I remember as a kid how badly I wanted to make money. I wanted to build my own go-kart and buy a dirt bike so much that I was dying to find ways to make money.
That was long before the age of the internet. Now a teenager can just type, “ways for teens to make money” in Google and find several websites and ideas on how to make a few bucks. With sites like craigslist.org, a teenager can quickly find odd jobs to make some extra cash.
Young entrepreneurs are on the rise, and some kids are becoming richer than their parents. If you’re a young person wanting to make money, here are a few ways you can start making money before you’re even old enough to technically work:
Leverage Personal Skills or Passions: When I was in grammar school, I made my first $100 by stringing lacrosse sticks for other kids. This was something I taught myself how to do, and then all my friends wanted me to do the same for them. I was happy to for $10 dollars. What are you good at that your friends would be interested in paying you for?
Fill Out Online Surveys: Kids can make money online just by filling out online surveys for video games and movies. Survey Adventure will send surveys right to your email address that pay anywhere from $2 – $50. Sign up free here.
Host a Raffle: Buy some raffle tickets and sell them for $1 a piece with some cool, cheap prizes. Kids always seem willing to give up a bit of their lunch money for the potential of something neat.
Start Babysitting or Pet-sitting: Everyone wants their pets well taken care of, and if you get home at 3p.m, that’s probably sooner than your neighbors. If they have pets, offer to let the dog out and walk it around the block for $5. If you can get five neighbors to do this, that’s $25 a day!
Look for Work Around the Neighborhood: Most people’s homes are pretty cluttered, and chances are they have an attic, basement or garage that needs organizing. Every house needs dusting, a lawn mowed, snow shoveled, leaves raked, and plants watered. See if you can help people get those chores done for a few dollars.
Help Elderly Neighbors: Are there some nearby elderly people that could use some help. Maybe you could ride your bike to the grocery store for them, or help them move some things around the house.
Are You Good With Computers? Teach people how to use or fix their computer.
Weekend Car Washes: Hold a car wash every weekend. All you need is some soap, a sponge, a bucket and a hose.
Caddying: Many country clubs will hire you as a caddy when you are 13 years old. This is how I started making the most money when I became old enough.
Hold a Bake Sale: Make some brownies and cookies, and sell them at school for $2. Not only will your friends buy them, but your teachers will too.
Type Papers: If you are good at typing, you can charge other kids at your school to type their papers for them.
These are just a few ways kids can make money without a “real” job.
Millionaire Money Habit: Anyone can make some extra money and increase their income. It just takes using your imagination, leveraging your strengths, and providing something of value. What are some ways you made some extra money?
12:47 pm on April 25th, 2008 1
It is so important to teach our kids about money at a young age. My 4-year-old has chores and earns "points" for buying things at Target. When she and my son are a little older, these suggestions will come in handy!
3:43 pm on May 28th, 2008 2
These are great ideas for children. I think it’s important to teach kids the value of money.
7:41 am on October 5th, 2008 3
Cool Very good for all kids 8 and up probly
6:43 pm on October 8th, 2008 4
i like the advice
6:23 pm on November 29th, 2008 5
does the survey adventure thing really work? PS I WANT MONEY!
3:12 pm on December 3rd, 2008 6
how do you get paid for surveys? i’ll totally do that. :]
1:47 pm on December 13th, 2008 7
Awsome
4:34 pm on December 15th, 2008 8
yea some of these look like they’ll work…i’m 11 years old…look
this is what survey adventure is paying! …$5 to $100 for each
online survey! $20 per hour to preview new movies! $75 to $150 to
participate in focus groups! $20 per taste test! SICk NASTEY
8:36 pm on December 30th, 2008 9
not bad
5:09 pm on January 29th, 2009 10
I’m 12 1/2 years old and I make $2 A day by getting money from this
girl who tells ne to but these snacks from the cafeteria during
lunch and I told her my policy is I always get the change because I
have a chance of losing my spot at the ’6th grade table” I get
aweekly income of $10 a week. Sometimes other people will want
something and they contribute to my bissness “Tony’s Express Snack
Delivery” Hope it helped. Please don’ take my bissness name
5:14 pm on January 29th, 2009 11
the advise is awsome,but mi parents wont let me do any of this
stuff cuz i cant go outside bimyself and i cant sell anything at
akool or else i will get suspended
3:51 am on March 4th, 2009 12
cool!
5:19 am on April 2nd, 2009 13
hey,i was selling gum in school and got away with it without
getting suspended,i was making about $10 a day,i just brought loads
in my bag,but another kid was selling cigarettes and got
expelled,dont try it
11:20 pm on April 8th, 2009 14
Great post! Really love reading them, can’t wait for more.
2:57 am on April 10th, 2009 15
thanks for all the kwl tips, i am trying to get hold of some
surveys!
6:47 pm on April 11th, 2009 16
Fantastic. It is great to see others passionate about this product.
