However, I know I can always turn to Staples to have everything I need for back-to-school. I love how they have everything on my list, organized in such a way to make shopping quick and easy, with the variety to keep my picky five year old happy. (Everything must be blue this year. Ugh.)
Mom Select and Staples teamed up to send me a small sampling of the great school supplies Staples is offering this year. Some of my favorites:
Do Something.org notebooks, folders, and planners - These products are exclusive to Staples and help students stay organized while learning about important issues impacting their communities. Each product features cool designs including background on social issues and tips on how students can make a difference. I'm using the planner to keep track of my daughter's school assignments and school functions, while she was thrilled to find a blue notebook and folder included in the box, and crossed those items off of her school supply list right away.
Westcott KleenEarth products - These products are eco-conscious and include environmental features such as handles made from recycled content. Bonus: they also have Microban antibacterial protection, perfect for using around kids who prefer the back of their hand to a tissue. We received a pair of scissors (checking off the supply list!), a sharpener for pencils and crayons, and a ruler. Cordy already loves the scissors with the bright orange handles!
Staples Soccer Buddy Calculator - Cordy doesn't use a calculator yet, but she wants to learn now that she's found this new blue friend! It's bendy and features a fun mini-soccer ball to help achieve all her math "goals" - OK, bad pun, but she's already named it "Blue number guy" so I think it's here to stay.
Omnitech 2GB Swivel Flash Drive - Another Staples exclusive, this flash drive will make sure you never lose the cap again. Just swivel to click it into place and it's ready to travel in your backpack or purse. This thing is genius - I can't tell you how many flash drive caps I've lost and how many flash drives I've ruined from bending the metal connectors. I wish all flash drives were made like this!
Many of these items are already in my daughter's backpack, waiting for her first day of school on Wednesday. The items we didn't need are being donated to the school to help provide supplies for other kids who can't afford them.
I've got one $25 Staples gift card to give to a lucky reader! To enter, leave a comment below telling me your favorite school supply to buy when you were a kid. Be sure to leave your e-mail address so I can contact you if you are selected! One entry per person/household, please - if I find you cheating, your entries will be deleted.
US residents only. Entries will be accepted until Friday, August 27 at 11:59pm Eastern time. One winner will be selected at random from available entries using Random.org. Winner has three days to respond or another winner will be selected.
Good luck and happy back-to-school shopping!
Full disclosure: I received a box of the supplies listed above from Staples to facilitate my review. No further compensation was received. All opinions of these products are my own - no guarantee of a positive review was promised nor expected.
136 comments:
I liked getting a new lunchbox.
mami2jcn at gmail dot com
I loved the new trapper keepers!
April beat me to it! I loved my Trapper Keepers! LOL
HORTON111@AOL.COM
I ALWAYS LIKED GETTING A NEW PENCIL BOX
I loved buying pencils because I loved sharpening them!
Thank you for the giveaway :)
hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com
For me, it was always the backpack that that took top priority on my back to school needs.
guandi(at)hotmail.com
I loved new pens and notebooks (that had not been written in at the time).
msgb245 at gmail dot com
My favorite was colors.
pcollins@viscom.net
Believe it or not the "Eraser".
I would pull it out everyday and place it in the upper right hand corner of my desk. I loved the smell of them and hoped I would never have to use it. Diffently was a wish! lol :o)
My favorite schhol supply when I was a kid was a new backpack
crayons
My mom always bought me pencils with my name engraved on them and they were my favorite thing.
waitressdani (at) hotmail (dot) com
fresh brand new crayons
I loved getting a new Trapper keeper!! I still remember my fave one with a sandy beach on it.
hippopurplemonkey at yahoo dot com
I loved my new box of crayons (64 count I think) that had the built in sharpener. I also loved my black and white checkered Trapper Keeper.
sweepworm@gmail.com
Felt tip markers in the 50 pack were my favorite thing to buy.
I liked Trapper Keepers.
I love love love Crayons and the markers that smell like different things! :)
moore8809@hotmail.com
backpack, lunchbox, and book covers
tvollowitz at aol dot com
When I was a kid we didn't have to take much to school other than pencils, paper and a box of kleenex. I always wanted to get the fanciest kleenex box!
I liked buying a pencil box.
rhoneygtn at yahoo dot com
I loved having a brand new Big Chief tablet.
Thanks for a fun giveaway!
