Before you run buy new school supplies for back to school, take stock of school supplies from previous years that could be reused or recycled.
You will notice that many items from previous years are easily retrievable.
It's easy to mend a schoolbag, evenly resize used colored pencils, reuse a notebook where only a few pages are written, or even reuse glue that isn't completely empty.
To develop your children's creativity and be trendy at recess, their old school supplies can be decorated with stickers, cut-outs or patches to stick or sew on their supplies.
Do you also recycle your children's supplies? Tell us in the comments.
Reusing at least half of the school supplies each year is a very effective money-saving tip to spend less money each back to school.
The back-to-school budget will automatically be reduced. It's up to you to learn the art of saving with your children and also in a fun way. The more school supplies I collect each year, the faster I save on my back-to-school budget.
