Unique and Fun School Supplies

I LOVE school supplies!  The office store is a dangerous place for me to go, I love fun colored pens, the crayon isle, new notebooks, all of it!  I especially love unique things you can't find easily, things that make the average item just a little more fun.  If you have to use school supplies, they might as well make you smile when you use them right?  Here are some really fun and unique school supplies I came across this year!  Try incorporating something silly into your everyday to make it more special!

1. Love this cute chameleon tape dispenser with the tape looking like his tongue, so silly it makes me giggle!

2. These rock shape crayons are too cute. They're rocks, they're crayons...love them!

3. Make your own chalkboard bag How cute is this for writing little notes to your kids (or spouse) each day!

4. A floppy disk blank mini notebook, do kids these days even know what these are?

5. Peel some InAnimate stickers and place 'em on everything to bring them to life! These are my favoite!

6. BIC Xtra Fun Pencils I got 2 packs of these to test out and the kids went wild for them. They are just pencils, but with a little extra fun of being two toned!

7. Launch notes to your friends + co-workers with this desktop catapult. Why send an email when ou can catapult your message across the room?

8. Two cute sharkie gel pens, I mean if you're going to use a pen, it might as well be a shark right?

9. Ketchup and Mustard retro styled pen and highlighter set is way more fun than your typical pack of highlighters!!

So there you have it! Some seriously fun and silly back to school supplies. Things don't' have to be boring, especially when there are products like these out there to be found!!

Here's a silly joke to tell someone today....

What's the King of all school supplies?

A: The Ruler

Packing the perfect school lunch ideas

Now that school is in full swing, are you looking for creative ways to make your children's lunches special? Here are a few ideas to make you at the top of the class when packing lunches.

Lunch box notes are adorable way to let your child know how much you love them. They are a fun way to let them know you are thinking about them during their day.  Send a little note of encouragement or just to say hi! You can find them in my store here...

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Here are some great ideas for toddler finger food lunches and kindergarten back to school lunch ideas with easy healthy homemade recipes for snacks and meals that preschoolers will love.

Craftionary.net

Here are some great lunchbox ideas that guide you in packing a well-balanced meal quick and easy.

FamilyFreshMeals.com

Here is a cute little chart that tells you how to pack a lunch box in four easy steps!

Kitchenmeetsgirl.com

Here are some fun back to school lunch ideas that are healthy as well!

Barefeetinthekitchen.com

Check out these 30 Back to School Lunch box ideas...

Veryculinary.com

There are so many cute ideas out there for making those boring, ordinary lunches a great hit! make sure to tuck a little lunch box note in there letting your child know you are thinking about them.

To find more fun Back to School ideas be sure to check out my pinterest board full of them!  Follow me HERE

First Day of School Photo Ideas and a free 1st day of school printable sign

It's time for Back to School! New clothes, new backpacks, school supplies! Make sure you capture those Back to School Moments with the perfect photo!  Here you will find some ideas to make those 1st Day of School photos the best that they can be! One of my favorite ideas is a custom chalkboard sign for your little one.  I have a few different ones available to choose from in my store.  Below you can see some cuties with their sign, it features all of their current favorite things as they start the new school year. It's a perfect way to capture a bunch of memories all in one photo!

You can find this sign HERE

A fun more girlie version can be found HERE

This one with all of their favorites featured in the photos above can be found HERE

Another  way to catch the moment with the perfect photo is to add text to your photo. Find an interesting or solid background – like the side of your house, or an empty wall – to take your first day of school photo. Frame it so your child stands off to one side to leave some space for your text.

Life's Collections

Inspired by the opening credits of Modern Family, a picture within a picture shot is a wonderful way to celebrate all types of milestones (think anniversaries, birthdays, even generations!) You can try this with a picture on the first and last day of each school year or have your senior hold a photo from kindergarten on his last day of high school!

Life's Collections

Use some Crayola Sidewalk chalk to write out the grade and voila you have a great Back to School photo prop!

Blue Cricket Design

Simply grab some props and your Back to School photos turn out awesome!

