Commencements happen at least twice a year for those who know young people. High schools, preschools, and colleges graduate students quarterly. Gifts to graduates often become the traditional financial gift for ease of thought if not because it’s what is truly needed. A more thoughtful gift may be the graduation gift basket. With it, the giver can fill it with fun things and much needed items as well.

A College Gift Bag

If the gift giver knows where the student will attend college or the area of focus for the student’s studies, the gift basket can be a backpack with the college logo or a large tote bag with the college logo proudly exposed on its side. Fill it with a college hoody or a t-shirt from the sports team. Enclose a gift certificate from the college bookstore in an amount that would cover the cost of books and leave a note to that effect on a gift card. Be sure to include a stuffed version of the college mascot. Fillers for the basket can be wash cloths with college logo or plain clothes in the colors of the college teams.

Graduation Gift Blanket

A unique take on the gift is the graduation gift blanket. These blanket options can include a future college logo or former high school logo blanket. They might even include a favorite professional team’s blanket. You could even give the graduate a selection including all the above in that graduation gift. That would make a big splash.

Future Career Gift Basket

You might already know what the graduation gift blanket desires to do as a profession after high school or college. The gift basket can then take on a career theme. If its medicine, include a high quality stethoscope that’s unique in its appearance. And, now with the pandemic medical professions need protection. Buy them a unique mask to stand out at work. Maybe a mask that will amuse patients and help them fit in with co-workers. If they are studying to be a nurse, enclose a gift certificate for a fitting and the purchase of a special type of therapeutic shoe.

Because graduation is such a special point in time for almost everyone, it is wise to make it a unique gift if you can. The moment will always be etched onto the mind of the recipient as a joyous moment where those that cared for them expressed it through praise and gifts. Let your gift stand out because you put some serious thought into it and concluded you wanted the graduate to remember the moment well.