Hyderabad: From making and selling handicrafts, healthy snacks, groundnut oil to promoting traditional and organic farm practices, children turned themselves into little entrepreneurs for a day during an event organised at T-Works on Sunday.
Putting their skills to work, children put up stalls selling bangles, bags, pottery items, handmade soaps and candles, greeting cards, key chains, food items such as flavoured popcorns, walnut brownies and coconut bars. This helped them understand and learn the nitty-gritty of business, improve communication skills and enabled them to learn entrepreneurship from a young age.
One such little entrepreneur was Divi, who put up healthy snacks such as millet chips, walnut brownies, coconut bars, peanut laddus and other homemade food items for sale. This stall caught the attention of customers not just for healthy snacks but also for the communicative and convincing skills of its owner.
Another young entrepreneur, Abhiram, from a school, exhibited featured products including groundnut oil and organic compost from his school’s farm. The products stood out for their unique traditional method of extraction instead of factory processing, making them natural and healthier.
“The event allowed me to promote traditional farming practices and explain the health benefits of naturally processed products to visitors,” said Abhiram.
A six-year-old Aanya showcased her greeting card brand “Two of a Kind”, featuring cards decorated with colourful drawings and scented crayons. She said each card was handmade to encourage people to reconnect personally instead of relying only on technology.
Her mother said the cards were created after school every day, with Aanya drawing the artwork while she helped write messages. The handmade cards were priced between `100 and `250, depending on the design and scented artwork.
A nine-year-old Rana Reddy, who authored a children’s book on his dog, has also caught the attention of the visitors. The book narrates a story about the dog named Rakhi, who gets separated from the family during the Numaish exhibition and travels across Hyderabad before reuniting with the family.
Reddy, who came up with the story, used prompts to create AI-generated illustrations for the book, which took about three weeks to complete. “Selling this book helped me learn communication and marketing skills, which I think will be useful in the future,” said Reddy, who wants to become an athlete.
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