My kids use wooden pencils for school. The most vexing part of using wooden pencils is the sharpening. I have a cheap electric pencil sharpener that I got at WalMart, but it does not do a very good job. The pencils don’t get sharp and it vibrates funny or does something that causes great hunks of lead to fall out.
So. Irritating.
Initially, I wanted an electric sharpener, because hey - we have electricity and I’m going to use it.
I’m not trying to turn pencil sharpening into an exercise regimen, I’ll tell you that right now.
It was surprisingly hard to find an electric pencil sharpener that got good reviews. I did find one that people seemed to love, but it was A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DOLLARS, and. . .
. . .well there’s really no and, unless it’s and I refuse to spend nearly two hundred dollars on a stupid pencil sharpener.
I mean, come on.
In the course of searching, I accidentally forgot to add the word ”electric” once when I googled ”best pencil sharpener,” and I stumbled upon this:
The Classroom Friendly Pencil Sharpener.
I love it! Isn’t it cute? It’s so retro looking. And it was way cheaper than the electric one.
Like a hundred and sixty dollars cheaper.
Side Story: After I bought this, I told my husband “check it out – I made $160 today!” and he said, “oh yeah? how?” and I said, “I totally did not buy something!”
That’s how I look at these kinds of things. I didn’t spend $20, I saved $160. You see how that works? Who’s with me?
Look! There’s even a video showing you how it works -
So if you find yourself being frustrated by pencil sharpeners, check this one out. I love mine.
It works and it’s cute. I like cute things. Why do you think I had kids? To be surrounded by cuteness. No one told me about the LOUDness (of the kids), but I’ll manage.
As per usual, I am just talking about this because I think it’s neato. No one asked me to talk about it, or gave me large sums of money to talk about it, or gave me free stuff for talking about it. That’s not to say I wouldn’t take some free stuff. Or large sums of money. Heck, I’d take small sums of money.