artistic jobs give kids a chance to show off their creative flair-- and earn a little money for art supplies. Kids can even put their art smarts to work designing eye-catching signs with tear-off tabs advertising their company name, e-mail address, and phone number. When your child's ready to make her business debut, consider a table at a community craft fair.
JOB IDEAS
• Magnificent Magnets
Snazzy magnets are useful and always in demand. Your child can add craft magnets to the backs of almost anything she dreams up-- painted pebble creatures, miniature collages, mosaics, or shells. Once the word's out, her product can't help but attract attention.
• Jammin' Jewelry
Depending on his or her style, your child can create glamorous, funky,
or classic jewelry to sell. Embroidery floss friendship bracelets or beaded necklaces and earrings are always popular if attractive— and attractively priced. The CEO may also decide to branch out into hair jewelry such as hair wraps and headbands.
• Uncanny Containers
Collect jars and cans from neighbors, then clean and decorate them, making one-of-a-kind containers for change, cookies, pencils, long-handled kitchen utensils, you name it. A few ideas for customizing: acrylic paints (great on glass or plastic), rows of colorful yarn glued to jars, Con-Tact paper, and leftover fabric.
• Compu-creativity
For computer-savvy kids,
print-shop style software makes starting a mini design business easy. Sell batches of birthday greetings or a year's worth of holiday cards for under the store price (but over your cost, of course). Print programs, certificates, stickers or labels. Create a display of samples to entice customers.
