Our school did the basket fund raising idea quite successfully. But, they did it at the Halloween Carnival where there were LOTS of people around to buy tickets. They were themed just like yours and quite popular.
Your projects are really nice! I just hope someone appreciate all of your work not to mention expense!
Just an aside--in our area, all of the schools opted to quit the PTA and form their own Parent Teacher Organizations (now the PTO). That way the money stays at the site and doesn't go off to a national organization.