Money Making Ideas That Will Make You Laugh

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When you’re behind in retirement savings, you might be tempted to try all sorts of unusual or creative ways to make extra money. After all, you may not have that many working years left (or at least you hope not). I know you’d rather be enjoying your retirement!

Making extra money from a hobby that you enjoy can be a great way to increase your saving rate. Especially if your hobby is a profitable one.

If you don’t have a lucrative hobby, don’t despair! There are many other money making ideas you can try. This post highlights different ways to bring in some cash, including ones that are weird, strange, or just plain funny!

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The Usual Path To Making Money

Most of us are willing to get a job or follow a career path to create an income that will meet our needs. That works if you are able to avoid debt and remain debt free. In addition, you need to have been saving money for retirement from an early age.

Oops! My husband & I missed the memo to save early and stay out of debt! We lived beyond our means for too many years. Not that it helped, but we were not alone. The 2017 CareerBuilder survey found that 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck!

Even when working hard to make and save money, things happen that can set anyone back financially. None of us expect to get injured, sick or disabled, but it happens all the time. In addition, the deck is stacked against some of us when it comes to wealth building.

What To Do When You Need More Money

You can cut back expenses to save money, but you’ll be better off in the long run if you can increase your income. That might mean taking on more responsibility in your current position to get a promotion or changing companies for a better paying job.

It could also mean picking up a part-time job or side hustle in addition to your main job. Something as simple as delivering pizza or take-out food on weekends, if you have a car.

Money Making Ideas If You’re Looking For Another Job

For those who have lost their jobs during this pandemic, my heart goes out to you! Hopefully you will find another job soon, but maybe some of the money making ideas in this post will help in the meantime.

In my effort to help catch-up our retirement savings, I became a speech therapy assistant on the side. I’ve tried to find additional ways to bring in more money by selling things and blogging. There are a lot of money making ideas I haven’t tried, though…

First, What Not To Do

Do not buy Bitcoin.

Enough said.

Money Making Ideas To Make You Laugh

People have been known to do some strange things for money. Some of these ideas may make you laugh out loud, or they may gross you out. Slime, anyone?

5 money making ideas:

Be A Clown!

Clowns are fun loving and enjoy putting a smile on your face. We had two clowns in our town – one entertained the community at our local farmer’s market, making balloon animals. The other was booked solid doing children’s birthday parties.

If you enjoy making other people laugh, this might be a great way for you to make extra money. ZipRecruiter listed the average salary for a clown at $854 per week (prior to COVID-19). Could you use an extra $850 per week working as a clown on weekends?

Photo of two colorful clowns making balloon animals for elderly woman in a wheelchair. Money making ideas such as working as a clown will help you save more money for retirement.
Image by Jennifer, Wai Ting Tan from Pixabay.

Lead Online Laughter Classes

COVID-19 won’t be with us forever, but it is here now. Use your time at home to get certified as a Laughter Yoga Teacher or Laughter Therapist. You can even lead your own laughter classes online. Many laughter therapists branch out to offer workshops to corporate clients, who want to provide additional wellness benefits for their employees.

By combining laughter and breathing exercises, laughter therapy oxygenates the body and the brain. It lowers stress and increases relaxation, helping us to focus on the positive. Laughter boosts the immune system and can help us look younger. Sounds good to me!

Tell Jokes For a Living

Due to the global pandemic, you won’t get booked as a stand-up comedian in a club right now. You might still be able to get paid to make people laugh, though. Way before COVID-19, comedy coach Shannon Gettins started a business teaching stand-up comedy to high school students. Do you see another opportunity to tap into online education here?

YouTube provides a way to take the laughs online, and get paid to do it. Before his departure from the YouTube channel he started, Ray William Johnson grew his Equals Three series to over 10 million subscribers. A high number of views means high ad revenue.

Comedians are not the only ones making money on YouTube, though. If you build up a large enough audience, you will earn money through ad revenue. Like anything, it takes time to get to that point. But we have a lot of that right now, right?

Funny, Or Odd Money Making Ideas?

Become a YouTube Star By Eating Loudly

Would it make you laugh to know people make money just by eating food on their YouTube channel? It’s called mukbang (Korean for eating and broadcasting) and is literally a broadcast while eating. The crispier, crunchier and louder, the better!

I could not believe this was a thing, but apparently people get some kind of satisfaction watching other people eat, because popular mukbangers get a LOT of views! The part that makes this seem accessible as a money making idea is you don’t have to talk, just eat!

Are you laughing, yet?

Play With Slime

Karina Garcia started out on YouTube, playing with slime. Known as the Slime Queen, she was the first one to begin posting homemade slime videos. She’s since grown her brand and has authored several books and founded Craft City. Her craft kits are found in major stores.

