Disclosure: I received products to sample. Opinions shared are mine.
I’m grateful to have a good job and a decent salary. My husband also has a great job; we both enjoy what we do! These days, making ends meet can be tough even with two incomes. It’s important for us to stretch every cent to make it count. August is always a financially difficult month for us because we have a lot of expenses. Getting the kids ready for school to start is one thing, but my husband and I also work in schools. I ended up spending a pretty penny getting my classroom ready, plus paying for our teacher insurance and all that jazz. When we shop for school supplies we look for the best deals. Although I don’t go to every single store to find the deal of the week (it doesn’t make sense to waste that gas money and time!) I definitely take advantage of bargains when we’re in the area. Staples has really good sales, plus there are often printable coupons and online rebates that help that dollar go a bit further.
We recently received a cool package from Staples that contained school supplies. My kids loved the unique colors and patterns on the folders and pencils. The lipstick erasers were a big hit with my daughter, while my son loved the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle erasers! I really liked the Bic kids line which had some neat features. The pen has built-in grips that make it easier for small hands to hold. The pencil comes with lead, which is always a bonus in our house. The cute mini-composition books are perfect for toting around to keep short notes and lists. These are helpful for keeping the kids organized in the new school year.
I visited a local Staples store to see what other items would be perfect to fill up our backpacks. I found lots of goodies! Erasers are a fun and affordable way to fill up stockings and gift baskets, so when you see them on sale, grab them! The twisted rope style erasers were only 49 cents which was a huge bargain. Use these smaller items as fillers on your shopping trip when you have a minimum-purchase coupon and you’ll be ready for the holidays! It’s also important to keep the kids’ supplies stocked throughout the school year (not just the first day) so you could keep a few extras in your closet for refills.
There’s something exciting and fun about taking new supplies to school. I know this makes my kids more motivated to head back into the building on that first day! What about your kids? I also added a few other items to my cart, including a ream of copy paper (which was free after rebate) and graph paper to help my daughter keep her decimals aligned in math class. If you have a college student headed off to the dorm, pick up some of the color coordinating items and use those to multi-task as decorative objects, too!
I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free. Opinions shared are mine.
I never thought to go to staples for school supplies, going to check it outl
Staples always and fun products. Love that store!
There’s some fun stuff there! I didn’t realize Staples had supplies for kids.
My daughter picked out a clipboard from the Teen Vogue line – so much more fun than a plain brown clipboard!
I always forget about staples with back to school. I see them more of a supplie store not a kids store. It great to know that they carry so many great products!! Ill have to check them out!
Back to school shopping is always so fun! Love Staples!
We were at Staples picking up boring manilla folders when I saw the amazing offerings of school supplies. So many bright colors & patterns. My kids loved the options!
I’m such a nerd… I LOVED school supply shopping, and still love going into office supply stores and aisles. I wish I had an excuse to go get fun folders, a planner, erasers… markers and stuff… ah! I love it all!
I used to love new school supplies! Staples is a great place to get them.
Even though I have been out of school for a while now, I still get excited about new school/office supplies. I am in heaven at Staples!
I swear Staples has stepped up their game! They have such awesome stuff for back to school! It kind of makes me jealous I’m not in school anymore! LOL
I just recently started shopping at Staples! I really like everything they offer!
I used to use Staples as my one stop shop when my kids were in school.
We were just shopping at Staples yesterday. So great to have one stop shopping for Back to School stuff.
I love staples for back to school!
This is pretty cool – i buy my school supply through Staples and it gets delivered straight to school – so convinient!
Staples has such cool stuff. I did school shopping for my son, but have to say that I want to stock my home office with some of the cool stuff that they have at Staples.
I love Staples. I bought most of my boys school supplies there. They always have everything I need.
Staples has some fun products for back-to-school. I like some of them for myself!
Staples is our go to place for all school and home office supplies. WE love shopping there.
Wow! I knew they had tons of school and office supplies but I didn’t realize they had some just for teens. Nice!
