Despite our best intentions, all the preparation at the school year soon unravels into chaos.<\/p>\n
One pen in the bottom of the bag, lost water bottles, and torn backpacks.<\/p>\n
But that doesn\u2019t mean there isn\u2019t value in being as prepped as possible at the beginning of the school year.<\/p>\n
And there\u2019s nothing better than a fully stocked pencil case to get your little one in the right mindset for the year of learning ahead.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t worry, though, you won\u2019t have to trawl between sold out TG Jones, TX Maxx, and Ryman on the high street this year.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve rounded up the very best pencil cases, pens, stationery sets, and highlighters to save yourself time.<\/p>\n
And honestly, it\u2019s a great year for stationery: each year brands continue to top themselves. Stand outs this year include glitter highlighters (I would\u2019ve been all over these at school and, um, now), Maped\u2019s Kidy Learn Concentration set, which contains spinnable and touchable rulers and pens for kids that struggle to focus in class, and erasable coloured pencils.<\/p>\n
Of course, there are also some excellent pencil cases in there. But if you want to minimise the chances of having to re-purchase everything on this list, we highly recommend buying yourself a Cricut so you can make personalised stickers and decals to plaster all over your little one\u2019s belongings. You\u2019re welcome!<\/p>\n
This handy machine lets you design and cut out your own custom labels for all their binders, notebooks, and cases so you don\u2019t lose it all immediately. Life hack \u2705<\/p>\n
For a matchy matchy moment, get the mini version of their backpack as a pencil case.<\/p>\n
For the kid that likes everything to have a place.<\/p>\n
This is the pen for pre-license learners: it\u2019s refillable, ergonomic, and the ink doesn\u2019t smudge. Easy peasy.<\/p>\n
An absolute essential for revision notes and back of the binder scribbles.<\/p>\n
That maths test is just another Pok\u00e9mon waiting to be caught, after all.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t worry, you can get this for other teams, too: no rivalry here.<\/p>\n