7:41 am on April 12th, 2009 17
yo dis is da best ever web page i bin on love ya grate advice i
made £260 from dis in das 3 weeks
4:01 pm on April 19th, 2009 18
i need to make money now!!!!!!!!!!!!so i can help my parents with
some bills and my sisters college fees.i want to make money atr
home online.so plz plz plz plz help me
4:10 pm on April 19th, 2009 19
if i get cool and good results then type back and tell all my
friends that want money about.but this is onley if i really get
hard core cash.ps im 13 and i really need money
11:06 am on April 20th, 2009 20
i like this website, but everybodys telling me the same thing.
Paper round, baby sitting, pet walking etc. Ive also heard about
massaging and cleaning old peoples feet! Im 12, so cant qualify for
a paper-round, so im stuck with one problem, advertisment. I’m
unsure of how to get out there, leaflets? Asking around? I dunno.
Im quite educated, so i COULD tutor, but how would i start up? Im
quite in need for money, as i dont like my parents paying for my
stuff, any help?
3:42 pm on May 15th, 2009 21
Great ideas!There is this club called the young Millionares club for ages8-16 and these would be good ideas for money making!
4:28 pm on May 25th, 2009 22
There are some great ideas on this website but here are a few more:
Offer to take photos of the kids in your neighborhood and sell them back.
Try toy rental.
write your own small newspaper
8:51 pm on May 27th, 2009 23
Thanks, I really hope the survey website works for me. I am dying to make a little extra money. I am a self-improvement addict with no money for self improvement. This is bad. I think some of these tips will come in handy. I have also bought a e-book entitled, fast and easy and otherways for kids to make money.
8:46 am on June 12th, 2009 24
how does that survevy thing work is it safe ?
4:31 pm on June 12th, 2009 25
ok, so i’m 13 and i’m trying 2 get odd jobs over summer so i can have a shopping spree w/ my friends b4 school starts again. i’m having a hard time cuz my parents won’t give me money b/c they think a lot of jobs i do r just my responsibility. i’ve tried about all the things on this list but i’m having a hard time. i NEED HELP!!
6:02 pm on June 18th, 2009 26
Does the Survey thing really work or is it a scam? SOMEBODY PLEASE ANSWER!
9:14 pm on June 19th, 2009 27
This is not a scam i mad over $50.00 a week and i worked 2 hours a day. a hour and a half outside 30 min for surveys made over 300 a month with this money habit. Im only 13 and a success crudy i have to spend it on uniforms but there still accesories.
9:53 pm on July 10th, 2009 28
DOes the website survey thing send u money? or do u have to have a paypal account?
4:51 pm on July 17th, 2009 29
hey guys i am 11 years old and my mother doesnt like paying for my stuff and i dont want to tell any of my friends because they wouldnt get it because they are all rich if u come up with something i could do today then please tellm me!!!
5:58 pm on July 19th, 2009 30
I am 11 years old and i need a better way to make money. I’ve heard of pet sitting, and stuff but, anything else? Plz plz plz plz plz plz plz help!
9:57 pm on July 19th, 2009 31
This is awesome. straightup.
12:30 am on August 9th, 2009 32
Hello, i’m a 12 year old girl trying to make money to get a motorscooter. Once i read though this passage i went out and put posters up around my neighborhood. I got money fast for doing easy things.
I just wanted to say, Thank you :}
3:47 pm on August 11th, 2009 33
The Survey thing is hard because i dont have a credit card/ Can someone help me?
10:22 am on September 6th, 2009 34
Type Papers: If you are good at typing, you can charge other kids at your school to type their papers for them.
I like this way.
I did it last year.earn 10$ per week
9:32 pm on October 4th, 2009 35
yeah so i am 11 and have tried to sell lanyards like the plastic lace designs that u can learn at summer camps an have had little success. i really think that it is because i live right next to a parkway so nobody wants to stop. it stinks. my friends that live around the corner tried the same thing but since one of them lives rightnext to a stop sign everybody stops to buy their things. i also crochet and i am going to try selling crocheted items at holidsy fsirs at local churches. i hope this works because i am not making lots of $$ with the lanyard sale. wish me luck and post lot of ideas in case this doesnt work please! thanks!
5:24 pm on October 12th, 2009 36
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11:57 am on December 1st, 2009 37
try dog walkin
1:02 pm on December 1st, 2009 38
that is awsome good advice i need to make some money!
6:44 am on January 6th, 2010 39
Thanks for a good article, it makes me read about it help me gain more info. Thanks again and again…
8:07 am on January 8th, 2010 40
I only comment on an article if it is worth for me to read, and this one makes me do it… For the one who created this article or what they call it “blog” I would say Thanks Thanks Thanks for the wonderful content… you rock!
7:56 am on January 9th, 2010 41
i also want to make money online that is why i immediately joined the google adsense program and also read a lot about making money on websites and blogs. i am also trying to learn affiliate marketing.
12:32 am on May 12th, 2010 42
hey im trying to make some money to pay for cheerleading. does anyone know some great ways to help raise money.
1:38 pm on May 22nd, 2010 43
What the heck is a caddy?!
12:45 pm on June 4th, 2010 44
Gather old, used books and sell them at Half Price Books. Recycle old sports equiments at a resale store.
