Although School Supply season doesn't officially begin until the beginning of August, I couldn't resist getting started a little early and posting some pre-season Amazon deals.
Can you do better on the cost of school supplies at Staples and Office Depot? On some items, absolutely, but you need to wait for the sale and get in the car. For some of you busy Moms & Dads, the trade-off between the time spent loading your kids in the car, going through the store circular, matching it up to your list, cruising up and down the aisles looking for the sale items (and hoping they are still in stock), added to the cost of gas, is just not worth it if you can pick up most of what you need sitting in your sweats in front of your laptop in your air-conditioned living room. The advantage of time and convenience over money is completely a personal choice.
I can tell you that the majority of the deals that I have researched here are the very best that Amazon has to offer. There are still quite a few deals that routinely come up every year that haven't reared their heads yet, i.e. the under-$3.00 Crayola items are not out yet.
Many of items listed here are Amazon Add-On items, which means that the item ships free with a $25 minimum order. You can order a bunch of Amazon Add-On items together (or multiples of the same one) to get to your $25 minimum and score that free shipping easily.
PENS, PENCILS & ERASERS
- 18-count BIC Xtra-Fun Graphite Pencil, $3.60 (Add-On item)
- 40-count BIC Xtra-Life 0.7 mm Mechanical Pencil, $6.63 with free Prime shipping
SCISSORS & GLUE
- 2-count Elmer's .21 oz Disappearing Purple School Glue Sticks, $0.55 with free Prime shipping
- Fiskars 5 Inch Classic Pointed Tip Kids Scissors, $1.49 with free Prime shipping
- 2-pack Westcott Kids Value Pointed 5" Scissors,$1.88 (Add-On item)
- 18-count Avery Disappearing Color Permanent Glue Sticks, $6.68 with free Prime shipping
- Elmer's Liquid Washable School Glue, 4 oz., $0.50 with free Prime shipping
- 30-count Elmer's Washable All-Purpose School 24 oz. Glue Sticks, $8.88 with free Prime shipping (30 cents per glue stick)
CRAYONS, MARKERS, & COLORED PENCILS
- 50-count Pentel Arts Oil Pastels, $6.40 with free Prime shipping
- 12-count black fine-point Sharpies, $6.08 with free Prime shipping ($0.51 per Sharpie)
- U.S. Art Supply Artist-Grade 50-count Colored Pencils, $9.96 with free Prime shipping
- Sargent Art 50-Count Assorted Colored Pencils, $3.99 with free Prime shipping
NOTEBOOKS, PADS & DIVIDERS
- 12-count Tops Legal Pads, $10.02 with free Prime shipping (84 cents per 50-sheet pads)
- Avery Worksaver 8-Tab Insertable Dividers, $0.65 with free Prime shipping
- Maped Kid'Z Compass with Universal Holder, $1.79 (Add-On item)
- Mr. Pen 15-Piece Geometry Set, $9.99 with free Prime shipping
- Sharp Engineering/Scientific Calculator (#EL501XBWH), $8.29 with free Prime shipping
- Lenovo 14" Chromebook with 4 GB ram, $159.99 with free Prime shipping
- HP 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive, $14.99 with free Prime shipping
- AmazonBasics Rolling Laptop Case, $38.92 with free Prime shipping
- Logitech MK120 Wireless Keyboard & Mouse for $14.03 with free Prime shipping
- AmazonBasics 17.3-Inch Laptop Bag, $14.99 with free Prime shipping
- Acer 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor (#S220HQL), $103.95 with free Prime shipping
EVERYTHING ELSE
- 3-count set of Master Lock combinations locks, $9.99 with free Prime shipping ($3.33 per lock)
- Port Authority Men's Port & Company Improved Contrast backpack, $10.38 with free shipping
- AmazonBasics Thermal Laminator, $21.99 with free Prime shipping
- Scotch 100-Count Thermal Laminating Pouches, 8.9 x 11.4-Inches, $10.54 with free Prime shipping
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