This free checklist has 20 kid business ideas for ages 6 to 14, sorted into three age bands, and each one comes with the one number your kid has to work out before day one: what it costs, what to charge, or how many sales it takes to break even. That number is where the math lives. Every idea runs from home or the neighbourhood with a parent close by, and none of them need a kit.
Put together by Amelie, B.Ed, M.Ed, former classroom teacher · Updated September 2026
20 ideas · 3 themes · Free to print & keep
Anywhere Learning
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Life Skills & Money
20 ideas · 3 themes
Kid Business Ideas: 20 Real Ones, Sorted by Age
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Meaningful Learning, Wherever You Are
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Let your kid pick the idea, then sit down together with the number next to it before anything gets bought or made. What does one cup, one walk, or one tune-up cost you, and what will people pay? Most first businesses change after that conversation, and that is the lesson. You stay close by for the safety and the money handling; your kid does the thinking, the asking, and the counting.
This checklist is the quick version. For the why behind each idea, parent tips, and the full walkthrough, read Shark Tank for Kids: Ideas, Rules, and How to Run the Activity.
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