outdoors. Whether it's digging up worms or weeds, any job involving dirt, grass, and sunshine has guaranteed kid appeal. Ironically, the best spots to begin advertising an outdoor business are often indoors. Hardware, home- improvement, and garden stores are a few places your child might post photocopied flyers (ask a store manager for permission). Another idea: submit a business notice to local churches and synagogues to be placed, free, in the congregation's newsletter.
JOB IDEAS
• Worm Wrangler
Your child's fresh-from-the-garden cut-rate bait business could hook local anglers and reel them in. Sell near a popular fishing spot, call the business Gigglin' Wigglers, and add a fishing joke to every purchase ("Why are fish so smart? Because they swim in schools!").
• Sprinkler Spotter
This business caters to people who want the grass to be greener on their side of the fence. The child in charge would move sprinklers around clients' yards during the day while they're at work. Once neighbors see how reliable your child is and the lush results, he'll be seeing green all summer.
• Lawn Manicurist
For this traditional but always popular summer business, kids can offer mowing, edging, and trimming services. Hang flyers around town, and whenever possible, your child should post a large sign on the lawn she's beautifying to advertise her services, name, e-mail address or phone number.
• De-weeder
A weeding service is best for detail-oriented types, and an ambitious entrepreneur might combine it with worm wrangling or lawn manicuring.
