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HOT Back to School Deals on Kids Lapdesks $12.77+

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by Filed Under: Amazon, Back To School, Kids, Online Shopping

published date: July 26, 2013
modified datt: July 26,2013

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Check out these great deals on Kids Lap desks on Amazon right now!  These are great for doing homework!

    • This travel desk is the perfect size for children’s laps and airplane tables
    • Features two big pockets to hold art materials
    • This desk is perfect for traveling
    • Holds a 9″ x 12″ paper pad
    • Art activities encourage a child’s imagination and learning development

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  • Romanoff Lap Tray – $12.88 which includes the shipping cost. Choose from lime, purple, blue and many other colors available for these plastic ones which are great for personalizing with fabric or paint markers! These makes really great gifts once personalized too!

Head to Amazon for a look!

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FREE Folders at Target this week – Back to School

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by Filed Under: Back To School, Free, Target

published date: July 24, 2013
modified datt: July 24,2013

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If folders are on your back to school list, then get them for FREE at Target this week!

Here’s the Deal:

Mead Five Star 2-Pocket Folders $.97
$1/2 Target printable coupon
$1/2 printable coupon
= FREE after combined coupons

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Angel Soft Facial Tissues $.67 per box at Walmart – Back to School

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by Filed Under: Back To School, Coupons, Walmart

published date: July 22, 2013
modified datt: July 22,2013

angel soft facial tissues

Here’s a great deal on Facial Tissues at Walmart!  Are these on your Back to School list?  They’re on mine!

Angel Soft Facial Tissues $1.17
$.50 Angel Soft printable
= $.67 each

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Back to School | Project Lunchbox – Creative and Budget Friendly Themes

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by Filed Under: Back To School, Back to School Series, Crafts, Pinterest

published date: July 21, 2013
modified datt: August 02,2014

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Welcome to the first installment of the Back to school series – Project Lunchbox! Check out future themed Bento Boxes in the Back to School Series on Frugal Coupon Living.

All to soon those lazy days of summer will be forgotten- traded in for crisp fall days, and sharp # 2 pencils. Don’t be caught off guard, get ahead of the game and follow us on this 8 week journey from Lunch box supplies to simple, and fun lunch themes!

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First let’s talk about some of the gear to get you started on being the cool mom around the lunch table. Your going to need a few basic items if your child is “Brown Bagging” it.  Wow them with a simple few additional accessories and your kid will likely leave now veggies or fruit on their plate.

Insulated Lunch Bags

To keep your child’s food fresh and tasty you want to invest in a good insulated lunch bag. It is possible with a good insulated bag to keep perishable foods at a safe temperature.

I love this series from Skip Hop. These insulated lunchie lunch bags are Affordable and adorable! Owls are trendy have been everywhere lately and somehow the cute owl bag made it into my shopping cart this year.

You can go with solids, patterns, or any number of popular characters to keep food cool till the lunch bell rings.

A Really Good Ice Pack

Just like the lunch bag you need one to keep perishables cold. Invest a little more in an ice pack that will keep your child’s food chill. I recommend having several on hand in case one is accidentally thrown away or begins to leak. There are many ideas but I particularly like the Cryopak Flexible Ice Two Pack.

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You can go Bento-Style Box. Bento, meaning convenient, is a container that has multiple divided sections like this one. Love the look and durability of stainless steel! The possibilities are endless on what you can do with these cute little boxes!

Looking for something more frugal? You can pick up many cute single containers at Dollar tree, Target, or Walmart. These are perfect for snack foods, soup, pasta’s, cookies, or homemade fruit cups. Grab this Plastic BPA Free Set of 4 for $13.95.

A search on Pinterest will not leave you disappointed! Grab a variety and you will always have something on hand to fit that special treat.

