Graduation Gift Ideas

Laura, a longtime fan of Pear Tree Greetings, shares her experiences with us as she
prepares for her oldest child to graduate from high school.

As graduation invitations are trickling in, I find myself trying to think of meaningful gifts (along with the requisite check donation) for the graduates closest to our family. Gifts from the heart often mean homemade, time-consuming and in some cases, expensive offerings, and with my own child’s graduation looming, I don’t have too much of either. But thinking creatively (and shamelessly stealing other mom’s ideas), I have a few graduation gift ideas for some special graduates:

• Personalized stationery and note cards
• School supplies (binders, lined paper, pens/pencils)
• Personalized leather portfolio/binder
• Monogrammed anything with their initials or class year (paperweights, photo frames, pencil and pen gift set, etc)
• Lounge wear (you know they’ll use it)
• Gift cards to national chain restaurants or clothing stores
• College Survival Guide for Freshman (at your local bookstore) or other books that provide life lessons
• Laptop bag
• Care package (array of candy, comfy blanket, lounge wear)
• Poetry or words of inspiration
• Gift certificate to dinner and a movie
• Laundry bag
• Alarm clock
• Charging station for iPod and phone
• USB hub
• Duffel bag or weekend get-away bag
• Personalized mouse pad
• Spa and shower set

Going to a graduation party? Look for more graduation gift ideas on our blog!