Make a babysitting flyer in two minutes.
Fill in six boxes, print it, put it through doors. It has the tear-off tabs that actually get you called, and it keeps your full name and your own number off a piece of paper strangers will be holding.
Make my flyerType on the left. Print on the right.
Nothing is saved and nothing is sent anywhere. It all happens in your browser, and it disappears when you close the tab.
First name and one initial only. Never put your full name on something you post through a stranger’s door.
Not sure? Work it out on the rate calculator first.
Use a parent’s number, not yours. A grown-up answering the first call is safer for you and reassures the family at the same time.
Maya R.
- Certified: The Babysitting Blueprint
- Evenings and weekends
- References from families I already sit for
- Happy to meet you first, with a parent
What makes a flyer get called.
- The tear-off tabs. A parent walking past a board will not remember a number. They will tear a tab. Without them the flyer is decoration.
- A rate on the page. Most flyers hide the number and it costs them calls. A family that cannot afford you was never going to call twice, and a family that can now knows you are serious.
- Training, named. Not “responsible and good with kids”. Everyone writes that. Name the actual course and let them check it.
- A grown-up number. It is safer for you, and it quietly tells the family there is an adult behind this.
- Where you will go. Naming your streets tells them you are local, which is most of what they want to know.
Ten places that actually work.
- The board in your local coffee shop, the one by the door
- Your library, in the children’s section
- The noticeboard at your community center or pool
- Pediatric and dentist waiting rooms, if they allow it
- The grocery store community board
- Your place of worship, if you have one
- Doors on your own street, with a parent walking with you
- The parent noticeboard at your own school
- Toddler group and preschool boards, always ask first
- A dance studio, gym or music school with young students
Always ask before you pin anything up. Being the person who asked is part of the impression.
A flyer gets the call. Training gets the job.
The line on that flyer that does the most work is the one naming your training, and the reason it works is that a parent can look it up. Six classes, a real test, and a certificate on a page with your name on it. $45.
Get certified — $45