Reusable Sandwich/Snack Bags

Though a bit of a pricey initial investment, Reusable Sandwich and Snack Bags will save you in the long run from buying countless plastic baggies, and not to mention the bonus of being a hip green momma. They are easy to clean and how could your child not smile opening their bag to something as darling as this  – The Green Sprouts Set of 2 Garden Sandwich and Snack Bag?

I have a few fabric snack bags and toss them in the washing machine with our laundry.

Cookie Cutters

Not just for cookies anymore! Use these to cut pizza into fun shapes, how about a PB&J shaped like a football? Cheese Triangles? What a fun way to put a little pizazz in their day! Try a simple set like this to start out like the Wilton Metal Cookie Cutter Classic Shapes.

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Some other tools that you may want to consider having on hand to help in creating fun lunches are; a paring knife, apple corer/slicer, lollipop sticks (kids love anything on a stick), cupcake liners, food coloring, and a sense of humor – After all, you might see your winning lunch box theme on “Pinterest, Your’e Drunk!”

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Do not forget the FREE Back to School Lunch Printables!  Make sure to print something fun or create a short personal note!

Stay with us for tips on creating themed lunches that will put a smile on their little faces. I can’t wait to share all that we are working on.

More Themed Lunchboxes

1.) Introduction – Project Lunchbox – Pin It

2.) ABC School Days Theme – Pin It

3.) Shark Week Lunch Theme – Pin It

4.) Camping Theme – Pin It

5.) Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Theme – Pin It

6.) Bug Lunch Theme – Pin It

7.) Happy Birthday Lunch Theme – Pin It

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Back to School with ABCmouse.com: FREE ONLINE Curriculum Fun for Preschool through Kindergarten!

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by Filed Under: Back to School, Back To School, Education, Entertainment, Free, Kids

published date: July 15, 2013
modified datt: July 15,2013

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ABCmouse.com is  ready to get your little one prepared for school with their 30 Day FREE offer!   AbcMouse.com offers full online ciurrculim for Preschool through Kindergarten with 6 levels, 450 lessons, and more than 3000 idividual learning activities to keep their minds exploring for hours!

ABC Mouse offers lessons from  3 years of age starting at Preschool, K-4 , and Kindergarten  touching on all core subjects:

  • Reading(the alphabet, phonics, sight words, children’s books)
  • Math (numbers, shapes, patterns, measurement)
  • The World Around Us (basic science and social studies)
  • Art and Music (drawing and coloring, tracing, paint-by-numbers, children’s songs, and more!

My household took advantage of  this FREE 30 day offer and can not express the fun we  shared around the family desktop.  With so many lessons and learning activities it kept the little ones laughing and progressing with every click.  My children loved to roam from the classroom to the zoo, to the farm and back to the classroom.  With ABCmouse.com every click made me one happy mom!  To see them work together,  improve in ways I could not had imagined, made me happy I chose this as teaching guide for my children.

Each day, after a parental login, your child will be greeted with a home-menu like the one below offering them multiple ways to start their day.   They can discover what is NEW or take part in Todays Feature Active, explore the classroom, or choose to work ahead on their Things To-do.  Your child’s page will map his or her progress in an easy to understand  method that will keep them moving along.

Below we just started our 5yr program  take a look,  you can see  we will be challenged with over 707 lessons/activities!
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ABCmouse.com  curriculum  includes six different types of activities to address the way your child learns:

  • Children’s Books
  • Children’s Songs
  • Games
  • Puzzles
  • Art Activities
  • Printables

ABCmouse.com offers the largest collection of online education activities for young children on the web:

  • More than 250 online children’s books
  • More than 100 online children’s songs
  • More than 650 online children’s art activities, including online coloring and online paint-by-numbers activities
  • More than 250 online educational games for children, including online phonics games, online number games and other online math games
  • More than 550 online children’s puzzles

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ABCmouse.com  helps me as mom create a safe online learning experience with no advertisements, no pop-up ads, and no links to other websites.   With the Step-by-Step Learning Path it was easy for me to allow their online teacher to progress their minds for Guided Learning, or to even turn them loose  for some  Independent Learning – knowing they were secure with ABCmouse.com. The progress tracking aslo allowed  me to track their activities completed in each curriculum subject, and see how rapidly they were  moving along the Step-by-Step Learning Path.

