Working with children can be very enjoyable and rewarding. If you're someone who loves working with kids, consider the following ideas for starting a business doing something you enjoy!

Start your own Daycare Center: It's not as difficult as you may think. Plus, there are many options for your Daycare Business. You could provide before or after school care; lunch-time care; weekend care or emergency care. There are occasions when someone "has" to be somewhere three hours ago, but just can't find anyone who can watch the children. If you are home all the time, and are willing to take children "on demand", you could send your contact information to local schools and churches for distribution.

Tutoring or Teaching: See "Ideas for Businesses in Teaching"

School-Age Children who become sick at school: You could be the person teachers call when a student is too ill to remain in class.

Special Needs: You could provide "relief" for parents of special needs children.

Child Taxi Service: Drive children to after-school functions, parties, home.

Give Classes in Dance, Drama, Aerobics, Gymnastics to pre-schoolers.

All-Occasions Nanny: babysit for parents who wish to vacation alone; honeymoons or anniversaries, weddings, special occasions or functions where children are not permitted.

• Birthday Parties: Create a special "Birthday-In-A-Box" which will contain streamers, balloons, hats, noise makers, etc. Nothing perishable unless pre-arranged.
• Easter Egg Hunt Parties: Organize an egg hunt or Create an "Easter-in-a-Box" package that contains plastic eggs that contain chicks, egg coloring kit, stencils, coloring book, crayons, etc.
• Halloween Parties: decorate classrooms for your local schools or windows for local businesses and shops.
• Face Painting Parties: You can go to daycare centers, schools, churches, etc. and paint faces. Children love this! You can also make up a special Kit that contains everything necessary for face painting so the children, parents or teachers can apply the make-up themselves.