I’ve mentioned Karina before, because it’s just hilarious to me that she makes up to $200,000 per month from YouTube advertising revenue on her slime videos. Does this make you want to laugh, or cry? Can you imagine making that kind of money by playing with slime?

Photo of child's hands playing with blue slime. Karina Garcia, the Slime Queen turned her money making ideas into an industry.
Image by Jamie Harrington from Pixabay.

Summary of Money Making Ideas That Will Make You Laugh

As you can see, there are many creative money making ideas out there, and some of them will make you laugh. A few might be unusual or odd, but when you are behind in retirement savings, the number one goal is to make and save more money. With a bigger retirement nest egg, you will be the one smiling.

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Question: Do You Have Unusual Money Making Ideas?

What is the most weird, wacky or funny way you have made money? Please share in the comments below! We could all use a laugh.

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76 Replies to “Money Making Ideas That Will Make You Laugh”

  1. I have to say, I wasn’t expecting to see being a clown as an option to make some extra money. Don’t you have to register to be a clown to make sure your face paint is unique?

    1. Not sure about that, Unwanted Life. The people I’ve known who have worked as clowns talked about going to clown school and maintain a strong network with other clowns. But I haven’t heard of a registry to copyright clown face make-up design in the USA. While looking this up, I discovered the Clown Egg Register in England, which is an archive of ceramic eggs painted to commemorate unique face paint of professional clowns there.

      https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/clown-egg-register

  2. I love this! It just goes to show, if you have a true passion for something, you can make our dreams come true. Right? I know someone that is a clown as her side job and she truly LOVES it. It makes her smile almost as much, if not more than the people that she is trying to make laugh.

  3. Lol these ideas are all great. I love the idea of being a YouTube star by chewing loudly! Thanks for a good laugh while reading this!

  4. It is so interesting to see how you can make more money with some unique side gigs. I like the idea of teaching classes online. I’ve been thinking about doing some kind of adjunct. So interesting to see all of these ASMR videos on youtube, especially with eating. Thanks for sharing these great ideas!

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  5. Its amazing where people’s minds will go when they are in need of a few extra dollars. I totally like the clown idea, expect that is HARD work! I know a husband and wife who are professional clowns and they are ALWAYS working which is a good thing, but then again they are ALWAYS working.

    Thanks so much for the tips and things to think about!

  6. Hey Kathy, these are some interesting money media ideas that I have never even considered. Well, except for Bitcoin. That was a huge mistake, and I still cringe whenever I think about how I fell for that craze and forfeited $100 in the process. I was young, dumb, and foolish lol. Thanks for sharing this lighthearted list of money-making ideas! 🙂

  7. haha, what a funny lighthearted post, I was not expecting you to mention Clowns as a possible side hustle! This was very different to anything I have read before and will definitely be sticking with me!

  8. These really are such odd ways to make money but if it works, it works! Especially during a year when money can be tight!

  9. Haha! I love this. When I read “Do not buy Bitcoin. Enough said.”, I actually laughed hard! My mind flashed back to everyone I knew personally that was obsessed with Bitcoin! Love all these ideas! I’ve been doing side hustles since I was 5 selling beaded handmade jewellery wherever I went (including campgrounds! haha). I’m actually thinking of starting another side hustle for next year but I’m not sure what yet! Reading your post got my brain gears going! 🙂

  10. This was such an interesting read! I never thought about being a clown to earn some money on the side. I actually just heard today on TV about laughter yoga and wasn’t sure it was a real thing! Thanks for sharing x

  11. If I wasn’t so scared of clowns, I’d actually consider the $850 a week! Wow that’s awesome 🙂 I can’t believe watching people eat is a thing! LOL. There are some crazy things on youtube. Mind you my little girl watches kids playing on youtube and they get millions of views, so maybe it can be done 🙂

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  12. Aw I love these idea, I had no idea being a clown could earn so much money! My auntie told me about laughter yoga yesterday – it does sound very interesting.

  13. Haha, these are some fantastic ideas. Well, OK, not the clown one (even with that money) but that is because I am terrified of clowns. I think my top one would be youtuber and eating. XD

    1. So many people have mixed feelings about clowns, Mehsi. I’m not sure why that is – scary movies? It’s great that your favorite money making ideas are starting a YouTube channel and eating. I never knew this was a thing, but apparently it’s very popular!

  14. This is the most unique and fun post I have read in a long time. It’s ironic how much technology has changed our lives. I have seen some really unusual stuff on YouTube and people are making money from it. If not full-time then as a side hustle people can definitely try these ideas. Great post 👍

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