Back to School Shopping List: Top Trends for Your Kids
Aug. 5, 2010 — -- Americans are still enjoying summer fun, but back to school season is almost upon us. Kids always want to sport the hottest items, and trend and lifestyle expert Jane Buckingham, the author of "The Modern Girl's Guide to Sticky Situations" shared the must-have supplies, clothes, and room decor for kids and teens this year with "Good Morning America."
Buckingham, who is also the founder of Trendera, a trend forecasting company, says that one of the big trends this year is to personalize everything -- from shoes to lamp shades.
Personalized School Supplies
$1.50 each at Target: www.target.com
You can get a 2-pocket folder, 1-subject notebook, composition book or Sharpie box, all for $1.50 each. With these items, your children can customize everything just the way they like it.
Personalized Sigg Bottles
$29.95 at Www.MySigg.com
Everyone is trying to be eco-friendly and not use plastic water bottles. The problem is a lot of those bottles have the same design, and you don't know if it's your bottle or someone else's. But with these Sigg bottles you can upload your own design or use one of theirs.
Graffeeti Sneakers and Backpacks
These sneakers and backpacks are DIY. You can write on them and do what you want -- it's all about individuality. Kids usually write on their own sneakers anyway, now they'll have permission to do it. The shoes are $44.99 and the backpacks are $29.99 at FAO Schwarz.
Personalized Headboard Decals: These headboard decals from Urban Outfitters are an inexpensive way to personalize a college room without adding furniture. It freshens up the home bedroom to make it look like you have a fancy headboard. You can take it off easily if you don't like it, and it won't harm your walls.
The lightbulbs are an inexpensive way to change the look of your room. It's like a modern-day lava lamp. They make the room look groovy without having to spend too much, and they're a great way to decorate without doing anything permanent.
* You can get all of the bedding seen on "GMA" from Pottery Barn's PBdorm collection.
Yes, it's impossible to keep up with what the kids are saying. But parents can use these slang flashcards from knockknock.biz to test each other. They cost $11. Parents should probably hide them from the kids.
Boys' Trends:
Taraun is wearing:
Web Extra Product: Recycled Notebooks
$7 at www.abesmarket.com
For eco-conscious college- and high school-bound students, these wirebound books are eco-friendly and filled with Mr. Ellie Pooh's elephant dung paper. Each page is going to be 100 percent recycled -- 50 percent fiber from Sri Lankan elephant poo and 50 percent post-consumer waste.
