Monday 14 January 2013

$160 GIVEAWAY: The Trendiest Products 4 Back2Skool!

When you're a teacher (and an organisational freak) like myself, you know what you love and what you detest when it comes to students' school supplies and stationery. Sometimes you're a big kid at heart too and you marvel at all the new and wonderful things kids bring into school. I don't know how many times I've said "What is that? A sharpener?" Only to hear, "Yeah Mrs East, it works like this!" "Wow, cool!" I reply, secretly wishing that it was sitting in my stationery cup on my desk!

So when Blogs & PR contacted me to review and giveaway $160 of 2kool4skool's products, I had a look at their website, decided pretty quickly I would LOVE their products, and had them send it out to me to try. Here's what I loved and I know you will too!

BOOK COVERS:

Contacting books is important. It extends the life of exercise books and children tend to want to maintain their books better rather than scribble, bend and sometimes, tear them! Often you have amazing parents or a teacher aide contacting books and sometimes (groan) the teacher has to do the lot themselves. It's hard work, tedious, there's that really annoying bubbling of contact if you don't do it right, and did I mention it's really tedious?

OUT with contact and in with this brilliant invention please!



The covers just slip over the books like a dust jacket and has this neat inside pocket to hold a pencil or pen (see below). Fantastic! No more "Why haven't you started yet?" "Because I can't find my pencil..." as they dig through their pencil case that's as big as their school bag *sigh*. Love that this simple pocket can eliminate THAT problem. And the cover designs are super, super kool!

SMELLING AWESOME:

So, Mr.T obviously can't use everything I received and I am totally nabbing this cookie-smelling pen for my business' office that I'm currently designing. I figure every time I need a sugar craving I'll give this deliciously smelling pen a whiff and voila! I'll be satisfied and sugar-free...




There's also the scratch and sniff labels. The scratch and sniff is back! Loving it. Brings me back.


Now something Mr.T could get into was the crayons. They have a unique peel design which I really liked. They are so much better than crayons that wind-up, wind-down, then break. You can keep using these crayons until they actually run out. Their colours are really nice and bold and well. Our little artist agreed...






2Kool4Skool.com.au also carry a range of great products like rubbers, ID wallets, headphones, combination locks and more. They also donate 10% of their profits to Demazong Academy in Sikkim, which is the smallest Indian state on the Nepalese border. This helps the academy build up their own educational supplies.

Overall, I'm proud to be supporting and endorsing a fantastic Australian business, with a great range of products and one that contributes to the less fortunate too.

I received products to trial, and keep in exchange for this review and giveaway. All opinions, however, are my own. I only review and give away items I fully endorse and believe to be of quality, to my readers,

GIVEAWAY: The exciting part is, with the help of Blogs&PR, 2kool4skool.com.au is bringing $160 worth of products to one of my lucky readers! And best of all, it will be TAILORED to suit your family's needs.

Fill in the Rafflecopter form below and good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

45 comments:

  1. Bringing a splash of color to a boring day on the computer ,I love the lipstick USB!

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  2. Each and every one of the Book Covers I LOVE!!!!!! No covering books with contact - that would be amazing. Plus the designs are VERY cool and there is something to suit both my son (Grade 3) and daughter (entering Prep). I'd be thrilled to win this prize :)

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  3. I'm a frog freak so squealed with delight when I saw the frog range!!

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  4. I'm a frog freak so I squealed with delight when I saw the frog range. Son thinks the lego range is awesome.

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  5. I love their shoe pencil cases, so funky!

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  6. i just love the book covers and now we have no more sticky fingers and all the books are coverd you have to try the smelly pens they are edible almost there my daughters favourite

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  7. Wow aren't those crayons great! What a fantastic idea! Breemkelly@hotmail.com

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  8. I love the shoe pencil cases and shoe bags - so gorgeous and trendy!!

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  9. OMG my favourite has to be the peel down crayons - i cannot leave my 2 year old alone with the twistable crayones cos all he wants to do is wind them down until he is holding the thin piece of crayon in his hand which he then proceeds to try to draw with and snapping. Drawing with him has become painful for everyone so I tend to avoid it :( Very keen!!

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  10. I love the book covers, because they are practical and look great!!

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  11. The book covers are fantastic; what a great idea! No more ticky Contact!

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  12. As a mother of a 19yr I covered over a 100 school books in contact (maybe in 13yrs) - the covers that just slip over the books like a dust jacket are a WINNER to me now I have twins only 1 yr into 13 school yrs.

