Let's be honest. We all pleaded with our moms in Walmart to buy us things that weren't even on the school supply list. Who even really needs those little erasers, anyway? Here's to the kids that remember Spacemakers and Lisa Frank.
1. Scented Erasers
https://weheartit.com/entry/24370485
Every single girl in 7th grade had these. I mean, come on, they were as essential as a Hollister tote bag or skinny jeans. You had to have them.
2. Milky Pens
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/69031806760872713/
Milky pens ruled middle school. Writing your name on the attendance sheet made you 10x cooler. That was the time to show everyone you had milky pens. Bonus points if you used them with black paper.
3. Pencil Toppers
https://www.candymachines.com/Zoo-Crew-Pencil-Toppers-Vending-Capsules-P4984.aspx
Pencil toppers served as the ultimate distraction from class and that awkward silent time after you were done with your test. No wonder they were banned in 7th grade Earth Science.
4. Pencil Grips
https://www.gpencil.com/product/1880.php
Pencil grips were the answer to the sides of your ring finger hurting and made you look even cooler than you already thought you were. You could instantly turn your 10¢ pencil into something that almost looked like a mechanical pencil.
5. Five Star Notebook
https://m.staples.com/Mead-Five-Star-Notebooks-Pads/cat_CL165557/023x3
Sure, the colored character notebooks were pretty sweet, but Five Star notebooks meant you were sophisticated and too grown up for those silly puppy notebooks. Talk about a rite of passage.
6. Erasable Pens
https://www.amazon.com/FriXion-Erasable-Assorted-32454-Mistakes/dp/B01KLLQ6PA
Remember when our teachers handed us a ballpoint pen for our homework assignments? Everything we wrote felt so... permanent. That's when erasable pens came to our rescue. Total game changer.
7. Multi-Color Pens
https://www.amazon.co.jp/サンライン-Sun-Line-多色ボールペン-オフィス用品/dp/B06XSCTRSP
Honestly, if you had a pen with 10 colors, you might as well have been driving a sports car.
8. Spacemaker
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/459578336945529488/
Everyone had these. They one thing I never understood about Spacemakers is the fact that they were so big. It was almost like...they did not even make space.
9. Elmer’s School Glue Gel
https://www.joann.com/elmers-washable-no-run-gel-school-glue/8206211.html
It might just be glue, but it's glue gel. And it's blue. You might not have needed it, but it was still awesome.
10. Putty Erasers
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/385972630558152185/
The most entertaining school supply ever.