99 Part-Time Businesses For StudentsPage 3 of 3If you have a tip, idea or article to share, please email us. Some of the links listed below will take you to our message forums where you can post your questions. Remember to check back frequently! 34 - DRIFTWOOD ART. With sandblaster, power or hand wire brush,
form and finish interesting pieces of driftwood (and similar
specimen woods) into decorations, lamps, candle holders and
plant mounts. Collect more driftwood on trips and vacations.
35 - CHILD PICK-UP SERVICE. Pick up and deliver client's kids
after school theater, games and concerts. Deliver and pick them
up from parties. Offer reduced rates for more than one child per
family; extra to stay until parents return home.
36 - LAWN DISPLAYS. Make and sell painted plywood holiday
displays for lawns (Santa, religious, bunnies, characters).
Offer lighted versions; charge extra to deliver and set up or
pick up. Use Outdoor plywood (preferably signboard) quality.
37 - AUTO DETAIL APPOINTMENTS. Go to client's home by
appointment to wash, wax and vacuum their car. Charge extra to
scrub tires, renew plastic and rubber, to pick up the car and
have it serviced. Offer polymer wax protection as an option.
38 - BABY SITTING SERVICE.
Accumulate a list of qualified,
bonded sitters and advise them of your rules. Advertise your
service and rates. Deliver and pick up sitters if necessary. Pay
sitters a percentage of the fee (they keep any tips).
39 - GARAGE CLEANING. Contract to clean out garages, sheds and
attics for individuals, rental agents and absentee landlords.
Charge by the hour or bid on the entire job. Get paid for the
work and keep anything of value as a bonus.
40 - COMPUTER TUTOR. Go to client's home or office and instruct
them to use their equipment and operate their programs.
Advertise your consulting service to prospective buyers of
equipment and programs. Offer a line of shareware programs.
41 - GARDEN PREPARATION. Offer digging (Rototill) service, with
options to treat and fertilize gardens for customers. Plant,
cultivate, weed, maintain (water, spray), even harvest for extra
charges. Very good in rural areas for senior citizen customers.
42 - ANT FARMS. Collect ant colonies and construct glass cases
to display them. Learn about ants first so your colonies will
survive! Include info cards with each case on the type of ant
and its history. Sell to pet shops, schools and individuals.
43 - GOPHER CONTROL. Contract to rid yards and gardens of these
pests. Clean up hills (smooth, water down). Set traps, use gas
"bombs", gas engine exhaust or treated bait. Guarantee your
service for 90 days; re-do if gophers re-appear.
44 - GOURD CULTURE. Grow or process a variety of interesting
gourds. Make them into decorations, utensils, painted figures,
birdhouses. Retail finished gourds and do-it-yourself finishing
kits. Sell seed packets with instructions to grow gourds.
45 - HOLIDAY, SPECIAL EVENT BASKETS. Prepare holiday and special
event baskets of fruit, flowers and other "goodies." Have a
retail display and take custom orders. Offer local stores
baskets on consignment: let stores take orders for you for a
commission.
46 - HOME HANDYMAN. Perform handyman services for those who
can't or don't have the time. Advertise clearly what you do,
keep your appointments and guarantee your work. Make money while
saving your customers an expensive service call.
47 - HOME STUDY COURSES. Sell/rent new and used home study
courses. Buy new courses on sale (when available) then buy them
back from students (when in good condition). Consider giving
tests and issuing a diploma upon successful completion.
48 - HOSPITAL GROOMING. Assist patients with nail, hair, skin
care in hospitals and nursing homes. License may not be needed
when you help patients to "do it themselves". Make appointments
for this service or visit on a scheduled or route basis.
49 - HOUSE PAINTING. Contract to paint houses and apartments or
rooms by the job. Have assistance (other students?) on hand when
needed. Increase your profit by supplying quality (only) paint
and supplies and bidding on the entire job.
50 - PET SITTING. Feed, water, exercise, clean up after and
check on pets twice a day (or as agreed) in their homes while
owners are away. Offer additional services, such as checking the
mail. Call owners or veterinarian if there are any problems.
5l - WOODEN NAME TAGS. With template, scroll or jigsaw, fashion
desk signs, name tags, door names, etc., from various types of
ordinary and expensive wood and plywood. Apply exotic finishes
and use quality bases. Native woods may be popular.
52 - EXERCISE COMPANION. Serve as a walking, jogging or aerobics
companion for company, morale support and extra protection (good
in cities). Carry any necessary (legal) protection (e.g.,
canes). Help client stick to their exercise schedule.
53 - LAWN MAINTENANCE. Contract to mow lawns by the job or
season. Charge extra to edge, rake, collect and remove
clippings. Refer related jobs to cooperating businesses for a
finder's fee or commission. Expand your service as you grow.
54 - CUSTOM CLOTHING DESIGNS.
Paint, block print or transfer
unique or custom designs onto items of clothing: smocks,
T-Shirts, jackets and fabrics to be made into clothing. Use
designs, illustrations, cartoons, school emblems, popular themes.
55 - LIBRARY RESEARCH. Use our talent and the school library to
provide research data, technical details and background
information for clients who need subject "homework" performed.
Charge by the hour, page or a flat fee for your efforts.
56 - LIGHT HAULING. Use your pick-up or van to pick up
groceries, haul off used bricks or deliver a large doghouse.
Advertise with magnetic truck signs, in the yellow pages and
paper. Hire helpers when jobs require; even others with trucks.
57 - REPORTING, LOCAL. Gather and write items about your
neighborhood, school, town for local or home town paper. If
necessary work free (at first) to gain experience and "name."
For early acceptance, write articles about local people.
58 - MACRAME. Make and sell a good selection of hangers and
hangings. Take orders for custom work. Find (and keep secret)
good sources for materials, make up and sell do-it-yourself
kits. Place your creations on consignment in local stores.
59 - MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS. Sell a variety of magazine
subscriptions from your ''office'.' Use "gimmicky" ads, give
credit for leads and prizes for multiple sales. Do lots of
telephone canvassing. Have a special every time you call.
60 - ERRAND SERVICE. Run errands for individuals and businesses:
go to the corner store or across the country. Deliver and pick
up messages, important papers, messages. Use helpers (on
percentage basis) when needed to ensure prompt service.
61 - CHILDREN'S TOWN HISTORY. Write a booklet about your (or
their) town just for kids. Include photos or drawings to
stimulate and hold interest. Sell copies to doctors, dentists,
hospitals and banks (to use in their offices or give away).
62 - METAL RECYCLING. Pick up, sort, process (dismantle, clean
wires) waste metals from any source. Accumulate into lots, wait
for higher prices and sell to salvage yards. Advertise to buy
surplus metals from individuals (at lower rates).
63 - PAPER ROUTE.
Operate one or more newspaper routes. Large
routes can be operated with a car, especially with two people.
More than one paper can be handled when schedules don't conflict
(just don't tell either about the other).
64 - SIGN RETOUCHING. Use quality regular or luminous paint to
re-touch painted signs (no special talent needed!). Charge much
less than sign painter and provide results that spruce up your
customer's image and save them a good deal of money.
65 - PEN PAL CLUB. Advertise for members. Categorize by age,
interests, sex, background, educational level, political
persuasion, etc. Charge an initial membership fee and then for a
newsletter and/or for addresses of "matches" from your files.
66 - PET CAGES. Build standard and custom cages for birds, cats,
hamsters. Offer a line for travel and/or shipping as well as
models that can double as a place to keep the animals while the
family is on a trip. Include cage covers and accessories. <<-Back | Next->>
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