Many mothers are simply too busy to return back to the workforce after having children. Furthermore, most mothers do not want to. Why pay someone to look after your kids and return back to the cubicle when you can make just as much money with part time work at home? With work at home ideas for stay at home moms, you can continue to watch your children grow and spend that precious early learning time with them, but also make some extra grocery/clothes/travel money on the side. With the financial crisis in full swing, a little extra income can go a long way.

1. Making every day Items- one of the best ways to make a few extra bucks while at home is by making crafts, toys, jewelry, etc. for companies. There are hundreds of companies that will pay stay at home mothers to work at home. You will assemble items, craft kits, leather toys, jewelry, nick knacks and anything else. Essentially, you are the modern day Santa’s little helper; however, instead of working in the North Pole, you can work in your own living room. Set up the baby’s play pen in the corner, put on a Winnie the Pooh DVD for the older ones, and get to work. The more assembled items you do, the more you stand to make. However, you can pick and choose the projects and how many hours you want to put in each month.

Throughout time, humans have always had to find ways to preserve food after the growing seasons to sustain themselves in the cold winter months. Food preservation and storage skills were crucial to the survival of our ancestors. Today, easy access to food (grocery stores and pizza delivery), have made this concept a lost tradition.

With the cyclical ups and downs of economic times, natural disasters and the threat of bio-terrorism, there has been a resurgence in the minds of many people across the country about having their own food storage cellar. More attention is being paid to the concept of having access to food and water in case of emergency. Uncertain access to food and water spawns the idea that families need to have contingency plans for developing a long term food storage capability.