How to Start a Children’s Entertainment Business

Business Overview:

Helping your child learn how to start a children’s entertainment business is the perfect way to teach a sociable youngster some valuable business basics. If your children love to play dress up, put on plays for the family or enjoy playing in makeup, finding a way to focus these interests into a first business will help them have fun and make a little money for their piggy banks. For children who enjoy performing, putting on a puppet show for neighborhood kids can be as easy as making a stage out of a cardboard box, puppets from some socks and fabric scraps and putting up a few signs advertising their next show. They can make up their own story or find one from a book. Performances can be done at the library or in the front yard. This is a good business venture for two or more children since one will need to help with the audience (seating, taking admission, etc.) and the other(s) will perform the show. Another entertainment idea that’s great for older children is dressing up as a clown for parties. A lot of young kids are afraid of adult clowns so a kid-sized clown may be more acceptable. Costumes can be made of mismatched clothing and makeup can be purchased for a few dollars. Aspiring clowns can leave fliers at the library, local party supply store and other places parents of young children gather. A final entertainment idea that’s ideal for an artistic child is face painting. All you’ll need to help your child set up is a table, two chairs and a sign. Your child could set up his or her table at the park, playground or another area with lots of kids and offer a few standard faces for set prices. Any of these business ideas will be fun for your children while teaching them how to interact with others, count money and organize a small business.

A Day in the Life of a Children’s Entertainment Business Owner:

This article brought to you by Business Ideas! If you enjoyed this article, make sure to subscribe to the Business Ideas Newsletter to get ideas sent straight to your email inbox.Your child’s day will vary depending on what type of business he/she is starting. If your child is performing a puppet show, you will help your performer set up the stage and arrange any seating that might be necessary (chairs for inside, blankets for outside). Party clowns will need to get dressed in costume and makeup and can either ride a bike to the client’s party venue or you can drive him. A face painting child will set up her table in the desired location and spend her day talking to kids and painting faces. At the end of the day, you will need to help your child pack up the equipment and head home.

About Your Customers:

Your child’s customers will be young children who like puppet shows, clowns or painted faces. In the case of party clown, the customer will likely be the parents of the birthday boy or girl.

What You Need to Start:

• Puppet Show – stage, puppets, story, seating, change for admission
• Party Clown – costume, makeup, transportation to/from parties
• Face Painting – table, two chairs, face paints, change for payments

The Good:

• Entertainment businesses are the perfect outlet for sociable children.
• These businesses are fun and teach valuable principles.
• Children will learn how to organize, plan, promote and execute a small business.
• Children will learn important customer service skills.
• These businesses can be done over and over, perfect for a slow summer.

The Bad:

• Parents will need to be involved a lot in the beginning (building sets, buying materials, etc.)
• It can be difficult to get a child to concentrate on one task for an extended period of time.

Resources:

• Children’s Entertainment Association
• Puppeteers of America
• World Clown Association
• Face Painting and Body Art Association

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