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Last Updated: Wednesday February 28 2007 13:08 GMT

What are your money-making ideas?

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Thousands of school kids in the UK are being lent £10 and asked to see if they can make a profit within a month.

But how would you do it? We want to hear all your money-making ideas.

Are you a good at buying and selling things for a profit? Do you earn extra cash doing jobs at home like washing the car?

Maybe you've got a genius business idea that you think would leave you quids in?

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I sometimes make fairy cakes and sell them to my family and the neighbours. They're delicious!
Lucy, 10, Nottingham

I would give the £10 to the car boot sale lady and then sell lots of my stuff!
Megan, 11, Portsmouth

You can make money by selling things you no longer play with on Ebay!
Sam, 10, Colwyn Bay

I set up a jumble sale in my front garden and sold most of the stuff in my wardrobe for REALLY low prices and I made around 30 euros!
Emily, 10, Ireland

Why don't you do a quiz and take it round the family, charge them for a sheet and make a prize for the winner. I made £15!!!
Iona, 13, Scotland

I only get £5.00 a month and extra if I do little jobs around the house. I am trying to save up for some trainers!
Katy, 11, Ipswich

I made money by selling all my own toys last year. I made £500. £250 was made by my dolls house.
Demi, 9, Manchester

Me and my friend walk dogs and wash cars.
Barbara, 9, Bath

In the summer when there are loads of flowers out all my friends and I collect them and sell them in the park and last year we earned around £20.00 in a month and then we got hair spray dye and got all our friends to get theirs done for 50p per person (it was really fun!).
Hannah, 11, Carrickfergus

I would buy some chewy sweets and put them in bags and then I would mix them up and sell them at school to make more money.
Leatrice, 13, Bournemouth

You should make lots of news and stuff and sell it on a proper store and freshly made drinks and stuff.
Amber, 9, Fairfield

I give my clothes to charity because I want it to go to a good cause. I don't get any money but I feel good when I know I've done something good.
Parus, 12, Southall

I get two Euros when I do different jobs for my Nana. Ask your grandparents if you can help them with jobs around the house.
Michaela, 11, Ballymun

I wash my mum and dad's car and my sister's car, and I get about £3-5 for that.
Minnie, 9, Farnham

I sell most presents I don't like on websites along with books.
Zaki, 10, Worthing

I make cards and sell them to people in the school and friends.
Lydia, 10

Making money is simple. All you need is to do is help wash your mum's car or help your local free paper if you could help them post some newspapers.
Stefan, 10, Croydon

Me and some mates are in a band and we played in my school playground. We donated the money to charity.
Emma, 12, East Sussex

At school I sell sweets and cans of drinks and I get a good profit.
Mohamed, 12, Manchester

I think a car boot sale is a good idea, but I don't have much stuff to sell since I chucked most stuff away over Christmas - and for a car boot sale it can cost only £10 to park your car in a space or to get a table! For me, I would LOVE to walk dogs - although I am not allowed-it is a fun job to do!
Preetinder, 13, Bradford

In my school the year 6's sell healthy food at the tuck shop and I think it is an easy way to earn money!
Jennifer, 10, Macclesfield

Me and my friend have a pet rescue and when we get rescued pets we adopt them out for a small fee then we use the money to decorate the rescue centre more.
Sian, 10, Poole

I get my friend together to clean cars and it is a really easy way to make money.
Jack, 13, Haywards Heath

Get a group of friends and find all the stuff you don't want and then set a shop up in your garden and you could sell stuff like that.
Chanel, 11, Kent

Me and my friends go through all our old toys and sell them at a car boot sale. Not only does it make money, it's fun as well!!!
Roger, 9, Portsmouth

I am a paperboy and I have to do my shift in the snow
Callum, 9, Middlesbrough

I walk dogs
Michael, 12, Spain

Me and my friends are doing a chocolate tombola to raise money for charity! We have raised £39.25 in 3 days so it is goin well!!
Chloe, 10, Manchester

I would probably set up a car wash, get all my friends involved and get soaked! I'd ask all my mates to help out with washing the cars. The only things we'd need to buy to get started would be some buckets, some cloths and some washing-up liquid.
Chloe, 11, Kent

I give all my toys and clutter, which I don't want, to my mum to sell on ebay!
Madi, 12, Bournemouth

I think a good idea to make money is to sell things like at a bootsale because you can sell things to people and make something out of it.
Laura, 12, Sussex

In my primary school we made bracelets and necklaces. There were lots of girls who like that sort of stuff
Jennifer, 12

If I want to make money I wash the car, do the dishes and tidy my room.
Rebecca, 12

By doing chores around the house.
Emmy, 11, Brighton

If I want to make money I wash the car, do the dishes and tidy my room.
Rebecca, 12

Me and my friend set up clubs, which makes money and is fun too! My favourite has got to be a really popular book club we're running.
Izzy, 10, Oldbury

I wash my mum and dad's cars for £5 each and sell all my stuff on internet websites.
Rebecca, 11, Bristol

I would have a garage sale and try and make money that way or wash cars or help out in a shop for extra cash!
Ellen, 12, Stoke on Trent

I'm going to sell all my old toys at a car boot sale so I can have money to spend while in Blackpool.
Sophie, 8, London

I've got about a million books so I'm gonna set up a stall and I'm gonna sell books there for reasonably low prices.
Anay, 10, Wiltshire

Once some people and I offered to wash peoples' cars at a jumble sale. We made loads of money.
Polly, 11, Wrexham

I go around my neighbourhood asking if they have any jobs that need to be done and normally they give me tips.
Arllen, 11, Worthing

I set up a drinks stall in the summer and my sister pays me to clean her room.
Josie, 11, Warwickshire



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