Graduation Gift Basket Ideas
DIY Graduation Gift Basket Ideas are a fun and unique way to bless a new graduate. Graduation gift baskets contain many small practical items bundled into one gift basket. Next Phase Parenting has several posts dedicated to DIY gift baskets that are listed below.
Check out these DIY Graduation Gift Basket Ideas below: Dorm First Aid Kit, Have Loads of Fun in College Gift Basket, Dorm or Apartment Cleaning Basket, and a Coffee Gift Basket.
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Graduation Gift Basket Ideas
Graduation Gift Basket Ideas #1: College Survival Kit
Make a College Survival Kit for the graduate to take to college for unexpected emergencies. A small bag filled with items like pain reliever, feminine products, tissues, lip balm, and of course, a Starbucks gift will come in very handy for a new college student. Get more College Survival Kit ideas in this post: College Survival Kit.
Graduation Gift Basket Ideas #2: First Aid Kit
A first aid kit is a thoughtful thing to put together for the graduate. Many of the commercially made ones contain a whole lot of bandaids and not much else. By making one yourself you can put in items like a thermometer, pain reliever, anti-biotic ointment and other items they may really need if they are sick or hurt. See How to Make the Best First Aid Kit for College for details.
Graduation Gift Basket Ideas #3: Cleaning Gift Basket
Another responsibility of leaving home is being responsible for cleaning your own space. Give them a cleaning bucket filled with supplies to help them keep everything in one place. A printable cleaning checklist is a fun addition. See New Apartment Care Package for more information and to download the printable.
Graduation Gift Basket Ideas #4: Coffee Gift Basket
A Coffee Care Package with coffee, coffee stainless steel travel mug, and a coffee shop gift card makes a fun and useful gift.
Graduation Gift Basket Ideas #5: Laundry Gift Basket
Every new graduate will be facing laundry – a skill they may or may not have already mastered. In any case, they will need some laundry supplies – detergent, fabric softener, bleach crystals, Downey spray. I also love the book Do Your Laundry or You’ll Die Alone – a hilarious book of pithy advice from a mom who has been there. For more information and to download a Have Loads of Fun in College Printable go to Loads of Fun Laundry Gift Basket.
Graduation Gift Basket Ideas #8: Gift Card “Open When” Book
Create a College “Open When” Gift Card Book. Print the pages you want and add the gift cards. There are over 60 PDF printable pages to choose from.
Graduation Gift Basket Ideas #7-10: Premade Graduation Gift Baskets
Sugarwish – Sugarwish is one the sweetest graduation care package ideas you will ever find with their tasty and fun sweet treats! I was able to sample a cookie package and it did not last long at our house. I even chose a gluten free and vegan cookie for one of my cookies and I would never have know it was not stuffed with white flour, eggs, and butter. They have gift boxes with candy, cookies, or popcorn.
Single Cup Coffee Club – Do they drink coffee? A box of coffee pods is a fun graduation gift basket idea.
Personalized Graduation Gift Bucket – This bucket is adorable and can be used by the graduate for storage in their dorm room. Add a few snacks, college survival kit items, coffee items, laundry items, or anything else you think the graduate would like.
College Acceptance Bucket – These buckets can be personalized with the graduates college and arrive filled with toiletries, snacks, and gift cards.
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There is nothing more fun than a graduation gift basket. You can create your own DIY Graduation Gift Basket or purchase one premade.
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