Top 30 Best Small Business ideas for Children

1. Rendering Services

Indoor and outdoor service rendering can a great idea for your kid. Services such as watering plant, cleaning homes, home sitting, taking in the mail, cleaning the garage, shoveling weeds, raking snow, cleaning pools etc.

In fact, kids who love cleaning and working in the garden can get jobs by raking autumn leaves and placing mulch on your neighbors’ yards. Outdoor gardening activities also belong to the list. Your child can also make some money by mere running errands, helping people do one or two things like getting a stuff from the supermarket, delivering mails, etc.

2. Arts and Creativity

If your kids love arts and crafts, then help them set up a business selling the items they like. They can also sell their handmade creations. Crafts like jewelry and accessories, picture frames, art designs and hand painted greeting cards can also sold by your kids. If your kid enjoys taking pictures, he or she can start by taking pictures of a interesting scenery and then use it to produce post cards. Kids can create art works like greeting cards that they can sell and make some money.

3. Pet Sitting

Pets are interesting companions; so if your child loves pet a lot, why not introduce the idea of pet sitting to that child? During summer or vacation time, your neighbors or friends might go out of town. Your kid can watch over their pets, feed them, and care for them and keep them company till the owner returns. Alternatively, your kid can walk or groom dogs of busy owners thereby creating business opportunity to their selves. At the end, he or she gets paid by the pet owner.

4. Design Business

In case your child is crafty or very creative, the best option is to start a T-shirt design business for that child. He or she can make it as colorful as he or she wants, then the t-shirt can be sold to fetch them money. You can also choose to engage that child in web design services from home.

5. Online Retailing

With your assistance, your kid can open a store online, where he or she can do do a retail business. From there, he or she can be able to raise money. The best and easier way is to become an affiliate for other companies.

6. Lemonade Stand

You can also encourage your child to establish a lemonade stand around your neighborhood. Lemonade business is fun, easy to setup. In fact, it is the easiest business for kids to engage in. This is one of the most popular businesses run by kids. Lemonade stand owners make lots of money especially on sunny days.

To help your child start this business, you can get a foldout table and tell them to add a large cardboard sign to the front of the table. Your front yard is a very good place to start. But it’s best to choose a place where many people will get to see the stand.

7. Grow Something

there are many things that kids can grow either on a farm land or in a small garden. That your kid who is interested in agriculture can grow things like; fresh herbs, worms, bedding plants chicks etc.

8. Web Development

One amazing thing about web development skill is that anybody can learn and do the business by mere reading books. There is an opportunity for your kid to become a web developer. He or she can develop a website for small businesses and earn money.

9. Computer Repair

The truth still remains that there are st ll a lot of adults that don’t know how to simply boot a computer system, let alone handle spam and anti virus upgrade on their system. Running a computer business will be of help. Buy books for you kids on computer repairs will help give them a guideline on how to do the business.

10. Baby Sitting

This will help your kid earn money during holidays, weekends and after school. Baby sitting is more advisable for girls as they are naturally good with the know-how of handling babies.

11. Car Wash

Car wash is a great business idea for that kid with lots of energy. Aid him by providing a little space for a packing lot. Ensure that the packing lot has easy entrance and exit; and your kid is in business.

12. Baking

Once more, baking is not a bad idea. With your assistance, your kid can learn what it takes to bake cake and snacks and still go ahead to make a lot of money from baking. You can also decide to do the baking so that when your child returns from school, he or she can do the supply or you set aside a day when you child will be around. Maybe during the weekend.

13. Entertainment

Puppet shows is an interesting idea for sociable kids and kids who enjoys been given attention. Your kid can offer to perform in parties like birthday parties. Another entertainment business that can fetch your kid money is clown act and candy man for the boys.

14. Decoration

If you have discovered that you kid loves decorating, don’t discourage him or her because he or she can make money from it by performing decorations in parties, corporate events and some other places.

15. Selling Books

There is a great number and types of books available around you that can create an opportunity for your kid to make money. Let you kid collect books especially kids novels, they can sell it and make money.

16. Gift Wrapping

Your child can earn money by helping people wrap things. Though it wrapping gifts is a very easy task, not everybody can do it. This will idea will help your kid make use of his or her creative ability.

