Amazing Crafty Hacks and Ideas Using Back to School Supplies

Back to school means so many amazing deals on back to school supplies.  They are in mass quantities and for really inexpensive prices.  Here are a few fun tips, ideas, and hacks for those supplies that you need to get now before they are gone to help you organize your craft supply, amazing tools to use in your crafty projects, and some fun ideas you can make with the supplies out right now!!

**All opinions are 100% my own.  I was compensated for this post. This post also contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links.  This helps me keep bringing you awesome free crafty ideas like this one!**

Here are a few hacks and ideas for those crafty supplies...plus if you are organizing a crafty event for kids, a camp, or a large group this is the best time to stock up and save while the supplies are huge and the cost is down!!

All my hacks and ideas are showing with many tips and trick in my video here.  Below are a few examples, but everything is in the video.

1)  Storage Bins - there are so many storage bins out their right now, stock up and save!!  Decorate it yourself and make some amazing crafty storage that rocks!!!

2) Binders - again crafty storage, but also to hold your planner pages!!  I love using my printable planner, so now I can just print out my pages on my printer, hole punch them and pop them into my binder!!!

3) Pens and Highlighters - thee are a necessity for any crafty room.  You need to jot down your ideas, have doodling tools, and they even come is really cute colors!!  I also love highlighters to add the big pop of bright color to my projects!!!

4) Sticky Notes - these are amazing not only for your planners, but also as a tool!!  They make for an amazing masking application, check out my video on how to mask and make the egg stamp below!!

5) Spirals and Composition Notebooks - great for art journals and journaling in general.  Stock up now on these great books while supplies are here for summer camp projects for next year!!  Decorate the cover for a fun kids or camp craft!!

 6) Pencils and Crayons - A great and easy back to school gift for the teachers with a simple tag on them, create a end of year gift with these fun supplies, or do some cool melting wax crayon art!

 7) Zipper Pouches - even more storage, this time it can be portable and they can hold a ton!!  I love these for my dies!!

 8) Spiral Index Cards - these are so cool for a mini book, an easy min art journal, or for your index card a day project!!  They even have mini plastic removable tabs that can act as separators for your pages as they dry!!!

9) Loose Leaf Notebook Paper - the idea are endless for notebook paper, just to start it can be used to jot down idea, but then think of the mixed media possibilities with layers in an art journal, cut out sections for a scrapbook page or just whole the whole sheet, decoupage, and so much more!!!

So now that I have given you a few fun ideas for all those back to school supplies you can buy them in bulk at the dollar tree and the are only $1!!  Even in bulk it may only need to be 4 of the same item, which if you are like me you will use up in a heartbeat, plus you can have it delivered for free to your local Dollar Tree for FREE SHIPPING !!

Supplies Used  

Interested in the supplies I used in this project?  Most are listed below and some are affiliate links, which generates a me little commission (at not extra cost to you at all) when you click on the link and make a purchase.  Affiliate and product disclosure can be found here.

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Fashion Click Colored Pens Shop at: DT	Black Ink Pens - 10 Pack Shop at: DT	Yellow No. 2 Pencils Shop at: DT
Highlighters, 4-ct. Packs Shop at: DT	Pocket 3-Ring Binders Shop at: DT	Composition Notebooks Shop at: DT
Fashion Spiral Notebooks Shop at: DT	Zippered Binder Pouches Shop at: DT	Boxed Crayons Shop at: DT
Spiral Index Cards Shop at: AZ	Post-It Notes Shop at: AZ	Notebook Filler Paper Shop at: DT
Large Acrylic Block – Brutus Monroe Shop at: BM	Detail Ink - Raven - 2x2 - Brutus Monroe Shop at: SB | BM | AZ