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Creating a Fun Back to School Planner

July 29, 2019 · In: Home Design & DIY

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PilotPen4School #CollectiveBias

Here I go again, talking about all things back to school-related. I guess when you have 3 going to school in less than a month, it is hard not to mention those back to school things. Lets talk about those back to school planners.

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Back to School & Planners

Planners are something I find necessary during those wild and crazy school years. There are so many different assignments, meetings, extracurricular activities, and early dismissal days that you must have one in order to keep up. The one thing I love about planners is that you can create them to meet your needs and wants. Its all about you when it comes to your planner.

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Prepping that planner.

In order to have a useful planner, you first need to decide why you actually need a planner. Do you need to know just what is going on specific days or are you looking for a more detailed, hourly-type of planner? Do you like to incorporate methods of motivation through out your day or are you a straight-to-the-point type of planner? You need to take all of these into consideration when you are prepping for your planner. Yes, there are that many options out there!

Making it personal.

Once you have decided what type of planner will be the most functional in meeting your daily, weekly, and monthly needs, you will then have the chance to personalize it. There is so much more than writing in special dates into your planner. I love to make it more about me, even though majority of those dates are filled with events that surround the busy schedule of my kids. Stickers and colorful pens are the best way to keep that planner fun and personal.

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Creating that FUN back to school planner.

So how do I go about making my planner more fun? With Pilot Pen of course! Y’all, these FriXion Clicker and FriXion Colorstick assorted pens not only write easily with their smooth writing gel ink, but are erasable! You heard me right, ERASABLE! Do you know how amazing this is? I am constantly shuffling appointments around on my calendar due to managing 3 kids, a husband with a busy work schedule, and my own work schedule. The fact that I can create a colorful and fun planner while also being able to erase and edit is a huge plus!

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My oldest even loves to use these pens for school assignments and can easily erase her mistakes. This is a mom win for sure! My daughter can enjoy doing her very own school work along side me creating my weekly schedule with the ease of these Pilot Pen FriXion Clicker pens. She is even getting into the idea of creating her very own school planner since 3rd grade is going to be a little bit more busier than her previous school years.

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Where to find your planner needs?

Now that I have shared all my tips on how to get started on creating that fun back to school planner, you must know where to find all your planner needs. This would be at Walmart of course! I easily picked up my planner as well as my Pilot Pen products during the same Walmart trip. My Walmart even had a designated endcap near the Pen Aisle just for the Pilot Pen.

Don’t forget to take advantage of those Walmart Rollbacks either!

  • FriXion Clicker 3pk on Rollback for $4.77
  • FriXion Clicker 10pk on Rollback for $9.88

 

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Get to your local Walmart and pick up your planner accessories, including the Pilot Pen FriXion Clicker and FriXion Colorstick assorted pens today! It’s not too early to start getting that back to school planner started.

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By: Clair · In: Home Design & DIY · Tagged: Back to School, FriXion Clicker, Organization, Pilot Pens, Planner

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  1. Marissa | Marissa's Teachable Moments says

    July 31, 2019 at 12:52 am

    Nothing beats a good planner! I love the various colors.

    • thesproutingminds@gmail.com says

      September 24, 2019 at 2:31 am

      I am all about a great planner!

  2. Jori says

    July 31, 2019 at 4:58 am

    I am so bad at using planners but I need them so badly! Thanks for the tips on prepping and making them fun (and practical). Looking forward to another go this school year.

    • thesproutingminds@gmail.com says

      September 24, 2019 at 2:32 am

      You welcome! Definitely give it another try! I have gotten better with them over the years haha!

  3. Aria | Blogs by Aria says

    August 1, 2019 at 12:23 am

    I’m a true planner girl and am always up for new ones!! Especially for back to school planning!!

    • thesproutingminds@gmail.com says

      September 24, 2019 at 2:33 am

      Yay! Love me some planners too!

  4. Peachy @ The Peach Kitchen says

    August 1, 2019 at 3:21 am

    I also use multi-colored pens on my planner. makes it more fun!

    • thesproutingminds@gmail.com says

      September 24, 2019 at 2:41 am

      I know, right?! Makes it so much more fun!

  5. Marina says

    August 1, 2019 at 9:57 am

    A good planner is everything and these pens look fun and useful x

    • thesproutingminds@gmail.com says

      September 24, 2019 at 2:42 am

      Yes it is!

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