New ideas to make your garage sale even better

Garage sales are often a favorite of mothers of young children. Where else can you find a My Little Pony for a quarter? A bike for five bucks? Or children’s clothing for a dollar?

I love a good garage sale. And I recently hosted one with two other moms. Together we have five children so together we had a whole lot of junk.

But at our garage sale, and some others that I stopped at over the summer, I noticed that are new fun ways to bring in customers and make a little extra money too.

At our garage sale, my friends and I each baked something the night before, such as muffins or cookies, and then wrapped them individually in plastic wrap. We sold each for 50 cents the next day at the garage sale and the customers bought them up like crazy – especially those with children in tow. We used that extra money to cover the cost of our lunch that day.

And I saw similar ideas at other garage sales I stopped at over the summer. One group of moms had bought cases of juice boxes and had them in a cooler out in front for 50 cent each. On a hot summer day, the juice boxes were selling fast.

Another group of moms had bought a bulk box of Ring Pops and granola bars and were selling those at a pretty fast rate.

Another mom had a great idea for getting rid of all the leftover items when the garage sale was winding down. She said that at a certain time of the day, customers could make a donation that would go to charity, and in return could take any 10 items they wanted. Another woman had a similar idea. Her garage sale was going for three days, but on the third day, customers could give her five dollars in exchange for any five items they wanted.

These are just a few good ideas I’ve found. I’ll keep my eye out for more as I stop at more garage sales.