Retractable Gel Pens

One Question a Day Five-Year Journal

It asks for a sentence a day, and by the second year they can read what they thought a year earlier.

Blank Gift Certificate Cards

It turns a promise (a dinner you'll cook, a day out, a job you'll finally do) into something that can be wrapped.

Colored Felt-Tip Pen Set

Crayola SuperTips Washable Felt Tip Pens, 24-Pack

Teachers go through colored pens for grading and planners at an alarming rate, and rarely buy the good ones for themselves.

Bottled Fountain Pen Ink

Cheaper per page than cartridges and far more colors; a pen person can never have too many.