Clickin Moms

Here's another cute set of premade 1st Day signs from preschool all the way through high school, and a matching freebie that can be used for all of your kids this year!

Find this set of signs HERE

Enjoy this FREE printable first day of school sign!  Share of photo using it and if I feature your photo you will get a coupon for 50% off your next order!  If you like it, pin it to share with friends!

 

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Back to School Teacher Gifts

It's back to School Time! That means it is time to get your little one ready for a great start to a new year! Wouldn't it make the start of year even more special by showerng your child's teacher with a Back to School gift to show him or her how much she or he is appreciated! These are some super cute ideas for Back To School Teacher Gifts...

How about designing a Teacher's Survival Kit to help the teacher start out right.

Positively Splendid

You could use one of my Back to School Gift Tag to add a cute label to the basket...

HERE

You could make these cute goodie bags with essential supplies for the new year for the teacher.

Money Saving Mom

You could top the goodie bags off with one of my Back to School Bag Topper.

HERE

Make cute jars full of hershey kisses to spoil your child's teacher.

This Girl's Life

What a cute way to label those jars with my Back to School Party Circles. HERE

So as you can see there are such great gift ideas to make going back to school a special treat for your child's teacher.

Back to School Party Printables

Are you ready to start the new school year off on the right foot? Then my Back to School Printables are the place to start! All sorts of great printables are included in this bundle, from great back to school teacher gifts to photo props for first day back pictures, you are going to find everything you need to make going back to school extra special! Check out the entire Back to School Printables Collection in my store here...

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Get ready to go back to school with all of my awesome back to school printables! This set of bag toppers is perfect for sending treats to school , or giving a welcome gift to a new teacher, or helping you become the new teacher's pet! There are so many things you can do with these!

This bottle wrapper is a perfect way to give a cute and thoughtful gift to your new teacher and other school personnel to start the year off right! These wrappers are designed to fit the small starbucks Frappuccino glass bottles (so drink up and save those bottles!)

Show your new teacher how much you care with chocolate!! Well chocolate wrapped with cute wrappers that say welcome back and back to school! They are sure to get excited about going back to school with a thoughtful gift like this!

 

This printable set is party circles These can be used for all sorts of things. I think "party circles" are my most favorite printable! The reason is they can be used for SO MANY different things! You can punch them out into a circle shape, or you can leave them square and use them that way too if you don't have a circle punch. Here are some ideas of what you can do with these.

These cupcake wrappers are sure to get you ready to head back to school! Send some to school to let your child know you are thinking of them, or pack up a dozen and put them in the office to wish the staff off to a great start! Everyone will love these back to school themed cupcake wrappers!

 

These favor boxes are perfect for giving your new teacher a back to school treat, or for any time of the year! Or make up a box and send it in your child's lunch for the first day back, everyone is sure to feel the love!

 

These printable first day of xxx grade signs are perfect from preschool through high school to have your child pose with on the first day of school! Then you don't have to sift through photos wondering what year it was, the sign will say!

 

Dress up some of your favorite kisses chocolate with these back to school themed stickers and you have an instant school themed treat!

As you can see, this collection is huge and has everything you need to celebrate that great Back to School time. Check out the entire Back to School Printables Collection in my store here...

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Make sure you pin a few of your favorites!!

World's Best Teacher

It's time to show that special teacher in your life how much you appreciate them! So let that teacher know you care and scrap some great layouts of pictures of your child with the World's Best Teacher!  This kit is full size 12 X 12 300dpi for high quality printing. It includes 1 alpha, 24 papers and 71 elements. So start the new school year off right by showing that special teacher you care! You will find World's Best Teacher in my store here...

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This is a set of extra papers designed to coordinate with the World's Best Teacher kit.  Included are 16 extra papers not included with this kit. Some great patterns to help mix and match with papers and give you more options with your kit! You will find them in my store here...

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Here is some great inspiration from my lovely CT ladies to give you some ideas on how to use World's Best Teacher and coordinating World's Best Teacher Extra Papers....