I liked wood pencils. Always entertaining when you were bored
jlafount at hotmail dot com
I loved getting a backpack with a tv theme on it every year
Diane baum
esldiane@gmail.com
Jars of paste because I'd eat it - I know, I'm weird (and also very old).
ky2here at msn dot com
I loved getting notebooks! I loved being able to pick mine out from all the designs
souldolphindream@aol.com
the lunch box is the best mverno@roadrunner.com
I always loved getting a lunch box and crayons.
dawns_horizen@yahoo.com
I always loved picking out a pencil case and lunch box. They were the closest things to a purse. :)
kirbycolby at gmail dot com
Glue. I loved making fingerprints in it. I usually got it taken away cause I wouldn't put it away.
tdlsfm(at)gmail(dot)com
I loved getting new pencils.
austma7@aol.com
My favorite back to school item was always my lunchbox. It seemed to be the one thing with which I could be as cool as everyone else. :)
It was also one of the few things that paid to be the oldest sibling... my sister had to use my lunchboxes from the past year and I could usually choose a new one. Oooh, that was cruel, wasn't it?!
angelsandmusic[at]gmail[dot]com
Lots of pens and pencils.
My favorite thing was the ink pen that you could click and choose your own color (red, blue or black). I actually had it took away in 3rd grade because I was always wanting to grade my neighbors paper using red, lol! Jenny kymom36@yahoo.com
I'd love to buy pens in different colors and cool notebooks like the trapper keeper!
Bloggytime20 at yahoo dot com
I liked mechanical pencils and the case to hold them.
My favorite school supply to buy when I was a kid was cool binders or folders, I loved to look for cool images like animals (horses running, or dogs...)
Beth_W(at)ix.netcom.com
A book bag. Thanks
dlhaley(AT)hotmail.com
I loved the little pencil sharpeners....great way to kill time! -Wes wmarner at gmail dot com
I loved buying the coolest notebooks and folders with the cool and pretty designs.
sarahlynn06@hotmail.com
i always liked finding the "best" lunchbox and really cute spiral notebooks
I liked getting folders with my favorite characters. I still do, actually. LoL.
I'm another lunchbox person. I loved picking out a new one each year.
My Favorite school supply to buy as a kid was my notebooks, I always wanted to get the coolest ones!
bakergurl02 at yahoo dot com
My favorite was the new box of Crayola Crayons I always got at the first of every elementary school year. I love opening the box and inhaling their "new smell" and running my fingers over the perfect rows of unused crayons.
I have to agree with a few of the others in that Trapper Keepers were super cool to buy.
My favorite school supply was book covers! I wanted the coolest ones!
Clownscrytoo@gmail.com
I loved buying those big three ring binders, always white so I could decorate them with markers and make them my own
I liked getting a lunchbox
a cool binder
a cool binder
I loved trapper keepers, every year i got a new binder but the best was when trapper keepers came out, they were so much fun with all their pockets and organization, :)
jennifer.lleras@gmail.com
I used to LOVE my Trapper Keeper. That was the best.
katfam95 at aim dot com
My favorite was a few new mechanical pencils. I loved not having to get up in front of everyone and grind down a bit of wood, only to have it snap in the sharpener and have to start again!
I have to agree the Trapper Keepers were the best!
I always liked picking out my new backpack!
mintstatesportswear(at)juno(dot)com
My favorite was getting new crayons.
choateorama(at)gmail(dot)com
I loved to pick up my new lunchbox for the year!
lori37712@gmail.com
I loved to pick up new pens and pencils
I always loved a fresh new notebook -- all those clean pages and sharp edges!
Colored pencils were my favorite.
sharonaquilino at hotmail dot com
I always liked trying to find fun binders.
I love to look for binders. Then start sticking photos/paintings on its front...
alorsquoi at yahoo dot com
I liked to buy fancy notebooks
My favorite was brand new, sharp pencils with whole, clean erasers!
sksweeps (at) earthlink (dot) net
I loved buying calculators!
I loved getting new binders.
tderosa142 at gmail dot com
I was always excited about the bookbag
JillianVeit@gmail.com
I always loved shopping for my lunch box and thermos.
I always liked getting a brand new lunch box each year.
marcia.goss@gmail.com
I always loved getting a brand new trapper keeper! honeypie411 at yahoo dot com
What I liked most was the pencil cases. colekat2000@yahoo.com
Mine would be a trapper keeper
liquidkite(at)yahoo(dot)com
I couldn't wait to get new crayons every year!
My favorite school supply was picking out a cool folder with my favorite musical artist or tv character (I was in love with the Fonz)
Thanks for sponsoring the contest !
reallycool3108 at yahoo dot com
liked getting more notebooks to doodle in - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
I loved my new box of crayons and my pencil box.
