Graduation Gift Book

Have you received Graduation Announcements in the mail, or plan to attend a Graduation Party? You know the graduate wants money, but you hope to get a little creative. We have the answer for you! The High School Graduation Gift Book For College Bound Students is here! It’s money with a little bit of fun thrown in!

Here’s the story: My daughter was a high school senior, so our mailbox had the privilege of seeing many graduation announcements. Being the frugal girl I am, I set to work creating a graduation card I could print and add money to, but the card I made was a little too serious for my daughter’s liking. She wanted light, happy, and airy for her friends, not something serious!

I stumbled upon the idea of a College Survival Guide, but we needed something a little more flexible and less expensive. The Graduation Gift Book we came up with is super versatile, to fit any budget! If you just want to give cash in a fun way, this Grad Cash – Money Gift For Graduation might be just what you’re looking for.

This PDF Includes The Following Pages

Celebrate your graduate’s big achievement with this Printable Graduation Gift Card Book. Designed with flexibility in mind, this 5×7″ gift book includes pages you can print, cut, and personalize with small items, gift cards, or cash. Whether you’re looking for a high school graduation gift or something special for a college send-off, this College Survival Kit is full of encouragement and essentials to make the transition smoother. Choose your favorite pages, attach your gifts, and bind them using your favorite method.

• Cover Page
• Congratulations Letter
• Band-Aids for the first ‘ouch ‘ away from home. Attach a few Band-Aids to this page.
• Command Strips to make your dorm feel like home. Attach a few Command Strips to this page.
• When you need to order something quick. Attach a gift card to a place that delivers items quickly. Amazon Prime Student is an excellent resource for graduates heading off to college.
• Caffeine for late-night study sessions. Attach a gift card to a coffee shop.
• Movie for when you want to get away. Attach a movie gift card.
• Pizza for when the dining hall is a no-go. Attach a pizza place gift card or cash.
• Encouraging Quote that says, Life is a lot like a game, full of challenges, levels to unlock, & moments of triumph. You’re the controller of your destiny, make each move count. Play boldly, aim high. You’ve got what it takes to win!
• Coloring Page that says, when you just want to color and Relax, Study Snack Sleep Repeat, with fun doodles to color. You could attach a few colored pencils to this page or give it as is.
• Cash for when it’s time to tackle the mountain of laundry. Attach cash to help with laundry costs.
• Gum for fresh starts. Attach a few sticks or a small package of gum.
• When you’re Gaming. Attach a gaming gift card.
• When you need a Hair Cut. Attach cash or a gift card to a salon or barber shop you know they like.
• Sticky Notes for important reminders. Attach a few sticky notes.
• Word Search for when you need a brain break. This gives them something fun to do but doesn’t cost you extra money.
• Book for when you want to read something new. Attach a bookstore gift card or cash.
• When you want Fast Food. Attach a gift card to a fast food place.
• When you’re feeling Sick. Attach a drug store gift card or a Panera gift card so the recipient can eat soup.
• Snack Cash for when you need a snack fast. Attach a bit of cash.
• When you need a few Necessities. Attach a gift card to a nearby store that sells everything.
• Bag for an easy move. Attach a bag like the zippered IKEA bag to the back of the booklet. These bags are an excellent way to pack things around, yet they don’t take up dorm room space to store! Be sure to get the bags with zippers that are easy to stack in the car and throw in the cart to wheel into the dorm room.

As you can see, this Graduation Gift Book is perfect for college-bound high school graduates and includes a few pages that don’t require anything extra, like the Word Search, Coloring Page, and Encouraging Quote. Then there are the pages that you can add inexpensive items to, like Sticky Notes, Gum, Command Strips, and Band-Aids. Finally, there are pages to add gift cards or cash to, like a coffee card, movie gift card, pizza money, laundry money, gaming gift card, hair cut money, book store gift card, fast food gift card or cash, a gift card to use when they’re sick, snack cash, or a gift card for necessities.

With this many choices, you can create a Graduation Gift Book for any budget by carefully choosing what pages you want to give and the amount you put on gift cards or give as cash. For example, a parent may use every page and put $50 on a Target gift card for the Necessities page, but a friend may put $10 on the gift card and only choose a few pages that require a monetary gift.

Planning a graduation party? This Graduation Party Planner has everything you need to help make your graduate’s celebration extra special!

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How To Use The Graduation Gift Book

1. Print the College Survival Kit on card stock. Print just the pages you want to use.
2. Cut the pages. Each page should be about 5″ x 7″.
3. Buy and attach small gifts, gift cards, and cash to the pages you’ve selected.
4. Bind the pages using your favorite method. I used the Discbound system with these discs and a discbound hole punch. Alternatively, you could stack them in a box to gift. Check out more binding ideas in my Printable Birthday Gift Card Book article.

Here’s the fun part! You can choose to use all the pages or just a few. Although it’s been said that $50 – $200 is the average high school graduation gift amount, our goal was to create a Graduation Gift Book that had a value of $20 – $25. (That’s also the average amount my daughter received from friends of the family at her high school graduation party.) You could do more or less! That’s what makes this Gift Book so versatile!

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This printable is made to print on 8-1/2 x 11 US Letter card stock.

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