Making money when you're a teenager and feel like you can't get a real job may require a bit of creative thinking…
1. Offer to digitize people's paper photographs. My 60 year old friends don't have time to scan and save their photos, but they have the money to pay you to do it! (I think this is the best way for teenagers to make money, which is why it's number one).
2, Find ways to turn your hobby into a money making business (making cupcakes, making rubber stamps, creating tiles, taming lizards, and making natural organic soap are examples of hobbies that can make teens money)
3. Experiment with lemonade or homemade cookie stands (when I was a teen, I made $52 in three hours selling raspberry iced tea on a busy neighborhood street)
4. Sell jewelry! Princess Jones says, My mom would actually bring a shoebox full of my jewelry to her office and sell to her coworkers for me.
5. Work at a carnival or traveling fair. I did this when I was 13 years old; I traveled with the Bill Dillard Exhibition for a whole summer! I didn't make a lot of money, but had a fantastic time
6. Mow lawns and do yardwork
7. Do extra chores around your house
8. Walk dogs
9. Get a paper route
10. Get paid to do surveys at home (this is an investment sometimes teens have to spend money to make money)
11. Clean people's cars or garages
12. Ask your parents for a raise in allowance in exchange for extra chores
13. Work at a fast food joint. I worked at Hardees, says Princess Jones. It made me go to college; I worked with a son and mother who both worked the same grill.