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill@comcast.net
Crayons i love new crayons.
dawn1966@gmail.com
I loved getting a new box of crayons
I have no recollection of my childhood before mid-teenage years. So, I guess I'll say paste. I probably ate it like a snack.
kanderspina~at~yahoo~dot~com
My favorite thing to buy was colored construction paper!
katyjv1988(@)yahoo(dot)com
I always like to buy good paper.
hellrzr(at)juno(dot)com
I loved getting exotic pens. It was years before my folks found out I was only allowed to use pencils ;)
I liked getting binders and a new lunch box.
New pink erasers!
Jennifer, jennem22 at yahoo dot com
I'm obsessed with pens - always have been!
parentville AT gmail.com
I loved buying paper for my three ring binders. I have always had an abiding love for paper.
I loved buying paper for my three ring binders. I have always had an abiding love for paper.
I loved getting crayons, markers and pens! Now I have a bit of an index card obsession. trinitygsd at yahoo dot com
I always like finding a great mechanical pencil - I like fine lines.
my backpack
Okay, I admit it! I was a total crayon junkie! I loved to get a new box of crayons. Yes, I still do!
sweepyhead at gmail dot com
colored pencils would be my pick
I loved buying different colored pens.
dlodden at frontiernet dot net
I love buying crayons.
I love shopping for pens. Still do!
kaleidoscopequeen at gmail dot com
big box of crayons...
pamatmayo at hotmail dot com
I loved those scented markers, thanks for the chance!
Hotsnotty2@hotmail.com
New pencils
Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<
bloggyig at gmail dot com
Loved buying pencil cases!
theluffi at gmail dot com
This sounds really dorky, but I loved to have all kinds of different erasers when I was a kid!
digicat {AT} sbcglobal {DOT} net
I liked getting the folders with cute puppy and kitten pictures on them
HobartsMama {AT} AOL.COM
I loved shopping for brand new binders
I always loved shopping for those pocket folders that came in all sorts of designs, photos, cartoon characters, etc. (and of course, good ol' PeeChee folders!).
Many thanks!
I loved the metal lunch boxes with the thermas and the cartoon characters or TV shows on them.
dolniaks[at]consolidated[dot]net
when i was little my favorite was picking my book bag
ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com
I always loved getting a new Trapper Keeper each year - I remember forcing my mom to take me to store after store until I found the perfect one for the school year. Thanks!
gkaufmanss@yahoo.com
I guess the folders with cool pictures on them were my favorite. Though, we didn't have to buy too many school supplies if I remember correctly.
tlannan30[at]yahoo[dot]com
Crayons- there is nothing like the smell of a new box of Crayola lol
I always loved picking out new pens. lisacarr7 at aoldotcom
I use to love buying my backpack. I know love buying cute ones for my girls. Thank you!
I loved getting new notebooks....
trippyjanet at hotmail dot com
I was a crayon junkie. I liked the colors.
whitbrit AT gmail DOT com
I always loved getting new notebooks and folders. When I was a kid, Lisa Frank products were all the rage and I wanted it all! : )
beckyspoolstra at gmail.com
I used to love buying a new binder every year
Email address is in blogger profile
I loved getting new notebooks and turning one into my journal.
kimojax9 at gmail dot com
When I was young it was crayons, I loved the big box of 64 w/a pencil sharpener. When I was in middle school it was the Trapper Keeper, and now that I'm grown and in college, it's a good quality pen that makes me smile.
msurosey@Yahoo.com
My favorite school supply to buy when I was a kid would have to be markers/crayons!
alittlepieceofheaven777(at)yahoo(dot)com
As a kid I loved getting a new box of sharp crayons for school
I loved picking out a new lunchbox
s2s2 at comcast dot net
I loved getting a new binder - and it had to have brand new dividers....I was always trying to be so organized!
Definitely notebooks!
I used to love picking out folders because I could choose the design I wanted!
annemarie562000(at)yahoo(dot)com
My favorite school supply as a child was always my new backpack.
jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com
I loved getting binders.
charisscharity at yahoo dot com
I loved getting my folders. Lisa Frank designs with their bright colors were my favorite!
lisalmg25 at gmail dot com
I always liked buying pens - lots of different colors and styles!
Thanks for the giveaway!
email in blogger profile.
I always liked picking out a new Trapper Keepers
I liked getting folders because there were always soo many different prints to choose from!
New lunchbox!
Thanks - Sarah Z
believedreamcourage (at) gmail.com
My favorite was always the spiral notebooks. I could get my favorite colors. Thanks.
I liked the multi tabbed notebooks. Thanks for the contest.
I always got so excited about getting a new calculater
ardy22 at earthlink dot net
Colored pencils... those really big packs!
I always wanted a pencil case. Didn't use them much, but I always wanted a new one.
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