What is a a good Graduation gift to give that keeps on giving?
A Dream Gift A gift can be an important part of the graduation ritual itself and it can become a treasured keepsake as the years pass. Especially since it’s marking a key life milestone, you want something lasting and meaningful. The gift should have one eye on the past and the other on the future. An ideal graduation gift has four attributes: 1) emotional value/meaning; 2) usefulness; 3) lastingness; 4) convenience/small size (so that it can be easily transported with the young person). Books fit the bill for the ideal graduation gift. A book is something with meaning that will last. It sits shining on a bookshelf to be picked up when comfort or inspiration is needed, or when a loving memory needs to be evoked. Children’s books are particularly popular choices as a graduation gift because they are often beautifully produced and encapsulate a heartfelt message. A children’s book can provide the meaningful words so necessary to ritual. There has to be some simple way to express the mome
There are lots of ideas that I thought were really fun in this article about graduation gifts. http://www.gradspot.com/Lifestyle/Cooking+and+Drinking/The+Gradspotcom+Graduation+Gift+Guide Digital Camera/Camcorder Whether they’re traveling for the summer or making the move to a new city, grads have plenty of new sights and experiences to document. Help them keep the Facebook community (and the family) entertained by their exploits with a digi-cam or ultra-mobile “Flipcam.” Just imagine if The Blair Witch people had rolled with Flipcams…it would have been a different story!? Alternatives to TV Recent grads move around a lot, and sometimes flat screens and cable just aren’t in the budget. Consider a Slingbox ($129.99), which allows users to mooch off their home cable/satellite/DVR via their computer or mobile phone. For those with a TV and an Internet connection but no
