Graduation time is soon approaching for the 2011 school year. While many students are expecting common graduation gifts, such as jewelry or money, make a splash by giving the graduate something new and different. If you’re looking for a unique gift idea for the student in your life, look no further. Whether the student is graduating from pre-school or college, the following list of gifts offer some fun, creative ideas for your graduation gift giving.
Name a star after the graduate
At the International Star Registry , you can name a star in the sky after the graduate. Then you can purchase additional gifts with details of the star that has been selected and it’s coordinates in the sky, including certificates, jewelry and ornaments.
Personalized web sites
At The Graduation Station , you can purchase tribute web sites for the special graduate in your life. There are many options available for personalizing the site, including pictures of the graduate, choice of music or verse (you can even write your own) and a guest book for family and friends to leave their well wishes. You can also order a CD of the online web site to keep a copy after the website is taken down by the company (usually after about 3 months).
Personalized fake magazine cover
At YourCover.com , you can create a magazine cover with the graduate’s photo as well as customized headlines that highlight the graduate, their school, accomplishments and future plans. You can print the customized magazine cover yourself or have them send the completed cover to you.
Commemorative Coins that include proof sets from the graduation year are an excellent way to memorialize the year the student graduated. Additionally, commemorative coins increase in value over time.
Future school or employer gift
If your graduate is a young student (pre-school through high school), consider getting a gift from their future school. Perhaps a t-shirt or other memorabilia with their future school’s logo. If the student is a college graduate, get them a gift that applies to their future employer, if known, or a general gift related to their career of choice (for instance buy a future writer a nice journal). Consider having their name monogrammed on the gift.
“Building Street” Art Print
There is a wonderful site called Your Memory Lane that offers personalized art prints that take the graduate down memory lane. They incorporate images into the print that will remind the graduate of major achievements in their life, such as sports, clubs, musical instruments played, as well as other memories of their school years such as their first job, favorite after school hang out, etc.
If you have any of the student’s old art projects from when they were young stored in a box somewhere in the house, you can mat and frame their work of art and give it as a gift. Or if you have any of the papers they have written as a child, you can combine that with a recent writing into a collage format and mat and frame them together. This would make an awesome addition to the graduates next home, be it their dorm room or their first apartment.
Give the gift of food! Whether the student is a high school or college graduate, they will find themselves on their own in a new environment looking for something good to eat! Consider enrolling the student in a fruit or meat of the month club so they have a tasty item delivered to their door every month for the next year after they graduate.
Baron Bob Graduation Donkey
If you’re looking for something unique AND fun, thinking about giving Baron Bob to the graduate. He’s a sarcastic plush Donkey that makes jokes such as “How much did that diploma cost you?” For a graduate expecting a sentimental gift, Baron Bob will be a hilarious surprise.
Anything personalized
There are lots of sites on the internet that personalize graduation gifts. Just do a search for “personalized” graduation gifts” and you’ll find many different options. Even the most standard gift idea (t-shirt, coffee mug, key chain, money clip, etc) can be made unique with just the right personalization.
