For many kids get their first sip of entrepreneurship comes from running a small lemonade stand in their front yard. I remember doing the same in my childhood as well. We moved a plastic lunch table into the front yard and Scotch taped a sign proclaiming 5 cents for a small paper glass of lemonade. We were officially in business.
With a little bit of planning, the lemonade stand can be a great way to teach your children about what it takes to operate a small business. After all there are supply costs like packets of lemonade or fresh squeezed lemons if you want to go high-end, cups, napkins, and of course a big jug to hold the drink. There’s labor, usually free. And of course sales and marketing skills. If you take the time to sit down with kids to help them understand basic costs of operation and some basic marketing, a lemonade stand can be an extremely educational and hands on experience. You might even get your kid or teenager genuinely interested in business!
Wherever your stand is, you’ll need a name that can pull in the crowds or selling lemonade will not be as profitable as you’d like. Downloading our lemonade business plan template can help ensure your approach is financially sound.
Check out our curated list of lemonade stand name ideas and brand names to help get your lemonade business off the ground. We also reveal guidance on how much you should charge and ways to drive more sales with a lemonade stand at the end of the post.
Lemonade Stand Name Ideas
A busy lemonade stand setup on a kitchen table.
Putting up a lemonade stands in the front yard truly is a great American pass time. And believe it or not, a lemonade stand in a popular location can be a real cash-cow for some. Having a great name for your lemonade stand can help to improve your sales and make it more memorable. So take a look at the name ideas to start your brainstorming.
- Brown’s Lemonade Stand
- The Local Lemon
- Next Door Lemonade
- Made by Mom
- Cool Kids Lemonade Stand
- Chill Lemonade Stand
- Chris Made Lemonade
- Doctor Lemon
- Hannah’s Homemade Lemonade
- Indulge Lemons
- Jazzy Juiced
- Lemjuice
- Lemon and Loaded
- Lemonade by Linda
- Lemonade Hangout
- Lemonade Lane
- Lemonade on the Go
- Lemonade Paradise
- Lemonader
- Lemon-A-Peel
- Lemons n’ Love
- Lemstand
- Life of a Lemon
- Life’s Lemons
- Lots of Lemon
- Lousiana Lemons
- Pressed n’ Pulped
- Seaside Squeezes
- Sour, Sweet Squeezes
- Squeezed in Seattle
- Sugary Sour
- Susie’s Stand
- Sweeter than Sour
- The Jolly Juice
- The Lemon Ladies
- The Lovely Lemon
- The Refresh Hut
- The Sugary Stop
Funny Lemonade Stand Name Ideas
Some fresh squeezed lemonade trailers charge $5 or more per glass.
While having a great name for your lemonade stand business can help you to generate more sales, but having a funny name can help even more. After all this is not a serious business. Suck on some of these funny name suggestions.
- Be my Zest
- Pucker Up
- Lemon Eyes
- Berry Good Lemonade
- Bob Knows Lemons
- Crazy Lemons
- Friendly Little Lemon
- Girls Just Wanna Sell Lemonade
- Happy belly Lemonade Stand
- Laughing Lemons
- Lemon Lunatics
- Lemonade on the Brain
- Lemondenza
- Lemons From Heaven
- Lemony
- Life Hands You Lemons
- May the Lemonade Be With You
- Peel the Sour
- Peeled in Paradise
- QuenchHut
- Sassy Pants Lemonade
- Silly Squeezes
- Sour Route
- Sourpuss
- Squeeze The Day
- Squeeze the Day Lemonade
- Squeezed
- Squeezed Sweetness
- Standby Lemonade Stand
- Sugaryzest
- The Main Squeeze
- The Sour Kids
- The Sour Sip
- Twisty Flips Lemonade
- When Life Gives You Lemons
- Yellow Heart
Lemonade Brand Names
Bottles of lemonade.
Lemonade stand businesses can be known for their stand name or you can take it one step further and build a beverage brand. Don’t think this is a viable business idea? Think again! The lemonade brand, Simply Lemonade brought in over $415 million in 2018. Here are our best names for your future brand.
- 3 Little Ladies Lemonade
- Citrasqueeze
- Citrus Sour
- Cool Chills
- Creative Craft Lemonade
- Exotic Infusion Lemonade
- Front Porch Lemonade
- Just Juiced Lemonade
- Just Lemonade
- Lakeside Lemonade
- Lancaster Lemonade
- Lemon Isle
- LemonMade
- Lemons Lemonade
- Liliana’s Lemonade
- Literally Lemonade
- Little One Lemonade
- Lotus’ Supreme Lemonade
- Made Fresh Lemonade
- Pucker Up!
- Refreshhhh
- Retro Lemon
- Right Mix Lemonade
- San Fran Sour
- Seriously Squeezed
- Simply Sweet
- Sour Face Lemonade
- Sour Lemons
- Squeezeade
- The Wright Lemonade
- The Zest Lemonade
- Tropical Treat
- Wandering Lemonade
How much should you charge for cup of lemonade?
Look online for lemonade stand design inspiration.
Lemonade has long been sold on sidewalks across the United States, and has been priced varyingly from as little as five cents to as much as five bucks. How much you charge for your own lemonade should be based on your overhead and the area in which you are selling. Keep in mind that if you’re selling for a really low price, you might get some extra tips from generous adults.
Prices should also depend on whether you are using a powdered mix or fresh lemons and the size of the cups you are selling. For an average cup size, you can charge around $1 – $1.50 per cup, although some stands do charge up to $5 for a large cup. However, few tend to go above that price, as it prices them out of the market with passers-by, who are the main trade of lemonade stands.
Make sure you take the time to understand your beverage costs. The ability to take raw ingredients and be able to sell a product for more than you paid is one of the most important skills to learn for a future business owner.
How to maximize sales with a lemonade stand?
Having fun and learning a lot.
Maximizing your sales can be done in a number of ways. The first is cost. Limiting your profit margins to an acceptable figure to make your prices more affordable can help to increase sales, especially if you are undercutting the competition.
Encourage your kids to keep track of all the sales on a piece of paper. Then you can add up the total sales and subtract the expenses together at the end of the day. You get parental bonus points for explaining to kids that in the future they will be required to pay taxes on their income and how that impacts business operations.
You could also ideate other ways of making money at the end of the day. Could offering an organic lemonade bolster profitability by increasing the value of each cup? What about new flavors options? Could you sell ready made snacks? Baked goods? Could you knock on doors in the neighborhood to increase demand? The opportunities are endless if you’re creative.
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Location, location, location! As with any sales, it is all about where you are located. For a lemonade stand, the best location would be a place with plenty of foot or car traffic. If you’re home is located on a main roadway or sidewalk that’s ideal. The main thing is you want to find a vending location that will have enough action to maintain the interest of your child. If you live on a country road where only two people drive past per day, it could be challenging to maintain the excitement for a kid.
Additional extras for sale can help increase and maximize sales, so consider adding snacks as well, having a variety of lemonade styles and varieties, or even offering 2-4-1 deals or other offers. Snacks such as small sandwiches, rolls, and cookies make a great complement to lemonade, and can help to bring more customers that are looking for a snack with their drinks.
At the end of the day, remember to have some fun with this childhood activity. If you keep things fun, while building in some life lessons and you’ll be creating lifelong memories that will serve your children for decades to come.
