How to Stand Out from the Competition as a Babysitter

Babysitting can be a lucrative job for teenagers. This type of job is recession-proof and a babysitter can work for several clients. A unique way to stand out from the babysitting competition is to create your own Babysitting Activity Bag. A Babysitting Activity Bag is a portable craft/activity bag or box that the babysitter brings to her client's house.

When parents are getting ready to go out, they sometimes forget to pick out the kids' favorite toys and bring them to the room where the babysitter and kids will be. It's great if their favorite activities are readily available but it would be even better if the babysitter brings her own box of activities (including crafts).

A Babysitting Activity Bag is packed with unique and interesting games, toys and crafts appropriate for the ages of the kids she is watching. This activity bag will make the babysitter stand out in the eyes of the children. Since the kids don't see the sitter every day, the activities in the bag will be brand new.

The toys and crafts can vary by age group. Some activities that can span a wide age range are: crayons and coloring books, stickers (bring along scrap paper to use with the stickers), playing cards (small children love to stack cards and then separate them by color or suit), puzzles and books (the sitter's books will be different than the books the child already owns).

The cost of creating a Babysitter Activity Bag is minimal but this small investment will pay off in an outstanding reputation amongst parents. Many of the activities in the activity bag can be from the sitter's own possessions (such as old toys and games no longer used). Age-appropriate books can be checked out of the library for free. Puzzles, stickers, coloring books and crayons are available at the local dollar store.

A few ideas for games to include in the activity bag are: old maid, checkers, Jenga and Mad Libs. If the kids are younger than eight years old, the sitter can fill in the Mad Libs and let the kids pick out silly words and read the stories.

Another essential item to include in the Babysitting Activity Bag is antibacterial hand gel. When the sitter shows the parents the activity bag, she should also bring out the hand gel and tell them that she will apply the sanitizer to the kids' hands before and after the kids play with the items in the box. This will put mothers who have germ phobias at ease.

This idea will make a teenage babysitter stand out from other competing babysitters in the neighborhood for several reasons. Mainly, this extra effort will portray the sitter as ambitious and hard-working. Parents will appreciate the thoughtfulness that was shown in making the activity bag.

As a mother, I would think that the sitter performs her job at an above average level. By creating the Babysitting Activity Bag, she will have shown a great interest in my children and I would become more loyal to her.

A Babysitter Activity Bag is an original and professional way to stand out from the local babysitting competition. By using this technique, a babysitter's clientele will grow and the amount of money she earns will increase rapidly.