I thought it was just me that gets excited about school supplies! I'm in good company then.

I have a huge Rubbermaid bin full of the basic school supplies (pens, pencils, notebooks, loose leaf, markers...etc..). I probably have enough supplies for the next 3 years. The only things they'll need are what the teachers want them to have specifically and I won't find that out until their 1st day. My dd's backpack is only a few months old, ds will need a new one.

My kids are going into 7th grade and they don't use crayons in school, sometimes they might color something at home. For the most part they use markers and colored pencils, and Roseart works well.

A store that I've been shopping at for school supplies for the past 2 years is Walgreens. That store has been my little secret. While everyone is packed into our Target and Walmart, I shop freely at Walgreens grabbing up all the bargains and using the coupons from the Sunday paper.

Shopping for back to school supplies and clothes for the kids is one of my favorite things to do. Not so I can send them back to school, but it's just so fun. Weird I know.

I haven't found any of the .20 cent crayons at wal-mart this year. They are $1.00 for the ones that were .20 last year and they were that price right when they put them out. I'm wondering if they will even be .20 this year.

They're 20 cents at our WalMart. Dh was just there last night and bought a bunch...not knowing that I had already bought 10 boxes. LOL I saw them at Target today, 20 cents a box.

This will be my first year with a child in school pre-k and we are required to label. What do you use to label crayons and all, tape or do you buy labels?

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I use a fine tip sharpie...

only the crayola stuff and non-generic classroom supplies. I have spent $50.00 for classroom supplies it is crazy. Clorox wipes and all that plus what i have to buy for dd.

I reuse just about everything. I even gave the oldest dd the same color pencils last year. SHe never needed a new set. I only buy quality backpacks now. dd #1 went through 3 in two years and that was the end of that. I get mine at Land's End during the big clearance and I always by the momogramed ones. they take off extra 10%. I remove the momogram and u can't tell the difference. I try tog et the ones with initials and a pic then I just remove the initials.
forgot to add that I usually pay about $10 (sometimes less, sometimes more)per backpack. same or cheaper than a cheap backpack.
allgirls

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allgirls, mom to 3 girls

Office Depot has the 24 pack of crayola crayons for .09. Limit 5 per customer.

Hi Simplemom,

I don't know where you are, but Walmart just started their back to school bargains this week in my neck of the woods. I know other areas of the country started weeks ago, so it seems that they roll out their big deals by region and not all at one time.

Boxes of Roseart crayons were .10 cents today at my Target so I got a few. I went through my kids lists today also and marked off what we already have from last year. I have plenty of spiral notebooks leftover since they were a dollar for packs of ten last year at Target.