All summer long, we’ve been talking about setting up a lemonade stand. In fact, I think Siella even brought it up last year. When it was first mentioned, I couldn’t help but think how we live in New York City, and it wouldn’t be as quaint as the lemonade stands I had growing up in front of my parents’ house. I was first considering having it there, but then realized they rarely get the foot traffic on their street, so why not a setup right outside our apartment. I knew for sure this was going to be a totally different experience!
Last month, I started researching lemonade stands online, finding a super cute setup online from Oriental Trading. We took at trip to the dollar store for cups and napkins, and I even found cute lemon bandannas for the girls. I busted out our big jugs to hold the lemonade, and had every intention of making a homemade mixture, but the day got away from me, so I picked up some good ole Country Time mix. We cut up real lemons to squeeze into the mix for a personal touch.
After Jason built the booth, we made two signs and I bought some yellow balloons to add some flare! And to make things even better, I told them that if they wanted to do a lemonade stand, we should donate the money to our favorite charity. Coincidentally, Munchkin recently sent us t shirts for their latest campaign called Project Orcas. This project was created in response to the harmful practice of keeping orcas in captivity, a practice still in effect today. They plan to develop the first sea side orca sanctuary. All three agreed to donate 100% of the proceeds to The Whale Sanctuary Project.
Before they finished setting up, there already had a line of customers. Ryder was in charge of the money, Siella poured the lemonade, and Gemma served it. When they weren’t arguing, they made a pretty good team. Overall they did well playing entrepreneurs and philanthropists.
During the day, we were fortunate to have so many neighborhood friends come out to support us. I guess I didn’t realize how many people we know in our hood, and we are truly grateful for them. Random passerbys, tourists and even taxi drivers and building workers stopped by for a cup; some asking to take pictures before they walked away. Shockingly, so many people came out we had to refill out lemonade jug six times in a three hour span! Crazy right!
Yes…even our neighbor parrot came to support us too!
It was such a great afternoon and I couldn’t be more proud of babies. They raised $169! Can you believe that? It’s a lemonade stand record. And yes, all of the money will be donated to Munchkin’s initiative for Project Orca! If you are interested in donating to this cause too, or want to purchase these t-shirts reading “because a bathtub isn’t big enough for an orca” that have been made available for purchase with proceeds going towards Project Orca!
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19 thoughts on “The Sweetest Lemonade Stand In Town”
That was the best stand in Battery Park I have ever seen. What fun you are having this summer. It is great for your kids to contribute to a worthy cause.
OMG how cool is that! I love the cause, the lemonade stand itself and of course the little servers! It looks like a lot of fun and so happy that they were very successful too! 🙂
I am a huge sucker for a kid’s lemonade stand. So much that kids in my neighborhood text me and tell me when there is a lemonade stand out!
That’s legit money! Way to go to all of you for turning their dream into a reality. And I love that you are involving your kids in philanthropy. Nice job!
What a brilliant idea to help out a good cause. I love that the kids are very much involved! It’s good to know that everything went well and that a lot of people came by to show some support! I’m sure the kids had a great time!
How wonderful, and I love that the proceeds were being donated. I remember doing things like this as a kid, and I love that I can do them with my kids now!
You aren’t joking! How cute is this? I’m not a fan of lemonade but who could say no to those sweet faces?
This is great! What were the biggest challenges? And, what were your goals for your kids? Focus on fun? Experiencing the joy of giving back? Something else?
Those for sure are the sweetest lemonade ever, with those sweet and adorable little ladies.
What a great idea. It’s not often you see a lemonade stand in NYC. Love that you donated the proceeds to a great charity.
This is so wonderful! I love the picture of the girls pouring the cup of lemonade, their concentration is so cute. What a great cause, I need to look into it more!
You should be very very proud of your sweet girls! This is so fantastic! I love their entrepreneurial spirit and giving heart!
Undoubtedly, this is the sweetest lemonade stand. I loved the way they are serving. All of them are looking adorable.
My daughter is the SeaWorld kid blogger so I don’t at all support the idea that orcas cannot live in captivity. So much research and amazing work has been done through the SeaWorld whales but with that difference of opinions aside, I am so supportive of children pursuing causes they stand behind. Your children are adorable and I think it’s great they raised money for something they believe in. And that lemonade stand is the cutest!
Oh how fun! This looks awesome. My niece and nephew do little lemonade stand all the time at the end of their driveway .They love it. I couldn’ agree more with the cause. I’d for sure buy TONS of lemonade from them!
That is an adorable lemonade stand, and what a wonderful experience for your kiddos. I love that you tied it into raising funds for such a worthy cause, too. I remember back when my kids did lemonade stands – they always had so much fun!
Seriously they could have been selling lemonade for $100 and I would have bough a glass! Little kid lemonade stands just melt my heart and I can’t say no!
This is so so cute!! I love that they are giving all the proceeds and the stand is adorable.
It’s so sweet! I really like promos like this. Good job 🙂