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Christmas Bazaar Flyer Ideas for Church Bazaars, School Fairs and Holiday Markets

A Christmas bazaar flyer needs the event name, the day and date, opening and closing times, the street address, whether admission is free, and three or four reasons to come, such as 40 local crafters, a bake table, a soup lunch and photos with Santa. A bazaar that takes outside vendors needs a second flyer too: a vendor call with the booth fee, table size, setup time and application deadline.

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A Christmas bazaar flyer brings shoppers to a church hall, a school gym or a town green on one or two days in November or December. It hangs on community boards and gets shared in local Facebook groups, and a bazaar with outside vendors needs two versions: one for shoppers and one to recruit sellers. For the service-time and concert flyers churches make in December, see the Christmas church flyer page.

What to put on a Christmas bazaar flyer

The shopper flyer has to answer "when, where, and is it worth the trip" at a glance. Listed from the biggest line to the smallest:

  1. The event name. "Christmas Bazaar", "Holiday Craft Fair", "Christmas Market on the Green".
  2. The day, date and hours. "Saturday, November 21, 9 AM to 3 PM." For two days, give each day its own line with its own hours.
  3. The place. The building name, the street address, and the room or entrance ("fellowship hall, side door on Vesper Lane").
  4. Admission. "Free admission" or "$2 at the door, kids free." Put it near the date.
  5. How many vendors, and what kind. "40 local crafters and bakers" says more than "lots of vendors".
  6. Food. A bake table, a soup lunch from 11 AM, cocoa.
  7. Santa or kids' activities, with times. "Photos with Santa, 10 AM to noon," so parents can plan the visit.
  8. Who benefits. "Proceeds support the youth mission trip." Church and school bazaars should always say it.
  9. Payment. "Cash for the bake table; many crafters take cards." Say so when not every table takes cards.
  10. Parking and access. "Free parking in the lot behind the hall. Wheelchair entrance on the left."
  11. A contact. Who to email or call, including for late vendor requests.

Vendor flyers for a Christmas bazaar or holiday market

Send the vendor call before the shopper flyer. It has a different reader: a crafter deciding whether your fee is worth a Saturday. It needs these, as facts rather than adjectives:

  • The dates, hours and setup time. "Saturday, December 5 and Sunday, December 6, 10 AM to 4 PM. Setup from 8 AM."
  • What a space costs and what comes with it. "Indoor 8-foot table, $35 for both days" or "Outdoor 10 x 10 foot space, $45. Bring your own tent."
  • What's allowed. "Handmade and homegrown only" or "No resale items". Say whether food vendors need their own permits.
  • Outlets and Wi-Fi. Say whether spaces have them; vendors with string lights or card readers will ask.
  • How to apply and the deadline. "Apply by Friday, November 13 at market@example.com with three photos of your work."
  • When they'll hear back. "Accepted vendors hear back by November 18."

Put the fee and the deadline in the two largest lines after the headline, so crafters don't have to email to ask.

Christmas bazaar flyer ideas and wording

Here is wording for five kinds of holiday sales, with fictional details to replace.

Church Christmas bazaar

  • Headlines: "Christmas Bazaar at Birch Hill Chapel", "Handmade for the Holidays", "Our 30th Annual Christmas Bazaar"
  • Supporting line: "40 local crafters, a bake table, soup lunch from 11 AM and photos with Santa."
  • Call to action: "Free admission. Proceeds support the youth mission trip."

School holiday fair flyer

  • Headlines: "Heron Brook Holiday Fair", "Kids' Holiday Shop: Gifts from $1"
  • Supporting line: "Friday, December 11, 5 PM to 8 PM. Cocoa, crafts and carolers at 6 PM."
  • Call to action: "Volunteers needed for the kids' shop: sign up at example.com/heronbrookpta."

Outdoor Christmas market flyer

  • Headlines: "Christmas Market on the Green", "Holly Row Christmas Market", "Lights, Cider and 30 Local Stalls"
  • Supporting line: "Saturday, December 12, 3 PM to 8 PM. Tree lighting at 6 PM."
  • Call to action: "Free entry. Park at the library lot."

Holiday market flyer ideas for vendor markets

  • Headlines: "Holiday Makers Market", "Shop 50 Local Makers in One Afternoon", "Vendors Wanted: Holiday Market"
  • Supporting line: "Jewelry, candles, ceramics and small-batch food. Sunday, December 6, 11 AM to 4 PM."
  • Call to action for vendors: "Tables $35. Apply by November 13."
  • Headlines: "Christmas Cookie Walk", "Fill a Tin: $12 a Pound"
  • Supporting line: "Choose from 30 kinds of homemade cookies. Tins provided."
  • Call to action: "Doors open at 9 AM. The cookie walk sells out, so come early."

A bake table on its own, outside the holidays, follows the bake sale flyer layout. One shop or brand selling for a day counts as a pop-up; see pop-up shop flyer ideas for that layout. An evening event with music and food, but nothing for sale, calls for holiday party flyer wording instead.

Design tips for Christmas bazaar flyers

Show what's for sale. Illustrated ornaments, knit mittens, jars of jam and cookie tins tell a passerby this is a craft sale and not a service or a concert. One row of items along the bottom works better than a busy border.

Give the roadside sign four things only. A sign by the road is read from a moving car. "Christmas Bazaar", the date, the hours and an arrow. Save the vendor count and lunch for the flyer on the board.

