Kids' Tips for Earning and Saving Money

$ummer $aving Tips & Trivia

So you're too young to get a job, but too old for survival by allowance only. Plus, the recession has hit some families hard, and parents just don't have the money to buy you everything you want. What's a kid to do? Check out these money making and saving tips, then take our Quiz to test your Savings Smarts.

• Lemonade or Ice Pop Stand
  Have your parents help you stock up on ice pops from the supermarket, or make your own. Do a great big old fashioned sign, and hand out flyers to the neighbors a few hours before. Ideal to do on a Sunday, when people are home from work, and just hanging out. Be sure to set out a "Tips" jar.
• Yard Sale
  Pull out all your old toys and last year's wardrobe. Do it with your friends for even more of a mega-sale.
• Mother's Helper
  If you're not old enough for baby-sitting, offer to help a neighborhood mom by entertaining her kids while she gets things done around the house. Make sure your parent/s approve and it is someone you both know.
• Dog Walker
  Recently I saw a sign posted in my friend's neighborhood for "Dog Walking Services Offered for Friendly Dogs." Great if you already have a dog, or experience with animals.
• Recycling cans and bottles
  Collect your recyclables, ask your relatives for theirs, and scour parks and (safe) public areas for cans and bottles. Depending on what state you live in, you may receive 5 or 10 cents back per item. This can add up, and it's good for the earth.
• FREE Public Library
  Take books, movies, and CDs out of the library. It's free, which is cheaper than any store, and the selection is endless.
• Pack a Snack
  Going to the movies? Popcorn is great, but bringing your own snack along to the theater, beach or amusement park can save you up to half the cost of admission!

So hopefully now you have some ideas to earn a bit of cash. What's the best thing to do with it? I spoke with a Bank of America Vice President in NY, and he had this to say, "Kids should start saving early. The younger, the better. The earlier they learn, the more financially responsible they'll be, and the more likely they are to be savers later on."

Try out this Quiz to see how saving savvy you are:

1. A great way to save the money you earn is to deposit it into a ______ ________.
2. This is the money your parents give you to do household chores.
3. This is income earned BACK on the money you deposit into a savings account.
4. Finish this saying. "A penny saved is a penny ______."
5. BONUS: What does the S&P 500 stand for?

Leave your answers in the Comments below, and check back next week for answers!

— Ratha, Stacks Writer

Comments

[Comment #1]

1. bank acount
2. allowance
3. interest
4. a penny saved is a penny earned
5.??????

[Comment #2]

1. savings account
2. allowance
3. interest
4. gained
5. Standard and Poor 500

[Comment #3]

1. bank account
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4.a penny saved is a penny earned
5. ??

[Comment #4]

with this weather ice in the lemonade would melt and so would the ice pops even in a cooler

[Comment #5]

1. savings account
2.allowance
3.intrest
4.a penny saved is a penny earend
5.?????????????????????????

[Comment #6]

1.bank account
2.allowance
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4.earned
5.standard and poor 500

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1.Bank account
2.allowance
3.interest
4.earned
5.Standard and Poor 500

[Comment #8]

1. Bank Account
2. Allowance
3. Interest
4. Earned
5. Standered and Poor 500

[Comment #9]

1.) savings account
2.) allowance
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4.) earned
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[Comment #12]

1. Bank Account
2. Allowance
3. Interest
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5. Standard & Poor's 500 (stock index)

[Comment #13]

1. Bank Account
2. Allowance
3. Interest
4. Earned
5 Standard and Poor 500

[Comment #14]

1. bank account
2. allowance
3. interest
4. earned
5. Standard and Poor 500???

*Note on PACK A SNACK. Some places don't allow you to bring in snacks, especially not movie theaters.

[Comment #15]

1. Bank account.
2. Allowance
3. Interest
4. Gained
5. ?

[Comment #16]

1.) Bank Account
2.) Allowance
3.) interest
4.) Earned
5.) Standard and poor 500
P.s... A fine way to earn money is to pick up all the change you can find. After a while it'll have to get you some where.

[Comment #17]

Well I have an idea,I think kids should walk around a nieborhood with thier perents (if they are under 13)and ask their niebors if they need any help and charge only $1.00
for every little thing and $3.00 for every big or hard thing.They are sure to earn lots of money that way.

[Comment #18]

1. bank account
2. allowance
3. ? (It's right at the tip of my tongue, though.)
4. earned
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[Comment #19]

if your looking for a good way to get $$$ of dollars and youre bored during the day. well get a job

[Comment #20]

1. Savings Account
2. Allowance
3. Interest
4. Earned
5. Standard and Poor 500
if you put your money somewhere you can't see it a lot, you won't be as tempted to spend it

[Comment #21]

one time i found a jar of money in my house. i asked my mom if i could have it and she said yes. there was 38$ in there.

[Comment #22]

i saved 156 dollers last year vfor the hurra canines but then we moved and i found i went shopping with it then i got a debit card and know i have money saved up but i want to save up to by a car i nice one when i get a license

[Comment #23]

hay wat every body doin
every one is havin fun

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standard & poor 500

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1. bank acount
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