Summer goes by far too fast – before you know it, you were sitting on a beach, and then its time to wash PE kits, sharpen pencils, and restock pencil cases.
We’ve been busy making sure we have everything we need for our return to school by trawling the Smiggle Back to School UK site to get stocked up with their new range, but not before we have written to our new Smiggle Pen pals about all the exciting things we have got up to in the holidays…
…and drawn in our new school pads…making sure we capture some of those summer memories forever…
I’d say we are having a successful summer if we get a beach and a rainbow – and a scented one at that – wouldn’t you?
I guess it should be no surprise that a beach features prominently in my son’s memories of the summer. We have been lucky enough to visit Antigua, and I suspect that Mummy of Three Diaries kids, whom we are writing our postcards too, won’t know what’s hit them when they receive them. Tales of stingrays, snorkelling, and lizards are either going to put them off wanting to go to Antigua, or they will all be on the next plane there!
Their tales have been made even more colourful by the gorgeous scented gel pens that Smiggle have for school too. These were so well loved, they even shared them ;-).
My daughter was keen, at first, to ensure that the Antiguan postcard smelt of pineapple or banana, which are, of course, rather important fruits in the Carribean. Authenticity is important when writing postcards is concerned. However, in the end, pink won out, but those fruity scents came a very close second :-D
It isn’t all smelly pens, and glitter with Smiggle though.
You’d be surprised at how sneaky they can be – making some of the more boring aspects of school life into something that little bit more exciting, from slap bands with timetables on them, which my kids think are amazing, to some very snazzy pocket calculators.
Smiggle have an excellent selection of lined pads which are perfect for that school work. There are a great selection of different colours, and designs, so that there is going to be one that your child will fall in love with.
They are great for leaning on when we are writing postcards too ;-) My football mad son is in his element on Smiggle, as they have an excellent range of stationery with this theme.
We love writing to our new pen pals, and Smiggle is making the pain of going back to school a little easier too. If, like me, you were wondering where Smiggle get their name – it is where a smile meets a giggle – and I think that given all the fun we have had playing with their back to school range, this about sums it up.
We hope you find something you like on the Back to School section within Smiggle, and remember you can get 20% off if you sign up to their newsletter too. Just scroll down to the bottom of their homepage to find their sign up info.
Helen
Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, and website editor; and this site is (we think) the only Social Enterprise parenting magazine! Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, and use those grey cells at the same time. KiddyCharts has reach of over 1.1million across social and the site. The blog works with big family brands (including travel) to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. It gives 51%+ profits to Reverence for Life, who fund a number of important initiatives in Africa, including bringing running water and basic equipment to a school in Tanzania. Helen has worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on. Get in touch TODAY!