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101+ Business Ideas For Kids By: Kris Solie-Johnson
101+ Business Ideas For Kids
               By: Kris Solie-Johnson

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101+ Business Ideas For Kids By: Kris Solie-Johnson
Ideas for Animal Lovers
   1. Pet Daycare - Playing with cats and       5. Cleaning Aquariums – If you have
       dogs before or after school or while        experience in cleaning aquariums, you
       owners are on vacation can be a great       can start a business helping other
       service to a busy owner who does not        people clean theirs.
       have time to play with their animal as
       much as the animal needs.                6. Cleaning Litter Boxes – Just like
                                                   poop scooping, it doesn’t sound fun,
                                                   but it is definitely a service people
                                                   will pay for. You might want to
                                                   combine dog and cat scooping
                                                   services.

                                                7. Grooming Dogs - Giving dogs a bath
                                                   can be a challenge for any owner.

                                                8. Breeding Worms – Although this one
                                                   may seem crazy, bait shops and
   2. Walking Dogs – Taking dogs on walks          fishermen always need more bait. In
       can get them their needed exercise          addition, gardeners purchase more
       and if the dogs get along, you can          worms to help their gardens.
       walk more than one at a time.
                                                9. Breeding Hamsters/Rats – If you
   3. Training Dogs – Successful                   have ever owned a hamster, you know
       obedience training is based on doing        that they can multiply even when you
       it repetitively. You can be an added        don’t want them too. Even so,
       resource to new pet owners.                 hamsters are still a very popular pet.

   4. Poop Scooping for Dogs – Although
       this doesn’t seem like so much fun,
       there is quite a bit of money to be
       made in helping owners keep their
       yards clean. You can set up a weekly
       schedule to come to their house.

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increase has been in the high end
       10. Making Cat Toys – This is a perfect        products and personalized products
          idea for a cat lover and craft person.      fit perfectly with that trend.
          Cat toys are relatively easy to make,
          but can be sold for a higher profit.

                                                   12. Making Pet Treats – One of the
                                                      other big trends in the industry is
                                                      that owners are looking for healthier
                                                      options for their pets. Homemade
                                                      treats can be a great option.

       11. Making Personalized Pet Dishes –
          Pet owners spend over $50 billion
          annually on their pets. The largest

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Creativity -Art & Music Ideas
       1. Entertaining at Kids Birthday          idea for graduation, kid parties
          Parties – As a parent of 3,            or other fun events.
          planning and organizing
                                              6. Music practice buddy – Every
          birthday parties is a big
                                                 parent tries to encourage their
          challenge. If you have a fun
                                                 child to practice their musical
          skill, including dressing up as a
                                                 instrument. If you have
          costumed character, making
                                                 experience with a musical
          balloon animals, performing
                                                 instrument, consider helping a
          magic tricks or face painting,
                                                 younger artist practice.
          you can be a huge benefit to a
          parent.                             7. Teaching Musical Instrument
                                                 Lessons – If you love teaching,
       2. Making Cat Toys – This is a
                                                 consider teaching the
          perfect idea for a cat lover
                                                 fundamentals to a younger
          and craft person. Cat toys are
                                                 artist. Sometimes kids will
          relatively easy to make, but
                                                 relate to a young teen better
          can be sold for a higher profit.
                                                 than they will an adult.
       3. Making Personalized Pet
                                              8. Start a Rock Band – If you
          Dishes – Pet owners spend over
                                                 have a true passion for
          $50 billion annually on their
                                                 starting a rock band, then go
          pets. The largest increase has
                                                 for it. I was really impressed
          been in the high end products
                                                 with the Justin Bieber movie
          and personalized products fit
                                                 and how hard he worked to get
          perfectly with that trend.
                                                 to where he is.
       4. Making Fruit Arrangements –
                                              9. Making Homemade Cards –
          What fun to bring or have a
                                                 There are 7 billion greeting
          traditional flower arrangement
                                                 cards sold every year and they
          made from fruit.
                                                 range in price from 50 cents to
       5. Making Candy Bar                       $10. Birthday cards 1/3 of all
          Arrangements – Candy bar               the cards sold are birthday
          arrangements are fun and               cards.
          different. This is a great gift
                                              10. Making Lip Gloss or other
                                                 Cosmetics – Estee Lauder

