20 Christmas Business Ideas for Kids - Fun, Creative & Confidence-Building
20 Christmas Business Ideas for Kids - Fun, Creative & Confidence-Building
Christmas is one of the BEST times of year for kids to explore business ideas. People are buying gifts. Families are looking for unique, handmade, personal touches. And small, thoughtful products absolutely stand out during the festive season.
Encouraging kids to try a low-risk micro-business at Christmas is a brilliant way to help them learn real-world skills like budgeting, creative problem solving, organisation, marketing, confidence and communication.
Below are 20 Christmas business ideas for kids - easy to start, low-cost, and perfect for UK families, communities, school fairs, Christmas markets, or even online.
Personalised Christmas Cards
Illustrated, painted or digital designed cards. Kids could offer names, family portraits, pets, or message personalisation.
Custom Gift Tags
Hand-made gift labels with ribbon, craft paper, glitter, or pressed leaves.
Decorated Gingerbread Sets
Bundles of decorated gingerbread people or Christmas tree biscuits. Perfect for gifting or stocking fillers.
Christmas Dog Treat Bags
Pet-friendly treats in festive packaging. Dogs are 100 percent part of the family at Christmas.
Hot Chocolate Cones
Layered marshmallows, cocoa, chocolate chips — sealed into a cone bag with ribbon.
Snowflake Ornaments
Hand-made ornaments using foam, clay, wood slices, cookie cutters, glitter, or salt dough.
Personalised Baubles
Names written on baubles with paint pens or vinyl sticker cut outs.
Christmas Storybook Bookmarks
Bookmarks inspired by favourite festive characters or winter scenes.
Mini Christmas Eve Boxes
Small boxes including a treat, a joke, a sticker sheet, and a tiny hot-chocolate sachet.
Festive Candle Melts
Wax melts shaped like stars, gingerbread, reindeer or Christmas trees.
Winter Slime Pots
Christmas scented slime - peppermint, gingerbread, snowflake glitter.
Reindeer Food Packs
Eco-friendly versions with oats & edible glitter made from sugar crystals (bird safe).
DIY Decoration Kits
A mini craft kit with ribbon, beads, glue, sequins & instructions.
Christmas Name Labels for Presents
Printable stickers or pre-written hand-designed name stickers for families.
15. Mini Hot-Chocolate Bar at Home
Small pop-up at a family Christmas party or village event.
Hand-Written Christmas Letters for Parents to Gift
Kids can write personalised letters from Santa, elves, Mrs Claus or Rudolph.
Christmas Bath Bombs
Sweet scented festive themed bath fizzers.
Festive Nail Art & Mini Manicure Station
Offer glitter top coat, candy cane stripes or snowflake nail art (parent supervised).
Christmas Wreaths (Mini Versions)
Small door wreaths made from pine cones, ribbons, foraged greenery or craft supplies.
Digital Christmas Art Prints
Kids can draw on Procreate or Canva -- selling printable digital art online.
Why Christmas is the Perfect Time to Try a Business
Christmas creates natural demand.
People are already shopping. They want meaningful, thoughtful gifts. They want activities that feel handmade. And parents LOVE when their children put effort into something original, creative and entrepreneurial.
Building a micro-Christmas business helps kids learn:
confidence
money skills
how to price things
how to speak to customers
creativity & resilience
learning by doing - not just worksheets
And the best part?
There’s no right or wrong way to start.
Christmas is the perfect season to try one small idea, test, learn and get feedback - just like real entrepreneurs do every day.
Final Tip
One idea. Small batch. Simple packaging. Sell to family, neighbours, local school fair, or even just within your street WhatsApp group.
Entrepreneurship doesn’t have to be big.
It starts with a spark.
This Christmas - let kids discover what’s possible when they turn their creativity into something they can share with the world. 🎄✨
Business guide to get started
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