5 Great Businesses for Kids
Posted by rater on 06/17/09 in Business
Do your kids want to earn some extra money this summer? Are you struggling to figure out how you’re going to afford to increase their allowance? Maybe you should tell them to just get a job!
There are actually a lot of cool businesses that kids can do. Here are five of the best ones:
- Make and sell arts and crafts. Kids can make jewelry, paper crafts, soaps and candles. They can sell these to neighbors, friends and even online.
- Web jobs. Believe it or not, kids are pretty good at doing basic web jobs like blogging or selling photos through stock photo sites. You’ll have to help them get set up, learn online advertising and create a legal account for accepting payments but this can be a great way for them to earn cash.
- Jobs providing a service. Kids can do yard work, house cleaning, act as a companion to the elderly or walk people’s dogs for them. All of these services can earn them money.
- Jobs that help parents. Older kids can do jobs that involve taking care of younger kids. Babysitting, tutoring and reading to kids are all things that children can do to earn money.
- Performance art. Creative kids can put on plays or talent shows. They can invite the neighbors to come see these things for a small fee.
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Marianna | Jul 11, 2009 | Reply
I’m of two minds about this post; on the one hand, I’m such a sucker for crafts made by kids, but on the other hand, I don’t like the idea of the kids approaching crafts with the intent to make money. It seems a little mercenary, doesn’t it?
Danielle | Jul 11, 2009 | Reply
What kind of “kids” do you mean? I’m a big supporter of putting teenagers to work, because they need to learn a work ethic quickly and a short summer job is perfect for that. But younger than fourteen, a kid is too young to work in my opinion.
Jonas | Jul 11, 2009 | Reply
I don’t think we should be putting kids to work in this fashion. These are all excellent suggestions for keeping the kids busy during the summer, but, for example, I certainly expect my kids to help with their younger siblings because they want to, not for hire.
Jessie | Jul 11, 2009 | Reply
How innovative! My daughter has been pestering me for extra cash this summer, and I think this would be a great way to teach her about money, work, and the value of a dollar early on. Great ideas!
Patrick | Jul 11, 2009 | Reply
I had the best time as a kid doing crazy entrepreneurial endeavors with my friends. We collected recycling when no one really did it, we mowed lawns, we had yard sales, we bought and resold Beanie Babies. Oh yeah, good times.
Jenna R. | Jul 11, 2009 | Reply
My sister and I like to swap our kids and have them “work” for us; it gives us some bonding time and also makes it seem a little more official. My son tutors her kids and her daughter does some chores for me for an hour each day. It’s worked out great!