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101+ Business Ideas For Kids
By: Kris Solie-Johnson
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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.
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 2increase 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
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 3Creativity -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
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 4started 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
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 5directions 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.
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 6Yummy 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.
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 7Dig 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
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 8for 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
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 9Home 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
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 10to 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.
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 11Working 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.
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 12Check 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
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 13Running 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.
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 14Bucks 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.
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 158. 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.
Copyright© Kid’s Business In A Box Page 16Cars, 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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