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  13. Book Covers cause I detest Contact, I end up with bubbles galore and it looks terrible!

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  14. I love the colour apeel crayons what a unique way to be more environmentally friendly

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  15. Wow... The Book Covers are Awesome..... I remember sitting for hours trying to get the bubbles out of my books! And diligently carving my name into my pencils.... Ahhh the memories :)

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  16. Monika Livingston14 January 2013 at 22:54

    Very cool.... love the scratch and sniff :)

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  17. I love their book covers, cute designs with fun games. Kids are gonna love them.
    lindtar@gmail.com

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  18. There is nothing cooler than a chocolate chip cookie sented pen. How awesome and a great way to curb hunger attacks

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  19. The BOOK COVERS are just genius. Great designs & what a time saver.

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  20. I also love the book covers they look awesome!

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  21. It's a toss up between the book covers and the crayons for me! I used to like contacting books until I covered what seemed like thousands for the school library lol! I agree that the wind up crayons always seem to break - this is a novel approach I would love to try! My kids would vote for the labels though - they are scratch and sniff sticker mad :)

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  22. Popcorn Pen!!! And the crayons that unwrap!!!

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  23. I love the Wild Child Slip-On A4 School Book Covers - 6 pack, I know my daughter would die for them too :)

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  24. The bubblegum scented pens- could it be possible that they are even better than a smelly sticker? russellcathryn at yahoo.com dot au

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  25. Everything that smells nice, Oh how I loved scratch and sniff as a kid. My 6 year old informs me that scratch and sniff is still the coolest!

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  26. My daughter would love the Shoe/Boot pencil case, especially enjoy indulging in envious stares in class!

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  27. Oh the memories. They have scratch and sniff book lables in chocolate and bubblegum. When I was a kid, teachers had scratch and sniff stickers they would put on your work if you did really well. I can remember trying so hard every day to get one of those little things.

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  28. I love the giant shoe pencil case because it looks so cool.

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  29. Book covers, I love that they even have a spot for a pen!

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  30. What a great prize! Book cover, cookie scented pen - wow they really thought of everything!

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  31. my niece loves arts cradts loves designers cards has heaps of card in a.box into coloured pens which she's ran out of making things out of pressed flowers and makes her own paper very creative

    have a great fab day cheers!

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  32. Magnetic Guitar Pens are my favourite in the range. They are my son's favourite too. He loves to play with the guitar and i am sure he will love these in his back to school items. These magnetic pens will be very handy as we can stick them on the fridge to make lists.

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  33. I so love all of 2Kool4Skool products, and my daughters do too. Hope to WIN them some and hear them squeal!!

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  34. My little mate is about to start in grade 2. 11 more years of covering books is daunting. It'd be wonderful to have this to make it easier.

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  35. Amazing Pen

    Gazing at the amazing pen
    Jenn, glenn and ken take 10
    Now and then comes along a pen
    Blazing, hell raising that stops all wise men

    Oh how I love the amazing pen!

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  36. Amazing Pen

    Gazing at the amazing pen
    Jenn, glenn and ken take 10
    Now and then comes along a pen
    Blazing, hell raising that stops all wise men

    Oh how I love the amazing pen!

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  37. Oh, lordie. After 4 hours spent contacting just child #1's books...and 2 more kids stuff to do...those book covers have me excited. Very. LOVE them.

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  38. The Lego USB stick, my son would love it!

    Cheers Sharon Fawcett.

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  39. I love the book covers with designs each of my kids would love- Krazy Kritters for my new prep school kid, Totally girl for my princess who is in grade 3, Cool Dude for my son in grade 6 and my girls in grade 9 and 11 would love the Wild Child covers on their books. I would also be wrapped if we won, I have a million books to cover and this would make it so much easier and save my sanity. (well slight exaggeration, I have 45 to do but it feels like millions!)

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  40. The book covers save my sanity

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  41. A cookie smelling pen!?! I'm in heaven.

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  42. As a music teacher, the Magnetic Guitar Pens look like just the thing we need! Perfect for teaching, and I can stick them on my filing cabinet or whiteboard, and hopefully they won't stray away.. At least with a twin pack - I can have a second one on hand as a back up!

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  43. A cookie smelling pen is just awesome! I love cooking smells in anything, makes me feel all cosy.

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