Are you looking for back to school gift ideas for kids? There are so many fun and unique ideas out there! There are lots of different gifts you can get that are suitable for either sex and a wide age range.
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Back To School Gifts For Kids – Keep It Simple
Buying a back to school gift for kids does not have to be overly complicated. If you are unsure what to buy, get a traditional and timeless gift.
Some ideas for traditional gifts include art supplies, a new shirt or entire outfit, stickers, or items to decorate their lockers or their book bags.
You can also go the extra mile with some nice supplies – like a really nice folder or notebook, hard-covered sketchbook, or personalized supplies. Even if your school has a color-coded system for their individual classrooms, this does not mean they can not get a cool pineapple folder to put homework in, or a geometrically designed notebook to write to-do lists in.
Back To School Gifts For Kids: Kids Stationary Sets
Back To School Gifts For Kids: Unique Pencil Cases
Back To School Gifts For Kids – Say I Love You With Food
Let’s face it – kids love to eat. They are always hungry for a snack. Whether you are shopping for a preschooler or a high schooler, you can not go wrong with food gifts!
Make them the first week of school survival pack with their favorite treats and snacks. Sometimes a kid just needs a little something extra at the end of their day.
Make their lunch special with these fruit and vegetable shape cutters!
Can also be used for cutting cakes, cookies, cheese, etc.
Make time to bake with them – put together a mason jar with dry baking ingredients and a recipe of some sweet treat to make together when they come home on their first day.
Want a food item to last longer and get more uses – make them an IOU coupon book to use throughout the year for items like pizza night, burgers, fast food, homemade cookies and ice-cream sundae night.
Back To School Gift Ideas For Kids – Shop The Sales
When school is about to start up you see things in mass quantities and better prices than you will for the rest of the year. Have you even went backpack shopping with a kid only to realize they can not decide which of their 5 very favorite ones to get? Why not buy more than one?
You can have one as a backup or you can have additional backpacks that are good for other things around the house (creative storage for army men, barbie dolls, art supplies, or writing journals). Still need use for an extra backpack – how about getting one that is specifically only for sleepovers, or one that will only be used as a sports bag.
Finally – this is also a perfect time to stock up on school mascot items. If your school sells t-shirts, thermals, hoodies, backpacks or other bags, it is a high probability that you know a kid who will want one. This will also help promote school spirit and a sense of belonging – so this is a win/win.
How cute! You’ve given me gift ideas for my nieces and nephews when they start school again in September – hopefully!
The great thing about these gifts are they are not that expensive, so most of us can afford these lovely gift for children for when they go back to school.
Thank you for another amazing gift list.
Best wishes
Habib
We Love all the cute pencil cases!! There is one for every child! We try hard to find quality at a low price especially on school supplies! Thanks for coming back! We appreciate it!!
This is such a great list of back-to-school supplies for the kids! Though I do not have any children, a couple of my younger cousins are temporarily living with me, and they would love these gifts (especially the pencil cases and food-they’ll eat and draw you out of a house and home. Haha). I am definitely going to give these products a look! Great read! God bless you!
I love your article! My wife and I have guardianship for 3 young kids. We also have 5 grandchildren. I’m going to take my wife to your website and use some of your links to get some fun things for back-to-school gifts. Thanks so much for this article! I never would have thought about back-to-school gifts. It will help the time be more fun.
Ah, it’s that time of year again! Good you reminded me about that, because hopefully the grandkids’ school will indeed open in September. They live in Madrid and the schools over there have been closed since last March. Phew.
I am always having a hard time finding nice stuff to give them as I refuse to buy plastic. That’s why I love your metal pencil boxes – they are great!
How creative. I love the little car one and I think its a skateboard. I remember back in my day we had the finger skateboards, they were SO POPULAR. I don’t see them anymore, BUT these new ideas are perfect. What’s your personal favorite on here?
Lol! We remember those skateboards!
We love the multi-funtion pencil cases. They have all kinds of gadgets like pencil sharpners and calculators!
Hey,
I love this article, I have been thinking of what to get for my niece, nephew and my friends daughter before they go back to school in September. It seems like they are able to go back after the summer holiday now, so I’m looking forward to getting them something nice for the new school year. I usually get a good pen & pencil set with a nice pencil case. I’ll have a bit of a deeper think this time and put a bit more creativity into following your recommendations.
Thank you for sharing and keep up the great work.
All the best,
Tom