Approaching September 1. It's time to get the child to school. A lot of money is needed for this. Of course, parents would like to somehow save. In fact, everything needed to be acquired had to be gradually, so that it could not afford too much. But if you haven’t done it yet ...
Check out some of the tips in this article. Your budget will suffer noticeably less.
School uniform purchase
School uniform requirements are generally the same everywhere. For the boy - pants, vest and plain shirts. A jacket may be needed on holidays. For girls - blouses with a skirt or sundress.
As for skirts and trousers, it is better to buy two pairs at once. One in size, the second - one more. The fact is that in November it will be difficult to find a school uniform in stores. A child can grow up. Even if you get one pair and hesitate with the size, choose, of course, the larger one. As a last resort, snub or shorten. It will still be beneficial. Pay attention, by the way, to chain stores. They offer big discounts.
Sportswear is also more profitable to order in online stores. For the gym you will need shorts and t-shirts. For the street - pants and a sweatshirt. Please note that you don’t need to buy an Olympic sweatshirt. They are rarely used. The gym is usually well drowned. And on the street you can do without them. Better pick up some kind of sports bomber jacket that the child can wear outside the school walls. Do not forget about the bag for sportswear, which, in principle, can be sewn independently.
Stationery and backpack
School backpacks, folders for drawing, pencil cases and other school attributes to acquire, moreover, you can always advance. They certainly will not go out of fashion. And your student will not grow out of them. And in August, prices for all these attributes will skyrocket.
However, you can take advantage of the mistakes of other parents. It happens, for example, that they buy their child a backpack of the wrong color, model, or with the image of the wrong character with which the baby would like. Brand new things are immediately sent for sale to special sites or to groups on social networks. Naturally, such a purchase will cost you much cheaper than in a regular store.
As for the pencil case, you should not buy an expensive thing with filling. Half of all this is not useful to the child. Buy a simple small soft pencil case. Such that did not rattle on a school desk.
Pencils, felt-tip pens, paints ... Think about whether a child needs 36 colors? Save. "50 shades of gray" he does not need. 12 colors will be enough.
But the pens will need a lot. Unfortunately, for some reason, they tend to get lost. It’s better not to stop on expensive ones.
Make friends with parents
Pay attention also to the fact that pens, notebooks, albums and other stationery are much cheaper to buy in bulk. For a whole class. Chat with other parents. Make one general order. You can get a good discount for a large party. Or some bonuses. It is possible that one of the parents will get discount cards in large stationery networks. Thus, you will save much more than even on sales. In a word, keep in touch with your parents through a messenger or group chat.
