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Home Life Gift Guides 30 Best High School Graduation Gifts for 2022

30 Best High School Graduation Gifts for 2022

By: Britni Vigil
3/14/2022Updated: 5/10/2022
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The best graduation gift ideas ever! The ultimate collection of high school and college graduation gift ideas for girls, for boys, for friends, and even for boyfriend! Tons of great inexpensive gifts and fun ways to gift money or gift cards!
The best graduation gift ideas ever! The ultimate collection of high school and college graduation gift ideas for girls, for boys, for friends, and even for boyfriend! Tons of great inexpensive gifts and fun ways to gift money or gift cards!

The ultimate collection of high school graduation gifts! Graduation gifts for her, for him, or really anyone! Everything from printable graduation cards you can fill with money to DIY graduation gifts you can make yourself!

And of course if you want something a bit easier, the best graduation gifts you can buy for any age graduation – high school, college, or even those little kindergarteners!

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2022 High School Graduation Gift Ideas

Fingers crossed that we’re back to regular graduation celebrations this year compared to the drive-thru graduations of the past few years!

No matter what type of celebration, it’s still important to have a great graduation gift, and I’ve put together some of the best!

These are the best high school graduation gifts you can make, buy, and give in 2022! And anyone graduating this year needs a good gift with what they’ve been through the past few years.

This list is mostly geared toward high school graduation gifts but you could totally use any of these for college graduation as well. Or just change them up a bit to work for graduations of other ages! 

Personalized Graduation Gifts

Let’s get this graduation party started with some of my favorite personalized graduation gifts. These are ones that you can either make yourself or buy and have them personalized for your graduate. Personalize with a quote, their graduation year, their name – whatever you want!

These type of high school graduation gifts are special because they tell the grad you are thinking of them specifically, not just getting everyone the same thing!

Graduation Bracelet
Personalize a piece of jewelry like this bracelet with their graduation year, a special quote, and their name on it.
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girl holding a 2022 graduation box
Graduation Gift Box
Get the graduate a personalized graduation gift box filled with confetti and their favorite treats (or other things that remind you of them) for a surprise that’s both fun and personalized!
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A t-shirt quilt and other graduation gifts
T-Shirt Quilt
I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t love a t-shirt quilt. I have one and can’t tell you how much joy it brings!

Even if you don’t actually use it, having all of your t-shirts in one place to remember those memories is seriously amazing. I have one that I love! Make one for your graduate using all their high school shirts (the ones they don’t wear) with this easy DIY tutorial from Stars for Streetlights.
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Money High School Graduation Gifts

I said it once before but most graduates would be extremely happy to get some sort of money or gift card. Here are some more fun ways to give money or gift cards!

“Dough” Gift Baskets
Add one of these printable “dough” gift tags from Play Party Plan with a few little items and some cash for a gift any grad would love!
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Money holding graduation gift ideas
Adventure Fund
Make this Adventure Fund DIY Graduation Gift from Crafts Unleashed to give your grad a head start on their adventure and travel fund! Everyone needs a little adventure after the past few years!
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Free printable graduation gift card
Oh the Places You’ll Go Money Card
This Oh the Places You’ll Go Printable Graduation Gift Card Holder is a fun play on the popular Dr. Seuss book Oh ‘ The Places You’ll Go and a great way to gift a gift card!
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A money cake is one of the best graduation gifts
Money Cake
Forget the actual cake and get one of these graduation money cakes instead! Pretty sure this is the sweetest gift you could give!
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Money Lei
Speaking of money gifts – make this DIY money lei with as much money as you want to give!
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Smartie cards and other graduation gifts
Smartie Pants Card
This Smartie Pants Graduation Card from Landeelu is another fun way to give money and a little treat! And bonus, who doesn’t love being called smart??
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Paper tassel with graduation gifts inside
Graduation Cap Gift Card Holder
Or go a little less obvious and hide the gift card inside of this DIY graduation cap card holder from Skip to My Lou. It’s way easier to make than it looks!
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Welcome to adulthood cards and other graduation gifts
Welcome to Adulthood Cards
Have a graduate with a sense of humor? These welcome to adulthood cards from Studio DIY are a funny way to celebrate your graduate!
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Plastic tumbler with graduation gifts inside
Graduation Cup Gift
Forget the cards and just put the money out in plain sight – or in a creative DIY money cup like this from A Little Craft If Your Day! And bonus, they get to keep the fun cup!
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Money holder graduation gifts
Graduation Mason Jar Gift
Or if you’d prefer to do it with a mason jar, here’s another simple graduation cap jar tutorial from Must Have Mom.
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An umbrella themed graduation gift for her
Rainy Day Umbrella
And out of all of these ideas, this DIY umbrella for a rainy day gift from This Little Street might be my favorite ever. Can you imagine their face as they open the umbrella and realize there’s actually money inside?
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pizza box filled with cash
Pizza Dough Money Gift
This fun pizza inspired money graduation gift is not only clever but also hilarious! Plus, graduates will love getting a little cash in this clever packaging.
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Light bulb graduation gift with a tag
Bright Graduation Gift
Roll up some money and put it in a light bulb. Add a little ribbon and a cute printable tag for a gift that will make your graduate’s face light up!
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Graduation Gift Basket Ideas

I love gift baskets because they’re a great way to gift personalized items, be clever, and still give the graduate things that they’ll want! These are some of the best graduation gift basket ideas I could find!

