Graduation Gifts

Are you looking for a perfect graduation gift for that special graduate in your life? Why not look ahead and choose a gift based on where they will be going next. Oftentimes graduation marks the beginning of a student’s striking out on their own for the first time, so good graduation presents are home related items that the student will have to procure before going off to college.

These could be meaningful home themed gifts, such as personalized pillows, bedding or wall hangings and pictures of family and friends. Alternatively, these could be completely practical things like a laundry hamper and bathroom items, or perhaps a small television or radio for their dorm room.

You may also wish to consider getting a gift card as a graduation gift. These are good as they are for birthdays or any other occasion when you don’t know exactly what to get the person who is graduating. These are also especially good gifts for graduates because this way they can use the gift card to get items they will need in their new positions, but may not know they need yet. Particularly gift cards from general purpose, large home stores make perfect graduation gifts for children and grandchildren going off to college.

Other gifts for kids going off to college are pre-paid long distance phone cards. Many colleges and universities don’t have easy access to long distance telephone calls without money or a credit card. Increasingly, pay phones won’t even accept money for long distance calls. So make sure your student is prepared for emergencies with one of these pre-paid long distance phone cards.

For smaller graduation gifts, think sentimentality. Graduation is a huge time of change. IT marks the end of a long and arduous challenge that has been overcome and accomplished, as well as the beginning of a new future. If you are a family member, consider giving a gift that imparts some wisdom or joy from past times or past accomplishments.

A nice sentimental gift from a parent is to take some school papers and photographs from elementary school and junior high or middle school and make a collage for the graduate. This is a wonderful way to honor the educational path that he or she has successfully completed, as well as marks a huge change between the lifeof a teenager and that of a young adult.

In fact, many parents like to give graduation gifts that exemplify the new adultness of their graduating high school senior by giving gifts that show how much they trust and encourage their child’s ability to meet the challenges of the future. For this reason, many parents that can afford to, provide their child with a car for graduation. This is a practical gift as well, as there is a good chance your child will need transportation to and from classes, if not to and from the other state where he or she will be attending college.

When in doubt, consider asking the graduate what he or she could most use for their period of transition to college or their first serious job. Often times this is the best way to be sure that he or she will be given a graduation gift that they really like or can use. If you’d really rather not ask them, then your safest bet is to purchase a gift card from a sotre that is a national chain that the graduate will be able to shop with anywhere he or she goes.

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