I love the Dollar Stores for cute back to school supplies.
I have to admit, I refuse to buy any other crayons for my children other than crayola, so you will not find me buying crayons at the dollar store unless they are Crayola.
Also you need to be careful to watch the prices because Walmart usually has really good prices during their back to school promotions.
The TOP 50 cute Back to School Supplies
- Lined Paper – check the count and a lot of times you can get 2 for 1.00
- 1 in binders – we have a notebook for everything
- Dry Erased Boards – we stock up on these
- Dry Erased Markers – we use these for our calendar notebooks
- Highlighters – for the high schoolers
- Dictionary – every house needs one and a vocabulary notebook
- Bible – an extra one for their back packs or to keep in the car
- Sandwich Baggies – to put our homemade manipulatives in
- Game Dice – to practice math and play Add “em Up
- Tissue Packs – they usually have purse size novelty ones
- Desk Calendars – my children each have one for their school desks to keep track of activities and assignments
- Thermos – for hot soup or Ravioli’s
- Pipe Cleaners – for crafts
- Beads
- Workbooks – especially for preschoolers
- Glass Beads – for sensory bins
- Poms Poms – for counting and crafts
- Measuring Cups – for teaching measurements
- Craft Sticks – we use them to learn the books of the bible
- Cute Erasers – for place value lessons
- Spirals
- Book rings – silver for notecards
- scissors for little ones
- Big Dice – for math FUN
- Bingo Markers – for dot FUN
- Envelopes – to practice writing friendly letters
- Rulers – we always seem to misplace these items
- Legal Pads – check out this FUN drawing game
- Construction Paper Pads
- Manilla Paper for drawing
- Glue Sticks
- Calculators – the big ones for the kids to play with
- New Toothbrushes – everyone gets a new one for the first day of school
- Magnify Glass – for nature walks
- Coffee filters – for all those FUN crafts
- Salt – for DIY science kit
- Small plastic bins – for organizing school supplies kinda like I did here with our bathroom
- Shaving Cream – check out this big list of activities
- Flashcards of all kinds
- Soap Box – for all those flashcards or cards
- Colored Pens – for taking notes during Worship
- Bookmarks
- Chip clips – we use these for keeping things closed that are in baggies
- Pencils – make sure #2
- Index Cards
- Pencil sharpeners to have when doing school on the road
- Sandwich Cutters – super FUN(check out the graphic)
- Pencil Top erasers – you can’t have to many
- Hand sanitizer – to keep in the car for when you go on field trips
- Puzzles
- Stickers – all kids love stickers
- Permanent Markers – for marking chore charts
- Paper Clips
- Rubber bands
- Plastic containers – for fruit
The list could go on, but these are the items that I found to be decent quality for a buck.
Don’t forget to print the FUN lunchbox notes and the back to school bucket list printables.
Tell us what cute back to school supplies you always get at the dollar store!
I’m loving this post! When Walmart doesn’t have a sale going on we always go the Dollar Store to stock up on school supplies and crafts!
Love the Dollar Tree by my mom’s house to stock up on all these great items!
As a teacher, I would not recommend glue sticks from the dollar store. Half the time they are already dried out or become dried out withing a short time period. Spend the little bit of extra money on buying them elsewhere.
I agree. I have found much better quality at a great price (in late July) at Staples.
Dollar Tree’s glue sticks are not worth the money.
I only buy Elmer’s glue sticks.