The carnival at The Streetsboro Family Days was long and tiring; it was a good experiment, even though we lost a little bit of money and didn’t make any profit.
We met some new people and made some sales on the Internet. I even got a twenty dollars for a nightlight that we didn’t have but we could get it. We can actually get one of the nightlights with anything on it.
Here is the breakdown of the carnival money.
We made $340.75
Our COGS - Cost of goods sold (My dad helped me with that) is different for each product. For the glass block night lights our COGS is $12
For our paint and play set it is $7
Large horse frame $9.15
Horse Door Knocker $ 3.70
Horse Plaques $ 3.10
Dog Puzzle: $1.40
Horse Busts $ 3.10
Foam Craft Safari Set: $.80
Marine Stickers: $.80
Miniature Horses $18 for 72
Stuffed Cheeta $5.60 (I did not want to sell it because it was so cute.)
The cost of what products sold was: $205.75
Cost of Booth at fair was $145
Cost of Tent $90
Cost of kids roar sign: $22
Misc. Decorations: $8
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$340.75 Income
$205.75 COGS
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$135 After cost
-$145 Rent
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-$10 Lost
Plus we lost another $120 on tent, sign and decorations, but we can use them again so maybe we can make money the next time.
Here is what I learned:
- Very nice people were there.
- Next time I want to do a shorter show that is busier.
- It shoudl be by a busy road so more people will see it.
- I need to have more cheap things that people will easily buy their kids.
- I need to make sure people know it is my business.
We might try it again but I need a break for a week or two. I was so tired.
