Rubbermaid Spacemaker School Pencil Boxes For the Unorganized Family & Student
Written: Jul 19 '08 (Updated Jul 22 '08)
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Pros: Cheap, tough, organizational product for school supplies, pencil boxes
Cons: Maybe they could stack better together
The Bottom Line: So if you are in the market for some good school supply organizational products, can't beat the price on these boxes!
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As a homeschooling family, we have issues big time with organization! No matter the amount of stuff I buy to organize all of our stuff, it still is taking over the house! Stuff is either all over the place or stuff can't be found when we need it! Makes me want to scream! I know I just saw that pink marker yesterday and today my daughter was crying for it to complete her pen pal letter project!!! The house has swallowed it up! But we have 25 billion other markers right here that are every color under the sun EXCEPT the pink one she wanted!
Every little while I go on a organizational product shopping spree to try and organize all of our stuff. The last time we went, I picked up a couple more of these Rubbermaid Spacemaker School Boxes. You won't break the bank by picking some up! So far we use them to store separate school supplies and other small items such as pencils, markers, broken crayons too good to throw out yet, beads for beading, erasers, colored pencils, art supplies, tiny game pieces that we couldn't keep together, and my daughter has one for her littlest treasures. It is nice to know where a pencil is without going up and down the stairs searching for one! Now they are kept altogether along with a separate box for crayons and a separate one for markers on our homeschool shelf beside of my daughter's desk. Less time spent playing detective to my daughter's dismay...she actually enjoyed that part. Even small children will be able to put pencils back where they go into the right container so items do not get mixed up. We do not mark ours with the item name on the box but since they are clear, we can see inside of them!
These Spacemaker School Boxes are made of hard plastic and come in a variety of colors. We have pale blue, dark green, purple, deep blue, and red. To my daughter's disappointment, we could only find one red out of all in stock each time we shopped for them. A little over 8" in length, 2 3/4" deep, and almost 5" wide. The name Spacemaker is on the top of each lid surrounded by a bumpy top. Only the lid is the colored portion while the bottom of the case is clear white. The top snaps shut and is opened by lifting up on the little handle portion that sticks out a bit. Children as young as two years old have gotten into them so they are simple to open and shut...I wish they weren't for the little one who got into the markers that day! Once opened, the lid falls back completely. No worries about it snapping shut and hurting a finger as the plastic would not hurt unless another child was sitting on the box mashing the child's finger.
These are very sturdy and have not broken nor warped at all. The insides do tend to collect the crayon dust but the pencils and other items don't seem to cause that affect. Spacemaker School Boxes can be stacked but don't expect them to lock into place or anything of the kind. We stack three boxes on top of each other and they stay fine unless knocked into. Then they tumble down. I do find that they stay closed until we open them which is good when they end up falling off the shelf.
So if you are in the market for some good school supply organizational products, can't beat the price on these boxes! Tough and able to be abused by your children without any issues!
What is so good about THIS item?
Cheap, tough, organizational product for school supplies, pencil boxes
What is unique about this item?
Wonderful for school supplies that keep getting lost.
Is it worth the price?
Yes a great price on school pencil boxes.
There has to be some bad to this item, right?
Maybe they could stack better together?
Any warnings people should be aware of?
None.
Final verdict:
So if you are in the market for some good school supply organizational products, can't beat the price on these boxes!
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