Celebrating Your Childs Graduation

Graduation is a milestone step in your child’s academic career and one that can’t go without some sort of celebration and recognition of their achievements. Studying, staying up late for coursework deadlines and last-minute cramming from tests and exams can be a stressful time for your child, so what do you do to celebrate all their hard work and determination for achieving there graduate. Here we have celebration ideas and gifts to celebrate his graduation an even greater experience than it already is.

Throwing A Party

Before any organising starts you need to work out what kind of party your child would want. This could be anything from a small gathering with close family and friends to a huge shindig inviting the whole class extended family and work colleagues, renting a field or hall big enough to hold it. If it’s a surprise party then you still want to tailor it to what they would want but you will have to go about finding out what sort of party they would like very sensitively, as not to let on what you are planning.

After working out how big or small the party will be you can then organise the invites and where you will have it. Decorations can be as lavish or subtle as you like but should suit the theme. A large blown up cardboard cut-out of your child may not be what you are looking for at a small family gathering. A small family gathering can be held at home or in your favourite restaurant. Whereas a large party could be held somewhere with a large garden to even a field with a catering chief looking after a BBQ that can feed everyone.

Buy A Special Gift 

Looking for the perfect graduation gift can be a struggle Personalised gifts with engravings will always go down well yet the practical gift like paying off the car can really relieve the pressure from a freshly graduated student. When you are thinking about gifts, think of what you would have liked to receive on your graduation, chances are it is something similar to what you child is thinking.

Pens

High quality pens will always be used as everyone needs a pen at hand but look for a standout pen like Mont Blonc that’s professional and stylish. It can be taken to interviews, meeting or kept in a case as a keep sake or memento of this special occasion. One of the beauties about Mont Blonc is that refill cartridges are easily accessible, so they will never be without their graduation gift. 

Watches 

Watches can be worn everywhere and can be engraved with a heartfelt message and dates of the occasion. You don’t have to blow your budget out of the water and go and spend thousands of dollars on a Rolex, there are plenty of high end reasonably priced watches available to you and you can be sure that it will either be worn for special events, or kept safe in the house. 

A Special Holiday

Holidays are a great gift for anyone, it doesn’t need to be long even a weekend away will be most welcome. After being stressed and panicking over exams a perfect way to get away from it all is to actually get away. From Weekend spas a couple of hours drive away or even flying to a distant island for a few weeks for a cracking adventure can will be a perfect gift for anyone to celebrate such a milestone achievement. Having undecided dates and locations doesn’t have to be an issue. It can all be written in a card and gifted to them personally if you prefer. A gift of memory will stay with them forever and always be cherished.

Some Well Deserved Family Time

Completing college is no easy feat and you may find that once the graduation ceremony is over, all your child will want to do is hang out with their family, have a few drinks and a catch up. Chances are they haven’t seen you much over the last year because of all the studying, so why not spend the time after as a time to catch up and rebuild family bonds. 

Final thoughts

As nice as gifts and parties maybe sometimes just the acknowledgements of your achievement with a hug, a handshake or a card can be the best gift. Make your child’s day about them even if you can’t give them everything you feel they deserve. Take photos and remember the day, same as you would when they passed their driving test, moved out, went traveling, got engaged or married and had kids of their own.