What School Supplies Do You Keep Stocked in Your House?

For a not quite 4 year old?

Glue sticks.
Glue sticks.
Glue sticks.

crayons
crayons
crayons

water color paints
water color paints

dry erase markers
dry erase markers

scissors
tape
ruler
colored construction paper
watercolor paper
set of inexpensive watercolor paint brushes
dry erase board
box of paperclips
pack of pipe cleaners
pack of modeling clay
pack of play doh

Just like that. Multiples of some items, only need one of some of the others.

Crayons, glue-both stick and Elmers-pencils, pens,markers, loose paper and notebooks. I buy the 24 pack of Crayola crayons at Walmart for about $.25 and get at least 20 packs . They are $2.99 later in the year. The markers are usually about $1 at back to school sales and sell for about $2.99 or more. Oh, now my kids are older, index cards. We'll be shopping this weekend to beat everyone else to the stock. Around here, by the middle of August,most stuff runs out of stock. Hate rushing the week before school starts.

My daughter will be a Senior. The supply list changed in 6 th grade. Along with the school list, each teacher has a list. At that point, I stopped buying the school list and focused on the teacher list which was a grade!!

I keep a stash of markers, pencils, stickers, card stock, disc drives, discs, printer ink, paper, and tabs.

My daughter is in design classes as well as in cheer where they make a lot of stuff. Hobby Lobby and Michaels are my good friends in project season which is something every 6 weeks. I keep 2 storage boxes full of creative supplies and 1 box of all the regular daily needs.

It helps that I use most of the items that come from Staples in my home office as well since we run our company from home.

Enjoy! They grow up too fast!

When Chirstmas is over and the sets of stuff for baths or nails or hair are on clearance we buy them up and put them in the gift closet. If i find toys or other stuff on the clearance isle during any other time that are good sturdy toys that are not fads then I try to buy them too.

It is so much comfort to know that if we get a birthday invitation and it is already late in the month and we have no money I can go through the gift items and find at least some small toy or gift set to give them.

Whatever is on sale:)

Glue sticks, crayons, markers, stickers (teaching sales isle), constuction paper, copy paper.

What we stash depends on the kids' ages.

We keep looseleaf paper (college ruled when they are older), pens (black, blue, red), colored pencils, #2 pencils, rulers, scissors, glue, tape, folders, spiral notebooks, 3 ring binders, book covers, pencil sharpeners...anything that is unused the year before goes back in the bin.

For little kids, I'd include crayons, glue sticks, construction paper, markers and a pencil box. The class will let you know if they need sanitizer, wipes, paper towels, etc.

I'd also get labels (like skinny minis from Mabel's Labels) for things that go to the classroom and might get lost, like scissors.

For gifts, I keep small toys in the age range of the kids' friends for small kids. Older kids...eh, it's harder. Maybe gift cards that don't expire. Coloring books, reading books, craft items, small lego sets, and gift bags and colored tissue and cards of all kinds. My mom had a suitcase we "shopped" from as kids and I liked that idea.

Crayons, stickers, construction paper, glue sticks, decorative paper, felt, kid safe scissors, markers, color pencils, regular pencils, notebooks, sketchbooks, coloring books, activity books, etc.

I did volunteer work for my son's preschool and the MOST used and needed items on the list were

Paper Towels
Kleenex
Hand Sanitizer (no alcohol if possible)
Glue Sticks
Ziplok Bags (gallon size)

These were things that all the classrooms needed an abundance of if that is your line of thinking. Most of the time for PreK it is a donations list and they ask that each family bring one item per student. So if you have triplets bring in 3 things. Our set of trips bought a costco sized paper towels, Ziplok bags and Glue Sticks and divided umongst the teachers, they also added in a box of kleenex (the good kind) for EACH classroom! Things like this are appreciated, but not required.

For personal supplies we keep:
scissors
glue sticks
elmer's glue
wood sticks
paint pens
colored pencils
crayons
paper (construction mostly)

but my son is NOT a big arts and crafts kinda kiddo.

We just have your basic Crayola buffet - crayons, markers, color wonder markers, paints. My oldest will be in kindergarten this years, and he didn't bring home any homework last year. We did buy some more crayons once and because of goodie bags at birthdays we have pencils coming out our yin yangs!

I suppose it really depends on how much your child is into art and drawing and crafty things. My guess is you really aren't going to need much for a few years.

I always get extra crayons, colored pens and pencils, regular pencils and folders. A four year old probably wont need much more than that. Oh safety scissors

crayons! Toys R Us has them this week 4/$1. They are normally $2 a box!
colored pencils
plain paper
writing tablet

Beyond getting what is on my kids' school supplies list, I keep extras of these things:
-Composition tablets. The "Primary Journal" type. Kindergarten uses this at my kids' school.
- Crayons
- Markers
- glue

I don't overstock though. Because then it is a waste of money if it is not used. And anyway, during the school year, many parents 'donate' things/supplies to the classroom anyway.

Writing paper (for a 4 year old, it would be the type they learn to write on; not like college ruled binder paper)

Sharpened Pencils

Crayons

Glue Sticks

Scissors

Old magazines they can cut from

Erasers

Pencil Sharpeners

Stock up on tissue so you can donate a box every so often. Same with hand sanitizer.

#2 pencils notebook paper wide ruled crayons large 8 packs and small 24 packs scissors that are blunt pencil boxes after school begins they can be cheap as 10 cents erasers for pencils tops/pink erasers glue not sticks but bottles and i'm sure more oh ya back packs they won't go out of style with my girls

In addition to the other items mentioned, I like to get a roll of paper for an art easel. We are painting our house and I noticed the masking paper at Home Depot fits on the art easel (this paper is less than $3 for 180 ft). It is not as nice as the $20 paper, but a great way to save. Heck, even if you don't have an easel, you can tape it on top of a table and let your 4 year old color/paint like crazy.

Also, get a binder and save some of the items your child did over the year in it.