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Good Neighbours: Annual event puts focus on young entrepreneurs
Pedro Arrais / Times Colonist
November 23, 2013 10:33 PM
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/good-neighbours-annual-event-puts-focus-on-young-entrepreneurs-1.708114
Pedro Arrais / Times Colonist
November 23, 2013 10:33 PM
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/good-neighbours-annual-event-puts-focus-on-young-entrepreneurs-1.708114
Wednesday: Isaac Wilson, 10, left, and his brother Jade, 7, Meah Preboy, 9, and Zander Turpel-Stewart, 12, are participating in Victoria Biz Kid Market, an annual event that showcases the talent and entrepreneurial spirit of kids aged five to 15. Photograph by: ADRIAN LAM, Times Colonist
A group of crafty kids will cut their entrepreneurial teeth at the Biz Kids Market on Friday.
The market showcases the talents of more than 40 children, some as young as five, who have created arts and crafts products for sale.
There is no lack of creativity and ingenuity among these young entrepreneurs.
Meah Preboy, 9, started making fuzzy Angry Bird toys after she noticed that an empty pistachio nut shell resembles the computer cartoon bird’s beak.
She happily eats the pistachios to supply material for her creations, which she sells for $1.
Brothers Isaac and Jade Wilson, 10 and 7, are woodworkers, making toys, buttons and toothbrush holders from branches and other wood picked up from the forest floor.
Both started young in the family workshop — Isaac when he was three and Jade boasts he was two when he started to help his brother. They take turns creating or finishing their products.
Making money for a trip to Norway led Zander Turpel-Stewart, 12, down the road to self-publishing. Already 140 copies of Afternoon Tea with Zander have sold. The book consists of a collection of recipes and some history on tea. Zander is considering creating more books.
The market runs 2 to 4 p.m. at the Fernwood Community Centre, 1240 Gladstone Ave. Admission is free.
For more information, go to vhlnbizkidsmarket.weebly.com.
A group of crafty kids will cut their entrepreneurial teeth at the Biz Kids Market on Friday.
The market showcases the talents of more than 40 children, some as young as five, who have created arts and crafts products for sale.
There is no lack of creativity and ingenuity among these young entrepreneurs.
Meah Preboy, 9, started making fuzzy Angry Bird toys after she noticed that an empty pistachio nut shell resembles the computer cartoon bird’s beak.
She happily eats the pistachios to supply material for her creations, which she sells for $1.
Brothers Isaac and Jade Wilson, 10 and 7, are woodworkers, making toys, buttons and toothbrush holders from branches and other wood picked up from the forest floor.
Both started young in the family workshop — Isaac when he was three and Jade boasts he was two when he started to help his brother. They take turns creating or finishing their products.
Making money for a trip to Norway led Zander Turpel-Stewart, 12, down the road to self-publishing. Already 140 copies of Afternoon Tea with Zander have sold. The book consists of a collection of recipes and some history on tea. Zander is considering creating more books.
The market runs 2 to 4 p.m. at the Fernwood Community Centre, 1240 Gladstone Ave. Admission is free.
For more information, go to vhlnbizkidsmarket.weebly.com.