Sometimes, the most meaningful graduation gifts are the most appreciated. This year, send your graduate off with a unique or personalized gift from the heart.
Graduation Gifts for Her
Girls who are moving on to begin a new career will appreciate the personalized touch of an engraved gift. Various online businesses, such as thingsremembered.com, offer custom engraving for keepsakes including jewelry, picture frames, pens, and leather portfolio binders (for that crisp new résumé!). Thingsremembered.com is also famous for offering a two business day turnaround time on all online orders.
Gifts that will help make the transition to that first career include laptop computers or printers, or even an inspirational book such as Seven Secrets of Success For The Graduate
For the girl who loves jewelry, head to Zales.com to choose from over 75 necklaces, bracelets, and even class rings.
Graduation Gifts for Him
The gift of personalization does not go unappreciated with boys either. Your male graduate will appreciate functional, yet custom gifts.
If he works behind a desk, he will cherish your motivational message carefully engraved on a slab of marble. Head to personalizationmall.com and search for “”Engraved Marble”" to select from 15 different designs, including several with built-in clocks. For just under $30 plus shipping, you can offer heartfelt advice that will be cherished forever.
Does he like gadgets? Explore stores like brookstone.com for unique, trendy and cutting-edge gifts like ipod accessories or sound therapy devices. If money is no object, consider purchasing a tablet PC or ipad. These devices are extremely portable, and versatile whether he is still in school or soon to be in the workplace.
High School Graduation Gifts
Perhaps your graduate is moving on to practice a trade straight out of high school. Why not buy a set of tools, or a tool box, and take it to any one of the 600 nationwide Things Remembered locations to have it engraved for a small fee. This graduate will be starting life immediately, so a new (or used) car to commute in, initial auto insurance payment, or a custom engraved money clip filled with money will be far more appreciated than material gifts.
College-bound graduates have a few more years of studying before reaching true independence. Ensure academic success by giving him or her a Livescribe 8 GB Echo Smartpen
What better way to say “”Good luck!”" than a gift that prepares him or her for the campus lifestyle that awaits. Books like The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College
College Graduation Gifts
The college graduate looks to the future with optimism, but looks back with fond nostalgia. What better way to celebrate a college graduation than with alma mater memorabilia? You can purchase customized, framed photography of the college’s city, stadium, or his or her favorite location on campus. Online sites like alumnisouvenirs.com offer an incredible database linking you to every university’s web site and online bookstore.
Many college graduates obtain employment somewhere far away from their families. Ensure that you are always close with the gift of travel. Head to giftcertificates.com and choose from gift cards to over 20 travel, rental car, and hotel sites.
If you can’t afford to pay for your graduate to fly home, you can still talk on the phone! All the major cell phone providers offer prepaid phones with an included bundle of minutes. Check out sites like mycricket.com or boostmobile.com to purchase a phone and plan with no contract for your new graduate. If you make it easy for your graduate to stay in touch, he or she will have to find a pretty good excuse to not call home!
Finally, why settle for a boring diploma picture frame when you can preserve the diploma in a laminated plaque forever? Your graduate will love to showcase a new diploma in a laminated, cherry wood plaque. There are many companies online that perform this service, and some are even authorized by universities to print their own diplomas, so the original never even has to be mailed in!”