How to Save on School Supplies

Share it with your friends Like

Thanks! Share it with your friends!

Close

Watch more How to Manage Your Money videos: http://www.howcast.com/videos/214534-How-to-Save-on-School-Supplies

It may seem impossible, but you can fill your child’s backpack without going broke!

Step 1:
Stick to your school’s list of required supplies. Contact the school if you haven’t received one.

Step 2:
Ask your child’s school if they know of any community programs that are distributing free school supplies. Or check for them online.

Step 3:
Start at the dollar store, where you can almost always find pens, pencils, notebooks, and other items.

Step 4:
Scour weekly store sale advertisements so you can snap up items you need that fall into their “loss-leader” category – items they sell at a loss each week to lure you into the store.

Step 5:
Check the web sites of big discount stores before you head out the door; they often have downloadable coupons and deals you can only get online.

Tip
Join forces with other parents so you can buy school supplies in bulk and split them.

Step 6:
Talk to your school principal about the school joining the National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources or a similar organization, which collects overstock donations from businesses and redistributes them to nonprofit organizations, like schools.

Did You Know?
The average American family with school-age children spends $594.24 on back-to-school purchases.

Comments

jill valentine in real life says:

i wanna save my money and i wanna go to college and a new apartment in winnipeg and find a new roommate

xxkillerghost 295 says:

1:26 give me nightmare

Itozaki Tv says:

Really didn't help I usually get school supplies at target

ronnie og says:

going to the dollat store and walmart got me thru being a broke college student. also, reuse your past school supplies! you do not need another pencil case unless its broken

The Dream Life 101 says:

Step one
Shop at the dollar store

Monster High Lover says:

hmmm can't wait for summer to end in philippines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

addie marie says:

On the mom I meant.

addie marie says:

I love how they put fake teeth and smeared lipstick on them xD

Sarah Keeping says:

Holy her teeth are ugly..

Xnov.18.2015X says:

mommy, im scared ,hold me

Myleea Harper says:

If they think this is funny .. There kinda right

vanessa2949 says:

Actually it's all about the swap-meet lol

Kaleigh Garner says:

that is one ugly mama

JD Beats says:

planet of the apes cast is in this video

afghanblueeyes says:

Hahaaaahha !! The comment below me ;)!

sabrina lozano says:

o they culd afford a computer but not on a dentist to fix her damn ugly ass teeth

rocroyalzgirl says:

Who the fuck knocked her up? Dahm
Btw dollar store really rather go look for supplies in a dumpster

calvert991 says:

im srry but omg her teeth my teeth pretty bad but omfg her teeth

Jessica Gons says:

@MonkeyOctober lol

blugal102 says:

The advertisement was for this pagerage.com thing..the commentator used to be this girl with a happy high voice and this one was this deep scary paedoish man xD

Christina Pham says:

i wish they had dollar stores in australia

lillyw14 says:

@TheHaitian145 what did they do to you

Write a comment

*