The Grand Opening of "Ashlee's Wonders"

Ashlee is an official business owner! In her class at school, the students earn money for various things...turning in homework on time, being in the group that gets the most points that day, etc. Alot of classes do this type of thing and then have a class store where they can buy different things. Ashlee's teacher has taken it a step further and they can purchase a business license for $200. They become business owners and decide what goods or services to sell. They can make the items or buy them (one girl even sold her Halloween candy that she didn't want) or sell a service such as cleaning desks. Only a few students have bought business licenses so far. Today was the first day that the students could buy from those who had their own store.

Ashlee chose to sell hairbows. She helped me make "Hillcrest Husky" hairbows and then set a price for them. At first she had them set at $5 for a bow and $3 for a clip but then I realized how much money the kids all have (they get $5 a day just for turning in homework) and also realized that the teacher sells things in her store for $30-$90! I convinced her to raise her prices to $25 and $15 (I think we'll even up it next time!) I went in to her class to observe how things went and get pictures of her "Grand Opening." Everyone was saying how cute they were! One boy even bought one for his sister! We only got 9 bows made so I also let her sell some cards that I had leftover from a card swap group I used to be in. Her items sold like hotcakes! She made $305! She only had one card leftover. She had a constant group surrounding her desk. Girls were even asking her afterwards if she was going to have more to sell at the next class store. What an awesome learning experience! She is already planning what to sell at the next class store!