cute pencils

hi 3SnuggleBunnies oh how I remember having to buy a ton of those yellow pencils during the years my son was in grade school. It seems to be a thing in schools for kids to steal the darned things and not'even think it was stealing.we went the cute pencils and had the same thing happen.'did you ever buy some and find the lead in them was broken the pencils almost worthless? lol

With my daughter now being in first grade, I have come to realize that I HATE any of those decorative pencils. The don't sharpen well or the lead always breaks. The erasers seem to break off as well. It frustrates my daughter when the pencil lead breaks on her while she's drawing or doing homework . . . and we have to sharpen it for her all the time. The paint on those decorative pencils are of concern and it does come off. I do like the Ticonderoga brand pencils - I rolled my eyes when I read how they are the best - but after using them at home, I think it might be true!! I didn't buy them before because I thought pencils were pencils . . . but now I realize you get what you pay for (most times anyway). Next summer when these pencils, as well as other school supplies, are up for sale, I'm going to buy them up so we have a supply in the closet. Our problem at home is my daughter keeps losing all these pencils because she won't put them back in the same pencil box . . . but somehow she is able to find the cheap decorative pencils strewn around the house which we all hate!! Come to think of it, I hate all cheap pencil sharpeners too (like those ones they get in birthday party goody bags) as they don't work at all!

I know that there are places where you can order personalized pencils. I agree that most pencils seem worthless any more. i do not know what to do about the thief other than the ones with names on it.

I used to let my kids put stickers on theirs and those temporary tattoos of lightening bolts and stuff. We would even paint them with model paint to make them special. It was a lot of fun to sit at the table and see who could paint the most outrageous pencil!

I like that, "...if you can't sharpen them whats the point?" Tell your daughter you're not going to supply the class thief with pencils. She can have a boring yellow one that no one will care about stealing.

My daughter actually collects the cute pencils that she gets because of the fact that they are just too cute to sharpen and to use. When it comes to supplies in the classroom, they actually have community property so we are only allowed to send in the plain jane yellow #2 pencils. I really think that things are better this way though because of the fact that this way everyone has the same thing and no one has any reason to steal from another child in the classroom.

my kids use what ever is handy. they are in hghschool so they dont use a lot but i do now what you mean. i find mechanical pencils are good if they are older.

I would speak to my child's teacher if there is a problem with a thief in the room. I like the idea of painting the pencils. I know many classes want the yellow pencils now instead of something else. I home school so we use many pencils and I really don't have much trouble with the cutesy pencils. I notice the pattern does come off some and clog the sharpener, but I think that all other pencils to do.

I remember those days....I love to get the grandkids those...but now I will know better! My kids did the same thing all those years ago...never had enough to last very long. Of course borrowing them to others was a big part of it!

I have noticed that lately as well that the designs instead of being like painted on the pencils when I was a kid is like this plastic stuff that peels off as your are sharpening the pencil. It is weird. What you can do it take the point of a safety pin and scratch your kids name into the pencils and then when your kids see someone with that pencil they can look and see if there name is on it and say hey thats my pencil.

my mom used to take a knife and peel a bit of the pencil off by the eraser and write our names on the pencil.

I've never had an issue with pencils getting jammed in the sharpener. We also don't have issues with thieves in any of my kid's classes.. that I am aware of.

When my daughters are much younger, I always have problem like what you mentioned not only with pencils but also with colors. I tried printing their own sticker with their own picture instead of the usual Disney Princess. Maybe it works, because I still see some of those pencils in their old bags. My sister-in-law who are sending their things would love to buy packs of pencil with cute designs. So when the kids bring this pencils to school, the other kids would be interested to have one because it is different from theirs.

I don't remember having a pencil like that when i was in kinder or elementary. I don't like girlish stuff or some over decorative pencils. I just want the ordinary one. I hope that pencil thief can be found. LOL.