I love this idea that Jenn sent me. Short on cash this month? Need to put together a birthday present? Check out Jenn’s idea to put a cute birthday gift together with the BTS sales. It is definitely a practical gift, but fun too!
I wanted to share an awesome August birthday gift that I put together for a little girl entering the second grade in just over a week. I decided to put together a back to school pack for her and did this on the cheap!
- Backpack and Lunch Box – $6.24 including tax and shipping from Toys R Us using the free lunch box deal
- Fun Dog Fashion Gift – Free with Toys R Us $5 off purchase coupon
- 3 composition books – Free at OfficeMax
- 2 Spiral Notebooks – $0.02 at Office Depot
- Pencil Pouch – $0.01 at Office Depot
- Ruler – $0.01 at Office Depot
- 4 pack of Glue – $0.50 at Office Depot
- 2 pack of Hand Sanitizer – $0.50 at Office Depot
- Index Cards – $0.01 at Staples
- Crayola Markers – $0.75 at Target
- Zebra Pencil – Free after Easy Rebate at Staples
- Roseart Crayons – $0.01 at Staples
- Dixon Pencil – Free from my brother-in-law!
- Erasers – $0.01 at Staples
- 4 Mead Folders – Free at Target with five star coupon
Grand Total – $8.56 for a awesome back-to-school gift with things I was stocking up on!
Thanks, Jenn!
link to backpacks that should qualify
http://www.toysrus.com/searchHandler/index.jsp?promoId=13188924&type=trigger
i did something similar for my niece who is off to college. she got to “shop” my stockpile as her college gift. loved it.
Can you please tell me what the free lunch box deal is at Toys R Us? Thank you!
Nicki,
It is the promo they ran last week and the week before. Buy A Backpack, get a free lunchbox.
Its currently running as well, any back back over 9.99
free lunch kit 9.99 and under
oh great Shanon!