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How Kids Make Money -Page 3
Remember that all these ideas are for the beginning stages of how kids make money. Once you have an idea talk it over with your parents and get their permission before you go any further.How kids make money with leaves and dog poop!
Sound impossible? Check these out!
Larry’s Leaf Raking Service:
Every neighborhood has older people and busy people that just don’t have time to clean up their yard that’s where you come in.
a rake,plastic bags and gloves will get you started
Brainstorm it:
this works well with other outside jobs like grass cutting or weed picking
you could offer to turn their leaves into compost and mulch with the right equipment
if you see someone raking their yard offer to do it for them so they can have a rest
handout flyers with a leaf stapled to them to tell others about your business
give them a flyer showing all the other service work you will do for extra income (if your parents say it’s okay)
Some ideas of how kids make money really stink!
People love animals but they don’t love the hassle of the messes they create. Here’s your chance to really clean up and put dollars in your pocket.
Paul and Pauline's Poop Scooping Business:
Some backyards are littered like landmines. Time for you to be a super scooper.
Get the right equipment & learn how to do it safely
start with your own home
this is where the 5 gallon bucket comes in handy
don’t breathe too deeply
This business could allow you to expand your services or perhaps you could get a referal fee by sending business to Carol and Kerry...
Carol and Kerry’s Cage Cleaning Company: For pets to be strong and healthy they need a clean home whether that’s a doghouse or a litter box or a bird cage. Kids make money by being the special homemaker of pets.
you might have to offer the first job for free so they can see how good you are
you can use all natural products for cleaning to stand out from other businesses
start with your own home ( your mom will love it!)
have mom and dad find the right products for you to use
give your business card to people you see walking their pets in your neighborhood
give them a flyer showing all the other service work you will do for extra income ( if your parents say it’s okay)
Darrel's Dirt Delivery and Spreading Business:
good gardens require good dirt
good lawns like good dirt
great lawns and gardens need great dirt
your customer or parent can have someone deliver a load of dirt and you spread it
profit more by charging a little more than the dirt company charges you for the dirt
Brainstorm it:
you can create your own special dirt ( its called compost)
package it in five and 10 pound bags
offer a healthy specialty compost thats good for indoor plants
offer to make them their own private brand by collecting their fruit and vegetable scraps as they set them aside during the week. On the weekends you put it in a bucket with dirt and grass cuttings and let it sit for a while
give them a flyer showing all the other service work you will do for extra income (if that is ok with your parents)
Patty and Perry’s Profitable Plants :
Plants can be expensive.There are inside and outside plants.
People love plants. Even the ones that don’t have flowers on them.
Some people even talk to their plant to make them grow more
charge a little more and be a singing plant person
Brainstorm it:
You can have your own garden to grow them and sell them
offer a healthy specialty compost thats good for indoor plants
you can take cuttings from plants and create new ones and unusual ones to sell
you can water people’s plants in there on vacation
make a booklet of plant pictures that you are growing and offer them for sale
give them a flyer showing all the other service work you will do for extra income (if that is ok with your parents)
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