Have you walked in to your local Wal-Mart in the last week or so? If not... it may just be the middle of July and school doesn't start until September (in my area) but the first thing to greet you when you walk in the store is back-to-school supplies. It never ceases to amaze me how the box stores push the seasons and occasions. The worst part is, if you wait you may not be able to buy what you need but for the most part you don't know what is actually needed until just before school starts.
I've always kept a "school supply" cabinet... this year my youngest is going off to college and going to a paperless school... it was weird to walk past all the school supplies. Knowing my daughter, I'm sure she'll need art and craft supplies even if she doesn't "need" paper. She makes incredible science projects.
One of the beauties of sewing is that the things you make tend to be more durable than store bought items that are mass-produced. You can use mass-production sewing techniques to sew school supplies. One year we made a pile of school supplies and donated them to a "fill the bus" campaign. It was a great feeling to know the items would be used by someone who really needed them.
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I used to work at walmart in the stationary/school supply section and also fabrics. Every year, after school starts, families in our area have waited for the after school sale to buy for next year when things go on sale. They will always need pens, pencils, paper etc. I used to homeschool so we always bought then.
Last year, they cut back on their inventory and found they didn’t have enough for school kids so this year should be a big one.
Our schools end on June 23 and resume at the end of August. School wasn’t even out when already the school supplies were on the shelves of Walmart. This week, I went to the local Walmart and horrors of horrors, they were taking out the Halloween stuff!!!! Has everyone gone mad! somehow I missed the great summer sale on clothes – the winter gear is coming out along with the boots. Like everywhere, the temperature has been in the high 90’s some hovering to 100 degrees….is looking at the winter clothes supposed to cool us down??? L0L!!!!