ways for kids to make money?

**Sara Noel** · 06-10-2007, 11:36 PM

More specifically ways for teens to make money that can't yet work a typical job.

**SewCrafty** · 06-11-2007, 12:06 AM

Gosh, I remember shoveling sidewalks and driveways in the winter. Mowing lawns, selling handmade potholders.

**McD** · 06-11-2007, 12:40 AM

Kids could mow, baby-sit, run errands for elderly, etc.

**Neeley** · 06-11-2007, 12:44 AM

DD has been a Red Cross certified babysitter and infant/child CPR certified since she turned 13. The course was $75 and she learned a lot. She is now able to babysit and make some pretty good money for a 14 year old.

DD and DS(age 11) help DH do the housework and lawn work. He pays them for their help. Some weeks they may only get $20 others they may get a lot more. It all just depends on what they accomplished.

At our ballfield kids age 11 and above can keep the books for $10 a game if the league officials know them and know that the kid knows how to keep a book the right way. When they turn 14 they can umpire t-ball for $10 a game as well. A t-ball game only lasts an hour and they can do anywhere from 1-5 a day if it a Saturday or 1-2 if it is a week night. Plus, they are given either a hot dog or hamburger with fries and a drink if they umpire or keep the books.

As a part of a business class I taught the kids last year, I had them run an Ebay store. Their dad and I gave them each $100. We took them to yard sales each week, they bought stuff to resell in their store. DD also used some of her start up money to buy suuplies to make bracelets she sold in her store too. Any profits were theirs to keep. Both did very well and really enjoyed it.

**Frugal Girl** · 06-11-2007, 07:22 AM

* Tutor a fellow classmate in one of your best subjects
* Babysit
* Mow lawns in summer, shovel walks and driveways in winter
* Pet sit for neighbors on vacation or walk dogs
* Assist with gardening or lawn care (mowing, weeding)
* Detail cars
* Type school papers for other students
* Clean houses
* Use your computer expertise to help other students or adults
* Be a mother's helper or nanny for a busy mom
* Plant a garden and sell your produce to neighbors
* Sell baked goods to neighbors or at a local farmers market
* Start your own DJ business
* Be a mother's helper or part-time nanny
* Make baked goods and sell them at a local farmers' market.

Here's a good site also...http://www.kidsmoney.org/makemone.htm

Good luck!

**JustJoy** · 06-11-2007, 07:47 AM

My 13 year old niece is mowing lawns & cleaning homes this summer.

**DJ1972** · 06-11-2007, 08:23 AM

My dd turns 13 next month, so I am signing her up for the babysitter's course at a local hospital. The cost is $45, it is a one day course, lunch included. They teach them CPR, diaper changing, what to do in emergencies, questions to ask the parents, and supply them with an emergency book to write numbers and info in and a babysitter bag to store their book and other info they are given. At the end of the day they take a test and get a certificate, def. worth the money IMHO.

**kittykatstrong** · 06-11-2007, 09:23 AM

knitting dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbors

ANIMAL CARETAKER
If you child enjoys animals, then try an animal caretaker business. This might involve walking dogs, dog washing, or general grooming.

Cookies
go down to the market every Saturday and sell out of four dozen chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. The key to this business is yummy cookies, so pick a recipe that everyone likes and go with that. Also, when people see you regularly, they will become regular customers. If there isn't a proper venue that you can walk through, try selling in the local park or team up with a lemonade stand. Another idea is to go door to door with samples and a flier to leave with each person and become a delivery service. This can always be expanded to other baked goods as well, but start fairly small to keep costs down.

Wake up Service
This is only for the very responsible. Advertise in the paper that you will provide wake up calls with the customer's choice of today's weather, top news, or saying of the day. You can vary the options of course. Keep a careful record of each client's preferences and wake up times. You will need to scan a local paper before making the calls to get the headlines and weather.

Muffin Breakfast
If you enjoy baking, you can start making muffins and offer samples to people in your neighborhood. Offer to provide breakfast (muffins and orange juice) delivered to their door on specified mornings. Give out fliers so they can take advantage of the offer later if they want to.

Altough I feel like the parents would be doing a lot of the work for some of these.

Katy

**sunshine** · 06-11-2007, 11:16 AM

baby sitting -- even my boys did this, although they would only babysit boy children. I didn't want to get into any discussions or lawsuits about improper behavior with little girls.

housecleaning service -- my daughter put a notice in the paper that she would clean houses for special occasions, weekly, monthly, etc. She got more jobs than she could handle. Mostly now, she just does the senior citizen's for a discounted rate to them --- but she likes knowing she's helping them, and makes a few $$ a the same time. She still does some of the younger people's houses for holidays, events like graduation - etc.

In connection with the housecleaning service -- she's accumulated lots of cast off items. . . she cleans them up, repairs some of them and sells them at our yard sale. She never turns down any item that is offered to her. If it's no good, then my dd disposes of it. . . but if you turn stuff down, you may not get anything else offered.

**sunshine** · 06-11-2007, 11:19 AM

Oh--- all my kids have done child day camps too.

My kids all tumble and dance - and work at the dance studio. So in the summers, they have offered dance camps. The parent's pay a set price for a week's camp and my kids provide instruction in beginner dance . Tumbling was too difficult and I was afraid of lawsuits if someone got hurt.

My dd has also offered camps for beginner's cooking, outdoor skills, and just a mom's day out type of thing.

**Amanda W** · 06-11-2007, 12:32 PM

In my area of the country, detassling is a big job for tweens/teens. It's incredibly hard work, but you can make a decent chunk of money over the summer.

**maryannsms** · 08-07-2009, 12:32 AM

I Babysit and I tutor our neighbor's kids. I also do house cleaning service and run errands for some elders in the neighbor.

**MaryCarney** · 08-07-2009, 07:15 AM

My younger kids, ages 14 and 15 teach swim lessons for the swim club they belong to. They give 1:1 lessons and make $4.25 per student per 40 minute lesson. From this, they've gotten babysitting contacts to watch their swim students as well.

**ml2620** · 08-07-2009, 07:36 AM

I pay my 9 and 13 year old neice and nephew five dollars an hour to weed my very weedy garden.

**MomK** · 08-07-2009, 08:19 PM

My DD gives softball pitching lessons. She has 4 little girls who come weekly and she makes good money doing something she LOVES!

If kids have a talent, and want to share it, that's a great way to make $$.

Another way she has made money was to hold a yearly week-long sports camp. She taught them a sport each day, did a craft, had story time, taught them a scripture. She even made t-shirts.
We held the camp at our house.

My nephew got really into buying, selling, and trading baseball cards.

That's all I can think of right now.