What cute back to college gift ideas! I love the free printable hope your year is smooth printable gift tags!
College Gift Basket
Or go light on the sweets and stock up on some college essentials with this hope the school year is smooth college gift basket idea from Play Party Plan!
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Laundry gift basket and other fun high school graduation gifts
Laundry Gift Basket
How cute is this laundry kit with free printable gifts tags from Hip2Save? The perfect way to introduce a high school grad to real life or at least laundry!
Check it out!

You could also just put together a college care package that includes laundry items and other goodies!

graduation survival kit
Survival for Life Kit
This cute graduation gift is ideal for someone who’s on a budget, gifting things to lots of people, or teachers giving gifts to their graduates! It’s filled with plenty of fun treats and trinkets to help the graduate as they enter real life!
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A graduation candy bouquet and other graduation gift ideas
Graduation Candy Bouquet
This graduation candy bouquet is guaranteed to be the sweetest gift the graduate receives!
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Freshman year survival kit and other good graduation gifts
Freshman Year Survival Kit
Stock up a container with tons items to make this Freshman Year Survival Kit – even better if it includes some fast food gift cards or other late-night fun!
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DIY Graduation Gifts

Cute DIY graduation gifts with surprises inside
Graduation Surprise Balls
Last but not least, give them a silly gift by making these DIY surprise balls. They’re darling and if you fill them with the right surprises, they’ll bring a smile to your grad’s face!
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Love this idea of doing a gold foil inspired graduation advice tree, perfect to show off graduation announcements and get advice and congratulations!
DIY Advice Tree
Set up this DIY advice tree at the grad’s graduation party and collect advice on life from family and friends (can do either in person or virtually). You don’t realize it but sometimes those notes and pieces of advice are some of the best gifts they’ll receive!
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A personalized photo letter is a fun graduation gift for him
Photo Letters
If you want something that you can make at home, print out some pictures and use this great tutorial to make paper mache photo letters they can keep as a keepsake of their favorite memories!
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A cute painted graduation picture frame
Chalkboard and Tassel Frame
Make this Chalkboard and Tassle Frame from My Sister’s Suitcase and fill it with a picture of you and the graduate (or one of their favorite pictures) for a fun memory to have in their place!
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Hand letter graduation gift ideas
Oh the Places Plaque
This Oh the Places You’ll Go Hand Lettered Basswood Plaque from Walnut Hollow Crafts is not only cute, it’s a great reminder of how great the graduate is!
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graduation cap box
Graduation Cap Gift Box
Fill up this DIY graduation cap box with money, treats, or things that remind you of the graduate!
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Adventure awaits tag on a journal
Adventure Awaits Journal
Make an adventure journal for your graduate to track their future adventures then add a little gift card in this cute envelope to help out with those adventures!
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a box with a paper chain in it
Travel Box
Gift a trip or funds to be used for an adventure and gift is in this fun and creative way that surprises them as they get closer to the end of the chain!
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Tip!

someone money or a gift card because it’s not personal enough, graduation is the perfect time for it. Those graduates are going to be on their own soon and money and gift cards can really make a difference as they’re on their own!

More Creative Gift Ideas

  • You’ve been booed ideas – all sorts of creative gifts to give along with Halloween boo signs!
  • 30th birthday gift ideas – 30 creative ideas to give to someone turning 30 (not too far after graduation!).
  • Orange gift tags – orange you glad you’re my mom, my teacher, my friend – all sorts of fun orange themed gift ideas!
  • Date night cards – gift an entire year’s worth of dates in this fun DIY gift idea! Plus over 150 date night ideas!
  • Candy gram ideas – all sorts of fun ideas for giving someone sweet treats (with tons of fun sayings!).
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  1. Bigg Nutrition says

    Posted on 11/5 at 9:38 am

    Very interesting and informative article. Thanks for sharing such type of precious article.

    Reply
    • Britni Vigil says

      Posted on 11/5 at 3:40 pm

      Glad you enjoyed it!

      Reply
  2. K Store says

    Posted on 11/4 at 6:05 am

    Great article you shared, Thanks for sharing such type of precious article.

    Reply
    • Britni Vigil says

      Posted on 11/9 at 1:38 pm

      Glad you liked it, thank you

      Reply
  3. Michele says

    Posted on 4/27 at 3:10 pm

    I want to do a virtual advice tree, how would you suggest I do that? (Considering we’re social distancing right now!)

    Reply
    • BritniV says

      Posted on 4/28 at 5:49 pm

      Have friends and family email you and then you can print them out and add them to the tree or you can put them in a picture binder so they can take those messages with them to college.

      Reply
  4. Tom Biehn says

    Posted on 11/26 at 2:18 am

    Choosing the right graduation gifts for graduates is really a hard task. What gift should we give, whether they like it or not, what are their preferences! There are many other questions like these that keep one indecisive or confused about which gift to choose. I really like your gifting ideas. Especially the ideas of graduation money cakes instead of giving old school actual cake. Graduation money cakes will be appreciated by the graduates for years because money is the thing that a graduate will need most at that time. Great article!

    Reply
    • BritniV says

      Posted on 11/27 at 1:47 pm

      thank you!

      Reply
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