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Learn how to cut uniform costs with our classy tips — plus, get a free fiver from our rewards club

Edited by Jane Hamilton

Published: 0:34, 9 Sep 2017

NOW the children are back at school, have you been left with a big bill to pay off?

New research from credit card Marbles.com found the average cost of kitting out a kid for the new academic year is £205.99.

Maintaining school uniform and school equipment can add hundreds more throughout the year and often isn’t budgeted forCredit: Taxi - Getty

What’s more, maintaining their uniform and school equipment can add hundreds more throughout the year and often isn’t budgeted for.

To help ease the financial pressure, we present eight easy tricks to slash this expense and save you more than £100 a year.

1. Jumpers, skirt or trousers fading in the wash?

Adding distilled white vinegar to your machine cycle to keep your uniform's colour and this could save you over £20.00Credit: Alamy

Add distilled white vinegar to your machine cycle to keep the colour.

Cost of hack: 39p

Cost without: £22.15, average cost of jumper and skirt/ trousers.

SAVING: £21.76

2. Blow-dry new shoes to break them in and avoid blisters.

Using a hair dryer to break in new shoes could save you getting blisters as well as cashCredit: Getty - Contributor

Target tough areas like the heel.

Cost of hack: 1p for power

Cost without: £3.50 for blister plasters

SAVING: £3.49

3. Sprinkle baby powder on the underarms and collars of white shirts to stop stains.

Using baby power and lemon juice can help avoid discolouration and sweatmarks on shirts and PE kitsCredit: Getty - Contributor

Then add lemon juice to water to avoid discolouration or sweatmarks on shirts and PE kit.

Cost of hack: £2 for talc and bag of lemons

Cost without: £6 for one tub of Vanish Oxi Action.

SAVING: £4

4. Fix uniform buttons tightly and prevent rips by dabbing clear nail varnish on to buttons.

Nail varnish can be used to prevent rips by dabbing it on to buttonsCredit: Stockbyte - Getty

Cost of hack: £1.98 for clear nail varnish

Cost without: £8.50 for 5 x school shirts

SAVING: £6.52

5. Ladders in tights?

Hairspray can help prevent runs in tightsCredit: Getty - Contributor

Prevent runs by spraying the material with hairspray.

Cost of hack: 59p, Extra Firm Hold Hairspray

Cost without: £8, 5 x pack of black tights

SAVING: £7.41

6. Zips stuck?

Top tip for stuck zips is to use a dab of Vaseline on a cotton budCredit: Handout

Unlock them and save an old school coat using a dab of Vaseline on a cotton bud.

Cost of hack: £2.40 for 200 cotton buds and 30g Vaseline

Cost without: £32.67, average school coat cost

SAVING: £30.27

7. Score with frugal football boots.

Football boots can be expensive why not see what's available on eBay and GumtreeCredit: Nike

There are great quality second-hand boots available on eBay and Gumtree.

Cost of hack: £12.99 Mercurial boys’ boots secondhand (average)

Cost Without: £37.99 new Nike Mercurial boys’ boots

SAVING: £25

8. Pop a dry teabag in plimsolls or trainers after exercise to prevent smells.

Teabags can be used to prevent smells in plimsolls and trainersCredit: Photolibrary - Getty

Cost of hack: 74p for 20 Lemon teabags

Cost without: £3.50 Odour Eaters pack

SAVING: £2.76

TOTAL SAVINGS = £101.21

Fancy a free fiver?

YOU can get FREE cash with super Sun Savers just for buying your favourite paper.

Our brilliant new rewards club, which launched this week, will pay back our most loyal readers.

Sun Savers is The Sun's brand new rewards clubCredit: The Sun

Just pick up the paper each day to collect your Sun Savers codes and we will GIVE YOU £5 when you have collected 28.

This isn’t a one-off and there is no limit to how much cash you can save.

For every 28 codes you enter, we will give you a fiver. So over the course of a year, that could add up to £65.

We are keeping it super-simple. You don’t have to enter codes from consecutive days, so don’t worry if you forget a day or two.

Scan 28 codes from The Sun can you’ll earn one of these! — Simply collect 28 codes and we'll give you £5 for FREECredit: Specimen

In fact, it is completely up to you how much you save.

Download our easy Sun Savers app and quickly scan your code using your smartphone. Or go online and enter your code at .

What is Sun Savers? Here's everything you need to know about our new rewards club

To get you on your way, join today and we will put a bonus £1 in your Sun Savers wallet tomorrow. And the good news doesn’t stop with free cash.

With Sun Savers, we give you the best hacks, deals and tips to save money every single day.

TO JOIN: Don’t worry, folks — joining takes just 30 seconds, in three steps.

All we’ll ask of you is your name, your date of birth and an email address to get you on the way to your first crisp fiver.

You can choose to save or cash out straight to your bank account or instantly with Paypal.

Don’t delay — join Sun Savers now!

Sleep easy with mattress offer

SAVE BIG: Make a big saving in your sleep. Anti Allergy King Size Mattress Topper, was £36 now £11 at Tesco.

SAVE: £25

SAVE SMALL: Sniff out this deal. Sure Women Fragrance Collection Bright Aerosol Anti-Perspirant Deodorant 250ml, was £3.34 now £1.50 at Morrisons. Offer ends October 1.

SAVE: £1.84

Make dough on your pizza

MAKE your pizza pay with this offer. Get up to £15 cashback on a takeaway from Papa John’s.

Visit TopCashback.co.uk/ papa-johns by September 17.

PRICES correct at time of going to press. Deals and offers subject to availability.

Pounds to the Post Office

ROUND £1 coins cease to be legal tender from October 15, but you don’t need to panic-raid your piggy bank.

You can still pay them into your bank account through any Post Office, even after the deadline.

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Learn how to cut uniform costs with our classy tips — plus, get a free fiver from our rewards club

1. Jumpers, skirt or trousers fading in the wash?

2. Blow-dry new shoes to break them in and avoid blisters.

3. Sprinkle baby powder on the underarms and collars of white shirts to stop stains.