Siena, WA

Did you name your lemonade stand? If yes, please let us know what you called it. If not, please go on to the next question.

My brother and sister and I called it "the pink drink stand" to ourselves, but the sign said "PINK LEMONADE" We almost called it "Nancy Ann's" since we were honoring a Granma. We thought we'd keep it simple.

We wanted to catch the attention of everyone driving by, so we made a GIANT glass of pink lemonade. We built the design out of light weight foam core so we could tranport it easily. Then we attached it to a sturdy table and some extra Ikea shelving. It was kind of like a theater set with light artwork and a lot of backstage tape. We chose Pink Lemondade because we gave a portion of our proceeds to Breast Cancer in honor of our Grandmother's (who survived it) 75^th birthday.

Think pink! It looks like a booth made from a white table w/wood on one side that supports a large sign that says "Fresh Squeezed Pink Lemonade" The other side is a giant glass of pink lemonade w/a straw. A smaller sign describes where a portion of proceeds are going. A white tablecloth hides our supplies. We made matching signs to post at a busy corner and hold up as we chanted cheers. We used pink balloons and a big pink Breast Cancer ribbon. We all wore pink shirts and played the the theme to the Pink Pather.

We wanted to use real lemons since we were charging 75 cents a glass. We looked up lots of recipes and decided to use one with a "simple syrup" (sugar and water cooked on the stove) so the sugar wouldn't sink to the bottom. We started with some recipes, but then just tested it until it was perfect. To make it pink, we added food coloring. We thought about adding cranberry juice, but we decided it might make it taste like cranberries. We also microwaved the lemons to make them easier to squeeze to save time (time is money!)

$56! We charged 75 cents a glass hoping that people would say "keep the change" when they gave us a dollar. It worked! We also made tiny pink cupcakes that we sold for 25 cents. So, either way we got at least a dollar form almost everyone. People were really nice. Almost everyone tipped. We made little coupons that we handed out at the park across the street. One woman gave us $5 and didn't even buy anything!