Ethan and Colin's Sugar Shack

The past two weekends, the boys have picked up a few dollars cash by selling cotton candy and juice out in front of our house.

Ethan, in particular, was motivated by getting enough money to purchase Bitil, a new Bionicle/Lego figure.

They needed help to get set up with an extension cord, seats, etc.

The cotton candy ended up being "cotton candy balls" that they rolled up and served in a bowl, like so many snow balls. I thought it was terribly overpriced at a dollar each, but they managed to sell enough (and got very positive reviews from kids) to make it worthwhile. The juice was only $.10 for a small cup and that sold fairly well. One day, I picked raspberries and they sold those as well.

Sales mostly went to neighbors and people that we happened to know, but there were some very kind passersby as well.

The name, "Ethan and Colin's Sugar Shack" was coined by Ethan.

The boys each made three or four dollars each on each day, even on the day that the neighbor girl helped out and the money got split out three ways.

On Sunday, we treked out to the Lego store and ordered a Bitil figure, which should be arriving in about a week. Well earned!