Purpose: The Purpose of this project was to learn how to work and regulate our own business successfully and pay off our loan.
The purpose of this project was to learn how to work and regulate our own business successfully and pay off our loan. We wanted to create a small business because it would help us learn more about regulating money and communicating with other businesses around Boise. I understood the purpose pretty well, because it was straightforward, but I still think that it was necessary, even though that could have been what anybody wanted to achieve.
At first, we just tried do find a good recipe and materials. But as we got better, we started emailing businesses and coordinating what days and times would work for all of us. When we were waiting for materials, we did anything we could - printing labels, cutting labels, whatever we could do. There were some times that we had to deviate from the plan. There was one time in particular when we bought "lip safe mica powder" off of amazon. When we got it, it said to wash off immediately if it touched skin, so we had to wait a few more days before making our lip scrub, but we got everything to the businesses on time!
I think that we did achieve our goals that we set, as we paid back our loan and have enough money to keep making lip scrubs, and while we were at it, we learned more about managing money, communicating with other people, and making lip scrub. I think that the part that I loved most about this project was that three middle schoolers could make a project and put it in real stores.
A big challenge that we had to push through in designing and selling our lip scrubs was the trouble that we had with the mica powder. To solve that problem, we bought new mica powder. I never felt like giving up, but sometimes it was hard to push through and finish.
Overall, I loved this project. It taught me a lot about managing money, and also about communicating with other people, and when we were learning those valuable life lessons, we were also having fun! I think that this project made me realize that I don't always need help from teachers or other grownups, I can usually figure things out by myself. I really enjoyed making lip scrubs and documenting the process!