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Dress Your Student Challenge Giveaway: $50 Walmart Gift Card

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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!

This post wasn’t included in the email that went out to subscribers today, so I’m republishing it and extending the giveaway for 12 hours to make sure everyone has a chance to enter!

Walmart wants to help you stretch your back-to-school clothing budget. With basics priced at just $10 or less, you can dress your student for an entire week for under $50!

Yeah, yeah, yeah . . . I was a little skeptical too, but Walmart provided me with a $50 gift card to check it out for myself, and I’m happy to report that it’s absolutely true. I got all of the items pictured below for just $53!

Walmart Dress Your Student Challenge

Yeah, so I exceeded my budget just a tad, but my oldest boys are thrilled at the additions to their back-to-school wardrobe! We don’t have hand-me-downs since they’ve worn the same size for as long as I can remember (they’re 12 months apart), so I’m thrilled at how these savings have stretched our clothing budget.

Would you like to take the $50 Walmart Back-To-School Challenge?

Walmart wants to challenge one of my readers to dress your student for $50 or less by providing you with a $50 Walmart Gift Card.

Options for boys include:

  • Starter Dazzle Shorts, $3
  • Faded Glory Short-Sleeved Crew Shirt (stripes or solids), $3.50
  • Faded Glory Polo Shirt (stripes or solids), $5
  • Starter Screened T-Shirt, $5
  • Faded Glory Jeans, $6
  • Starter Breakaway Pants, $7

Options for girls include:

  • Faded Glory Tank Top, $2.50
  • Faded Glory Shorts, $2.50
  • Faded Glory Crew Tee, $3.50
  • Faded Glory Mix and Match Top, $5
  • Faded Glory Mix and Match Scooter, $5
  • Faded Glory Leggings, $5
  • Faded Glory Fashion Scarf Top, $9
  • Faded Glory Jeans, $10
  • Faded Glory Cargo Pants, $10

To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment sharing your favorite back-to-school savings tip. How have you cut your back-to-school shopping budget the most this year?

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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. Tell me your best back-to-school savings strategy. Share your tips for saving on supplies, lunches, clothing and more!

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Prize:
$50 Walmart Gift Card

This giveaway ends at noon EST on Wednesday, August 18. 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

  5. Mary

    I try to start back-to-school shopping when there is good clearance, even if it is when the summer has just begun.

  7. Melissa H.

    Schools supplies can get expensive. I scour the ads and go for the sales. Don’t ya love the Bic coupons this year! Walmart always has crayons and glue at great price. I wish Staples and some of the other office supply stores where closer. Same with CVS, they are tearing it up this year.

  8. Kelly

    We’ve really shopped tons of sales for back to school supplies. Many thanks for this site and giveaway!

  9. Kim Hays

    Hey count me in! I just signed up for automatic e-mail from you. I am so excited. Love your website! From a new reader!

  10. Patrice

    I check the sales ads and make a list of the stores that have the best buys on all the items that I need.

  12. Erika A

    One of my favorite back to school tips for saving money and I use this for stocking stuffers for christmas too, I always shop target when they put there things 75%-90% off put them in a tote and store till the next year, you would be surprised how fast that year comes back around, and it takes the stress off of buying everything when school starts, this is especially helpful for backpacks.

  13. Kim

    Hey! My favorite tip is to stock up when it is on big-time sale, like glue for 20 cents and when paper is really cheap. Then I won’t have to buy it for years! I have my own stock and when I need something…I already have it! Yay! When my kids say, “I need an eraser or a pencil or paper”, I’ll just say go get it!!!
    Kim Hays

  14. Lindsey R

    I have gotten TONS of free stuff by shopping the weekly sales at CVS this year. I also let my kids pick out a really nice (good quality) backpack and then they use it for two years instead of just one!

  15. Cheryl in AL

    I have been combining sales with coupons to maximize my money. I can’t believe I went so long without doing so. It is actually fun.

  16. g. l. penrod

    i always started shopping early as soon i started after christmas for the next year on things i could get on sale an clearance that i knew they would need

  18. Jennifer Laxson

    I always get the pre-packaged school supplies that you can order from the school…I don’t know if it’s cheaper, but it sure is conveient

  20. karlee

    I shop the stores that have school supplies on sale in the ads. For school clothes I have been getting Old Navy with the great coupons.

  21. Brandy Fisk

    I stock up on free school supplies the year before with RR at walgreens and great coupons I use when things are on clearance so I don’t pay hardly any OOP. My son is in all year long school and sales on school supplies start after he starts school.

  22. jamie

    I like to save money on school clothes by waiting till the end of season and by a size larger for the next year…this way you get it a rock bottomprices

  25. Nickie

    My best back to school money saving tip (aside from coupons and instore ads) is to recycle last year’s school supplies.
    Many supplies can still be used the following year (for instance, crayons, scissors, pencil sharpeners, erasers) many of these items are still in good useable condition and you don’t NEED to buy them brand new year after year. So, I go through my kids check list for school and see what we have from last year that we can use again. I end up only needing to buy about half the items from the list each year!!!! Can’t go wrong with recycling! : )

  26. jade

    I have been saving so much money on back to school shopping this year. I have been on Deal Seeking Mom looking for the latest coupons and deals. I have had great success with the Old Navy coupons and have saved a lot of money on clothes for my 6 year old daughter starting 1st grade!!

  27. Jamie

    I save money by stockpiling cheap school supplies. When the schools put out the new supply lists, we “shop” our school supply stockpile first. Then we hit the closets and figure out what fits and what doesn’t, what we need in what colors. Once our inventory is done, we start hitting the stores as they have their sales. We don’t buy heavy on fall/winter clothes because we know the kids grow. I do a second round of shopping during the Christmas season.

  29. Stephanie T

    I always stock up on enough school supplies to last me through the next year when they go on sale.

  30. Kelli Kramer

    My biggest tip to get the essentials that you think you’re kids will need after they put everything on clearance. Then you are stocked up for the next year and can fill in with the neccessities in the fall. Remeber to also get items that don’t have trendy photos on them, just plain colors will work just fine, that way they won’t be out of style in the fall.