<p>Does anyone have any great ideas about graduation gifts from parents to their kids? We want to do something fun for our daughter without breaking the bank… She already has a laptop and an ipod and is really into music…thanks</p>
<p>If she’s really into music…maybe nice speakers for her ipod or laptop? Concert tickets to a show with one of her favorite groups/singers?</p>
<p>We bought our daughter concert tickets - she loved it and it wasn’t too big of a splurge for us…we wanted something that would be pure fun to celebrate her hard work and success.</p>
<p>How about a rolling duffle that she or he can take on that semester abroad in the hinterlands that he or she will go on during the college career?</p>
<p>There was a great thread on this, but can’t find it. For a small gift, a check for $20.09. I second the rolling duffle; gave that last year to someone who loves it. I just sent off a toolkit with duck tape and a flashlight to one grad for his dorm room.</p>
<p>This won’t apply to your D, but for parents of sons, we got Son a lifetime membership to the National Eagle Scout association. </p>
<p>Son doesn’t own any clothing from his school, so I ordered a couple of t-shirts and a hoodie to be presents from his sisters.</p>
<p>How about making up a college survival kit for her? My D and about 15 of her friends are hosting a big graduation party and we moms got together and bought some clear plastic hinged boxes that have adjustable dividers, then decorated the top of each one in each child’s school colors with their initials, a Bible verse and other decorations. Each section inside has a printed label for things like Advil,Tylenol,different size Band aids,Pepto Bismol, a first aide guide,etc. We left a couple of areas blank so each kid could add personal things that they would need.</p>
<p>An even better check would be for $200.09. ;)</p>
<p>I got my daughter a piece of jewelry, a necklace, which she wears often at special functions. I think pearl earrings, pearl necklace, watch are nice. You could spend as much you want, but it’s something nice for her to mark the special occassion. Even if someday she could afford something nicer, it’s something she could always show it to her kids someday.</p>
<p>Better still, if you have a piece of family jewelry, it may be a nice occassion to give it to her.</p>
<p>I actually didn’t get it till Christmas of her freshman year but my daughter really loves her
bigger zippered wallet. She keeps student ID, Driver’s license, and other essentials in one
place , she can easily move it from purse to backpack. You can easily find one at around
$15.00. Many kids seem to enjoy a new camera.</p>
<p>Spideygirl, what about a check for $2009? Get rid of those pesky decimal points!</p>
<p>We’re giving S an iPhone, since that seems to be the preferred phone at his college. Hope his ratty and abused old phone holds together until the new iPhone comes out this summer.</p>
<p>My D is getting $ toward a laptop. (Plus college tuition/room/board. . .)</p>
<p>I like the survival kit idea. Mini sewing kit is good to include.</p>
<p>Socks and underwear?</p>
<p>A photo album of her childhood, with your handwritten comments.</p>
<p>How about you help her pay for things for her dorm? Like the microwave, refrigerator, etc.</p>
<p>I think a college education is a really nice graduation gift. When I graduated from high school, when dinosaurs roamed, I got a hardcover Webster’s Dictionary. I still have it.</p>
<p>What about suitcase? Carry on with wheels is nice for weekend away.</p>
<p>^and a copy of “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” !!</p>