Money making ideas for fall/winter?
im able to go to washington dc for a junior leaders conference. the only problem is it cost $1,785 plus plane tickets. and i need it by mid december. how can i earn some money for fall/winter??? thanks for your answers! ok, im 12, i live in washington. its get cold but rarely snows. i cant get a job, too young, my parents have jobs in which i cant help them. and i have two brothers, 22 and 14. the 22 yr old moved to north bend and i barely see him. 14 yr old cant get a job and has to do community service and is too lazy to help me with anything. does this help a bit more???
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- You need to get a job, honey.
- EBay. Lol or go to a busy mall or something and sell stuff like paper mache, or you can go house to house selling stuff, at least you get money.
- Where do you live? If it is still warm, garage sale would help. Then you can try to sell things on ebay. I do not really know how to make that much! Get a job.
- It doesn't snow, but I'll bet leaves fall off the trees. How about doing yard work for elderly neighbors?
- Get crafty. Homemade things often sell like hotcakes to people for easy Christmas gifts. My mom and I are doing this. You can get cheap unpainted photo frames from craft sections at stores and paint or fabric decorate them. Go through the scrap fabric bin at your craft section and get fleece material. Make heating pads by sewing rectangles of fleece (these came range in size from 4x6" to a foot or bigger, it's all up to you) that you fill with plain white uncooked rice. Thse go in the micorwave for 2-3 minutes. You can also add various things to them like lavender for relaxation or orange peel for envigoration. Fennel seed also works well for filling, but rice is more readily available and cheaper. These sell very well. You can get some unpainted ornaments from craft sections and paint them up, leaving room for a name, and do personalized ornaments. You could do a bake sale, too. This is a good one! You can get cookie mixes and pre-made tear'n'bakes for $3 a dozen, and bake up a whole bunch of them. Do some in singles, doubles, five-packs and dozens. You could wrap them in colored saran wrap and ribbon (the colored Saran Wrap is around $3 but would do them all, and ribbon is around $1). Contact local grocery store managers and explain what you're raising money for and ask if you cuold put donation jars by their registers. You can also ask if you can sell your baked goods and crafts at a table outside their store. Also, if you have a WalMart, ask them about a matching program. Many WalMarts will match whatever you raise in a set amount of time, like the day you sit at your table outside of their establishment. A note about this: write down which stores helped you in any way, and be sure to write them thank you notes. They'll LOVE that, and be more likely to help you out if you need assistance again in the future. f you're allowed to set up a table anywhere, be sure to have material about the program you're going to, maybe make up a poster or visual aid like you have to do in school. Be ready to talk about it a lot. People will really respond to a young, ambitious kid who wants to further their education and follow their ambitions. Another thing you should do is make up a card to go with all your crafts and baked goods explaining that the proceeds from this purchase will go to send you to Washington DC for the Junior Leaders Conference and if they have any questions about it, to please call you, (Your Name) at (your number). People will see this and be intrigued, and I'd bet dollars to doughnuts you'll get donations AFTER the sale, as well. If you need more ideas, go ahead and e-mail me, ok? wendy@kxaz.com