2:33 pm on June 12th, 2010 45
I WANT TO DO IT
2:30 pm on June 18th, 2010 46
hi im 12 and i need money my dad got mad at me for doing some dumb stuff and now he wont pay me im running a lawn cutting buisiness but is there something else i can do that is easy like that i hate yard work and i walked sumbodys dog and lol all i got was a damn pat on the shoulder lol
11:36 pm on July 3rd, 2010 47
ive been sellin gum at school since 7th grade and ive mastered it my dad works for a gum company and brings home tons and tons of gum and every year i had gum that wasnt out yet like the 5 gum i had that before it was out and lush and elixer the pink and yellow gum i had before they came out and soltice and zing b4 they came out and both the black 5 gum b4 they were out and now i have a watermelon 5 gum called prism and 3 flavors of extra: mint chocolate chip, strawberry shortcake, and key lime pie i also get free candy of all trypes ive made thousands of dollars with my business and i will continue to sell gum until im finished with high school idc if people think its lame i kick ass at it unfortunatly i havent saved any money ive had a habbit of spending it on weed…but if anyones willing to pay 2 dollars a pack or 8 dollars a box of 12 packs for gum that wont be in stores for 8-12 months i got it
-tadpole
10:50 am on July 16th, 2010 48
How does Survey Adventure pay you? Kids don’t exactly have Paypal accounts…And I’ve been messing around with that website for a while, but I still don’t really get how to use it. O.O
6:31 am on August 29th, 2010 49
Iwas looking around on google and when I came to this page and finished reading, first thing I thought was “This Dude’s right, he’s got a point”
5:31 pm on October 21st, 2010 50
Hey my names Chloe and i have a few ideas on how to get money. U can garden if u like working around plants. U can have a yard sale. And u can always petsit.
2:00 pm on January 12th, 2011 51
UGH!!! i would use that survey adventure thing, but my mom won’t let me. She’s sooo over protctive. She wouldnt have even let me use webkinz if it wasn’t for my friends usin it!!! Can anybody who has used it tell me someway to convince her it’s not a scam.
5:20 pm on January 30th, 2011 52
Do they send u the money or do u need paypal
3:48 pm on March 20th, 2011 53
My parents are forcing me to quit something i want to do thru middle school. I wanted to make $20 so i can pay myself. My mom won’t mind one bit to bring me to the class, as long as i can pay for it. Thank you very much for showing this. I now have ideas on to make money while im still in middle school. I have a question, if you have a special talent, if you use that talent, you can teach or make or something more, you can make money? Such as if you can play the piano, you can teach people how to play while your still young? (that would be awesome) btw, Thank you sooooo much for sharing this. Please reply soon.
7:53 pm on March 21st, 2011 54
Hey it would be called cheating to write kids papers for them.
8:26 pm on April 13th, 2011 55
Ya. It’s cheating to write kids papers!!!!! And I put flyers around my neighborhood… And I have earned ove 600$ from starting my own business!!!!
10:50 am on April 28th, 2011 56
Thanks for this post, it was pretty nice. Read your other posts as well, all were good.
2:15 pm on May 11th, 2011 57
really useful info:). i think im going to bake cakes and sell the around my neighbourhood. see,im saving up money to convince my parents to let me go on holiday.. hope it’ll work
7:33 pm on June 18th, 2011 58
These are GREAT ideas but I go to a school that is not allowed to sell things and my parnets are never letting me do stuff like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11:10 pm on July 14th, 2011 59
As a 16 year old who is having a very difficult time with the current job market at landing a job. I was hoping that I could find help online. This website did not help. Doing other kids papers is cheating, helping old people is a great way to meet the neighborhood pedophile, and i’m a guy baking isn’t my thing. Terrible advice
11:23 pm on August 3rd, 2011 60
Great advice.. And a lot of people are saying that writing kids papers is cheating.. It is cheating but that’s not what he said.. He said typing them. Like the kids write the papers and then you are supposed to type it for them. Duh.. I swear people are so stupid these days.. Lol
10:55 pm on August 8th, 2011 61
How do you get paid for the survey? It sounds great I’m totally gonna do it but just want to know how they’re going to get me money. Anyone know?
10:00 pm on August 22nd, 2011 62
these r really good ideas, im 13 btw. there r only a couple of downsides…1st of all ITS NOT CHEATING!!! it said to type the papers not write papers and type them for others kids so shut up and read correctly!!! and its illegal in most schools to sell things like brownies and stuff but other than tht i didnt see anything tht wouldnt suceed in making a little cash..but i do still have 1 question, how do youget money from online surveys…thru the mail?!?
6:32 am on September 4th, 2011 63
i’m saving up for a phone but have no where near enough money for it, so i would llike to earn more money. i get £2.50 a week from my parents, but i still need £100, does anyone know what i can do to make this money easily and FAST!!
5:33 pm on September 25th, 2011 64
Children aren’t allowed to sell anything at school, especially anything that has sugar in it, so that doesn’t work anymore.
3:58 pm on October 18th, 2011 65
you need things for kids like 10 and lots of things my little girl wants to know how to make money but i dont knoe what to tell her?
6:01 am on December 20th, 2011 66
I don’t know can kids make money legit, but I know many ways that many people can use to make money.I can share you them for free.