10 Year Old Making Money

[bednobs]

my daughter has the opportunity to go with her choir to perform in new york in 2024, but it's expensive. We have agreed she has to make a concerted effort to raise some money herself to go towards it. She wants to do a/some cake sales, but anyone got any other ideas?

[Canary42]

Good luck to your daughter. But just one word of caution, if it's food she's selling (especially home-cooked), beware OFFICIALDOM who can become very heavy-handed in this respect.

[roopower]

My great niece has been raising funds for a guiding trip. She is selling little packets of sweets for Valentines day. She did cones of hot chocolate powder and mini marshmallows for Christmas. Held a raffle of a table lamp the family didn't want and made up little jars with an artificial flower and a little bee with a label saying things like Bee kind, We'll bee friends forever.

[Maydup]

Are there any opportunities for the choir to fundraise together?

If so they could hold a table top sale and divide the takings. Or they could do a bag pack at the local supermarket. Or a sponsored sing; or sing to people in the local care home and hand the hat round.

[bednobs]

thanks for all your ideas

[roadman]

very hard really i would not trust a ten year old to wash my car or cut my lawn or do any services for me that i could do myself its not my child so i dont trust them then you get into selling now really to sell officially you need to be a certain age to use ebay and stuff so i cant imagine a ten year old raising enough funds to go to new york and if they did then it would probably be a story for the local paper young girl only ten new entrepreneur watch our lord sugar type of deal have you heard of prime you have kids selling empty bottles to classmates for about 5 a pop

[lankeela]

Wolf I find your comment about kidnapping dogs in very poor taste when so many dogs have been stolen in recent years and I know many people who are distraught over their still missing pets.

Selling her unwanted toys and clothes would also teach her that looking after her things would make them more desirable to others - we regularly have some selling stuff on their front garden (and the parents put stuff out too, rather like a garage sale).

[bednobs]

i am staying away from Prime - she hasnt mentioned it so i am NEVER mentioning it to her!
she doesnt need to make the whole amount, she just has to work for it.

[pastafreak]

Roadman...I don't think anyone expects a 10 year old to wash a car to certain exacting standards.(though some will) But that's not necessarily the aim. Instead it's to encourage a youngster to understand what it takes to earn money/ work to earn certain things...and take pride in what they've done.
I like roopowers ideas. Not too difficult, and appealing to both those in her age group, and parents too. She could supply party bags.

[roadman]

If it is the effort you wish to see then utilise her as a housemaid for the foreseeable future doing the dishes and hoovering making sure her room is tidy and then on the side of that trying to sell some items or services to neighbours friends and family but if she washes a car you need to teach her the importance of not dropping the sponge and if she does drop the sponge she needs to use a new one