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Back-to-School Giveaway: $25 Gift Card to TJ Maxx or Marshall’s

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Tune in all week for hot Back-To-School Giveaways. I’ve got some great prizes for the kids, with a couple of special prizes to pamper mom!!! Look for a new 48-hour giveaway each morning and each afternoon, and be sure to check out all of the current giveaways for other great prizes!

Looking for more ways to stretch that back-to-school budget? If so, T.J. Maxx and Marshall’s may just be the way to go. With name brands and high quality clothing at bargain prices, both of these stores get you more for your money, which is a huge help when you’ve got growing kids and changing fashions each season!

Two lucky Deal Seeking Mom readers will each win a $25 gift card – one to T.J. Maxx and one to Marshall’s – to help you dress your kids as they head back to school.

To enter, tell me your best tip for getting more out of your kids’ back-to-school wardrobes. Do you layer summer tank tops to get more wear? Do you throw capris under summer skirts to take them into fall?

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Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. Share your best tips for stretching your kids’ wardrobes and dressing them for less!

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Prize:
(1) $25 T.J. Maxx gift card
(1) $25 Marshall’s gift card

This giveaway ends at noon EST on Thursday, 8/20. I’ll use Random.org to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email on and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Mellissa

    I scour the clearance racks every time I shop, and spend a lot of time at Kohl’s and Marshall’s.

  2. Brooke

    Hitting the end of season sales are our lifesavers. Right now I buy summer clothes for next year at a great price! Plus my friends and I recycle our kids clothes. We all get together, bring our children’s clothes that are outgrown but still in good condition and let the kids go to town picking out new things!

  3. Crystal

    Discount stores are a great way to stretch the budget on children’s clothes. Thrift stores will sometimes even have brand name children’s clothing for extremely cheap.

  4. Amy Cranston

    It seems like as soon as I’m done shopping for one season, they’re ready for a new one…LOL. I LOVE Ross and TJMaxx as my first stores. I love to dress my kids in name brand, quality things, and they are always very reasonable. If I cannot find anything there, or not all of it, I look for things at Target on clearance. Then, I repurpose items. We live where it’s hot in the day and cold in the evenings in the spring and fall, so pants and jeans and boots are used most of the year, in the evenings anyways. I LOVE to let them wear dresses, just add an inexpenzive long-sleeved shirt and some tights and you’re good to go! I buy my kids jeans from Old Navy in a size too big, and they have the elastic to adjust the waist. They last much longer that way. I layer sweaters over summer tops for simple, cheap warmth. I bought their jackets last fall from the Gap on sale, and the’ll last through this year, because I bought them a little big. I was just in TXMaxx this morning, and they have the cutest fall sets for my girls, and they’re like $15 for $30 sets, and they are sooooo cute and instyle.

  6. Sophie

    Well, from experience I’ve found that purchasing key clothes like denim jeans, khakis, etc. basics that can be worn w/ pretty much any color and fabric is a great staple to have in their wardrobe. They’re easy to match, and buying tops for the summer in lighter colors and thinner material keeps the kids a little cooler in the hot heat of the day.

  7. judy brittle

    I get a lot of clothes at yard sales and thrift shops along with a few new items. That way the grandkids can wear a lot of different outfits at a very low cost. Thank you!

  13. Rachel

    I stretch my kids wardrobe by buying a basic layer and then dressing the basic up with cute belts, jackets, cute top shirt you can make the same outfit look different in so many ways.

  14. Nancy

    To stretch your dollars spent on your kids’ wardrobe: think layers!
    For the girls, a sleeveness top can be worn in the spring and summer and then be layered (like a vest) over a long-sleeved shirt when cooler weather comes roaring in.

    Also, buy only 1 or 2 kinds of matching socks. If a sock gets eaten by the washer or is lost, there are still some mates to that lone left-ver sock. Happy shopping!

  21. Jessica M

    I love to buy clothes for my son at the end of each season when there is a ton of clearance. I buy stuff in the next size so he can have them for the next season, but they were so cheap!

  22. Stephanie Wolford

    My daughter trades accessories with her bff who attends a different school. Makes her more trendy for 1/2 the price!

  26. Melissa H.

    Garage sales. I love garage sale season for clothes.
    And if I ever get a hold of one of those ON coupons, that would be sweet too. :)

  29. Kristi

    Buy separates that you can mix and match. A few pieces can make up a great wardrobe.

    I also shop the sales.

  30. Carmel Goss

    I buy several heathered gray and white longsleeved tshirts because they are usually very cheap, and match with most colors. Then I layer one under a summer shortsleeved tshirts or polos. Hoodies are also a plus because they work over shortsleeved tops and are totally on trend. It is a hip, cute look for boys and girls.