Calling all crafty kiddos and mini entrepreneurs! Do what you love, sell what you create, and make summer time 'dough and skills to last a lifetime! 

The 3rd Annual Miniprenuer Summer Camp will create a sense of wonder and entrepreneurship for kiddos in their community. 

Even if you are a Miniprenuer program alumni, Miniprenuer's 3.0 builds on its incredible success when students were live on Good Day Sacramento, met the Tahoe Park Neighborhood Association President, and had a sold out craft fair at the highly publicized FoodTruck Mania event with hundreds of attendees!

 Miniprenuers will create a fun, and creative space to conceptualize, visualize, make, construct, and tutor kiddos through the crafting process with the end goal of creating a mini business created and launched by themselves.  MINIPRENEURS EARN AND KEEP ALL OF THEIR MONEY! 

This will be a super fun, relaxed experience the kids will never forget and make friends along the way!

WHATS INCLUDED (seriously informal, lots of fun!): 

• 4 weeks of workshops and games that will guide aspiring Miniprenuers through the creation and development of their crafting business

• Tailored training for the midi-preneurs (those on the age-range cusp)

• Weekly in-studio crafts 

• Personalized business portfolio

• An online materials portal full of super fun and engaging resource materials, templates to help them develop their vision, brand, mission, sales pitch, marketing, and goals

• Online discussion board to stay engaged during the week

• Individual Pinterest Boards for parents to reference their kid's interests

• Supplies and materials during in-class time to develop marketing and create their projects

• Assistance with their projects to sell 

• Local Resources to scout low cost materials for inventory - new this year!

• Paired mentorships with trade/craft professionals (if/when available) - new this year!

• Practice counting money and giving change 

• Confidence and skill building

• Out of the box thinking and artistic expression 

• A fun selling venue at the Tahoe Park SacMoFo Event (food trucks, music, and entertainment) guaranteed traffic, activities, and new friends to trade and barter amongst

• Leadership roles for alums and kids with certain marketing related expertise: i.e. social media

• Individual Store Fronts (kiosks, chairs, and canopy) - New this year!

• Permits and entry fees

• Multi-partner marketing (and maybe even on-air time)

• Money apron for craft fair and as a keepsake for their next business ventures

• I Am A Minipreneur T-Shirt and community-wide design challenge

• Mentoring by community partners - new this year
  

SAMPLE SCHEDULE

• Developing Our Brand/Mission and Craft

• Show and Tell / Peer Review and Craft

• Goal Setting, Budgeting + Profit Margins and Profit Analysis

• Booths and Banners and Marketing Materials

• Food Truck Mania and Tahoe Park Maker's Market and Sewcial Kid's Craft Fair 

• Additional In-studio crafting can be scheduled as needed for project completion, tools,  or as dedicated inspiration space

TYPES OF MINIPRENEUR BUSINESSES SEEN:

• Hand dyed geodes and potions

• Slime

• Sewn children's apparel hand dyed using plants, flowers, and herbs

• Handmade arcade games 

• Macrame tapestries

• Sewn pillows

• Food items

• Trendy jewelry and hair accessories

• Wood crafts

• Empowerment bracelets

• Stretchy headbands

• Handsewn keychains

• Comfort Boxes/Stress Kits

• Makeup

WHERE MINIPRENUERS WERE SEEN IN 2023:

• Good Day Sacramento

  • Watch Launch Video

• Tahoe Park Neighborhood Association Instagram

• Sewcial Media

• SacMOFO Food Truck Mania news feed

• Your Grandma, neighbors, friends, their friends and 2nd cousins house via canvassed fliers

  
  

TESTIMONIALS
"It was super fun and I really enjoyed making new friends." - Olivia

" I loved the thoughtful approach with the kids in regards to what they’d like to make, why and how. I loved the public speaking component and the work on promotion. The craft fair itself was incredibly fun and it was great to see the culmination of all their efforts." - parent 2022 and 2023 program

"I loved it! Everybody was so nice and i just wanted to help everyone else. It was fun. I enjoyed making the bracelets and more so the friends. The craft fair was even better."  Aryana

You helped build my child's confidence and she especially enjoyed and found helpful the public-speaking aspect of the workshop. Said she would like more chances to sell her stuff :)  - parent

"I love love LOVED the camp and making money while I had so much fun!: - Valentine

"My daughter enjoyed the workshop, the other children, the workspace, the teaching style and the craft fair." - parent

"I really liked it. I learned how to public speak and sell stuff."  - Lilly

"My kiddo has been inspired ever since and has continued making their craft to sell to friends at school. He talks about the Minipreneur program all the time." - parent

"It was awesome. We learned some financial skills you need for selling in life. You should sign up!"- Abner, 2021 and 2022 program

It's a fun experience where everyone can have a fun time with each other! - 2022 and 2023 program

PARENT INVOLVEMENT
Parent involvement should be painless. It will include helping your Minipreneur access their online portal, printing worksheets (optional), sourcing tools and materials, shuttling to workshops and attendance at their craft fair.

The ultimate goal is to allow your maker to use their imagination, expand their boundaries, and build confidence. Some kids might sell painted rocks, plants from their gardens, or on-demand caricatures that end up looking more like really cute stick figures; While others might have a more refined craft that they have developed and will be showcasing, for example. Assistance will always be encouraged and will be necessary at times; though parent product or marketing development is strongly discouraged.

FEES AND LICENSES AND CONSIDERATIONS

• Minipreneurs and their families will not need to be responsible for paying booth fees or acquiring a booth set up or sellers permit. 

• Minipreneurs pricing will be reflective of their value that they establish during the workshop - and attractive in price and easily bartered between friends to create a sense of accomplishment and success. MINIPRENEURS EARN, MANAGE, AND KEEP ALL OF THEIR MONEY

• Minipreneurs and their families will be encouraged to create items from materials that are easily sourced, affordable, or can be created from the Sewcial studio supply library. 

More details about the program will be included upon enrollment in your online portal. 

Because of the limited seating and intense involvement in planning this event, no refunds will be offered. Please ensure that your kiddo will be interested and that they can attend most if not all dates and times before and during the program. 

Space is limited to 12 kids.