Thursday, October 21, 2021

Family Science, Gifts, and Economics—All in One Lesson

 One of the lifestyle blogs, A Beautiful Mess, has a post about How to Make Statement Hair Clips, with a Resin Kit and liquid Sculpey, a polymer clay.  Better Homes and Garden, BHG, has resin barrettes instructions, too.  Here are hair clips instructions using E6000 Craft Adhesive.  Here are instructions using polymer clay.  Ask your kids to decide what make a good hair clip?  Would it be cheaper to just buy Resin Hair Clips?  Could you make and sell hair clips profitably? See all of the lessons—even if you decide to forego making hair clips at all!  My husband is teaching Personal Finance to the local Co-op.  He has issued a challenge for the teen’s to come up with a business idea: podcasts, chicken farming, dog breeding, etc.  Capitalizing on a fad might be an idea for your family.  What are the capital costs?  Fees to Etsy?  Marketing on social media?  Shipping?  Your kids might want to skip the Economics lesson and make hair clips as Christmas gifts.

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