If you live in a place with a lot of neighbors, it just might be easy. First, find out if your local newspaper will allow you to deliver papers. This can be good work because it is regular with a regular paycheck. The may require permissions from your parent/s and also from your school. Ask about the job with the newspaper first. Delivery of papers requires space to bundle them or wrap them in rain-resistant bags at your home. It also requires transportation like a bike with a bag or a wagon, if the customers are not too spread apart. If you know of elderly people nearby who can t get out to shop, you could introduce yourself and ask if you could do their grocery shopping, and ask if they can afford you at $10 a trip. You will have to demonstrate that you know how to follow directions in shopping, not take too long, have a way to carry or bike the groceries. If you got a few such customers, that could be regular income. If people want or need your help due to physical difficulties, be sure to offer bringing their paper to their hands as an extra service that you provide as a courtesy. If their letterbox is also a bit far to walk to, make the same offer so you are lightening the load of any disability. (Don t get greedy, though, by charging for every little thing.) If you have the basic supplies, like borrowing them from your family, ask your neighbors if you could wash their car for them at a time convenient for them. Either bring your supplies to their car, or, if you have a driveway nearby or a parking lot you have permission to use, set up shop there. (Make sure you only use soft brushes and soft cloths, since people would be angry if you scratch their car s paint.) I think 5 to $10 is the most you could charge. If you have a helper, you can do cars faster, so the price can remain the same. If your neighborhood has trees that drop too many leaves on lawns and streets, offer your neighbors the service of sweeping them all up and either bundling them for city pickup, or putting them in collections bins. Some people will be concerned only with their lawn. You ll need at least a rake, and maybe an old sheet to collect leaves in, if the homeowner provides a bin to put the debris in. Don t discard your only sheet. Notice that some people with a lot of land want their lawn cuttings to go into a bare area so the dry grass fertilizers bare ground. Take note if the customers could use that service. For the street, you ll need a big broom, maybe a push broom. Your charge should depend upon the size of the job and how much time the job takes you. Better to charge too little than too much and not get customers. If it s too little, after you realize that, ask for more from (and tell the new price to) the next customers. (Don t go back to the prior customers.) If you notice some neighbors are into gardening, ask if you helped do their weeding, could you earn some money? So that your technique does not upset anyone, ask them to show you how THEY identify weeds and where they want you to put them. Don t assume everyone regards all weeds the same way. Grocery delivery for a very small neighborhood store is also a possibility,unless nosy neighbors seem bothered by your working while so young. The wage will be very very little, but some homemakers with tip you. See if the store will provide the bike or wagon. A store that realizes this service pleases customers will probably encourage you to deliver several orders at once, with a box ox- or basket-quipped bike. Any neighborhood idea that is a small purchase for the customer(s) can be something whose income you don t need to worry might be taxable. The IRS rarely troubles teens with simple ideas.
Try selling candy at school... that s what I did for extra money when I was around that age.
