Start Your Own Business

What can we use instead if we don't have one of the product materials, a tablecloth, or a money container?

Use household substitutes like a clean towel or scarf for the tablecloth, a shoebox or jar with a slit for the money container, and swap product materials with similar items (for example, colored paper instead of beads) when making your sample and listing materials in your notebook.

My sample didn't turn out or people ignore our flyer—what should we try to fix those problems?

If the sample fails, remake it using simpler product materials and follow the sample steps slowly, and if the flyer is ignored, remake it to show the product name, selling price, and one short reason people will like it in big letters and place at least five copies where customers will walk by before you open the stand.

How can we change the activity for younger kids or make it more challenging for older kids?

For younger kids, focus on choosing one product, having an adult help write the business name, list materials and prices in the notebook, and set up the table together, while older kids can add inventory sheets, calculate different profit margins, design multiple flyer versions, and track sales and final profit independently.

How can we extend or personalize our stand to make the project nicer or get more sales and better photos for DIY.org?

Enhance the project by creating a unique logo with your business name, decorating the tablecloth and sample display, offering bundle deals at a special selling price, making personalized colorful flyers, and taking clear photos of the finished stand and the final profit to share on DIY.org.