Use generic holiday images, not famous characters. Pine branches, mittens, gingerbread and string lights belong to everyone. Describe original subjects instead of well-known characters from holiday films and books, and check that nothing on the finished flyer looks like one.

Reuse last year's look. Keep the same colors and headline so returning shoppers recognize the flyer on a crowded board. Save this year's description, and next November you only change the dates.

Two flyers, two looks. Make the shopper flyer bright and full of things to buy, and the vendor call plain, with the fee and deadline doing the work. A crafter scrolling Facebook should be able to tell them apart.

Christmas bazaar flyer sizes and printing

Bazaar flyers go on boards, in windows, and on one sign by the road:

Placement Paper Pixels at 300 DPI What to choose in Flyer Maker
Community boards, church doors Letter, 8.5 x 11 in 2550 x 3300 Tall at 4K
Sign by the road or on an easel Poster, 18 x 24 in 5400 x 7200 Tall at 4K
Facebook groups and event posts 4:5 portrait Screen only Portrait at 1K
Vendor call by email Wide 5:4 Screen only Wide at 1K or 2K

At 4K, Tall is 2480 x 3312 pixels: about 290 pixels per inch on letter paper, with a slight trim. On an 18 x 24 inch roadside sign, the same file comes to roughly 138 pixels per inch. 4OVER4, a commercial printer, calls 100 to 150 DPI plenty for large prints read from a distance, which fits a sign read from a passing car. For a sign outdoors in November, ask the print shop for a weatherproof material. Every standard size, with pixel counts, is on the flyer dimensions page.

More Christmas bazaar flyer prompts

Prompts for a school fair and a cookie walk, each with every detail a shopper needs:

Heron Brook Holiday Fair at Heron Brook Elementary School, 240 Brook Road. Friday, December 11, 5 PM to 8 PM, in the gym. Kids' holiday shop with gifts from $1 to $5, a cocoa and cookie bar, a crafts table and carolers at 6 PM. Free entry, families welcome. Volunteers for the kids' shop, sign up at example.com/heronbrookpta. Cheerful design with illustrated wrapped gifts, paper snowflakes and mugs of cocoa.
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Christmas Cookie Walk at Birch Hill Chapel, 7 Vesper Lane. Saturday, December 5, 9 AM until sold out, in the fellowship hall. Choose from 30 kinds of homemade cookies and fill a tin for $12 a pound. Tins provided. Cash or card. Proceeds support the church food pantry. Questions at 555-0167. Warm cream and red design with illustrated cookie tins, gingerbread and sprinkles.
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How to make a Christmas bazaar flyer in Flyer Maker

  1. Draft both flyers' text before you design. The shopper flyer gets the date, hours, address, admission, vendor count, food and Santa times. The vendor call gets fees, table size, setup, deadline and how to apply.
  2. Go to Flyer Maker and paste the shopper text into "Describe your flyer", followed by the look you want ("red and green, illustrated ornaments and mittens").
  3. Choose Tall for the board and the road sign, and set Quality to 4K under More options if you're printing a poster.
  4. Set Flyer type to Event and Pictures to Illustration. Illustrations of crafts keep the date and hours readable. If you list vendors or a schedule, the "Packed" layout makes room for more lines.
  5. Add the church or market logo with "Add your logo", and put the contact email in "Contact info".
  6. Select "Create flyer" and proofread the date, the hours, the address and every price.
  7. Make the vendor call next. Start a new description with the vendor text, set the Flyer type to Announcement and the Size to Wide, and create it.
  8. Fix small errors in "Want to change something?" (currently 60 credits, 70 for 2K, 90 for 4K), such as "change the Santa hours to 10 AM to noon", then check the rest of the flyer again.

If your committee would rather edit a Christmas bazaar flyer template by hand in a template editor, the Canva alternatives page lists the editors with free plans.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free Christmas market flyer template?

Yes, if you already have Word or a Google account. In Word, choose File, then New, and type "holiday flyer" in the online template search. In Google Docs, open the Template Gallery. You then retype the market's details over the sample text. Flyer Maker works the other way: you describe the market and it designs the whole flyer, currently for 80 credits, and a brand-new account holds only 20.

Where should I post a Christmas fair flyer?

Post it where local shoppers already stop. Try the library board, grocery store and coffee shop community boards, the church bulletin, the school newsletter and your town's Facebook groups. Get the manager's OK first. A sign by the road in front of the building, a week before, reaches people who drive past every day.

Can I make a bilingual Christmas bazaar flyer?

Yes. Type the Spanish lines into the description exactly as they should print, such as "Bazar Navideño, sábado 21 de noviembre". Accents such as ñ and the marks ¿ and ¡ come out correctly in Flyer Maker; still, read each word before printing. Keep both languages short, and put the date and address in numerals so they work in either language.

What size should a Christmas bazaar flyer be?

Print letter size (8.5 x 11 inches) for community boards and church doors, and an 18 x 24 inch poster for a sign by the road. For Facebook groups, post a 4:5 portrait version. In Flyer Maker, pick Tall at 4K for both prints and Portrait for the Facebook version. On the poster that works out to about 138 pixels per inch, so check the printed date from a few steps back.

What's the difference between a bazaar flyer and a holiday market flyer?

Mostly who benefits and who sells. A church or school bazaar flyer says what the proceeds support, such as the youth mission trip, and lists food and activities. A vendor-run holiday market flyer leads with the number and kind of vendors, the hours, parking and admission, and needs its own vendor recruitment flyer.

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