Can you believe that it’s almost the end of the school year? We can’t!

If you’re keen to get organised and prepared for the Autumn term to save yourself the stress of last minute shopping during the summer holidays, we’ve got you covered.

It can be so hard to find unique, cool school essentials. When we went around the shops, a lot of it felt so generic and boring, and our children were pretty uninterested. We LOVE things with a bit of personality and ‘sparkle’, so when we came across Redbubble*, we just knew we’d found something special. As we know so many of our followers love quirky things for their children, we HAD to share what we’d spotted with you all.

As the world’s largest marketplace for over 1 million independent artists, Redbubble enables artists to profit from their creativity. Something we absolutely applaud as a small independent (start from the dining room) business ourselves.

Our Favourite Back to School Finds…

Backpacks

We are crazy about these unique, funky backpacks! The prints are like nothing we’ve spotted anywhere else – which one is your favourite?

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Buy the Cute Little Penguin Face backpack here* – designed and sold by rustydoodle
Buy the Cats and Girls Confetti backpack here* – designed and sold by Miranmina
Buy the Blue Daisies backpack here* – designed and sold by Trine Tollefson
Buy the Pastel Pizza Pepperoni backpack here*- designed and sold by Carabara

Drawstring Bags

These drawstring bags are so much better than boring, plain coloured bags! That bee print is beyond adorable, how bee-autiful is it?!

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Buy the Morning Run Drawstring Bag here* – designed and sold by triagus
Buy the Folk Cat Pattern Drawstring Bag here* – designed and sold by Olivia Gibbs
Buy the Cute Laptop Cat Drawstring Bag here* – designed and sold by SarahJoncas
Buy the I Love Monsters Drawstring Bag here* – designed and sold by Saif Chowdry

Water Bottles

Check out these cool metal water bottles. They are made from stainless steel and are a perfect size as they hold 20 oz when full. They also come with a leak proof cap for peace of mind. There are literally 1000s of designs to choose from, you really are spoilt for choice. We couldn’t get enough of the pizza print designed by artist carabara who is “inspired by places flowers and especially food”. Works for us!

Image Credit: Redbubble*

Buy the Pastel Pizza flask here* – designed and sold by carabara
Buy the Classic Blue Echinacea flask here* – designed and sold by carabara

Pencil Cases

These pencil cases are awesome! The eye-catching colours and prints are mega fun, your child would be the coolest kid in their class with one of these great pencil cases. They would also make fab make up or coin pouches. Super versatile and so much fun.

Image Credit: Redbubble*

Buy the I Love Monsters pouch here* – designed and sold by Saif Chowdry
Buy the Happy Bee pouch here* – designed and sold by Amy Walters
Buy the “You Can Do It” pouch here* – designed and sold by Jack Teagle
Buy the Dinosaur Dressed Up As a Unicorn pouch here* – designed and sold by Ben Cameron

Notebooks

Taking notes has never been so cool. Redbubble have some seriously cool notebooks – here are our favourite four. Can you imagine being able to come up with these designs? If you LOVE the Jungle Panther design by artist Amber Davenport as much as we do, you need to check out the rest of her shop here. You will not be disappointed.

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Buy Stellar Spiral Notebook here* – designed and sold by badOdds
Buy the Blue Daisies Spiral Notebook here* – designed and sold by Trine Tollefson
Buy the Panda Guitarist Spiral Notebook here* – designed and sold by Amy Walters
Buy the Jungle Panther Spiral Notebook here* – designed and sold by Amber Davenport

Lapel Pins

If your child wears a blazer, why not jazz it up with some funky pins? Or, you can add these to their school bag to give it an added individual edge. My daughter likes to attach these to her book bag and violin case so that she knows which ones are hers.

Image Credit: Redbubble*

Find the Banana Print pin here* – designed and sold by Saif Chowdry
Find the Toucan pin here* – designed and sold by Sophie Corrigan
Find the Bag Egg pin here* – designed and sold by Ben Cameron
Find the Squeeze the Day pin here* – designed and sold by sugarhai

Our Verdict

We LOVED everything we spotted over at Redbubble – it really is one of the best places to go for unique school essentials, without a doubt. If you’re bored of the same old colours and patterns, or if your child is fed up of their peers having the same things as them causing mix-ups at school, you NEED to check out Redbubble. Such an amazing concept and you can feel good knowing that you are supporting independent artists!

SEE MORE AT REDBUBBLE HERE*

The Redbubble mission: Redbubble is creating the world’s largest marketplace for independent artists, bringing more creativity. Through the Redbubble marketplace, independent artists are able to profit from their creativity and reach a new universe of adoring fans. For customers, it’s the ultimate in self-expression.

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