Buying school supplies doesn’t have to be boring. No longer are plain notebooks and yellow No. 2 pencils the go-to for back to school. Stock up on these fun supplies, and you might actually want to go back to school.
TECH GEAR:
Beach stripe iPad folio, $85 at KateSpade.com.
Bleecker leather origami iPad 5 case, $198 at Coach.
Dane-Elec 16GB USB flash drive with cloud orange/white, $19.99 at Target.
Uncommon Lady Dots 13” laptop sleeve, $29.99 at Target.
Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus Silver Edition graphing calculator, $129.99 at Office Depot.
FOLDERS/NOTEBOOKS:
Poppin fiesta five-subject notebook, $13 at Staples.
Acco—Presstax ColorLife four-section classification folder, $29.99 at Best Buy.
120-page 8×5.5” vintage Paris journal, $5.99 at Target.
At-a-Glance Thomas Paul weekly/monthly large academic planner, 8 x 11”, 2014-2015, $27.99 at Quill.com.
Peanuts 2014-15 18-month limited edition planner weekly, $19.95 for yellow, $24.50 for blue from Moleskine.com.
Vintage blossom notebook set, $14 from riflepaperco.com.
NOTE ESSENTIALS:
Stride Schneider Slider Viscoglide bold point rollerball pens, 8 colored ink pens, $11.99 at OfficeMax.
Post-It 8-pack 3x3x65, $10.49 at Target.
Yoobi 3×5 index cards in blue box, $2.49 at Target.
Oxford 3×5” ruled index cards, assorted glow colors, 100-pack, $1.62 on Amazon.
ORGANIZATION ESSENTIALS:
Clip-Rite Clip-Tabs, 1 1/4”, fuchsia/lime/purple, pack of 24, $2.99 at Office Depot.
Swingline Tiny Tot staplers, 12 sheet capacity, blue, $4.09 at Office Depot.
Brother PT70HK labeler, $19.99 at OfficeMax.
ProPunch three-hole punch—blue, $20.24 at OfficeMax.
OfficeMax rubberized-handle stainless steel scissors, 8” straight, $5.79 at OfficeMax.