Do you let your kids pick out a new backback every year for school even if the previous one is still ok?

Oh gosh no! LOL! They both have backpacks from many years ago...we don't do any "character" clothing/backpacks etc It's just not something my kids have ever been interested in...so they're fine with solid colors.

So my younger son is still using his backpack from Kindergarten (he just finished 4th grade), it's from LLBean and it's green. My older was using his backpack from Kindergarten (also from LLBean) and it was blue...up until last year, when he wanted a different style. He had been using it for 8 years, so I was fine with that! He got one from North Face.

Backpacks and lunch boxes...I'm happy to pay more to have it last and we've really lucked out with LandsEnd and LLBean. Their stuff wears like iron and they have fantastic customer service.

Last year we got my ds all new, but, it was for Kindergarden, then of course 2 months after school started the "Lightning McQueen" backpack's zipper broke, so I went to Walmart and got a plain blue one that my ds loves!! He'll be using that and last years lunchbox till they wear out!!

***Thanks for the info in LLBean & LandsEnd, Oregano, I'll keep them in mind next time I need to replace ds's stuff!!

__________________
Rosie Puppy

No, my dd has dark pink Jansport backpack. She has used it seens preschool.

__________________
Sarah Joy

Yes. I don't invest heavily in back to school clothing so the new backpack is the substitute.

__________________
"I've been rich and I've been poor but independently wealthy is where it is at."

My blogs:
Oh!: http://oh-cookie.blogspot.com/
The Foundation Club: http://thefoundationclub.blogspot.com/
12 Months to a Homemade Christmas: http://12monthstoahomemadechristmas.blogspot.com/
Experiences, Not Things: http://experiencesnotthings.blogspot.com/

If you'd like to be friends on Facebook, PM me.

Last year I told them the book bag they get is going to stay with them for several years. We got black book bags last year and we put patches on them from places they visit or if stores that have them.

It gets to be too expensive to keep buying them.

__________________

It is the kids choice if they want a new one or not, usually my DS will need one because the zipper will break, but my DD usually uses hers from the year before.

__________________

No, they always last at least a couple of years.

__________________
~Happiness is a large family~

Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger. James 1:19

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 1 Corinthians 9:24

no, they use the same one till they need anew one!

__________________
http://tickers.bump-and-beyond.com/34/3431/343117.png

DS's backpack was NEVER ok. He would go through 2 or 3 every year. I finally got smart and stocked up while they were on sale.
DD did not like them so after she started middle school she stopped using them. She has an old one for sleepovers but that is it.