13 Tips On How To Find The Perfect Graduation Gift

By Philip Yiga | May 10, 2016

Graduations are just common these days and you may actually receive an invitation card anytime to attend one. However, you will have to think about the best gift to offer your friend or family on their graduation day. Additionally, you need to put into consideration the age of the person graduating because this will help choose the right gift for them. So, in this article i have decided to list for you some of the best ways you can find a perfect graduation gift and you should actually try to read through before going for the gift-hunt.

STEPS ON HOW TO FIND THE PERFECT GRADUATION GIFT:

1. Consider what a graduate would love as a gift: when looking for a gift to offer to your friend/family on their graduation-day then consider what he/she would love as a gift. In case you find that the item you’re looking at does not work for the graduate then consider moving onto something else. But the secret to finding the right gift for the graduate is by making some research online or knowing what they would love to own.

 

2. Get them compact gifts: when purchasing a gift for the graduate, remember to get him/her a compact one because they usually live in small and cramped rooms which may not handle bigger items. So try buying for them things that can slide-under, hang, fold-up or multi-functional and they will actually love them. For example, you may buy for them a foldable chair/table or desk lamp that also works as a desk-organizer for pens, pencils and other stationery items.

 

3. Try thinking in a personal perspective: thinking in a personal way means that you put into consideration the things that you know that will be of great importance to the graduate in his/her next stage of life. For example, in case the graduate is heading for a college you already know then consider getting them a blanket or bed-sheets containing the school-colors and he/she will actually love them.

 

4. Consider getting them a survival book: this can actually be a book showing them some of the ways they can survive in a dorm or camp environment and it’s really a great gift for a graduate heading to college. In fact, you should actually get a book which shows the graduate how college life is like or one which shows the undergraduate what the job industry is like.

 

5. Consider buying for them technological products: in case the graduate is your best friend, then consider getting them a techie-product like a laptop, note-pad, digital-camera, digital voice-recorder, iPod, USB-flash or any other type of techie-product that you know will work for them perfectly after their graduation day.

 

6. Get them a bike: you should consider getting your friend/family a bike in case they are graduating to college. a bike will be of great importance to them since it acts as an essential means of transportation for several college students. Additionally, a bike will also act as a luggage carrier and also save then student from buying gas hence making it a perfect transportation gift for the graduate.

 

7. Put into consideration gift-cards: in case you run out of time when looking for the graduation gift, then consider getting your friend/family a gift card to a store that sells home electronics, furniture or books so that he/she an go there after graduation and pick a product of his/her choice. Gift cards can actually be great, practical gifts that every graduate will accept cordially because they give them a chance to pick what they love. Additionally, gift-cads also save you the time of packaging like other bigger-gifts because for a gift-card you just have to place into an envelope and then offer it to the graduate.

 

8. Consider a bottle of champagne for college-grads and post-graduates: a premium bottle of champagne can actually make a perfect gift for college-grads and post-graduate students but not for high-school grads. In fact, graduating from any college or university program can be a great accomplishment that requires recognition hence a spurge and glass of premium champagne will make this a special and great day of the graduate’s life.

 

9. Get the graduate a good kitchen-appliance: a good kitchen-appliance can actually work as a great gift for the graduate. For example a rice cooker and steamer can be a great gift because it can cook rice and even steam meat, vegetable and other foods so that someone achieves a balanced meal quickly and easily. A coffee-maker will help the graduate to prepare coffee easily while a toaster will enable them to spice-up bread for their breakfast. So, there are many kitchen appliances that you may offer to your friend/family as gifts and they will actually appreciate such a gift because of its importance in their lives.

 

10. Consider getting the graduate a homeowner’s tool-kit: every graduate actually needs a home tool-kit because it will help him/her tackle some basic repairs and DIY-projects within his/her apartment, house or dorm-room. Additionally, a basic tool-kit is also required by college-students who need to assemble several furniture products.

 

11. Get them a pocket-compass: a simple pocket compass can actually make a perfect graduation gift for any graduate who is going to travel abroad. Additionally, it will even work for people who love travelling but consider getting a compass which is non-magnetic so that it magnetic-fields don’t interfere with compass reading.

 

12. Consider buying jewelry for women: all women love jewelry and it can actually be a great gift-idea to get a girl an affordable bracelet, necklace, bangle, earrings or any other type of jewelry on their graduation day. However, make sure that you know the type of jewelry the graduate loves or consider buying jewelry that looks simple because they will actually love it.

 

13. Consider giving them an ultimate survival kit: this survival kit will be a great gift for a graduate loves outdoor activities like camping, hunting and travelling. This kit actually contains everything required for someone to survive in the wilderness but make sure that graduate is really interested in outdoor activities before offering a survival-kit as a gift.