35 Work at Home Jobs for Stay at Home Moms

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Inside: If you are looking for legit work at home jobs for stay at home moms, here are 35 ideas plus a few sites where you can start selling your work.

A question I hear from mothers quite often:

I am so well educated but this mothering thing has me house bound. I feel like I am wasting my degree being a stay at home mom. How can I use my education (or whatever skill that I have) to make a career out of it? How can I work from home?’

I am Work from Home Mom. You can find lots of WAHM Life ideas here on this blog. From being an intentional mother to goal setting to finding work-life balance as a mother to even Work from Home Mom Routines. I love helping people work from home and teaching them ways to earn money without stepping out of their home.

I have been a blogger for a very long time (17 years!) but for as long as I have been blogging, I’ve also worked from home holding various other online positions. The best part is that I didn’t have to go looking for these opportunities . I landed them because I kept my options open.

Stay at Home Mothers can Easily earn an income from Home

Did you know that if you type ‘Stay at Home Jobs near me…‘ on Google, you will actually get a list?

No kidding. Go check it out!

We are living in fantastic times. You can see how with this pandemic the whole world was pushed to work from home. Do I need to convince you any more that YOU, my dear mothers, have nothing to hold you down?!
 
Being a SAHM is no hindrance at all! Those little munchkins are your blessings. You can work from home and handle them and more. What you only need is the determination and confidence to get started.

What kind of Stay at Home job can I do?

The first thing that crosses our mind is to wonder what kind of work we can do. The answer is simple – what’s your skill?

Do what you are good at.

Many times, we don’t recognize our own super powers. In fact, sometimes we are so crushed for ideas that I see women saying that they are so well qualified and have certain college degrees but they are useless to them now in real life.

Girls, no!

You have more skills than what you were taught at college! Be intentional. Set some goals!

Do what you love!

There are many more things that you can do than just what you were trained to do at school.

 Think outside the box!

There are so many ways to work from home. It all depends on what you think you can do. To get you started, let me give you a few examples of what skills look like and how to utilize them. Please remember these are just a few examples.

35 Work at Home jobs for Stay at Home Moms to start right away

First, I want to tell you that these are all Legit jobs. People are actually doing these. You only need to know what skills you possess to get started.

Many of these are online jobs to make money. You won’t have to leave your home to do it.

1. Sell your crafts and patterns.

If you are crafty or artistic and have a craft, art or handmade item, you can sell it on Etsy, Ravelry or other such platforms.

Many people think that you have to actually create a handmade item to sell it. Oh no-no! You can sell even designs, how to videos, patterns of sewing, crochet, knitting or other such DIY. I have personally bought crochet patterns and patterns for doll dresses from many sites. I’ve sold my crochet hat patterns too! 

2. DIY or Craft work from home job.

If you love to sew, knit, crochet or other type of needle arts, are you willing to do it for someone else?

Many people don’t have your talents. They will gladly pay you to make things for them. This is possible not just locally but also internationally. If you think you can take bulk orders and ship to far of places, consider starting an online shop on Etsy or Shopify. 

3. Gift wrapping jobs and making artificial flower bouquets.

Did you know that people actually hire someone to wrap their gifts at Ramadan and Christmas time? Oh yes! If you know some pretty cute and classy ways to wrap stuff, start a business with that!

Look in your local WhatsApp groups, Instagram and Facebook Buy and Sell groups for business.

4. Cooking or baking jobs from home .

Have you ordered a cake or a box of cookies during this lockdown? If you have made your own and you think you bake and cook better than those store bought ones, start a business a girl!

Open a, Instagram store, advertise in your local groups on Facebook and Whatsapp and just get started!

5. Be an Organizing and Decluttering Coach

Are you OCD about cleaning? Teach people how to declutter and organize their homes. Yes, that’s actually a job! Believe it or not, there are actually people (like me!) who will hire you to organize our life!

6. Be a Makeup Artist or Stylist

Are you a makeup artist or good with your choice of clothes? Did you know that people would love to hire you as a stylist? Help them shop for clothes and makeup or do it for them! Or create video courses of how to do makeup and sell those! There are many platforms to hold these courses on.

7. Sell Paintings and Art

Can you draw, paint or doodle . Sell your art! Instagram is the best platform to showcase your work these days. People go there for eye candy and most of them are interested in hiring or buying.

If you can draw, paint or doodle, let people know that they can hire you!  Give them ideas of what you can do for them. Do you offer frames, posters, illustrations, wall painting, what is it that you can do, tell them! Show examples in your profile. Talk about what you enjoy doing and how we can hire you.

8. Sell Graphics and Clipart

Create clip art. A few years ago, I had no idea how badly some people needed cute little illustrations. Then I started making my own printables and oh my goodness… please let me know if you create clipart!

