Fundraising Guidance

Every School Fundraising Company keepsake starts as a child’s drawing on one of our supplied artwork sheets — that’s the heart of what we do. For the boldest, most vibrant prints we ask for full-coverage designs in bright, bold felt-tip pens. On our self-portrait tea towel project, please make sure each child writes their first name clearly somewhere on their picture — without it, mums and dads can’t spot their little one’s masterpiece on the class tea towel! Our youngest artists do beautifully with poster paint, with a grown-up lending a hand for any writing.

All of our keepsakes — from tea towels to Christmas cards — are designed around portrait artwork on the original sheets we send you. Please help the children keep their creations inside the printed black border: anything drawn outside that line won’t make it onto the finished product, so a quick reminder before they start works wonders.

Back at our studio, every sheet runs through a roller-fed scanner, so please leave the sheets flat and unembellished — no glitter, stickers or collage, as they jam the rollers. If your children use paint, watch out for thick ‘paint peaks’ and make sure each sheet is bone dry before you pack them up. Damp sheets stick and tear, and we’d hate for any child’s hard work to be spoiled in transit!