Graduation Scrapbook: A Gift to Be Treasured

With Graduation Season at hand, many people will be attending open houses. The typical gift given to a graduate comes in the form of paper or plastic: paper money or plastic gift card. If you have a really special graduate that you love and want to honor this year, why not take a step away from the traditional gifts? Create a gift that will instill many years of fond memories. Create a Graduation Scrapbook.

Since this is a gift that you will be making yourself, the possibilities are endless. With a project of this magnitude, it is best to get other family members involved. Once you decide on a theme for the scrapbook you can request entries from friends and family. Two very popular themes are the past and the future.

The Past
In this scrapbook, collect memories of the graduate growing up. Ask friends and relatives for pictures, funny stories, fond memories, ticket stubs and other trinkets. Perhaps some family members or friends could create a couple pages in the book. Make sure to not only include memories from infancy and toddler hood, but also more recent memories with current friends. Take pictures of parks the graduate has played in, schools the graduate attended, places of employment, favorite hangouts, anything you can think of. Someday when that park has been turned into a parking lot or a favorite pizza place becomes a Starbucks, the lucky graduate will have a book full of those fond memories.