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started her business as a teen      16. Making Holiday Ornaments -
          selling a homemade face cream          Many people are looking for
          door to door. She later sold           unique holiday ornaments to
          that business for $2 million.          give as gifts or use in their own
                                                 home.
       11. Making Headbands –
          Headbands are a style trend         17. Making Decorated Tins –
          that we have seen for a few            Decorated tins make a
          years. There are always new            homemade food gift even more
          and fun ones being created.            special. The tins can also be
          The next one could be yours.           used for storage containers in
                                                 teen bedrooms.
       12. Making Hair Scrunchies and
          Ponytail holders – Although         18. Making Homemade Wrapping
          scrunchies or ponytail holders         Paper – Hallmark estimated
          are not as popular as they used        that over $1.1 billion in gift
          to be right now, there is still a      wrap is sold. Each year people
          market for ponytail holders in         are spending more and more on
          school colors.                         gift wrap and are looking for
                                                 unique gift wrap.
       13. Making Hair Bows and
          Flowers – Hair bows and flower      19. Creating Scrapbooks or
          clips have also seen an increase       Memory Books – Scrapbooking
          in popularity as more and more         is part of a $29 billion craft
          celebrities where them.                industry. Creating scrapbooks
                                                 takes time and even with all
       14. Making Friendship Bracelets –
                                                 the supplies, many are not very
          Friendship bracelets were
                                                 good at it.
          inspired by Native American
          crafts. The tradition is that       20. Creating T-shirts –
          you should wear a bracelet             Threadless.com founders
          until the cord breaks                  started their company with
          naturally.                             $1,000 and now employs 80
                                                 people. A good t-shirt business
       15. Knitting Scarves and Hats –
                                                 is dependent on good designs.
          Living in a colder climate, hats,
          mittens and scarves are a must      21. Making Decorations for a
          to have.                               Party – Everyone wants a
                                                 party to be special. Party

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directions including piñatas,        find wood scraps at a cabinet
          table decoration and signs adds      manufacturer.
          a very personal touch to a
                                            24. Making Key Chains – There
          party.
                                               are over $250 million
       22. Making Jewelry – Check out          registered vehicles in the
          Maddie Bradshaw who started          United States. This is a big
          when she was 10 and within 2         market and one you can tap
          year was selling 50,000 bottle       into.
          cap necklaces PER MONTH.
                                            25. Making Zipper Pulls – Zipper
          www.m3girldesigns.com
                                               pulls come and go. Make your
       23. Making Birdhouses/feeders –         own fashion statement and
          This business is perfect for         start creating some unique
          the person who likes to work         designs that kids can keep on
          with wood. You may be able to        their backpacks.

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Yummy Food Ideas
       1. Organizing Bake Sales – You       5. Making Fruit Arrangements –
          can create a bake sale as a          What fun to bring or have a
          charity event and share part of      traditional flower arrangement
          the profits or run a mini            made from fruit.
          bakery at a local location.
                                            6. Making Candy Bar
       2. Serving Food at Parties –            Arrangements – Candy bar
          When I was a teen, my aunt           arrangements are fun and
          hired me to help refill serving      different. This is a great gift
          dishes at a holiday party. It        idea for graduation, kid parties
          allowed her to enjoy the party       or other fun events.
          more than if she had to worry
                                            7. Making Jams & Jellies &
          about everything. Think about
                                               Pickles – One of the biggest
          graduation parties, holiday
                                               hits at farmer’s markets is
          parties and larger special
                                               pickled cucumbers, green beans
          events, like family or class
                                               and homemade jams. In any
          reunions.
                                               food business be sure to
       3. Baking Cookies around the            manage your food costs so that
          Holidays – It seems that             you make money.
          parents always run out of time
                                            8. Cooking with Kids – Kids love
          during the holidays. Have a lot
                                               to cook. You can create a mini
          of different kinds of cookies
                                               kids cooking class. Be sure to
          adds to the holiday.
                                               ask your parents if you can use
       4. Making Super Bowl Munchies           the kitchen first.
          – If you love to cook and find
                                            9. Making Pet Treats – One of
          fun unique recipes, you can
                                               the other big trends in the
          turn your passion for food into
                                               industry is that owners are
          a fun business around the
                                               looking for healthier options
          Super Bowl and other events.
                                               for their pets. Homemade
                                               treats can be a great option.

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Dig Into Something Green
       1. Breeding Worms – Although              idea. Girls love new clothes.
          this one may seem crazy, bait          Agree to take your friends
          shops and fishermen always             clothes and create your own
          need more bait. In addition,           mini store in your house. Split
          gardeners purchase more                the profits with each of them
          worms to help their gardens.           depending on what sells.

