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Blue Peter is bringing back Bring and Buy sales! Here is everything you need to know to get involved and do your bit for Children in Need 2019. The Blue Peter Children in Need Special will be live on Friday 15th November 2019.

You can hold a Bring and Buy Sale with your class at school, at a club you participate in like Brownies or Cubs or even arrange one through your local community! The first thing you need is your Bring and Buy kit, which is jam-packed with helpful posters and goodies to help you run the best sale ever!

Instructions

You are going to leave the Blue Peter website in order to download your pack, so get help from a parent or guardian.Ìý

Remember, even if you can't host your own, you can always help with Bring and Buy Sales by donating your old toys, books and games to someone who is holding one! We also have loads of ideas for things you can make here below in case you don't have anything you want to sell.

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Blue Peter's iconic Bring and Buy sales began in the 1970s and have been used to fundraise for various charities since then! We brought them back last year and they were such a success we've brought them back AGAIN for 2019!

What is a Bring and Buy sale?

Bring and Buy Sales are about raising money for charity by selling things you no longer want or need, or things you have made! You can sell second hand items like books, toys, games and clothes (as long as they are in good condition and still working), but also homemade cakes and biscuits and handcrafted items like cards! We even have some ideas at the bottom of this page to help you get started.Ìý

Watch Blue Peter at 5:30pm on Thursdays for more ideas on things you can make and how to get involved! In the meantime, here are some things you can make and sell at a Bring and Buy Sale!

Take some inspiration from the one and only Dove Cameron and make some pretty hair clips, they even come with a cute little box that you can sell with them!

Cakes and sweets are a great thing to make for a Bring and Buy sale. Check out these Bring and Buy bitesÌý for inspiration on a quick and easy sweet treat to sell.Ìý

Or how about these mouth-watering emoji pops for a super simple and delicious treat.Ìý

This sugar scrub is so easy to make and you probably can find everything you need in the house. You could sell loads of different scents for your Bring and Buy! Remember, this is a beauty treatment so you can't eat it!

You can make something really useful that people need from old materials you can find at home. Check out these funky pencil pots! They'd be a perfect thing to sell at the Bring and Buy Sale!

Or you can make these funky bookmarks. They are so easy to make, all you need is some card and some coloured pens, it's so easy!

Check out Blue Peter's Makes, Bakes, Create collection which is packed with ideas that could be sold at your Bring and Buy!

Get involved and let us know how you plan to help Children in Need through a Bring and Buy in the comments below.