Le Kitt

If you went to school in Canada in the 90s then you're probably pretty familiar with Le Kitt pencil boxes. Either you or a freind probably had one to hold your school supplies. A few pencils and pens, some pencil crayons, an eraser or ruler. You may have had it covered with stickers. 

These plastic pencil cases were made by Berol in a number of different colours. I've seen purple, green, yellow, blue, red in various shades. My 30 year old box shown here is dark green.

1990s Le Kitt pencil box

From what I can tell, these were made in Canada from the late 1980s (at least 1989) until the late 1990s. There were two main designs of the sticker on top of the box. Early boxes had the black band across the top with the words Le Kitt and a design witha white background. Later boxes, like mine, had the words Le Kitt on the top left with wider variety of items shown... not just pencils and erasers, this pictures sewing supplies and a wrench.

1991 newspaper ad

1995 newspaper ad

1997 newspaper ad

It is interesting that while the Eagle/Berol pencil factory in Drummondville shut down in 1992, these were still being produced in Canada at some other facility until the late 1990s. They must have been produced under a contract with a Canadian plastics company. It would be interesting to find out where they were made in Canada. 

Do you have any memories of Le Kitt? What did you stash in these ubiquitous plastic boxes?