Digital creators use clip art and fonts in their work. We are always on the look out for stuff. There are a few ways to sell clipart actually. Create bundles of popular themes that people are looking for. For example A-Z animals, Flowers, Dinosaurs, Lanterns, Christmas, Ramadan.

Where can you sell clipart? Etsy, Teachers Pay Teachers, Hungry JPEG, many stock sites… People even have their own websites from where they sell quality licensed artwork.

9. Event planner.

If you are good with planning events and throwing parties. If you have class. Make a job out of it!

You need to be the kind of person who’s in the know about trends in design, decoration, and desserts. If you love to see a project through from start to finish, this may be the dream job for you. If you are someone who’s calm under pressure and will have a backup plan for the backup plan when things go unexpectedly wrong on the day of a big event, you can do this! Think Birthday parties, children’s events, large family events and social gatherings!

10. Home Day care

If you like children and love being around them teaching and playing, create a little day care where your kids get to play with their kids!  

11. Kids activities supplier:

Does your play dough always turn out perfect? You know how to make slime that holds? Are other mums always admiring your kids activities? Create activities and sell that homemade playdough and slime and sensory kits!

12. Babysit babies and pets.

If you like children… or cats and birds even. There are people who would love to use your services.

13. Are you good at selling used items.

Believe it or not, there are people who really know how to sell old stuff really fast. You take a commission on selling someone’s old stuff. If you like to refurbish items and make them one of a kind, even better!

14. Online Teaching Assistance Provider

Can you create worksheets, printables or lesson plans? If you have an idea about curriculums and how schools plan lessons and activities, you can do this.

If you can create printable activities and worksheets for children of all ages, you can sell those online. There are many homeschooling mothers as well as teachers who save time by buying resources online.

At the moment, due to virtual schooling, there is a huge demand for google and seesaw slides and such paperless resources to teach children. If you know powerpoint and online meeting apps, create these resources and sell them.

15. Teach or tutor from home.

With schools going online, we are all using virtual schooling so why not, virtual tutoring too?  If you are good at a subject, not just for school kids but even older children, college graduates or may be you can teach us Arabic or French or Spanish; there are even adults willing to learn. You can also teach arts and crafts and DIY that I mentioned above. How about painting, calligraphy, doodling or show people how to flower arrange?!

16. Translation Jobs from Home

If you are fluent in two or more languages, you can consider working as a translator. There are places like Fiverr, Upwork and Freelancer, where people look for translators. 

17. Teaching Languages online

There are sites who want native speakers in many languages . They will pay you 15-100$ per hour. Once such site is iTalki. 

18. Virtual Assistant Jobs

What are you good at? Offer your secretarial services as a Virtual Assistant.

Virtual Assistant is a person who works remotely. They assist you with whatever you’ve hired them for and you pay them online. There are many ways to become a Virtual Assistant actually. People hire a VA to do bookkeeping, as social media managers, graphic designers, editors, answer emails, make videos, book tickets… so many things to do.

Finding a VA job is not difficult. There are many Facebook and LinkedIn groups where people ask for VAs. Just search for’ VAs for Hire’ or ‘Virtual Assistance’ on any platform. Also you can google Virtual Assistance Jobs and many agencies will come up who will train and help you find jobs.

A Virtual Assistant is paid by the hour so you get to quote your own price. IT is anything from $10 (SAR 35) to $1000s. It all depends on your experience and how much responsibility you are shouldering. Some people even do project by project VA Jobs.

19. Online Therapist and Dietician Jobs

Are a doctor, a therapist, a nutritionist or a fitness advisor? You can offer online counseling.

Therapy is very expensive. Sometimes we need people to talk to who will understand us (but not cost us a kidney)! Also, it is easier to talk to someone online than go and see them in person.

To be a cousellor online you will need to build trust. Have a website and social proof. You ca talk about common ailments you treat on social media and blog about it on your site. Offer a few free consultations in the beginning in exchange of testimonials. If you can get someone to endorse you, that is even good. It will be a slow start but keep at it and you will build credibility.

20. Interior Designing and Engineering Jobs

Are you an engineer or architect? Create your own products – books, solutions, support services… think different. Do a search around google and see what people are doing.

Interior designing, Home improvement, Home plans, people need ideas for a dream home. If you can give ideas to people – like sort of a consulting business, many will hire you for your advice. 

21. Photography Jobs

Are you a photographer? Can you take good photos- not necessarily with a DSLR because even Smart Phone photography is very popular these days.

If you have an eye for photos, know how to edit and transform ordinary looking photos to award winning kind, build a business out of it. If you can’t do photo shoots in person, sell your own photos that you have taken previously. People need stock photos for blogs, publications and websites. You can sell your photos to stock websites or even create your own album and sell them to bloggers. They need background images and some will even hire you to do a shoot for them. 