17. Coaching

Perhaps your kid is extraordinarily intelligent, he or she can make use of this God’s given gift to make money. This can be achieve by them teaching and coaching other kids while the kids parents pay them.

18. Small Scale Manufacturing or Production

Production is another wonderful business idea for your kid. He or she can try producing things like home made polish, candle, etc.

19. Blogging

This is not really a fast way of making money but a lot of people have done very well with blogging. Blogging which is great for those who like to talk about their interests. For kids who want to talk about their passion over a hobby or a topic, they can post their writings online. You can help your kid in setting up his own blog and explain how it works. With Google adsense as an advertising medium, your kid stands a chance to make money from blogging.

20. Holding a garage sale

Included in the top business ideas for kids is running a garage or yard sale. Through this, your kids will help clear your storage area arrange them in a conducive way. Now the catch here is to let them keep the proceeds of what they sell, this will keep them motivated.

Top 30+ Best Small Business ideas for Kids

21. Party assistance

Your kid can help with setting up party decorations, designs, supervising and some planning. Kids can also help clean up the venue once the party is finished.

22. Moving service

For kids who just like helping others with simple chores, they can engage in a moving service. They can help pack up things in boxes, arrange them, label them and help carry items to the van.

23. Video blogging

Your kid can make videos depending on his or her field of interest. For instance there are kids who like making funny videos, funny pictures while others show their musical talent through videos. Your kids can then proceed to submit the videos to sharing sites and viewing sites and earn money through viewers’ hits on the videos.

 24. Making greeting cards

If your child is good with the computer or good at manually crafting fascinating works of art, you can encourage him or her to make cards for greeting cards for special occasions, such as birthdays and holidays. There is always a huge market for greeting cards. So, your child will make lots of money from designing them.

25. Catering services

If your child is very good at cooking and baking, he or she will make lots of money by rendering catering services for people. Aside getting hired by people for special events, caterers are also hired for long term supply of food and snacks by schools, companies, and other organizations.

26. Elderly care services

This is a very rewarding job for respectful children who love to talk to people (especially the elderly) and love to help them solve their problems. Your child can get paid for doing this, as seniors and retirees are always in need of people who can help them with their chores or who can simply spend some time with them. Since many seniors are ready to pay for this. it is another lucrative option for your child.

27. Interior design services

This business is for creative children with a knack for furniture placement, color schemes, and household decorations to improve the look of a room or office or create more space. If this best describes your child, then encourage them to start an interior design business.

28. Creating gift baskets for different occasions

If your child is good in arts and craft, encourage him or her to put together personalized items in a basket for special occasions and holidays and add a creative touch with decorative ribbons and wrapping. When special occasions and holidays are approaching fast, there is a high demand for such products.

29. Making stickers with interesting sayings

If your child has a knack with words, then let them start producing stickers for sale. If the stickers display unique messages, humorous and witty sayings, words of reflection, and so on, they will attract the attention of buyers. All that your child needs for this business is a PC and some creative graphics skills.

30. Dog and pet walking

This is a good business idea for children who love walking dogs and other pets. Taking care of pets and training them could be very tedious. So, most pet owners would readily pay to hire someone who is skilled in doing just that. Before your child walks someone’s dog or pet, advise him or her to spend a little time with the dog while the owner is there. This is to ensure that they feel comfortable with each other. Some pets could be naturally hostile.

31. Lawn care services

Doing yard work for people in your neighborhood and beyond is another great business idea your child can implement. But it’s only for children who like doing work outside, as it entails cutting grass and trimming plants.

Apart from the fact that helping your kids start a business will help them make money it will also boost their confidence and help them to better understand how to earn and manage money. In conclusion, i want to let you know that no matter how absurd your kids business idea may look or sound; do not discourage them. Rather encourage them because your encouragement will contribute to their business success.

Compilation by Ajaero Tony Martins http://www.mytopbusinessideas.com A serial entrepreneur and investor with several successful companies in his portfolio. He does business in one of the world's toughest environment and has an audacious goal to become a billionaire in his life time. You can click here to read his full bio.