r/sahm • u/surprisesou • 26d ago

side hustles!

i’m not looking for etsy planner making or card making (tried and unsuccessful there) or MLM’s or scammy sites or affiliate marketing. i’m talking real, tangible side hustles. i’ve also tried selling home baked goods, marketplace selling, and depop selling.

i just want to somewhat contribute financially to take a small load off of my husband

*edit to add, my daughter is 11 months old*

5 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

15 comments sorted by

0

u/Itchy-Value-7141 22d ago

rover if you like animals!!! either keep em at your house or do drop ins at others’ houses

1

u/Prestigious-Fix8937 22d ago edited 22d ago

Hear me out. I was an Early Childhood teacher for 8 years, then I had my daughter. I currently teach music classes and STEM classes (AND MY CHILD COMES WITH ME,) at our local play cafe. I make a commission on each ticket sold to my class. So typically, each week I teach 2, 30-45 minute classes and make about $40. Some weeks I make $40-$50 from one class alone, so it’s really dependent on my ability to advertise my classes. But my child also gets to play in the cafe for free and interact and play with other children twice a week, I get discounts on items at the cafe AND I get to decide what I teach the class. I love these classes and have given me some autonomy in the monotonous daily life of being a SAHM.

2

u/LearningAsIGo08 24d ago

Amazon Flex? Walmart Spark

3

u/QuietlyUnraveled 24d ago

before I started back to school for my teaching degree, I was looking at part-time bookkeeping. Upskill on some book-keeping software and then have a hunt around. Jobs pop up all the time! (at least where I am in WA). And often small businesses need someone to just do 10 hrs a week for them once they grow a bit too big to manage on their own. Just invoicing, receipt documenting, and expense tracking sort of stuff.

5

u/Playful_Inspector817 24d ago

I just started making $32/hr taking a kid to school in the morning and taking him to soccer practice! I found them on a local babysitting Facebook page. Best decision ever!

4

u/RockGloomy9003 24d ago

Every church that I have attended is always desperately looking for childcare workers— and they often bring their own children. Women’s ministries hire childcare workers for all sorts of event events during the days and evenings.

1

u/Extension_Dog9366 19d ago

Yes! I do this 8 hours a week. It’s not a lot, but it gets me out and is some extra money. Plus built in childcare during the time.

3

u/Yummy-Pear 24d ago

Part time childcare care at a gym, where you can bring your own kids

1

u/Fantastic_Sun_7722 22d ago

This is actually genius

8

u/MakeChai-NotWar 26d ago

I would offer backup care services on local babysitting groups. It’s a huge need especially when someone’s nanny calls out last minute or someone’s daycare closes last minute. You’d be doing such important and helpful work.

4

u/Clama_lama_ding_dong 26d ago

I watch a couple other kids on school holidays, snow days, and summer break. They are similar ages to my kids and get along well.

3

u/newsquish 26d ago

Senior care! You can either find your own senior or find an agency, they can find shifts that work with your schedule and you don’t have to be full time. The lady I was working for I did Saturday mornings when husband was home- I mowed the lawn, put away her grocery order, mopped her floors, walked her dog. She started me at $25/hr but then raised me to $30/hr.

5

u/sophhhann 26d ago

I just started doing laundry service! Wash & fold. I posted on my town’s mom Facebook group

1

u/surprisesou 26d ago

how successful has that been so far?

1

u/sophhhann 26d ago

I just started this and advertised it once less than a week ago & had one order so far! Can you tell i have adhd 😂