Are you trying to find or do something very different for your graduate, but not sure what to do? Does he/she have everything already, so it’s making it very hard for you to choose that one special gift? Well why not give something special from your heart, which will have more sentiments, memories last forever, and will definitely be something totally unique besides the same old gifts like money, flowers, or gift cards.
1. Do you have a scrap book of all your graduates pictures since infant? If you answered yes your in luck. You may make a wonderful collage of your child’s life up to the graduation day. Gather pictures of all different parts of their life like when they were born, 1st birthday, toddler years, playing with friends, 8th grade graduation etc. Then after you have the collage all thought out place a very nice frame around it, date of graduation and their name on it. You may also place a special message or poem either something from your heart or look up poems on-line.
2. Do you have a video recorder? Can you maybe borrow or rent one? If that is possible then you may secretly go around and try to interview all of your child’s friends, family, teachers, boyfriend/girlfriend, or anyone that your child has a close connection with. Let each person say something about the graduate. Your child will enjoy this since it has all of the important people in his/her life.
3. Do you have a star map? Can you buy one somewhere where you live? What a neat idea this is. On the night of their graduation you can look up at all the beautiful stars in the sky, and start renaming all the constellation. How cool and different would that be? This will allow you to have that special bonding time with your child, won’t cost you a dime, and the look on their face will be priceless. This can be so much fun depending how creative you are. Just hope though the day of their graduation the sky is nice and clear to do this.
4. Do you know how to bake? If you can make cookies then you can make fortune cookies. What’s cool about this idea is, you can write your own little notes inside each one. First start out with your congratulation notes then move on to your own creative predictions for their future, love, and maybe their success in jobs/family make it fun. Try to make like two or three dozen so you have enough to turn it into a cookie bouquet. After you have them placed altogether like a flower place ribbon, bow, and graduation date on them.
5. You may either buy or make a nice sized throw blanket. Then you can personalize this with the school colors, name, date of graduation, and place a picture of you with them onto it. This way if they are planning on going to college they may pack this up with them to take. So when they are homesick or missing you all they have to do is wrap up in this special blanket. It will make them feel like you are always with them.
A few more ideas you may like would be a vacation with the whole family before your child goes off to college, stocks/ shares, pre-paid cellphone card that’s paid for a few moths, graduation block party, send them on their own vacation with one friend to desired destination or shopping spree for supplies for college, Be creative use your mind.