       2. Making Garden Compost –             6. Collecting and Selling Books –
          There are about 12 million             There is a great market for
          people who have moved to               selling books both online and
          organic gardening, up from 5           offline. eBay or Amazon have
          million only a few years ago.          large used book sales and used
          Compost and organic compost            bookstores buy books offline.
          are growing fields.                    Having your own book sale is
                                                 also an idea.
       3. Organizing Your Own Garage
          Sale – I am sure you and your       7. Collecting and Selling
          parents have a lot of stuff            Children's Clothing – Much like
          that they would like to sell, but      the consignment idea for your
          setting it up takes patience.          friends clothes, you can create
                                                 a mini store for children’s
       4. Organizing a Garage Sale for
                                                 clothing.
          Someone Else - Everyone has
          too much stuff and most would       8. Renting Video Games – Just
          love to have a garage sale. But        like Gamefly.com, you could be
          the time commitment for                the local source for renting
          pricing and managing a garage          games to friends.
          sale is too high. Consider a
                                              9. Clipping Coupons – A lot of
          business that sets up
                                                 people are trying to save a few
          everything for them. Check
                                                 bucks. You could offer a
          out Ben Weissenstein’s story
                                                 coupon clipping service to help
          at
                                                 them save money. One of my
          www.grandslamgaragesales.com.
                                                 mom-friends gives her
       5. Opening a Mini-Consignment             daughter ½ of the value of all
          Clothing Store – I love this           the coupons. What a great win

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for the daughter and a savings      cans, you can get 50 cents. But
          for the mother. Watch the           it doesn’t really take any money
          show Extreme Couponing for          to start this type of business.
          some ideas.
                                           11. Growing Plants – There are
       10. Recycling Pop Cans and Other       approximately 35 million homes
          Metals – An aluminum can that       with gardens. One trend in the
          is recycled can end up on the       gardening industry is unique
          shelf again in as little as 60      plants
          days. For approximately 30

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Home Services – In and Outdoor
       1. House Sitting – One of the       5. Cleaning Up After Parties –
          biggest fears of a home owner       After a great party, nobody
          is that someone will break in       wants to clean up and put
          while they are on vacation. In      everything back. Normally you
          the northern states in the          use a lot of dishes that can’t
          winter, we also have to worry       be thrown in the dishwasher.
          about pipes freezing. Checking
                                           6. Cleaning Homes – Start with
          on houses while owners are
                                              the basics, vacuuming,
          gone gives the owners piece of
                                              sweeping, mopping, cleaning
          mind.
                                              bathrooms. This can be a
       2. Watering Plants – Home              great help for busy parents.
          owners can spend anywhere
                                           7. Washing Windows - Washing
          from $20 to hundreds of
                                              windows especially for other
          dollars on plants for their
                                              homeowners can be a great
          homes. Any owner does not
                                              service with many, many
          want that investment to die
                                              customers.
          while they are gone for an
          extended time period.            8. Cleaning Garages – If you have
                                              a talent for organizing things,
       3. Taking in the Mail – This is
                                              cleaning garages may be a
          another service you could
                                              great option for you with a lot
          offer if home owners are out
                                              of flexibility as you have time.
          of town.
                                           9. Cleaning Basements or
       4. Packing Boxes for Moving – A
                                              storage spaces - Most
          great market for this business
                                              basements get filled with
          is helping senior or their
                                              “stuff” over time. Helping
          families pack up if they are
                                              homeowners organize and clean
          moving to a senior care center
                                              these spaces is highly needed.
          or other facility. Unpacking
          and washing dishes after         10. Cleaning Cabins (for New
          moving is a great service to        Season) – When you first open
          add on.                             a cabin, you need to make beds,
                                              rewash dishes, clean windows
                                              and a variety of other duties

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to be done before you are able      15. Shoveling Snow – In the
          to enjoy the cabin.                    northern states, a home owner
                                                 can get pretty tired of
       11. Cleaning and organizing
                                                 shoveling snow after a few
          Kitchen Drawers – When you
                                                 snow storms. This is a service
          move into a new house, you
                                                 that they are more than willing
          rarely change where you put
                                                 to pay for.
          silverware or utensils. This is a
          great service if someone is         16. Cleaning Pools – If you have
          moving into or out of a house.         knowledge of taking care of a
                                                 pool, this could be a great
       12. Cleaning Homes for Seniors –
                                                 business for you especially if
          Seniors really need help with
                                                 you like to be outside during
          the basics first. Sometimes
                                                 the summer.
          they can no longer bend to
          clean the bathtub and other         17. Spreading Mulch – This
          areas.                                 business is more popular in the
                                                 spring versus any other time of
       13. Raking Leaves – The funny
                                                 the year.
          thing about leaves is that they
          all seem to fall all at once.       18. Painting Mailboxes/Fences –
          Raking leaves can be a huge            Remember Tom Sawyer?
          help to a very busy home               Painting fences can be very
          owner.                                 time consuming but makes a
                                                 house look so much better.
       14. Mowing Lawns – There are
          approximately 90 million homes      19. Making Garden Compost –
          with lawns in the United               There are about 12 million
          States. Normally these lawns           people who have moved to
          need to be mowed every week            organic gardening, up from 5
          depending on watering and              million only a few years ago.
          fertilizers. Mowing lawns also         Compost and organic compost
          opens up other services that a         are growing fields.
          home owner may need.

