School Supply Deals Round-Up: 8/14/11 – 8/20/11

Are you participating in the Back-to-School Challenge? This is a great week to pick up some super cheap school supplies on your list. Here’s a look at the best deals I see this week.

Don’t forget, the major office supply stores price match, as do Target and Walmart. Read more about price matching school supply deals.

Many of the office supply stores are running their deals regionally this summer. They are staggering sales depending on when certain regions head back to school. The sales I post are based on the Kansas City paper, so be sure to check your circulars before heading out the door.

CVS

  • Caliber 1 Subject Notebook 70-80 sheets $3/1
  • Crayola, any, Spend $15, Earn 5 ECBs Limit 1
  • Elmer’s Glue 4 oz or Sticks 1-3 ct or Krazy Glue 0.016-0.07 oz $1.49
  • Five Star Notebooks or Binders, Spend $15, Earn 5 ECBs Limit 1
  • Paper Mate 1.2 Pens 10 ct 2/$1
  • Pilot EasyTouch Pens 2-5 pk 5/$5
  • Sharpie Fine Point Permanent Markers 8 ct $3.99

Office Max

BOGO Expo Dry Erase Markers
Use $2/2 Expo coupon
= Final Prices Vary

** Check your newspapers as mine came with a brown bag “special” – 20% off anything you can fit in the bag, plus all case paper, furniture, storage,  and printer accessories.

Office Depot

1¢ Deals

  • Paper pocket folders, various colors – limit 10
  • Plastic 12-inch ruler, various colors – limit 5
  • Office Depot® Brand Multipurpose Paper – $6.49
    Get $6.48 in mail-in savings prepaid Visa card
    = $.01 after rebate

25¢ Deals

  • Office Depot® Brand Bookcovers – limit 5
  • Office Depot® Brand Pencils, 12-pack – limit 5
  • Schoolworks® 5″ Kids Scissors, Blunt & Pointed – limit 5
  • Scholastic Standard Crayons – while supplies last
  • Office Depot® Brand Compass – while supplies last
  • Marble Composition Books, wide-ruled, 100 pages – limit 5

$1 Deals

  • Avery® Self-Adhesive Reinforcements, regularly $3.99
  • Paper Mate® Expressions Ballpoint Pens 5-PK – Black, regularly $4.49 (if they carry these at Target, you can price match and use the $1 off Target Paper Mate coupon)
  • Prismacolor® Magic Rub Vinyl Erasers 3-PK, regularly $3.99

$2 Deals

  • Sharpie Accent Generation Highlighters, 5-pack, regularly $4.49
  • 3M Command Damage-Free Picture-Hanging Strips – pack of 6, regularly $4.19

Staples

Freebies

  • Bic Clic Stick retractable ballpoint pens, black – 5-pack, limit 2
    Use $1/2 Bic Stationary Products 7/31/2011 SS Insert (exp 9/30/2011)
    = FREE after coupon
  • Pilot FiXion yellow highlighters, 3 pack – $4.99
    Get $4.99 in Staples Rewards
    = FREE after rewardsles Rewards

1¢ Deals
Valid through Wednesday; requires a $5 minimum purchase; limit 5

  • College- or wide-ruled filler paper, 120 sheets

50¢ Deals

  • Scotch Magic tape with dispenser – limit 2
  • Avery glue sticks, 3-pack – limit 2
  • Slider pencil case, assorted colors – while supplies last
  • Staples Stickies 1/2 ” Flags, assorted colors – limit 2
  • Staples Side-Spiral memo book, limit 2
  • Hammermill, Copy Plus copy paper, 500 sheets – $6.79 – $1.80 instant savings – $4.49 Staples Easy Rebate = $.50 – limit 2
  • Bic Student Choice Mechanical Pencils – $1
    Buy 2 and use $1/2 Bic Stationary Products 7/31/2011 SS Insert (exp 9/30/2011)
    = $.50 each after coupon

$1 Deals

  • Staples push pins, binder clips, paper clips, assorted colors and sizes, regularly $2 – while supplies last
  • Rose Art Washable Markers, broad line 10/pack, originally $2.99 – limit 2

$2 Deals

  • Bic Atlantis Retractable Ball Point pens, 4/Pack
    Buy 2 and use $1/2 Bic Stationary Products 7/31/2011 SS Insert (exp 9/30/2011)
    = $1.50 each after coupon
  • Clorox Disinfectant Wipes, 35/pack – limit 2
    Price match at Target and use $.75/1 Target coupon
    = $1.25 after coupon

Target

  • Backpacks: iCarly, Dora or SpongeBob $12
  • Crayola Washable 8 ct Markers or Washable 24 ct Crayons $1.50
  • Elmer’s Disappearing Purple Glue Sticks 3 pk $1.50
  • Embark Fashion Backpack, Select Styles $9
  • Licensed Backpacks, Cars2 or Hello Kitty $13
  • Mead: 12 month Planner $7, or 1 Subject Notebook $2
    Buy 2 and use $1/2 Mead Five Star Products 8/7/2011 RP Insert (exp 9/30/2011)
    = $6.50 or $1.50 each after coupon

(Thanks, Totally Target)

Walgreens

Expo Washable Dry Erase Markers – $3.99
Buy 2 and use $3/1 Expo Washable Dry Erase Markers, exp. 8/27/11 (Walgreens, Aug) – register will automatically take off $6
And use $2/2 Expo Printable
= 2 FREE after stacked coupons

Mead Five Star Notebooks BOGO
$1/2 Mead Five Star Products 8/7/2011 RP Insert (exp 9/30/2011)
= Final prices vary

BIC Highlighters 5 pk. $.79
$1/2 BIC Stationery Product, exp. 9/30/11 (SS 07/31/11)
= 2 for $.29 each after coupon

BIC Stick Pens – $0.99
$1/2 BIC Stationery Product, exp. 9/30/11 (SS 07/31/11)
= 2 for $.49 each after coupon

Mead Envelopes $.69 after in-ad coupon

Did you see any great deals that I missed? Please leave a comment so I can  update my list.

Note: This is not every sale item this week, rather the ones I thought were most notable.

Don’t forget to stop by the School Supply Challenge Check-In!

Comments

  1. FrugalEngineer says

    Your suggestion to price match at Target and then use a Target Q won’t work. They consider the price after their TQ to be their “sale price”, so when you go to customer service after completing your transaction they’ll tell you your Target price was better than the match price. You have to choose the price match or the TQ. You can still put a MQ after the match.

    Also, I had a couple observations from the Staples ad which will be on my list:
    $1 for the bigger plastic pencil boxes. The smaller ones were 50c last week, but they don’t fit all the stuff well. DD’s been asking for a big one and now that it’s on sale, I’ll probably indulge.
    $3 for a 10 pack of poster boards. We no doubt have many more posters in our future, so 30c/board sounds like a good investment.

    • Thanks so much for the heads up on Target – good to know that they don’t take store coupons on top of price match. (I’ve yet to PM at Target – can you tell?! ;-))

      Those poster boards were a smidge cheaper this past week at Wags, but you’re right, it’s not a huge different ($.03 each). And I hear you on the bigger boxes. Fortunately we don’t need those yet on our list!

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