It's the Purplest! A New Sharpener!

I have used the Classroom Friendly Pencil sharpener for a few years now. 

When they asked me to share this Purple Sharpener, 

I was very pleased!

I know that not everyone likes purple. . . but I do!

They are calling this the Popular Purple Sharpener!

These are the other colors they have. (I love the pink too!)

 But I know pink isn't for everyone. 

I love how sharp the pencils get with this tool. It's the way I like my pencils to be. There isn't much better than a nice sharp pencil to work with.

I taught a group of 2nd graders how to use this tool. They also loved it and found it very easy to use. 

Wouldn't you want your pencils to go from these on the right to those on the left?

 This young lady had a brand new pencil and look at the difference in just a few seconds!

You can see in this picture that it easily clamps to any table or shelf and students can hold the top of the sharpener with one hand and then crank it with the other hand.

But it is also designed to be portable. So you can move it around anywhere in your room so that it's very  usable!

When it's full of shavings, it's very easy to empty.

The drawer just slides out, then you empty it, and slide it back in.

If you are drooling over this awesome purplest pencil sharpener, you can grab it by going HERE. Then you can place your order to get one of your own.

Pencil Sharpeners of the World Step Aside

Many of you have talked about "things" you couldn't live with out at the beginning of a new school year. This is one thing that all of us should have said. .. . a PENCIL SHARPENER!

For several months I've watched you talk about a new pencil sharpener. I was interested because pencil sharpeners are a main staple of our lives.

1. We can't live without them.
2. They are noisy.
3. Sharpening pencils for 2nd graders can take a long time.
4. Pencil sharpeners eat pencils. . . . they do. . . A brand new pencil can be 2 inches in just a few seconds!
5. They also can be useless.

So when many of you were singing the praises of this new sharpener, I had to find out why this one works and the others don't.

I received my own pencil sharpener the other day.

It's an attractive little machine. . . but sadly it doesn't have a name. . . It comes from Classroom Friendly Supplies.
Right away I had to try it out. . but where are all the pencils in my house?

I finally found one and it definitely needed sharpening.

The unnamed sharpener was quiet, quick, and very VERY easy to use. When the silver panel stops moving, you know your pencil is done. SEE. . ..

OOPS! But then I realized something we all know. . . "there are bad pencils!"

No matter how many times I tried with this pencil the led continued to break. . .

That's not the pencil sharpeners fault. It's the pencil's fault.

I found a brand new pencil.

Then I sharpened it.

Holee Samolee! Look at that point!

And the great part is that it didn't keep on sharpening until it was only 2 inches long!

Ya gotta love that. 

THIS is the sharpener I've been waiting for. 

Here's a video of the sharpener.

This picture shows how to attach it to the shelf. You can put the holding bracket on either side of the sharpener. That's another cool feature of this sharpener.

The sharpener doesn't come with any directions, so I made some to share with you.

Now I know you're really wondering if this sharpener is for you.. . .  IT IS!!!

I will put this to use right away this year. I will teach my kids how to use it and I will sit back and not worry that kids are spending TOO much time at the sharpener. Because NOW I know, when the pencil sharpener has finished it's job, their pencil will be sharpened and it will not have shrunk 4 inches in 30 seconds!

If you're interested in buying one or even more (they get cheaper the more you buy!) Go to this link.   http://curebit.com/x/N38pi

I was so excited by them I bought extras for my own kids and their classrooms. . . I hope they aren't reading this and find out before theirs arrives! SSSHHH! Don't tell them!

Patty