Staples is a great store. They have everything you’ll ever need for back to school and back to work! I get all my office supplies from them.
What a nice school supplies selection they offer. Makes going back to school fun!
We got quite a few of my kiddos school supplies at Staples this year. They have a lot of cute stuff!
Staples has great deals! When I was a teacher I used to get back to school stuff there all the time!
I love going to Staples, their selection cannot be beat, I always find something cool there!
It’s nice to stock up for later in the year and your household so it’s really nice that Staples has the bargain bins and back to school deals. Always nice to get a sale.
Very cool stuff from Staples. I love the Teen Vogue section. I’m not a teen, but I still want it.
I like the Teen Line that you discussed in your review, it is neat that Staples is remembering that not all school supplies are needed by elementary age children or college aged adults, makes the kiddos all anxious to go to store to get school supplies. thank you for sharing this review with us
We do our back to school shopping at Staples ever year. They always have the best selection and prices!
I love to go to Staples. They have so many neat items for children and teenagers. A lot of people don’t know they offer these items.
I love that they have so many designs to choose from.
I love staples, they make shopping for the office easy.
I could so use a trip to staples to buy teacher stuff!
Great review and yes Staples has so many wonderful items for students and teachers 🙂 great place to shop
I love shopping at Staples for back to (home)school supplies for my kids!
I honestly didn’t realize that Staples carried so many items for school. And they seem to have pretty good prices too!
I have always had success with sales at Staples!
I wish there was a staples near me. They have great deals.
I like how Staples lays out all of their products they are nice and easy to find.
I like the teen vogue collection products.
We unfortunately lost our Staples a few years back due to the failing economy. I bet a lot of families in a close enough proximity to a Staples understand exactly why you shop there though; It sounds like it’s worth the trip and very reasonable!
I love Staples!! The best thing I ever bought from them was my GPS!
I never thought about getting school supplies as stocking stuffers. I think it’s a great idea! Thanks.
Really cute that they had fun erasers for both your son and daughter. My grandson would like the Ninja Turtles.
I actually don’t shop at staples. That’s awesome that they have school supplies!
I love Staples.They have a little bit of everything there 🙂
we love going to Staples for school supplies, they have some really great ones, and my daughter gets her binders there every year…
I would like to get a new printer for my computer.
We shop a lot at Staples…for a few supplies like that but also ink and computer paper. Love their deals on paper.
My mom always did the same thing with school supplies! She would buy them in bulk and keep them under her bed so that we always had pencils and paper throughout the year.
Staples also has a lot of office supplies that look good on your desk at work, I love the basket filing systems for putting stuff in to be done, very handy, I really like Staples for pens and pencils for the grandchildren also because theirs have legs and get lost a lot… LOL
I like to get all my ink cartridges at Staples, and love the rewards program.
I sure do hope that they have some after school clearance sales! And if they do, I hope there’s some product left!
Their online rebates are a big help and really lead to savings and deals.
I think I will have to take a look at staples soon! We need some new computer ink and I am trying to find some things to help organize our office/guest bedroom. With limited space, organization is a must!
I love all of it! As a Homeschool Mom, I’m always on the lookout for new school room additions! And, I may or may not be slightly addicted to awesome office supplies anyway! LOL!
It looks like Staples has some great new items for kids to start school.
I love shopping Staples on Black Friday, I scored some really great deals last year!
I could use a new printer.
I think it’s great that Staples offers online rebates! I have done mail-in rebates in the past but doing them online is much faster.
You are right about stocking up. Supplies run out and kids often forget to tell you until the last minute. It’s nice to have items on hand so you don’t have to rush out and just get whatever.
I like Staples they have neat stuff.
Those lipstick erasers are just too cute!!!!! I would love to have some of those!
I love staples, and I did not no you could get pritable coupons online for there store, that is a great thing to know. I bought my last laptop there, and i need a printer very bad so this would be great!! thank you so much
Staples has really expanded the products they offer. The kids are going to love it.
Looks like you got a lot of great stuff!!! Have to go check my local Staples.
