM

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Originally posted by Burberrilish
sustain ndn populations?? Why would some person want to sustain the ndn population? MY gawwwddd nevermind..

Get an education.

01-05-2004, 11:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
NDNKIDZ JIMMY HENDRIX ROYALTY Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: OKLAHOMA Posts: 1,146	Innovative Giveaway Items ok, I know this question has been asked here many times, but new members join daily, so here it is one more timeeee..... My daughter has been asked to be head woman in June. I would like to have the powwow.com'rs to give some interesting things they have seen in a giveaway, things they have given that were amusing, not to copy of course but to put our own spin on it. We are looking for amusing things, and not the same ole same ole that you see so often. This is a one day powwow so lots of close friends and family. Thanks for any ideas that you might have:D Last edited by NDNKIDZ; 01-05-2004 at 12:04 PM.

01-05-2004, 12:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
powwowbum49 Arena Director Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: midwest, USA Posts: 792	Ok this is something I made not too long back to kinda make an inexpensive blanket nicer for giveaway. I made a blanket strip to attach to it...the trick was I did it out of fabric applique instead of beading it. I was pleased with the way it turned out too...it looked nice. It is not necessarily amusing but is kinda my own spin on a common giveaway item. __________________ PB49 "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." Pablo Picasso My comments are based on what I have been taught and my experiences over the years I have been around the circle. They should in no way be taken as gospel truths and are merely my opinions or attempts at passing on what I have learned while still learning more.

01-07-2004, 09:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
bushy_braids cool...calm...collected Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: da CROW wide world Posts: 1,174	people around here give away "laundry baskets" of course filled w/ANYTHING & EVERYTHING including laundry items, canned goods, candles, duct tape (haha), household items, candies... you name it! kinna neat cause it's definitely useful stuff pendleton makes nice stuff, quite expensive... but for the "fun stuff" it's reasonable - things like journals, cd cases, purses, small stuff. __________________ "i don't like to walk fast man - i like to strut!"

01-07-2004, 10:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
Kakeeya PowWows.com Addicts Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: By a mountain on the Rez Posts: 2,525	II also received a small travel bag with clear plastic and zippers to hold my powwow stuff in. Last edited by Kakeeya; 08-23-2006 at 07:03 PM. Reason: on 2nd thought...

01-12-2004, 06:11 PM	#12 (permalink)
EducatedNdN Junior Dancer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The land of the broken hearted Posts: 122	With all the snagging and high rate of STD a box of condoms would be innovative and needed to help sustain the NdN populations. __________________ -Don't hate me because I'm wise beyond my years-

01-05-2004, 01:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
NDNKIDZ JIMMY HENDRIX ROYALTY Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: OKLAHOMA Posts: 1,146	thanks powwowbum.. great idea...:)

01-06-2004, 12:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
WhoMe PauWau Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Land of 370 Broken Treaties Posts: 5,442	_______ Personalize anything with pufferpaint! Pufferpaint comes in the same colors as beadwork. If dotted on a surface it can also look like beadwork. I have made a whole fancy shawl dance outfit out of pufferpaint. So many people came up to take a closer look to see if it was real beadwork or not. You can put pufferpaint beadwork designs on: dresses, coats, shoes, towels, socks, stockings, hats, t-shirts, jogging outfits, pendleton blankets, golf bags, drum stick bags, picture frames etc., etc., etc. Pufferpaint is inexpensive, dries fast, can be laundered and your own design can dress up a simple walmart outfit. (put an Indian design on your "special someones" underwear and watch their face light up)! j/k

01-07-2004, 01:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
NDNKIDZ JIMMY HENDRIX ROYALTY Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: OKLAHOMA Posts: 1,146	thanks for everyones ideas... these are great... :Chatter ..keep postin those ideas...:D

01-08-2004, 10:33 AM	#9 (permalink)
billyjoejimbob Fat Singer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: white guy land Posts: 1,517	Buy some pendleton yardage and handmake the drum stick bags, purses and vests. You can get yardage from a number of internet places and even on ebay. I made a tradional fake beadwork set with it. vest, aprons, sdie drops and belt. Looks pretty snazzy.

01-08-2004, 03:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
WhoMe PauWau Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Land of 370 Broken Treaties Posts: 5,442	____ Innovative gift item for a give-away? How about a gift certificate for . . . One month's babysitting and housework duties from your kids?

01-11-2004, 10:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
Peacekeeper83 a Peace of......... Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: just where the southern plains end...and the hill country begin... Posts: 1,081	one of the things I have gotten in the past ...thats really inexpensive...and practical...is the sheer scarves..you get em at walmart for like 1.99 and to me they are very handy...same goes for bandanas..hand towels with embrodery on em for the singers...or....at a dance in Austin...I got a small tool set ..the made in china type...inexpensive to get...but always practical to have