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School PTO must haves!
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items From planning and running school events to everything in between!! Some things are worth buying! Let me help make it easier for you ❤️🫶
We have 2 of these!! When we do events we give kids who cant be on social media their own stickers to wear! When we gift the whole school something we just slap a quick sticker on it from PTO. This thing printed FAST!!! Has its own app to customize y...
Niimbot Label Maker
Any fundraiser sent home that takes cash donations I highly suggest sending it home in this envelope! We even put a sticker on each one that has Student name and Teacher name on it. Makes organizing so much easier as they come back to school!
Clasp Mailing Envelopes
When we have events where you need to show a "ticket" at the door, we send home wristbands instead. With a wave of their wrist kids can just come on in. We always send home the day before!
600 WristCo Tyvek Wristbands, 6-Color Variety
We use this more then I ever thought we would. For conferences we provide meals for the teachers and staff. We always throw a drink in this! On random days thru the year we have used this. We've used it at almost every event to provide lemonade. Lem...
Creativeware 3-Gallon Poly Prop Beverage Dispenser
An investment!!!! We do a "glow party" as a fundraiser Incentives. We just have to pull these out, throw up some of our glow decorations and play music. Super simple and kids go crazy for it. Last year we did glow in the dark face paint in our art ro...
4 pack black lights
We used these for our 6th grade lemonade bar. Huge hit and we have a TON left! Being able to just pump flavors in their lemonade down an assembly line was quick easy and kids loved!!! We will have a lemonade bar at way more events
Concession Express® Snow Cone Syrup Fun Pack
Storing our things in clear totes has been a life saver. Labeling totes is cool until you change what's inside the totes 🤣🙈 but the clear tote we can see exactly what's inside and then we easily and quickly know what tote to grab and go.
HDX 27 Gal. Tough Storage Tote in Clear with Yellow Lid
A must buy if you do any school decorating !!!! You can glue things straight to bricks or put painters tape on the wall and hot glue whatever to the tape! No damage and your stuff doesnt continually fall off the wall. We decorate for homecoming, wint...
Cordless - Hot Glue Guns
We use this for every single flyer we make! Getting pro was so worth it!!!!
Canva Pro | Your all-in-one design solution
We have 2 pop up canopies in our closet for any outdoor events! Keeping our volunteers out of the sun is amazing !
Pop Up Canopy
The amount of times we have had to staple things 🥴🥴 Do not question getting the automatic stapler!!!!
Automatic Stapler
This is awesome to have when you find yourself carrying in more then your own coffee. Which has happened more times then I can count being in PTO.
musbus Reusable Drink Carrier with Handle
We use mesh bags for our money! Every event has their own bag to keep the money in until we deposit at the bank. During teacher appreciation week we do a "supply bar" and we always throw mesh bags out for staff to take for free!
Mesh Zipper Pouch Bags
This is the best thing ever!!! Having my wallet on me and my phone hanging from me has been amazing when running events! One less bag to have to remember to snag before I leave and being able to easily grab my phone for quick pictures Is a game chan...
Save The Girls
Download. This. App.
We put ALL our receipts on this app! Our board members all have our Google log in so they can see all of them too. Easier for our treasurer to go down the list to budget and track expenses and WAY easier then keeping physical rec...
Google Keep notes
We have this at every event we can and the kids love it! We have 1st thru 6th grade and its a hit for all ages.
Giant Connect 4
Something so little you dont think about! We organize a lot of forms by class. These help us keep them all together and organized! A lot of times we put the class lists on top of the piles
Binder Clips
I never thought Id have a clipboard 🤣🙈 this is nice when Im focused on kids turning stuff in from a certain class. Permission slips inside the clipboard after I mark them off the class list clipped to the front. 🥰
Clipboard With Storage