A few of my favorite features I have only seen with ABCmouse; for my smallest child to be able to break each word up by syllables, record his voice, play it  back, and then pronounce the word correctly was great!  My oldest loved to give each lesson a try to earn tickets.  Then cash the tickets in for rewards and prizes for their room, hamster, fish, and etc.  Collecting tickets kept them both playing and asking for more learning time day after day!

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Don’t let this limited time offer pass you by.  ABCmouse.com will amaze you in how they continue to help develop your child’s  vocabulary and improve their ability to relate to the world around them!  The first 30days are 100% FREE after that just $7.99 a month.   Click HERE or below to get started today.   This is a limited time deal, but  you can cancel your account anytime on the “my account” page in the Parents section. Really simple and one offer that this household continues to explore!

 

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Back to School | Toys R Us – Up to $9 off Tag Books, Prices start at $.98!

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by Filed Under: Back To School, Toys R Us

published date: July 13, 2013
modified datt: July 13,2013

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I wanted to share with you that Toys R Us has Tag books with an additional $5 at Checkout. A few are on clearance right now (you know a clearance price has an 8 or 0 on the end). I found books as low as $14.99 (from $19.99) plus many books have $4 coupon on them (in my area) making them as low as $5.99 after coupon and $5 savings! This $5 Tag Book Sale runs through 7/20/13.

I did find a book on clearance for $9.98. After the $5 savings and $4 coupon it was only $.98! It even had stickers – look for Tag Pet Pals with Stickers.

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Right now Backpacks are Buy a Backpack, get a Lunch Box FREE!

If you shop today, make sure to use the 30% off ONE Clearance Item – coupon expires today.

Do not forget ALL THESE Toys R Us Back to School Deals!  Crayola Items B1G2 (Buy One, Get Two FREE Through today 7/13/13.)

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Back to School – Personalized Custom Notebooks $2.49

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by Filed Under: Online Shopping, Photo, Stationary

published date: July 13, 2013
modified datt: July 12,2013

 

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I love these personalized notebooks from Ink Garden!  They are great for back to school and will be the talk of your child’s friends. Might be a nice idea for a family photo for your child to have when she misses mommy and daddy at school.

Beyond school, they are great for gifts, journals, diaries, autograph books and more!

Right now you can get one for $2.49 (normally $10.99)!  Just head to Ink Garden to create yours and enter code NOTED at checkout to get this price.  This offer is good for all customers, new and old!

Limit 1 per customer.  Expires 8/1 – just in time to order a new school notebook!

Shipping adds $4.99, so $7.48 shipped.

Head to Ink Garden now and make yours.

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Staples Price Match Policy for Back to School Deals!

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by Filed Under: Back To School, Staples

published date: July 12, 2013
modified datt: July 12,2013

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I know it just turned July, but that doesn’t mean that the Back to School Deals are not already happening! If you have noticed, we have posted a lot of Back to School Deals this week, including Staples, and it is always important to be aware of their policies for coupons and price matching!

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Staples actually has a Price Match Policy for Back to School Deals! Here is what they say is allowable and non-allowable as far as price matching for Back to School Deals at Staples:

  • Staples WILL match a competitor’s price on an identical item – even up to 14 days after you bought the item.
  • Staples WILL accept competitor’s coupon – They have a right to limit the amount per transaction (Ask your Staples store who they consider a competitor to be.)
  • Staples WILL NOT accept competitor Rebates – including rewards, cash back, etc.
  • Most Staples stores consider these stores to be competitors, but it may vary by location: Office Max, Office Depot, Walmart, and other brick-n-mortar stores considered competitive

View their complete policy on Price Matching for Back to School

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Be sure to also check out the Amazon Back to School Page.

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