I always think of Back to School season as an unofficial New Year's Day. It is full of new possibilities and new school clothes, shoes, and supplies. My parents bought me new consumable school supplies like pens, pencils, and notebooks but for the big stuff like lunchboxes, binders, and backpacks they had a One and Done policy. I had to take care of it because I wasn't going to get another for the following school year if I trashed it that year.
Looking back, it was a great green lesson about taking care of what you have so it will last. It was also a lesson in creativity. Sometimes I jazzed up last year's school supplies makes them feel bright, shiny, and new for the new school year with a craft project like my
washi tape USB Flash drive.
Them: "Hey, where did you get that cool Flash drive?!" Me: "Oh, I made it."
When you want to be crafty for Back to School season it helps to start
early. Especially if you have a student going back to college since most
college start before summer officially ends.