You can now RSVP for this week’s #gno party at MomItForward.com. There, you can include your Twitter URL in the link list and see the list of #gno gals with whom you can swap Back-to-School Shopping & Planning Tips. (If Mr. Linky is not showing up, go ahead and leave your Twitter URL in the comments, which offers #gno gals the opportunity to follow and be followed all in one place.)
Visit MomItForward.com/gno again tomorrow for more information and a custom Tweet Grid for that week´s event, and on Tuesday nights, tweet using the hashtag #gno and #crayola to join the convo. #gno participants will also have the chance to win great prizes.
This week we’re giving away another Crayola Creativity Pack, here at From Dates to Diapers. Each Crayola Creativity Pack includes the back-to-school list staples like 24-ct. Crayola Crayons, 10-ct, Crayola Markers and 12-ct. Colored Pencils and some of the new, innovative, affordable variations on these classics.
Here’s how to enter to win this week’s Crayola Creativity Pack:
- Leave me a comment here, before next Friday (August 21st), with some tips of your own… maybe tell us where you shop for back-to-school supplies and clothes, or your best tips for saving money as your kiddos start a new school year.
For additional entries, leave a comment upon completion of each of the following:
- Follow me – @YoungMommy – and @Crayola on Twitter.
- Tweet this, up to once a day, leaving a comment for each tweet :: Crayola Makes Getting Ready 4 School FUN! Enter 2 win #crayola creativity pack & join our #gno chat this wk :: #D2Dgvwy
- Become a fan of From Dates to Diapers on Facebook.
- Grab my button and place it on your own blog.
- Subscribe to From Dates to Diapers.
To learn more about great back-to-school products, from Crayola, check out www.crayola.com.
See you on Tuesday!
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I take the lists at the beginning of the summer and buy things individually as they go on sale, and just put them into the backpack as we go.
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I’ve been stocking up at staples and cvs for school supplies
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I love to shop all year round, looking for great deals on clearance items at stores like Walgreen’s, Wal-Mart and Target.
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I think, when buying back to school supplies, it’s important to stick to the school’s list, but budget for each child to pick out one or two things that are just fun or pretty or whatever. That makes it more fun for them to participate in the shopping.
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shop all the sales. when it comes to clothes, don’t buy things that are printed with things that are just in at the moment – like jeans with printed designs. b/c in a few months, they will be out and your child won’t want to wear them. and make sure to buy mix and match items.mavans@scottsboro.org
As a mother of three with two in school, I look throughout the year for school supply deals and grab them then. Places we normally grab from are Wal-mart, K-mart, Target, or any office stores.
It’s always great to grab next years beginning school wear around the winter season because a lot of stores are marking down their prices on summer items to start stocking their stores for winter items. Since school is at the end of the summer with a couple months of still warm weather, instead of buying a big load of new items, grabbing the clearance items for the following year is a big saver.
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I check clearance areas online and in stores. It stays warm in S.C. well into the fall.
My oldest just started Kindergarten a few days ago. I buy clothes when they are dirt cheap clearance in bigger sizes for my kids to grow into. My son had all new clothes to start school, and I didn’t have to go clothes shopping at all this month.
I volunteer at a local thrift store and get first pick and a huge discount on all the merchandise. People donate a lot more thatn just clothing.
I use thrift store and consignment shops to shop for clothing. I fill in the gaps with stuff like socks and shoes at Kmart(buy one get half off on shoes and socks) and hit Walmart,Target, Office Max and Staples for the rest of our stuff.
im a target girl myself! that’s where we got all our supplies.
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Now that my daughter is in high school, I wait to get her supplies until after the first day of school. I may miss the sales, but at least I will be getting exactly what the teacher requires. I also find that most of the supplies have gone on clearance by then.
I’ve been stocking up on school supplies at cvs and staples for free !
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Hi. I found you through Panasonic’s LIHD site. I stock up on “school” supplies for my house full of preschoolers at Walmart primarily. I know they would love to get their hands on this particular Crayola prize pack! Thanks for the chance!
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By in bulk. Wait for sales. And reuse what you have like last year’s backpack or lunch box.
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