Lemonade Day

Lemonade Day

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Lemonade Day is a fun, experiential learning program that teaches youth how to start, own and operate their own business through a lemonade stand.

05/29/2026

Business tips from kids who actually ran a business. 🍋

We asked Lemonade Day kids for their number one piece of advice. Honestly? This is better than half the business podcasts out there.

🗣️ "Smile at every customer. Even if you're tired." (Jayden, age 10)
🗣️ "Location is EVERYTHING. We set up by the soccer fields on game day." (Aanya, age 11)
🗣️ "Don't make your lemonade too cheap. People will pay more if it's good." (Marcus, age 9)
🗣️ "Make your sign really big and colorful. That's your marketing." (Sofia, age 8)
🗣️ "Get a business partner. It's more fun and you get more ideas." (Elijah, age 12)
🗣️ "Write everything down. I forgot to track my costs the first time." (Layla, age 10)

Six kids. Six lessons most adults are still learning.

Your kid could be dropping wisdom like this by the end of June. The My Lemonade Day app walks them through all of it: pricing, location, branding, tracking costs, the works.

👉 Register free: http://bit.ly/ld-start
📱 Get the app: http://bit.ly/ld-getapp

What is the best business advice YOU ever got? Drop it in the comments. 👇

05/28/2026

A question we love asking Lemonade Day kids: "What are you saving for?" 💛

Their answers are a window into how kids think about the future when they're holding their own money for the first time:

🎮 "A Nintendo Switch. I've been saving since Christmas."
🚲 "A new bike. Mine has rust on the chain."
📷 "A camera. I want to make YouTube videos about my dog."
🎸 "Guitar lessons. My mom said I have to pay for half."
🎨 "Art class at the community center. They have real easels."
👟 "The shoes everyone has. My parents won't buy them."
🏖️ "The beach trip with my grandma in August."

Last year, Lemonade Day kids saved a combined **$5.2 million** of what they earned. Every dollar of that was tucked away by the kid who earned it - toward a goal they picked.

This is the save part of Save, Spend, Share. And here's what makes it powerful: most of these kids are saving for the first time in their lives - for something they want, with money that's *theirs*, on a timeline they control.

That's not a financial literacy worksheet. That's a financial identity forming. 🍋

What would YOUR kid save for? Tell us in the comments 👇

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1800 West Loop South, Ste 1875
Houston, TX
77027

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm