1. Your children will spend more on lemonade stand supplies, than they will earn. Deal with it.
2. Your kitchen will be sticky for three weeks, due to spilled lemonade. Be prepared.
3. Someone will drink a bug. Hopefully not you.
4. You will need to go to the supermarket and buy a giant bag of ice, because you will run out of ice, unless your stand takes place on a frosty day, in which case you should probably consider hot cocoa instead.
5. Straws + Wind are a bad idea
6. Skip the kegger cups. The cups you want are somewhere between shooters and cocktails. I won’t judge you if you use dixie cups for kids.
7. Paper umbrellas + Wind is also a bad idea. However, you can always anchor them in a big chunk of lemon. What the heck, you’re already losing $. Do it in style.
8. The grumpy guy around the corner who hates kids also hates lemonade but he will pay your kid a dollar to stop screaming “LEMONADE! BUY SOME LEMONADE!” at him.
10. Pink Lemonade is prettier. Use more sugar. Toss in strawberries.
10. Did I mention you are already losing $ here? Use soda water. It’s also prettier. It sparkles!
If you live in CA… Plant a lemon tree in your yard!
This first lemonade stand of the season caught me a little off guard. I wasn’t completely prepared. I guess it’s time to start stocking up for the summer.
Do your kids love to set up lemonade stands? Do they sell anything else? Do you have any special lemonade stand equipment? I’d love to see it!
I all kinds of love this post. I want to hang it on my wall to prepare my mind for summer. Love it.
A favorite family memory: we lived next door to Lambeau Field in Green Bay when my kids were young. My daughter had a lemonade stand that earned $70 on a warm game day. Location, location, location!
WE sell lemonade all summer long. This year I discovered this website http://www.lemonadeday.org/home They teach kids how to start a business selling lemonade. We signed up and can’t wait to get our booth set up!