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Twenty-eight booths and 37 children drew a crowd of buyers Monday night at the Youth Trade Show hosted at the Take 16 Brewery in Luverne.
School-aged children were invited to sell items at the two-hour event that was inspired by Take 16’s general manager Luke Rensink’s daughter Mila.
She started “Mila’s Bracelets” in July, first selling her wares at a block party hosted at the brewery.
“I wanted to earn a little bit of money,” Mila said. “I got $80.”
She promptly put 25 percent of her earnings back into her business, saved another 25 percent and spent 50 percent.
“I spent the money on tickets for rides at the fair,” Mila said.
The Youth Trade Show opens the doors to other entrepreneurs like Mila to debut their wares to the public.
In addition to bracelets, the youth worked alone or worked with partners to make items such as bakery goods, jewelry, craft items, crayons, key chains, fishing lures, slime, fire starters and chunky-knit pumpkins.