{"about":{"summary":"A directory of side businesses that real people say they run, each summarized in our words and linked to its public source.","notes":["Sources are public, first-person accounts: interviews, podcasts and community threads.","Cost, time and the other tags are machine estimates, each with a confidence score.","Income figures are the owner's own claim. We don't verify them."],"how_to_cite":"Link the idea page and its source. Call income figures the owner's unverified claim, and cost and time estimates."},"idea":{"slug":"kids-party-equipment-rentals-c9391b","title":"Kids party equipment rentals","summary":"Renting kid-sized tables and chairs, ball pits, bounce houses and party stations for children's events. It started from a basement and an Instagram page and runs alongside a full-time job.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/kids-party-equipment-rentals-c9391b","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/kids-party-equipment-rentals-c9391b.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"rentals","label":"Rentals and assets","confidence":0.93},"earns_from":{"value":"rent","label":"Rent","confidence":0.97},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"over-10k","label":"Over $10k","confidence":0.44},"time_estimate":{"value":"part-time","label":"Part-time","confidence":0.66},"where":{"value":"both","label":"Online and in person","confidence":0.53},"needs_coding":{"value":false,"confidence":0.99}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by Tayo Lanlehin: a $295,000 business after four years","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"Side Hustle Nation","title":"This Mom Turned Kids' Chairs Into a Six-Figure Rental Empire","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDNl9Z6VKxM","person":"Tayo Lanlehin","host":"Nick Loper","date":"2026-08-25"},"owner_site":"https://www.bayareakidsrentals.com/"}}