Ghosty I have been having a similar dilemma just this week. I want to get a job because we could do with the extra money and I quite enjoy going out and working but....
I don't want to work school holidays, I don't want my daughter in after-school care every night and I am aware that I will need time off for her medical appointments, etc. I have no problem with anyone else doing this, it just doesn't feel right for me.
Anyway, I have now, about an hour ago, decided not to apply for the job I had set my sights on but to bear it in mind for the future when DD is older. In the meantime, I am keeping my fingers crossed that my friend gets the job she's gone for and can give a me good recommendation into her term-time job....!
I do some face painting but decided not to do it as a job because it meant being out of the house at weekends and after school without DD. Time for that when she's older.
I was speaking to a woman at a craft fair on Saturday who paints fairy boxes/mirrors, etc. - absolutely gorgeous, I bought three mirrors for parties DD is off to in the next few weeks. She does entirely as a hobby and then sells the things she makes to make room for her to make more money. She'll never make a fortune but just likes doing it. I think this is the only way craft things work.
If you are good at doing plays for children and also contemplating writing for children, why not put together a book of plays covering topics that come up at school e.g. bullying, or just fun things or new Nativity plays? Every parent in the UK must have seen the Sleepy Shepherd by now.....
Maybe if you put together one or two you could sell them cheaply locally?