Market day

The definition of entrepreneur is a person who sets up a business, taking on financial risks in the hopes of making a profit. Synonyms are tycoon, magnate and I immediately think of Donald Trump, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. They had dreams and goals and they followed through on it. I know it is impossible to even try and compare what they do or have done with a kids market day, but that is where everything starts. When you are small or young and from small beginnings come great things.

It was time for Laerskool Doringkloof Primary's first market day of 2015 and Armani wanted to be part of it. I was excited for the both of us. Time to plan and make lists and create a new Pinterest board. There's so much to do ... I went ahead and created the board and we sat down and pinned everything we liked and that was do-able for a 6 year old. We decided on sweet treats because who doesn't like something sweet. We decided to make lollipops with lips, mustaches and butterflies, marshmallows dipped in chocolate and rice crispie hearts on a stick. Things that were really easy to make and that kids would love.

We planned it out well and were done a couple of days before. I dreaded having to make everything the night before and have little to no sleep. However this was not the case. I went and got enough change the day before and all we had to do now, was wait.

It was the morning of market day. We had set up our table and we called it The Cute Cookie. Quite fitting to the produce we sold and it fits Armani's personality just perfect. The kids gave us compliments about the overall look and our prices. Who knew ... Our prices were R2, R3 and R5 and the treats were a hit. We made our first sale and we were off to a great start. Before we knew it we were sold out on the chocolate dipped marshmallows and with that it was the end of her first market day, the taste of entrepreneurship. We were open for 45 minutes only and in that time Armani made a profit of R90. Not bad considering the time and the amount our treats sold for. She made a profit and she was over the moon and my mother heart was happy. Check!