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You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. All of these options can be done from the house and shouldn't take time away from the kids. By Cameron Huddleston , Online Editor Originally published April 21, Being a stay-at-home parent is a full-time job. As a result, it can be hard for some families relying on just one income to make ends meet or build savings.

However, there are ways for stay-at-home moms and dads to earn a bit of extra cash to supplement the family budget without leaving the house or sacrificing time with the kids. In fact, here are 10 money-making opportunities that can be pursued when your children are at school or asleep, or possibly even when they are awake and demanding your attention. The earnings potential is modest, and not every opportunity will be right for you, but over the course of a year you could pocket hundreds — and possibly even thousands — of dollars.

Get paid for your opinions. Taking surveys online can be a relatively quick way to earn enough to afford a few extras. Harris Poll Online , for example, awards points for the completion of online surveys, which can take between five and 25 minutes to fill out. Survey takers accumulate points and can redeem them for gift cards from retailers such as Amazon and Starbucks. Harris Poll Online also runs sweepstakes for survey participants that pay out cash rewards to winners.

Other online outfits that will pay you to take surveys include SurveyClub , Global Test Market and Swagbucks. There's no cost to sign up.

Site owners typically are looking for feedback about whether the Web site is confusing to navigate. Serve as an online juror. Some attorneys use large panels of online mock jurors to get feedback on their cases before they go to trial. However, the mock jurors must live in the county or federal district where the case will be tried. You can sign up at a couple of sites and receive e-mail notifications if a case is posted in your area. You can't be an attorney, paralegal or legal assistant — or even related to an attorney — to participate.

EJury says you're likely to have better luck getting picked if you live in a large metropolitan area, where more cases are tried, rather than a rural area. The average case takes about 35 minutes to review. Payment is made by check.

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If you have a computer with Internet connection and are good at searching the Web and communicating with others, you can become a virtual personal assistant with Fancy Hands. The service hires assistants, who set their own hours, to help its users tackle tasks such as making calls to service providers, scheduling appointments, and finding the best prices for services and products.

If you have an academic specialty and can squeeze in a couple of hours during the week while Junior is taking a nap or Janie is at gymnastics, share your knowledge with struggling students.

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Find students looking to improve their grades on your own through your kids' schools — check a site such as Craigslist. You must be available to tutor at least five hours a week and have a college degree to tutor certain subjects for Tutor.

Tutoring is done virtually from home via a computer, not in person. Be a mommy or daddy blogger. In fact, given that there already are so many blogs about life as a mom or dad , consider writing about another topic about which you are passionate. You can create your blog using a free platform from WordPress.

To make money, you can use the free Google AdSense service to display advertisements on your site. Depending on how much time you put into your blog and how many people visit it, you could be making a few hundred dollars each month within a year. Get freelance editorial work. Some pay by word, some by the hour and some pay per project. For example, if you register for free with Textbroker.

Then you can choose which projects you want based on your quality rating and earn 0.

Profit from you photos. Other sites that accept photos from contributors include iStock , Dreamstime and Sqeeqee. Working parents might not have the time to whip up a birthday cake or cupcakes for school parties. A friend of mine who is a single mom started making cupcakes as a way to keep herself occupied while staying with her dad when he was undergoing chemotherapy.

She posted a picture of her cupcakes on Facebook and instantly received several orders from friends. It can be manageable if your friend in need has only one or two kids.

Plus, the new playmates will help keep your children occupied for a few hours.

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