9 Ways for Kids to Make Money
July 20th, 2009
Who says that your kids can’t make money? Do they have a hobby that they love? Do they like to bake? Run errands? Good, because they can earn some extra income simply by doing what they love and at the same time help contribute to their life skills.
1. Pet Sitting
Pet sitting is a great, fun clever way to earn money on the side. Are your kids good with pets? Got a neighbor who has pets? Consider pet sitting as their part time job, or simply call it a hobby and let them earn on money on the side. Don’t leave your kid’s pet loving skills to waste!
2. Baking
Although baking is an overly suggested method, it is because it works! Baking a fresh batch of cookies is a great way to build in revenue as well as help give your kid an image of how a motor and bricks business sort of works. It is a good practice overall and the income in the end of the day, can be juicy.
3. Arts & Crafts
If your child is creative, why not sell those pottery and antiques that your kid made to make money? If it is of course, okay with the child, it is great method to earn extra money for organized fundraisers from reputable districts.
4. Help the Elderly
There are plenty of people looking for someone to simply babysit their grand parents, and kids can do that job and as well as enlighten them with their bright faces. Got a responsible little child? They could be fit for this job and the income from it can be satisfactory.
5. Sell Candy & Treats
This is probably the most regularly used method among little kids. They simply buy a huge pack of candy and sell each individual one for a buck each. This really help to emphasize the business of dealing and receiving profit in return. In the end of the day, your child earns a satisfying income as well as have an idea of how a business may run.
6. Paid Surveys
Kids can also be great survey takers on the Internet as well. Who said a kid couldn’t make money off the Internet? To enroll your child to take paid survey from panels that we recommend, view them here.
The two we strongly recommend joining is the Opinion Outpost panel and the Synovate panel.
*Parents must sign up under their name. When a survey is directed to a child, they will say so.
7. Selling Toys in the School Yard
This can range from many categories. From Yu-gi-oh cards to Pokemon cards to even Hot Wheels. They all can be traded off or sold for some profit to their friends. I remember these were the popular necessities as a child and other children were willing to pay or even trade for certain cards/items. It was small market, but it had potential to earn.
8. Start a Lemonade Stand
As well as selling treats, this help to give your child more of the idea of profiting from business and more. The profits can be juicy as were the lemonade your child was serving.
9. Become an Assistant
You’d be shocked at how many people are looking for a helping hand from a little fellow. This can be just a “go to” guy that simply gets papers and just copies out papers from the printer to just taking out the trash. That sort of thing. It is pretty reliable and inspirational as well to see your child working at such a young age. Kids have many capabilities these days to earn money that back in the day, we didn’t have as a child.







geee, i have never heard any of these idea before…NOT!!! PLEASE…they are the same at EVERY SITE!!!
Well, I need about £800 and im sure that the suggested ideas are continuosly being used, and not all children and young ones like ones self will feel right abut doing most these things, many things could effect it, like if you lived in a horrible place, you would feel unsafe petsitting at an unfamiliar area.
the ideas are pretty good but i am saving to buy an EVO phone from sprint which is $200 and i need cash that i can make all year round! SOMEONE HELP!!!!
these are the same ideas you find all over the web! i need somethin new lol
Grr… I need More money…. I have somewhere around 150$ but i need 297!!!!!!!
ok I’m going to Queensland in september but I’m going with a friend, so i need spending money. how am i going to get 300 dollars tops before then?
I’m 12, I’ve been thinking about #1 or #9 they seem like the kind I will like.
these are good ideas and hepful but they re not very excting to me im looking for somthing new..any ideas? p.s. loving brents hacker keep it up.. ands far as things i want is concrned im tryna sve up to get a ripstick they’re wiked awesome…lol peace my ppz..!
my cuz brook my dsi and i hafe to get a new one and this will help
I like these ideas, I just don’t really want to use them. I’m saving up for the Avenged Sevenfold Book of Nightmares (deluxe edition of their new album). If you guys have any other ideas please tell me at danceswithsquirrels98@yahoo.com . Don’t laugh at the e-mail name. hahah. And Bree, I agree with you completely.
Who WOULD save up for a Justin Bieber concert? NOT ME! a little 5 year old would! No offence…
ty this will help me save up for that bmx i want(verrrrrrry expensive SO ANNOYING)
this was great i made $50 in 5 weeks
Just for your own information, Albert, “forgo” means to not do something. So, your title for 7. is really saying “Stop selling toys in the schoolyard.”
im saving up for a puppy thats 1,000 dollars and I still need money for all the other stuff so this website is CRAP.Get more exciting ways and not ways that will make u like 2 bucks a day!!!!!!!!!!!!
how did you figure out were brent lives?
THANKS FOR THE OBVIOUS!!! “Start an old fashioned lemonade stand.” HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!