Smencils - Scented Pencils For Students and Adults

I'm sure that lots of people have heard of the term "smencils". What exactly is a smencil? A smencil is a #2 pencil made from recycled newspapers, which are infused with a number of different scents that kids and adults love. They are not made from wood, as opposed to regular pencils. A #2 pencil is required for all standardized testing, so Smencils are suitable for any school work a child has. Smencils are not just limited to the boring black color which can be usually seen in school. There are also colored smencils available for art projects.

Smencils are made from sheets of 100% recycled newspaper which are rolled tightly around a #2 graphite-writing core until pencils of desired and typical thickness are formed. The pencils are then hardened which allows them to be sharpened just like regular pencils. The next step in the process is soaking the pencils in various liquid gourmet scents. When the pencils are dry, the erasers are attached on top, and flavor sticker is wrapped around it. The sticker will help identify what scent was infused into the smencil. The tube each smencil comes in and the plastic bucket are also made of biodegradable plastic made from corn.

There are ten scents or varieties of smencils. Each also has a different color.

• Bubblegum-Pink
• Tropical Blast-Yellow
• Cinnamon-Red
• Grape-Purple
• Watermelon-Green
• Very Berry-Orange
• Cotton Candy-Blue
• Black Cherry-Black
• Orange-Orange
• Rootbeer-Brown

Aside from the regular smencils, there are also holiday smencils. Holiday smencils commemorate the most loved holiday of the year which is Christmas. These scented pencils have different holiday fragrances which will surely evoke pictures of snow, sleigh bells and Eskimos in a person's head. These are sold between October and December.

The most common variants of holiday smencils are candy cane, cinnamon, gingerbread, sugar plum and holiday cheer. Holiday smencils are limited products and reservations must be made in advance while supply lasts.

Scented pencils are perfect for fundraising. They are unique items and they promote the benefits of recycling to little children. There have been several environmental issues lately, one of which is the continuing deterioration and denudation of forests and the lack of plants. If everyone on the US recycled just 10% of their newspapers, about 25 million trees would be saved each year. Smencils are made from recycled newspapers, so they are friends of Mother Earth. Having children use smencils can help tremendously in the drive to save nature. Smencils can make any fundraising efforts highly successful.

Smencils are perfect to sell to children because they are useful products with no sugar content, they do not melt, and they sell all year round. Many people nowadays look for fundraising ideas which are environmentally sensitive, low on fat, affordable and are saleable regardless what season it is. The Smencil is the answer to all of those needs. If you go to fundraisers or trade shows, you’ll notice that smencils are given out or sold, along with engraved pens, promotional lanyards and personalized pencils.

Smencils scented pencils are immensely popular fundraising items in schools nationwide. It is often hard to find fundraiser items which children are actually interested in, but all of that changed when smencils pencils came along.

Smencils are sold by the case so calculating the profits from selling them is quite easy. A profit of 50% can be made on each sale. The retail price for smencils is $1.00, so that means the profit for each pencil sold is $0.50. Each case of smencils cost $250. There are 500 smencils in one case. Each case contains 10 buckets with 50 smencils in each bucket. This means sales of $500 can be generated when all the 500 smencils are sold. That is $250 in profits.

People often wonder where to buy smencils or where to order the product. Smencils are direct sale items. They must be purchased from the manufacturer and then sold. The number of smencils purchased significantly depends on the number of people selling the items. Smencils can be ordered through phone from different manufacturers. Orders can also be made online. The Smencils usually ship within 4 days once an order is made. Smencils wholesale prices are also available on their site.