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Home › Articles › Financial Fitness › School Supplies

School Supplies

10 Tips to Keep Within Your Budget

By Marie-Helen Goyetche

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  • Don't purchase a pencil case that will hold three pencils and a half an eraser. Instead buy a cosmetic bag (boys can have the solid-colored ones). The case will hold all supplies, it has a sturdier zipper and is available at the same price as the pencil case.

  • Identify your child's belongings -- every pencil, crayon and marker. If you don't, they may end up the collective batch at school, and so will your money.

  • Reuse artwork or recycle gift wrap or colored comic pages to cover school books.

  • When you buy supplies at discount stores during their back-to-school sales, stock up on items you'll need during the year such as pencils, pens, rulers and paper. Some items could be good for holiday stocking-stuffers.


  • BinderRe-use old vinyl binders. Cover them with pictures from magazines and brush on a clear decoupage sealant (found at hobby and craft stores).

    1. Teach your children to take care their belongings as they use them and to put them away together after each use. Getting them into this habit will save you a lot of money throughout the years.
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