I can’t sleep, so I’m turning my obsessiveness to good use for you! Here are the best deals I’ve found on school supplies and an amazing site to help take the work out of back to school shopping.
If it’s too tedious to sort through this entire list, check out this website that has a school supply search engine. Search for any product and it will show you where you can buy it the cheapest! The search engine is pretty far down the page, so keep scrolling!
Also, Amazon has the best price around on glue sticks. Right now you can get a 30-pack of Elmer’s sticks for only $7.88.
Washable Crayola Markers-99¢ online only
Paper 2-Pocket Folders-15¢ each
Mini Pencil Box-47¢
Notebook paper-82 cents
Composition Books-50¢
Crayola 24-count Crayons-50¢
Backpacks-$4.97
1″ binders-97 cents
Mead Binders-40% off
Composition Notebooks-67 cents
Pencil cases-67 cents
BOGO on pencils, folders, notebooks, pencil cases, etc.
Wexford Erasers-50 cents
Wexford Pencil Top Erasers-50¢
Dry Erase Marker-4 pack for 69¢
Play doh single or 4 pack-BOGO
Contigo and Thermos Water Bottles-BOGO 50% off
Wexford Backpacks-$3
1″ Binders-69¢
Elmer’s Glue Sticks-5 pack-99¢
Composition Notebooks-99¢
Crayola Colored Pencils-99¢
Avery Binders-15% off
Crayola Markers-99¢ not the washable kind though
Bic Mechanical Pencils 8 count-27¢
Cat & Jack kids tees-30% off expires 8/5
See my previous post for more ways to save at Target this weekend!
Notebook Paper and Printer Paper-1¢ with $5 purchase
High Sierra Backpacks-50% off
Index Cards-50¢
Post-It Notes-Buy 2 Get 1 Free
Composition Notebooks-25¢
Pocket folders-15¢
Family Sized Kleenex Brand Tissues-3 pack-$4
Quality Lightweight Headphones-$6
#2 Pencils-72 count-$4
Plastic 2 pocket folders, with brads-50¢ each
Pencil top erasers-12 pack-25¢ each
Primary Composition Books-I couldn’t find these at all at Walmart or Walgreens
Plus they have this coupon:
Now pray for me as I prepare to take all three of my kids with me school supply shopping tomorrow!! Stupid as hell? Why, yes Ma’am! Unfortunately, necessity dictates. Good luck to all of you on your school supply shopping adventures! God speed!
Update: I just got back from finishing our school supply and clothes shopping. I actually ran out (ALONE, SO GLORIOUSLY ALONE!) at 6:45 this morning and ran to Walmart, Walgreens and Office Depot/Max before my husband had to leave for work. Then I came home, grabbed the kids, said some prayers and drove to Target. There we picked up a few more school supplies, socks and undies for all, and then I let the kids pick out their new backpacks and first day of school outfits.
All together I spent just over $50 on supplies for both kids, and considerably more on back to school clothes and accessories. I swear, “But it was on clearance!”, should be my nickname.
Here are my shopping tips for you:
IMO, Office Depot/Max had the best buys! I’ve never shopped for supplies there before so this was a great surprise. I got 3 packs of notebook paper for only 1¢ each, 12 pencil top erasers for 25¢, 72 pencils for $4 and a bunch of other things, and spent just enough to use the 30% off coupon which saved me another $9.00!
Side note: The coupon wouldn’t work at first because the headphones that both of my kids have on their lists weren’t considered school supplies(grrrr!), but the awesome manager at our local Office Max gave me the discount anyway!
Walmart had the best deals on markers, crayons and composition notebooks.
Walgreens had amazing prices on generic brand dry erase markers, binders and pencil cases.
You should visit Target for cheap colored pencils and 30% off Cat and Jack tees. They were also the only place I found the 1.4 oz. giant glue sticks that V needs for kindergarten, and had the best price on play-doh, also mysteriously on our supply list. The clearance clothes are only 30% off right now, but I’m sure those prices will be getting even lower if you wait a few weeks.
I hope you go out this weekend and take advantage of some of these great deals! I highly recommend going alone! Your wallet and any shreds of sanity you may have left after these kids have sucked all the life out of you, will thank you. And don’t forget, ALL clothes and shoes are tax-free this weekend, so treat yo’ self!
🙂 Erin