Madrigal Dinner Silent Auction Memory Jogger
85 Ideas for Silent Auction Items
Now here’s what you’re really after! Here are some ideas for popular silent auction items – this includes both items and services. Where possible, try to make experiences as unique as you can. For example, instead of just asking for a movie theater to donate tickets, ask if they’d be willing to provide a private viewing.
Please note that you may not need to purchase the items. For example, your Madrigal may be willing to walk dogs, watch kids, or do a couple of hours of yard work. Consider a hand-made item; or items that can be incorporated into gift baskets we will be producing; or for those of you who are bakers how about dessert of the month for 6 months? Or you can hit up four of your favorite pizza restaurants for two gift cards each, stick them in a mug with a pizza cutter, and have all that you need for #71 below.
- Gift certificates for online retailers (e.g. Amazon, iTunes, etc)
- x amount of hours of babysitting
- Gardening services
- Landscaping services
- x amount of items dry-cleaned
- Car servicing (e.g. tire rotation, oil change, etc)
- Bouquet of flowers delivered
- Weekend hotel stay
- Sports tickets in a corporate booth
- Wine-tasting evening
- Free storage unit for a year
- Movie tickets
- 2 hour massage
- Spa day
- Manicure & pedicure
- Hair styling
- Gift certificates for stores (e.g. Target, Walmart, Downtown Davis, etc)
- Jewelry
- Limousine ride
- Paintballing
- x number of hours painting and decorating
- Personal chef service for the evening
- Flights
- Golfing day
- Cake decorating class
- Painting/sculpture by a local artist
- Ballroom dancing lessons
- Personal chauffeur for the day/week
- Professional photography shoot with copies of photos included
- Kindle or Nook
- Convertible car rental for the weekend
- Basket of food from a local farm
- Hot air balloon ride
- Tickets to a theme park
- Segway experience
- Helicopter trip for two
- Skiing/snowboarding lessons
- River dinner cruise
- Gym membership
- Item autographed by sports team
- Gift basket
- Concert tickets
- Go Karting
- Makeover experience
- Theater tickets
- x number of bowling games
- Museum tickets
- Inflatable castle for a child’s birthday party
- Lunch with a local celebrity (e.g. local news anchor)
- Teeth whitening
- Designer handbag
- x hours of house cleaning
- x hours of pet walking
- Pet sitting for when on vacation
- Pottery class
- Tennis lessons
- TV show tickets
- Sailing day
- Website design
- Gift certificates for restaurants
- Voice or piano lessons
- Tour of brewery
- Private concert by local band or artist
- Lasik eye surgery
- VHS to DVD conversion
- Case of wine
- Free tax preparation
- Charter fishing trip
- Children’s birthday party entertainer
- Swimming pool services
- One pizza a week for 2 months
- Kayaking day out
- Botox
- Portrait by a local artist
- Custom-made piece of furniture
- Time Shares
- Family Cabins
- Horseback riding lessons
- Theme dinners for X number of couples
- Canning Lessons
- Tutoring Services
- Tour Napa Wineries
- Personal Trainer Session
- Catering an Event for 25
- House sittIng