Thanks for the chance!
My neighbor is a teacher and she has to decorate her room and supply many things out of her own packet. She shops here when they have a sale.
Staples even has household products. They offer deals on things like paper towels and tissues, too.
I really love school supplies. I’m like a kid in a candy shop if you let me loose at the back-to-school sales. I love to stock up on notebooks to use for my journals and writing projects, and I’m a sucker for pretty pens!
I always loved taking my new school supplies the 1st day. I’ve been shopping on-line at Staples and I love their selections.
Staples has a huge selection of pens. Great for kids, teens, and adults. You can get different colors and sizes.
I liks the sales and good prices on Staples web site. I keep forgetting to go to eBates before I go to the Staples site. That would help even more.
It’s nice to know that they carry items specifically for dorm rooms.
I loved back to school shopping!!!!!
We love shopping at Staples because they are very good to have everything in stock, and that is one of my pet peeves to see something advertised and then it not be there. But, we don’t have that problem with Staples!
Staples always has such great sales/rebates on printing/copy paper.
During the school sales, I also found small deals of hand sanitizer on sale. Great for backpacks, purses, cars….
Staples has good products but the school supplies are a bit higher than other places. Love your information on here.
I love to stock up when they have the back to school sales. thanks
I was just there today. You would’t believe the stuff they have!
I need a new office chair and Staples is where I will be going to look for one!
They also offer furniture and we need a new office chair. I’ll have to check them out.
I remember as a kid my favorite thing about back to school shopping was getting cool designs on folders and binders and notebooks. Staples offers a bunch of that!
Staples is great for school supplies. love shopping there.
I love the Staples rebates they have on many of their items, and I will have to check out their tween/teen stuff too
I think it’s great that they have color coordinated products for dorms.
They have so many options on even the small things like erasers and pencil cases. Great for kids of different ages.
Staples has such great things, love shopping there.
I always show their sales and I have a Staples rewards card too.
I love that they have so many school supplies. I always think of Staples as the Office supply store! Thanks for the review!
I love their selection of printing paper and supplies.
I love that Staples gives reward points for recycling ink cartridges.
I love the great assortment of supplies and how Staples has so much to offer besides basic office supplies!
I love Staples they have everything I need for school and office
I like getting paper here.
I find myself spending a couple hours just going up and down every aisle afraid I will miss a good bargain.
Staples has the best office supplies. I love shopping there!
My kids love going to Staples for school supplies because they always find cool stuff there friends don’t have. I love it because they have great coupons.
we have a staples right around the corner, very handy
I like that Staples has such a huge inventory.
I bought some college stuff (binders and planner) and staples.
Our local Staples has most all of the school supplies left on steep clearance!
Not only does Staples offer pens but they also have ink refills. A good selection, too.
Staples is my one stop shopping center for all my kids back to school needs. Can get everything on list for four kids in one trip,
Staples has a wonderful website for online shopping, too. You can even pick up your items in the store many times.
I will be going to Staples when it’s time to look for a new office chair and printer for sure!
We love our local Staples store. They have so many great items and a lot of items that we can’t find anywhere else.
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I never thought there are cheap school supplies at Staples. 🙂
We bought most of our school supplies at Staples. They had great prices.
I love the selection of pens at Staples. They have every kind you could ever want!
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I just got my HP printer there for a great price!
Love all the options from fun colors to cool characters. They really let your personalize the supplies for your children.
Staples is a great place to shop for school and home office needs.
They seem to have fun selections! I like the variety =)
Staples was a great shopping location for back to school items. They were the only store in our area that posted the supply list by grade,by local schools. And then I like there rebates also
Staples has a great variety of school supplies. It’s the perfect place to shop for picking up office supplies, as well.
they have some real good stuff the for school and for my printer.
Staples is a great place for BTS shopping and so many other things.
It is rare that I find a price lower than at Staples on office products for sure!
I still love back to school shopping…even though I’m not in school anymore lol!
Have to check out what Staples has on sale for BTS.