<p>I know there are lots of grad gift threads, past and present, but I’m looking for ideas of gifts for seniors to give each other. Since they go to each others’ parties, something like a gift card seems sort of silly. It seems like the gift should be personal, but not everyone whose party a grad attends is a lifelong friend. I’ve heard of framed photos of the two together, but what if you don’t have a picture? Books of advice seem silly because who is a fellow senior to give the grad advice?</p>
<p>My kids just gave cards to their senior friends - no gifts.</p>
<p>editing - that’s also what they got from friends. Most had nice had written notes too.</p>
<p>This isn’t quite the same thing, but for my niece who is graduating college, we gave her $XXX in Amex gift cards, but then also a $50 iTunes card and a $50 White Sox card (she loves the White Sox and that enables her to go see a game with her friends). They sell those cards, for the various sports teams here in Chicago, in our local supermarkets and they can be used for merchandise or tickets. Don’t know if that is the case elsewhere, but I think that’s a fun, lighthearted gift. One last White Sox hurrah for her before she starts her job in California!</p>
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<p>I’ve thought about that. I hate to send anyone to a party empty handed.</p>
<p>My son is a pretty clueless person. If it was my daughter, she would know that her fellow grad loves Dr. Pepper and would bring her a case of that, etc. (something fun and silly) but Son never knows personal stuff like that.</p>
<p>I think a card is fine. The graduate isn’t celebrating anything her friends aren’t equally celebrating at the same time. In that regard, it’s different from, say, a birthday.</p>
<p>When my son went to his senior friends’ graduation parties he took those mexican wax eggs full of confetti, or some firecrackers, or some party poppers. Everyone loved them, they were inexpensive enough that he could take something to every party he went to (he had 56 invitations) and they did not look too sentimental, which he refused to do (cards are way too “hallmark”). He even started a trend! Lots of fireworks and confetti at graduation parties around here now.</p>
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<p>That’s why something like an inexpensively framed picture from second grade would work so well…</p>
<p>I like the idea of party poppers.</p>
<p>My son just did cards too. </p>
<p>What about bringing just a white t-shirt and a few fabric markers so all of the kids at the party could write something on the t-shirt? My kids have a bunch of those type of t-shirts from various things (ie: camps, volunteer programs).</p>
<p>D told me that it had already been discussed among the Seniors and they don’t see any point in buying gifts for each other. The card idea is nice, but given that D has over 50 names of friends she plans to invite to her party, and she seems to be getting invited to multiple parties every day now, that won’t even be practical.</p>
<p>As a senior, I think pretty much all of these suggestions are valid. I love northeastmom’s idea, though- what a great way to make a memory (another option is a pillowcase, or even something like this- [Autograph</a> Graduation Cap with Gel Pen](<a href=“Autograph Graduation Cap with Gel Pen - FindGift.com”>Autograph Graduation Cap with Gel Pen - FindGift.com)).</p>
<p>^^ Oh molliegym, the pillow case, or graduation cap is a great idea too!</p>
<p>To be honest, with all the parties some of the kids go to even cards can get expensive! </p>
<p>When my first graduated, I think the best gift was just showing up and sharing some time together. She was thrilled when friends took the time to come to hers and seemed to enjoy the various crowds at ones she attended.</p>
<p>One thing she did do though, for two good friends who she had stayed friends since preschool-kindergarten was make a mini-scrapbook/photo album. She bought inexpensive photo albums with just 10-15 pages and went through our photo albums and copied photos of all the silly things they did over the years and captioned them with memories - the preschool circus, b-day parties, playing in the snow…6th grade camp…right up to Homecoming dances! Everyone laughed and cried looking at those. :)</p>