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Working with the Younger at Heart
       1. Music practice buddy – Every        5. Being a Nanny for a Family –
          parent tries to encourage their        There are so many great
          child to practice their musical        reasons to become a nanny if
          instrument. If you have                you enjoy working with kids.
          experience with a musical              You get to impact a young
          instrument, consider helping a         person in a very positive way.
          younger artist practice.
                                              6. Helping with School Projects
       2. Entertaining at Kid’s Birthday         – You can be a great help to a
          Parties – As a parent of 3,            parent and child with helping
          planning and organizing                on school projects. Some
          birthday parties is a big              parents are not very creative
          challenge. If you have a fun           and so may need some help
          skill, including dressing up as a      designing and building projects.
          costumed character, making
                                              7. Painting Faces at Fairs – Lots
          balloon animals, performing
                                                 and lots of kids love to get
          magic tricks or face painting,
                                                 their face painted. In the
          you can be a huge benefit to a
                                                 beginning, you can start with
          parent.
                                                 simple designs like balloons and
       3. Cooking with Kids – Kids love          then keep practicing to build
          to cook. You can create a mini         your portfolio ideas.
          kids cooking class. Be sure to
                                              8. Spray Painting Crazy Hair –
          ask your parents if you can use
                                                 Much like face painting,
          the kitchen first.
                                                 creating crazy hair is another
       4. Exercising Buddy for Kids –            way to work with kids. These
          Childhood obesity is on the            types of businesses do well
          rise. You can take an active           where there are a lot of kids.
          part in helping with this              Once one gets it done, many
          movement by creating an                are to follow.
          exercise program for kids. You
                                              9. Counseling at Day Camp – A
          could even make it sport-
                                                 lot of camps have junior
          specific.
                                                 leadership programs and some
                                                 of them are paid programs.

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Check out your local YMCA or           doesn’t need help planning a
          church camp for open positions.        party but actually helping out
                                                 during the party. If a parent
       10. Babysitting – Babysitting has
                                                 has a lot of kids coming or
          been a long time favorite
                                                 some complex projects, you
          business for many young
                                                 would be a relief.
          people. If you really enjoy
          kids, then this may be the          14. Reading to Kids at Your
          perfect business for you.              House or Their House – Most
                                                 schools require kids to read
       11. Parent’s Helper – A parent’s
                                                 every night. You could
          helper is like a babysitter, but
                                                 encourage the child to read
          normally the mother or father
                                                 and take turns reading to
          is still close by. You would help
                                                 them.
          the parent by entertaining the
          kids while they get some other      15. Entertaining Kids After
          work done. Look for work-at-           School – Many afterschool
          home parents who may need              daycare options require that
          some extra time.                       parents sign up full time. If a
                                                 parent needs one day a week or
       12. Planning Kids Birthday Parties
                                                 on notice, you could provide
          – Kids birthdays have started
                                                 that service.
          to become more and more
          complex and expensive. If you       16. Tutoring Help for Kids – Many
          can help parents put on a great        tutoring services charge $20-
          party at a set cost, you are           $60 per hour. If a parent
          going to have plenty of                wants a little help for their
          business.                              child, you could be a great
                                                 option.
       13. Helping at Kids Birthday
          Parties – May be a parent

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Running Around -Ideas for the Sport Nut
       1. Exercising Buddy for Kids –        4. Umpiring Baseball or Softball
          Childhood obesity is on the           – Like soccer, recreational
          rise. You can take an active          baseball and softball programs
          part in helping with this             needs umpires. Check with
          movement by creating an               your local recreation program.
          exercise program for kids.
                                             5. Caddying for a Golfer - A
       2. Practicing Sports with                caddy is someone who helps a
          Younger Kids – This idea is like      golfer with their golf bag.
          the exercise buddy, but more          Most caddie jobs are set up
          sport specific. Think about           with either the golf course or
          the mini sport camps that you         through personal relationships.
          have been to in your life.
                                             6. Lifeguarding at a Pool or
          Research practice drills and
                                                Beach – The safety of
          you are ready to go.
                                                swimmers is at the top of any
       3. Refereeing Soccer – Many              pool owners list. Being a
          communities look for young            lifeguard is a big responsibility,
          people within their community         but if you like working outside,
          to referee their recreational         it is worth the time.
          soccer programs. Contact
          yours directly to see what
          opportunities may be available.

