Childrens Entrepreneurs Day?

Question

Can anyone give me some ideas please. My child has an Entrepeneurs Day at her school (she is 9). she has to make a specific product to sell and I am not allowed to help her. Baking things will be to involved for her, she needs something simple to sell that she has made herself. But it has to be something that will sell. Sweets are not allowed to be sold because too many children buy sweets, put it in packets and then sell it. It must be something different and she will get marks for this. Any suggestions please. Ps. we are in south africa

Answer 1

She could make flower pens. Get some cheap pens at an office supply store, and some cheap silk flowers -  single ones like daisies. Then you wrap the stem with some floral tape to the end of the pen, or if you are lucky, can stick the flower in to the end of the pen.

Look cute, my son did them with his class in grade 3.

ok, cool, there are directions here -

http://www.domfamularo.com/makingflowerp...

http://www.activitiesforkids.com/crafts/...

There are other easy ideas here -

http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/fl...

Another cute idea is butterflies out of basket coffee filters. You simply splotch food coloring on the coffee filters, leave to dry, then crunch them up in the middle with a pipe cleaner, fashion little antennas out of the ends, and it's a pretty butterfly.

http://crafts.kaboose.com/butterfly1.htm...

http://www.storknet.com/cubbies/kidscraf...

Answer 2

Hi lise k, i went through the same. My eldest son sold popcorn and some other sweet packages. He made a big loss.

At their school they were allowed to sell or do anything, even quad rides and pony rides on the rugby field. The one boy had a paintball shooting range.

With my second son last year I had a brainwave

i went to china city in JHB and bought stickers .. a lot of stickers at next to nothing. i helped him to set up his little "shop" and everything. It sold like "sweet cakes" HE MADE R995 profit - the best in his class.

If she has to make something, think of key rings with "superhero" decorations, or maybe decorate photo albums and sell them.

It was great fun - you'll see. I will fly over to reconciliate her books...lol

Answer 3

When my children were in school, there was a child selling sweetened condensed milk in syringes.  She just used these disposable syringes (I do not know how much they held, 50ml or 20 ?), but she could not keep up with the demand.!!

Answer 4

How about bookmarks.

Buy firm hard paper and cut to size of a bookmark.

Your daughter can decorate the bookmark with little stickers.

For the extra touch she can add some glitter. Make a hole at the bottom with a punch and add a colourful ribbon.This is something she can do herself except for cutting the paper.  Ask a printing shop to cut it for you.

The bookmark is something every child can use.  Hopefully those who buy the bookmark will read more.

If I come up something else will add later.

Another idea.

How about a coffee mug, fill it halfway with shredded paper and top it up with individually wrapped small chocolates or sweets.  Wrap in cellophane paper.