What gift should I get my friend for graduation?
Finding the perfect graduation gift for your friend or relative isn’t always easy. Its important to think about how the gift will be recieved as well as simply what you are giving. In this article we explore some different gift ideas for graduating students and offer some unique and different ideas. Read on to learn more about what you might give…
So after
all those years of living together, drinking together, partying together and
studying together its finally time to graduate and move on to (even) better
things. Most people make some really great friends while they’re students and
for most, graduation is an important occasion.
You book
your gown (with your university’s colours of course) make sure your parents
have got the camera (and know how to work it) and you’ve planned the after
party. But there’s always the tricky question of whether or not to buy your
closest friends presents. Maybe you just feel it would be a nice way to mark
how you’ve appreciated how they’ve been there for you over the years or maybe
you are being bullied into it because everyone else is getting you something!
Whatever the reason it’s important to get the right graduation gift.
So its time
to start thinking through the different possibilities? What should you get?
After doing a quick search for “popular graduation gifts? the items that turned
up included money, trips to Europe, small stock account, a watch, a camera and
a desk?! It soon became clear that these were suggestions exclusively for
parents rather than for college friends. So if we’re looking for a graduation
present for our friends at university we should find it easier to choose for
them than their parents because we are the same age right? Firstly you might
want to consider getting something that will last for some time (so that’s the
crate of beer idea out). Try thinking what you would like to receive as a graduation
gift from your friends? Perhaps something that is clearly specific to
graduating and is at least usable if not useful!
We’ve
considered what it would be like to your friend who is receiving the gift but
how about what it will feel for you giving it? Most of us would agree that we
give at least partly because it makes us feel good to give something which is
appreciated. We have agreed that buying something that is usable is good so how
about getting something that can be used as soon as it’s given? Something that
can be used at your after graduation party for example? Imagine which is best,
you give your best friend their graduation gift and they open it say “oh that’s
cool , thanks? and then put it in their bag or they actually wear it or take it
with them to your final graduation celebration. You can see that your gift is
appreciated and when people give compliments you will be pointed out as the one
who bought it.
Now we’re
getting somewhere! So we want something that can be worn at the party which is
a going to get some attention. If you’ve still got a load of cash left at the
end of university (not likely) you could go and buy a watch but you might find
that you will do better buying a cool T-shirt with some kind of relevant
design. One place which is worth having a look is on Cafepress. Cafepress is a
website featuring thousands of different T-shirt designs by thousands of
different designers. Different designers tend to design around a theme so
depending on what your friend is into; you should be able to find the perfect
design. There is a search function which works very well although often you
have to go through a few pages of results before you find what you’re looking
for.
I hope you
find what you’re looking for and I wish you the best of luck with your
graduation and a successful life as a graduate!
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