Save Big on Back to School Shopping

Summer will shortly end and back to school time is here, you need to get all the school essentials for your child to start the new year. And more over you need to get the things done before hand. You might be bit worried about the expenditure as you need to shop many things. Here are top tips that will relieve your tensions and help you save big on back to school shopping.

Go for bargains

Look for special offers and bargains. Check in different stores to know about the sale specials and price difference for the same product. This will help you save some bucks.

Look at the dollar stores

Do not forget to check the dollar and bargain stores. They are the right place to save money. Here you might not find all the back to school supplies, but it is worth the effort to check in what they have.

Do not forget the thrift stores and yard sales

If you want to get things even at cheaper prices, go for the thrift stores and yard sales. Accessories like binders, backpacks, notebooks, lunch boxes, lamps, nightstands, couches, desks and furniture will be available at cheaper prices. If you get some wear and tears, you can bring it back to life through your creativity and craftsmanship.

Recycle a great saving

The best way to save on back to school supplies is to recycle previous years supplies like notebooks, binders and folders. Tear out used pages from the notebooks and use the fresh pages. Bring out your creativity and use wrapping papers, contact papers, leaf papers, wall papers, stickers, photographs, colors, gum etc to give a new look to the last years supplies. For example, instead of wasting your money on fancy book covers, you can do it by yourself using the above things. Do not throw last year’s things like rulers, sharpeners, pencils, erasers, protractors, calculators as you can use them for two to three years.

Shop online

Shopping online is the best idea for a great saving. You can save your precious time too. Take advantage of coupons, coupon codes, free coupons and back to school promotions that facilitate a great savings with latest deals and discounts offered by the online stores along with free shipping facilities. Look for coupons in the newspaper too.

Buy in bulk

Think on bulk buying, if you have more than one kid or your cousins kids or you can call up a couple of moms.

Prepare a list and stick to your budget

Getting a list ready before you start shopping will prevent you from overspending and end up buying unnecessary things. This also will give you an idea what you need to buy and what your kids already have or can make reuse of last years stuff. Knowing what you need to buy will make your job faster and stick to your budget.

Shop early! Shop late!

You can shop early i.e. before the season starts for stuff like notebooks, report folders, pencils, crayons, etc. Even you can shop in the weekend before the schools gets opened for the season end discount sales. At this time the prices come down to clearance prices and moreover no crowds.

A back to school shopping does not mean emptying parents bank account. Smart purchases, reusing of old stuff and timely shopping can easily make the tough stormy time a financial breeze.