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August 28, 2024

Must-Have Items for Back-to-School: Your Ultimate Guide

As the new school year approaches, it’s time to gear up with all the essentials to set your child up for success. From innovative snacks to height-boosting vitamins, this guide covers everything your student needs to start the year on the right foot. With so many choices, it can be overwhelming to know what’s essential, but worry not; we’ve got you covered with this list of back-to-school must-haves!

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Must-Have Items for Back-to-School: Your Ultimate Guide

  1. Healthy Snacks: The Good Crisp Company

Packing a nutritious snack is critical to energizing your child throughout the school day. The Good Crisp Company offers a delicious range of mouth-wateringly tasty chips free of the top allergens. After years of perfecting their recipes, they’ve created snacks that are clean, safe, and something you can feel good about giving your kids. Say goodbye to junk-filled snacks with artificial ingredients and hello to healthy snacking! For more details, check out The Good Crisp Company.

  1. Growth-Supporting Vitamins: TruHeight

Every parent wants their child to grow tall and robust, and TruHeight Vitamins can help. Scientifically formulated to support height growth in kids and teens, TruHeight provides all the essential vitamins, minerals, and proteins needed for healthy growth. These vitamins are a great addition to your child’s daily routine, especially during those critical growing years. Learn more about how TruHeight can support your child’s growth at TruHeight.

  1. DAX Coconut Oil

DAX Coconut Oil, enriched with Vitamin E, is a versatile skin moisturizer, body oil, or hair conditioner. Our unique formula will condition and revitalize dry hair and smooth and soften rough and dry skin. It is enriched with Vitamin E. It can be used as a skin moisturizer, body oil, or hair conditioner.

  1. Mommy’s Bliss 

Mommy’s Bliss is a family wellness brand founded by moms for moms, offering various products for digestive health, immunity support, cough & cold, sleep, and more. Now, the #1 trusted brand in baby supplements provides a safe, effective pain relief option parents can feel good about giving their kids, as needed! Mommy’s Bliss acetaminophen offers temporary relief from fevers and minor aches & pains with natural flavors and organic elderberry instead of artificial sweeteners, colors, or dyes.

Must-Have Items for Back-to-School: Your Ultimate Guide

  1. Gimme Seaweed

Gimme Seaweed is the world’s first USDA Certified and Non-GMO Project Verified seaweed snack. Through many challenges, they’ve persevered to make Gimme the leading organic seaweed brand in the US. This dedication and commitment to quality make Gimme’s products stand out. Every piece of Gimme is made from only the best ingredients before being roasted to light and crispy perfection. Annie and Steve’s goal is to share the magic of Gimme with as many people as possible in the hope that it becomes a regular part of American diets. And this is just the beginning! Stay tuned for more exciting flavors and formats that’ll turn seaweed into Gimme in the days and months ahead.

Bluey Action Tiles

  1. Action Tiles

I love these “Next Level” Magnetic Tile Construction Systems, allowing kids to create their world and make it come to life using TILE TOWN’S unique and Innovative ACTION TILES! The Action Tiles provide movement and surprise to your child’s build. The included fun and playful Action Figures are all about Action, Reaction, and Interaction, where kids and the Tile Town Team are the heroes of their own stories as they embark together on adventures limited only by their imagination! Tile Town Magnetic Tiles come in various standard and unique shapes with a range of accessories to give the build a more realistic look.  Build the Tile Town Bluey Heeler Home and the Heeler 4WD Vehicle, and have some fantastic action adventures with Bluey, Bingo, Chilli, and Bandit! Tile Town is educational and fun for promoting STEM educational learning, inspiring creativity and imagination, and fostering Teamwork via the Action Figures.

  1. Churro Pancake Mix

Start your morning with a festive twist using Hidden Foods’ Cinnamon Churro Pancake Mix. With ingredients like oat flour, flaxseed, pea protein, and a blend of hidden vegetable nutrients (that you’ll never detect), you can feel great knowing you’re fueling yourself and your kiddos with a nutritious breakfast. The best part? Your kids will never guess this protein and fiber-packed treat is good for them.

  1. Soursop Nutrition

Driven by a deeply rooted passion for empowering people to feel their absolute best, Soursop Nutrition is committed to offering easy, innovative, and enjoyable ways for you to step into your body’s natural ability to be and stay healthy. It starts with Soursop, the exotic superfruit that boasts multi-faceted health benefits that boost your immune system and your body’s natural ability to protect against disease and illness.

  1. Atacz

Atacz is an earth-friendly bag brand with the cutest pouches for school supplies and backpack keychains. It’s always my favorite way to add that eco-conscious touch to my kids’ back-to-school essentials!

  1. Pink Chicken

Pink Chicken just released this year’s Fall/BTS collection, and I am obsessed! Their Alec Shirt and Constance Sweater were immediate additions to my little ones’ back-to-school wardrobes.

  1. Shein

Shein has many great back-to-school styles and essentials for kids of all ages. They also have a great campus ambassador program for college students and host many fun campus events all year round.

Moms with backpacks

  1. Baggallini

My kids and I love Baggallini’s functional and stylish backpacks. I always get them (and myself!) a new backpack for the school year.

  1. Splendid 

Splendid is the perfect one-stop shop for me and my kids’ back-to-school shopping. The kids get adorable new clothes for school, and mom gets to pick something out of a chic morning drop off outfit!

  1. VitaSea

Hypoallergenic sunscreen is critical in my kids’ everyday routine, and I love that VitaSea is super gentle and has a fresh scent! The Ultra Sheer Facial Sunscreen Stick is easy and no-fuss to apply before school in the morning.

  1. Ground Up

My kids love these shoes and the wide variety of characters they offer! They can always find something that aligns with their current interests (or to complete their look for a Disneyland trip!).

  1. Tiny Tags

They are the perfect female family-owned brand to create custom fine jewelry pieces! They are great for remembering their first day of school, last day, and other special moments. I have one for my wedding anniversary, and I cherish it so much!

Back-to-school shopping doesn’t have to be a daunting task. Focusing on these essential items will ensure your child is prepared, comfortable, and ready to confidently tackle the new school year. Remember, it’s not just about the supplies—they’re tools to help your child thrive inside and outside the classroom. I wish you and your students a fantastic start to the school year!

Jessica  — Mom of Sophie & Jake

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Jessica Sleepless Mom Welcome sleepless moms! I haven’t had a full nights rest in over 2 years. Why, you ask? Because like you, juggling a toddler and a baby, working, and finding time for myself has left me sleepless, yet full of joy.

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