The coolest school supplies to make school more fun: Back to School Guide 2014

Sometimes it's the little things that make the biggest impression, and when it comes to back to school shopping, it may be the backpack we spend all our time stressing about, when it turns out to be the $1 hamster eraser or the personalized pencil case that our kids love and cherish like nothing else. So we've scoured the web for you to track down two dozen of the very coolest school supplies and fun accessories to make all this preparation a little more fun. For both of you.

Flying colors rainbow tape dispenser ($11.99, coming soon to Perpetual Kid)

And what would our guide be without a killer giveaway? We've got over $1000 worth of prizes up for grabs, including goodies for your kid and goodies for you. Just scroll down to the bottom of this post for the details. Promise, it's easy to enter.

We're so pleased that our guide is brought to you by HP, who we are thrilled to be working with this year. If you haven't taken a peek at the HP Instant Ink replacement service, then now is the time before the homework and school projects and 4000 things you need to print start piling up. You can save up to 50% off the cost of HP original ink, plus your printer will actually alert HP when you're running out of ink and auto-ship it to you for as little as $2.99 a month, which means saving more time and more money.  And psst...if you checked out our post on cool back to school printables, you know just how valuable that can be.

Happy shopping!

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