“Take out your number 2 pencil.” What student hasn’t gotten at least a little anxious upon hearing those words that signify the beginning of an important test? Help boost your students’ confidence and change anxiety into excitement by giving them special “testing pencils.”

Do Your Best On The Test

We carry the very popular “Do Your Best On The Test “ pencils and many more fashionable motivational pencils such as “Attitude Is Everything”.

Attitude is Everything

You can also create your own special testing pencils by ordering our custom imprint pencils and adding your own messages such as “Show Off Your Smarts,” or “My Magic Testing Pencil.”
Custom Imprint Pencils

All pencils sold on our site are safe and non-toxic, sharpen easily and contain a quality lead that won’t break off inside the pencil…very important features of a good testing pencil.

We accept School PO’s and offer quantity discounts so check out our selection of No. 2 pencils and order early for the upcoming annual school testing season.

For our best value on standard #2 hexagonal pencils try our Prospector #2/HB pencils available in attractive green and natural wood finishes. Also available in an ergonomic triangular shape.

Here's an early notice for this 2nd annual global drawing event. Drawing Day 2009 is scheduled for June 6th 2009. Mark your calendars and be ready to participate. Once again the goal is to draw and share 1 million drawings worldwide on June 6th. This year Pencils.com is planning a special contest event to support Drawing Day, so stay tuned for updates and register to join our growing pencil community so you'll be ready for the big day.

Woodchuck here, reporting from the Frankfurt Paperworld show in Germany. Paperworld Frankfurt is Europe’s premier tradeshow for Writing Instruments, Stationary, School, Home, Office & Art Supply Products and is held at the end of January each year.

My pick for this year’s big hits when it comes to innovative new pencil products are two new items both by Lyra based in Nürnburg.

The first item is the Lyra Groove which has also been honored by Paperworld as the Product of the Year for School and Personal Use. The groove consists of a series of Jumbo size triangular color pencils with a row of round grooves cut out of the three sides of each pencil. Lyra’s marketing pitch for this item states the Groove “effortlessly shows children how to position their fingers when learning to draw or write. The grooves are offset ergonomically so that all the fingers involved come to rest just where they ought to be. Shown here are pencils from their 5 color set.

Next and even more interesting and innovative from my personal view is the new Lyra Colorstripe. These sleek mini jumbo size triangular color pencils have a larger rectangular lead that is exposed along the full length of one of the three corners of the pencil. Attractively set in dark black-stained wood the colors really chine out. Available in these pencils allow a fine point to be drawn or the use of a broader side face of the leads for shading greater areas. A thin clear lacquer coat safeguards the color lead exposed along the corner edge until the pencil is sharpened back. The 8 color box set shown here includes a sharpener designed for the Colorstripe pencils.

As I reported here in my Timberlines blog last August Lyra was purchased by Fila Group where I discussed the opportunities and challenges presented by this German-Italian marriage. We’ll my kudos are out to both companies for these innovative new items which I am sure will both be home run products for them over the next year.

See my full report on pencil industry trends and news from Frankfurt Paperworld 2009 at myTimberlines Blog here.

Our Spangle Valentines pencils make a great party favor for your Valentines celebration at home or in the classroom.

Pencils.com is offering a very special 50% discount on our Spangle Valentines Pencils 24 count pack. Order by February 8th for guaranteed delivery before the holiday. This special pricing offer ends February 14th. Offer good while supplies last.

For added savings combine your Valentines pencil purchase with other Spangle designer pencils to take advantage of our quantity discounts. Our Spangle 24 count pack quantity discounts offer savings of an added 15% for you purchase of 6 to 11 packs or a full 30% added discount when you buy 12 or more packs.