The Easy Canva AI Side Hustle that's Making $4,000+ per Month 💰

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Hayes walks through making kids’ activity books with ChatGPT and Canva, then publishing them print-on-demand on Amazon KDP for royalties with no upfront inventory. She says she found one airplane travel activity book via the Book Bolt research tool and, based on Book Bolt estimates she cites, that seller’s $7.99 book makes an estimated 506 sales a month — over $4,000 a month in estimated revenue for that one book, in her calculation. Using KDP’s royalty calculator (royalty rate of 50 or 60% times list price, minus printing cost), she estimates that seller’s first six books still total over $2,000 a month in net profit after printing. Her process: pick a sub-niche such as a specific age group or theme, use ChatGPT to generate word lists and crossword clues, build word searches, crosswords and mazes in Canva’s Activities Maker app (saving answer keys for the back), design a cover using KDP’s print cover template, then upload the interior PDF and cover to KDP, add keywords, set the price and publish. She recommends black-and-white interiors to keep printing costs lower.

Key takeaways

• Niche down to a specific age group or theme, such as animal or space word searches, to rank faster than with a broad activity book
• Use ChatGPT to generate word lists and crossword clues, then build the puzzles in Canva’s Activities Maker app and save its answer keys for the back of the book
• KDP royalties are calculated as the 50 or 60% royalty rate times list price minus printing cost; Hayes recommends black-and-white interiors to lower that printing cost
• Research demand first with a tool like Book Bolt and check competitors’ book size and page count on Amazon; common sizes she cites are 6x9 and 8.5x11 inches
• Build the cover to KDP’s print cover calculator template dimensions in Canva, upload interior and cover separately to KDP, and disclose AI-generated content when asked

Episode details: published June 17, 2025 · 18:48 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kate Hayes’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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