Lesser file folders for smaller projects. In recycled plastic, they measure 8" x 9" with (5) tabbed 8-3/4" x 6" sleeves with stickers to mark them, a business card sleeve, pen slot, ruled 30-page 6-3/4" x 5" notepad and an elastic loop closure on the front. You pick green, tan or translucent white.

No, really, these X-shaped thingies (Butterfly Clips) are actually called Ideal clips, although frankly we think they look more like houseflies. Whatever. You get (2) boxes of (50) plated steel clips, 2" long x 1-1/4" wide. Think of them like heavy duty paper clips--great for keeping stacks of paper together, or for sliding onto the folded-over openings of chip and cereal bags.

Better than your average compass set, this beauty from Maped is 5-1/4" long with a 2mm lead plus a spare, 1mm mechanical pencil, an attachment to put your own pencil in, a small lead sharpener, sliding point guard and a clutch. Opens to a max of 5-3/4" and comes in a snap-shut case.

Undated, universal calendar has (50) month-long sheets, so it's good almost until your brand new car's paid for. Stick it on the fridge with the strip magnet on the back. Sheets are 8" x 6" with a 5-week x 7-day matrix that you fill in. In two shades of blue with orange highlights.

Mind your binders with these sky blue three-ring binders, and unlike most of our binders these don’t have any misprints on them! Measure 11-1/2” x 10-1/2” with 1” D-rings.

And carry it, too. This dark green expandable plastic file folio measures 11-3/4" x 9-1/4" with (6) translucent sleeves, including one with a CD/ROM disc holder and a business-card holder, and has slide-out tabs for hanging the whole thing in a file cabinet when you’re not at the meeting. Sleeves have slots for tabs, and you’ll get (2) of these in assorted colors. Closes top and bottom with elastic cords.

Says so right on the packaging. Measures (pun intended) 18” long x 1-1/2” wide. Has 1/32” increments for the first inch, then 1/16” on one edge and 0-45cm in 1mm increments on the other. Made in England of blue-tinted translucent plastic. (There is no legal penalty for using it at home or in a school.)

Keep those sticky notes together and unpeeled with this bitsy spiral-bound notebook filled with (3) stacks of approx (25) 3” x 2” sticky notes plus approx (125) 2” x 5/8” skinny sticky slips, all in neon green, pink, yellow, orange and blue.

From what mind sprang these pencil sharpener/erasers that look exactly like auto wheels and tires, we could only guess, but we won’t because we just work here. You’ll get (2) black eraser tires on grey wheels that conceal pencil sharpeners. The peelings stay in the wheel hubs until you empty them. Measure 2-5/8" dia x 7/8" thick. 

A pin-striped morning glory vine. Also these 4” square light blue Post-It® Super Sticky notes with 3/4” adhesive strips on the back and 5/16” blue rules on the front. Just (11) sheets to a pad but our each is (10) pads. Kids love Post-Its, so buy a few packs for the entire class.

Meanwhile, we’re making do with this hand-held, 5” long hot dog stapler. Makes putting paper together a bright spot in the day. Uses those standard 3/8” mini staples and comes with a couple dozen, but they’re available wherever office supplies are sold.

From ACCO®, these are the only office supply items equally at home holding marketing reports or bags of nacho chips. You pick from our collection of binder clips, in itsy, 5/8" wide that opens to 1/4”; or bitsy at 3/4” wide opening to 1/2”. In boxes of (12), so you get (36) per order.

Accept no amateur rulers. But seriously, this 24-inch professional steel ruler from Helix® is cork-backed, and marked in 1/32” increments for the first two inches, 1/64” for the third, and 1/16” for the rest. Also shows 60cm x 0.5mm for the first 10cm, and 1mm for the remainder. Markings are etched, so they won’t rub off with use.

For photos, or anything else that will fit in the (30) 5-7/8” x 4-1/2” sleeves inside, these approx 6” x 6” 2-ring binders are made of aluminum in a license-plate style, complete with top-mounting holes. You pick the patriotic ones, marked USA or AMERICA against a red, white and blue flag background, or the CHICAGO version, which is a replica of the current Illinois plate.

Nice mahogany-stained thingy, too, with faux pleatherette sides and a drawer. Measures 7" x 4-3/4" x 4-1/8" with a 6-1/4” wide x 4” deep (with an open front) shelf on top and a slot for a wire in the back. We think it was made as a phone charger caddy. (It’s just wide enough for an iPhone 6 Plus without a case, and would probably take a wireless charger.) Also has a 5-1/4" x 3-9/16" x 1-7/8" drawer, clearly made to hold stuff.

Where else can you find (lightly) scented erasers shaped like giant rings with 1” square jewels? And packed inside clear plastic spheres? We’ll pick (1) in white, yellow, blue, green or another lovely color, but if you simply must have pink we’ve got that, too, and we’ll send it to you.

When is a spiral-bound notebook not just a spiral-bound notebook? When it’s got a turntable embossed on the plastic cover, dude, so that taking notes is like, deejaying, practically. Also when it has a pair of nunchaku (or “nunchuks”) embossed on the cover, with an actual little chain for, like, verisimilitude. Inside are 94 pages of ruled, white 8” x by approx 11” sheets, like that part matters.

Imagine an office supply costume party where all the notebooks had to dress up as something else. We’ll send you a hardshell pocket notebook, 2-5/8” x 4-3/4” with 138 pages that have a very faint dot pattern to keep your handwriting lined up nicely.

***As of October, we only have calculators left - supplies are limited!***