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Bucks and Bytes – Great Technology Ideas
       1. Setting Up New Technology            church groups or associations)
          (computers, wireless                 who want a website, is time.
          networks, phones) – Since            Being able to create one to
          technology is changing so            save them time is a huge
          quickly, there are many people       benefit.
          that need help setting up
                                            5. Researching (cell phone plans,
          address books and other basic
                                               others) – Understanding a cell
          functions of their new
                                               phone or cable bill is becoming
          purchases.
                                               increasingly complex. In
       2. Teaching Computer Classes –          addition to purchasing the
          Whether you teach one-on-one         right phone can also seen
          or to a small group, computer        daunting to some people,
          software classes will always         especially seniors.
          have students. Many small
                                            6. Marketing Other People's
          business owners need help with
                                               Products (Affiliate) – This is
          basic programs like Excel and
                                               one of the fastest ways to
          Word. You can help them
                                               build a business because it
          become more efficient in their
                                               takes very little money.
          own businesses.
                                               Research a little on
       3. Fixing Viruses & Other               Clickbank.com to see all the
          Computer Problems –                  electronic products and pay
          Computer knowledge is learned        rates available. Then find the
          over time and through                market that would like to
          experience. You can start with       purchase those products.
          virus removal and then move on
                                            7. Making Web Videos for
          to fixing other computer
                                               Business Websites – Videos
          issues. This is how Robert
                                               for blogs and marketing
          Stephen’s the founder of Geek
                                               materials is a rapidly growing
          Squad got started.
                                               market segment. Video
       4. Creating Websites – Website          cameras have also come way
          programs have become easy to         down in price, so it isn’t as
          use. The biggest challenge for       expensive to get into the
          business owners or groups (like      business.

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8. Creating a Business in Second        creating posts for Twitter and
          Life (www.secondlife.com) –          Facebook. Or you could help
          There have been many young           them manage their social media
          graphic designers who have           advertising to make the best
          created businesses in Second         use of their advertising dollars.
          Life, including creating
                                            11. Blogging for Money – If you
          renditions of college campuses
                                               have a topic that you are very
          and wings for avatars.
                                               excited about and you want to
       9. Consulting On Social Media –         share it with others; a blog
          If you are familiar with             may be the perfect avenue.
          Facebook, Twitter and other          You also need to love to write.
          social media websites, you can       Although video blogging is also
          help companies start using           becoming popular. You can
          these technologies to expand         start a free blog with
          and build their businesses.          Wordpress.org or Squidoo.com.
          Even small associations, boy
                                            12. Creating Apps for Apple
          scout troops and non-profits
                                               products – There are more and
          need your help to connect
                                               more books becoming available
          better with customers.
                                               about how to create your own
       10. Managing Social Media – Many        App. Read the inspiring story
          companies want to start using        of Robert Nay who created his
          social media but don’t know how      own App, Bubble Ball and has
          to keep it up on an on-going         been downloaded over 9 million
          basis. You could help them by        times.

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Cars, Boats and Money, Oh My!
       1. Washing / Detailing Cars –           you could offer your service to
          Everyone needs their car             the home owner so that no one
          washed sooner or later. If you       would need to drive home after
          enjoy being outside, this may        drinking.
          be the perfect business for
                                            5. Parking Cars for Private
          you. You could even “hire”
                                               Parties (Valet) – If home
          other kids to help you wash
                                               owners have limited parking at
          more cars and offer more
                                               their home, you could offer to
          services.
                                               drive cars to a location where
       2. Washing Boats – Just like            they would not be towed.
          cars, boats need to be washed
                                            6. Being a Kid Driver – I know
          at the beginning and especially
                                               many parents that especially
          at the end of a season.
                                               during the summer need help
       3. Cleaning RVs & Campers –             getting their kids to sports
          Have you ever jumped into a          practices, games, and camps.
          camper that had been sitting
                                            7. Putting in docks in spring – If
          out all winter? Almost all
                                               you live in an area where there
          recreation vehicles need to be
                                               is a lake with a lot of docks,
          cleaned at the beginning of the
                                               you may want to offer your
          season.
                                               services to put in docks. If
       4. Being a Designated Driver –          someone is trying to open their
          At some holiday parties, the         cabin for the season, putting in
          hosts like to serve alcohol. If      a dock is very time consuming.
          you have your driver’s license,

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