Back-to-School Shopping Gets Cooler

Written by Pat's Papers | Tuesday, 17 August 2010 10:42 AM

An article in the kids’ section of the Washington Post made me excited for back-to-school shopping. Things have moved way beyond trapper keepers and pencil cases. There’s a pencil case the unzips into a jump rope, for example, and a backpack charm that works as a digital Post-It note, letting kids record 30 second reminders for themselves. But my favorite’s got to be the biodegradable pens. Once they’ve run out of ink, you dismantle them and bury them in the backyard. After a year, they’re gone.

Check out some of the supplies on Amazon:

Zip It Colorful Pencil Pouch

Talkatoo Voice Recordable Pendant

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