22. Illustrators

Can you make Logos and illustrations? You can sell your art as is or create your own Print on demand product and sell them.

Many people want to buy good illustrations to make their own products at home. Illustrations, JPEG, PNG or SVG files and DIY logo designs can be sold on design sites like HungreyJpeg, Designpost, Etsy, Fiverr, etc , 

23. Work from Home Proof Reading Jobs

Do you like reading? Work as a proof reader. Many writers, content creators and university students (and their professors!) want a second pair of eyes to look at their manuscripts or even thesis. Can you do this? You can easily find these jobs advertised in local job searches.

24. Make Videos on Demand

Can you make good videos? Just like how people need photos, there are some who need someone to create videos on demand. If you have the skills, you will be surprised at how easy and a no brainer this job is but seriously there is someone looking for you to make them cooking or craft videos in your home and send it to them. They will pay you good money for it too.

25. Online Copywriting Jobs

Copywriting. If you think you have a way with words and can ‘sell a monk a ferrari’ or you know how to condense75 pages of material into 15 lines, you can work as a copywriter or even a content writer.

Many advertising agencies and online websites need copywriters to make their content look fun and appealing. If you can write and your writing attracts attention, this is a fun job.

26. Online Editing Jobs

If you have knowledge of how the internet works. If you know a lot about how Google and Search Engine Optimization work,  look for work as an online editor. Many large blogs and multi author websites need your skills for proofreading their articles to make it search engine friendly.

27. Editor for Magazines

You can also work as an editor for print media.

My first job as an online editor was while I was studying at University. The person who hired me reached out to me in a forum (we didn’t have social media then… think of forums as a Facebook group). So meaning to say, those Whatsapp and Facebook groups, even twitter, there are people there who are looking to hire. The best place however remains LinkedIn. 

28. Write a book!

Can you write? Write a book! If you have always dreamt of being an author, here’s your chance girl! Do it. Publish your own books.

29. Coding Jobs

Can you code? Do you know what I am talking about when I say CSS, HTML, Python? Or how websites are built? Can you tweak codes? Built bots or apps?

Many school and college children know this stuff these days. Again, I have hired my 11year old to build apps and bots for me! Many big brands are looking for that skill. If you can build apps for them to solve small problems, they will pay you monthly to manage those apps. It’s a job from home and you only have to keep an eye on your app. 

Did I mention they pay BIG money? Take a guess? 😉

30. Social Media Manager

Social Media Crazy? Do you like social media and enjoy pinning or posting pictures, videos and memes? You my be the perfect candidate for a digital marketeer.

As I said before brands, businesses and bloggers are looking for people to handle their social media accounts. If you know how to place Ads or the dimensions for each platform and what it means to ‘drive engagement’, you know your job!

31. Digital Influencer

Do you know who is an Influencer? If you have a  large following on social media, you can monetize your accounts. Brands will pay you good money to market their products . Just make sure they know you are available to do it.

Use a business account, review products and places and if your keen on working with someone in particular reach out to them. Just remember though, don’t work for free food, gifts or makeup. Respect yourself and your work! Always quote your price.

32. Accounts Jobs from Home

If you are good with Accounting, have you considered helping others managing their accounts and taxes. Many people need someone to handle their books. Many small businesses and big bloggers hire people to keep a record of their numbers.

33. Coaching Jobs

Are you a positive person who knows how to motivate others to do their best? Consider becoming a coach. If you have been training a particular field and have some success stories to share, use those testimonials to help other people.

34. Create Courses

If you have had a book or a service before, or you are an expert at something (even DIY!) and people are constantly asking you certain questions repeatedly; it is a good topic to start a course! You already have those students who may be interested. Here’s your chance!

35. Blogging

Create a blog. I purposely kept this form of WAHM job for last. 😀

The reason is because this is not a ‘get rich quick or get popular’ scheme. It requires hard work, experience with writing on the web, good graphic skills, ability to take good clear pictures, a good understanding of how social media works and then an idea of how to DIY technical backend stuff. Also, it takes a bigger investment to start before you see results.

You also need to know how bloggers earn money. For someone who has got things right from the start, it takes atleast 6 months for them to start making money and seeing results.

Blogging is a good way to earn passive income. Once you’re established, you will be working less (but no less harder) and the money comes in without you working all the time.

But for that to happen, you need to work VERY hard and be willing to spend a lot on educating yourself and investing in your business. For ideas on how bloggers earn, visit my Blogging website here.

These are just 35 Work at Home jobs for Stay at Home moms. Tell me in the comments below, what skills do you have?

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