What do grads and dads have in common? When it comes to gift-giving occasions, they can be tough to shop for. Not sure what to get Dad or Grandpa for Father’s Day or for a milestone birthday? Looking for a custom-made gift to celebrate your child’s high school graduation? Check out our list of the best gifts for dads and grads to find them the perfect present.
Graduation Gift Ideas
1.) Design a diploma frame
With our custom online moulding and matting tools, you can tailor our signature diploma frames to suit your high school graduate’s personal style. How about framing a senior portrait alongside their diploma? Or giving them a diploma display that includes their grad cap tassel? You can even add a state seal medallion, an embossed school mascot, or a custom-engraved gold plate. When it comes to graduation gifts for sons from dads, the customization possibilities are endless!
2.) Capture treasured memories
Adjusting to new surroundings is hard, so why not send them off to college this fall with their favorite high school and family memories? Brighten a dorm room with one of our Keepsake Shadow Box Frames, which are ideal for storing photos, tickets, postcards, and treasured souvenirs on display. It’s a great way for freshmen to bring the comforts of home with them, plus they’ll love updating items each semester to add their favorite college memories!
3.) Congratulate the sports star
Your student athlete will love seeing his or her varsity letter framed in a shadow box with your choice of moulding in cherry, walnut, black, or cherry with inner gold lip. To showcase their school spirit, select mats in their team colors and add an embossed school mascot, sports insignia, or graduation year in silver, black, or gold.
4.) Frame their graduation regalia
Today’s grad regalia is more than just the cap and gown. In fact, these days it’s all about the graduation stoles, honor cords, or medallions. Graduation regalia may represent a senior’s academic honors, club memberships, Greek organizations, or reflect their identity or personal interests. They’re a great way for students to showcase their unique personalities, honors, and club affiliations on graduation day. Preserve and protect this special keepsake with a graduation stole frame! These handcrafted shadow boxes make unique and memorable grad gifts.
Personalized Gifts for Dads
5.) Dress up Dad’s office
One of the best gift ideas for dads is something practical and impressive for his office space. How about a custom degree frame for the dentist in your life? Or a double document frame for the accountant? Or maybe Dad would love some alma mater representation for his office wall? Whether he practices law or nurses patients back to health, he’s sure to be wowed by this collection of professional insignia gifts.
6.) Browse our Pinterest board
Need inspiration for the best gifts for dad on Father’s Day? Check out our Pinterest boards for easy DIY projects, impressive framing ideas, and clever crafts for Dad. Looking for simple but unique gifts for dad? We’ve also pinned examples of our custom-made photo frames, which are a great way to capture for treasured family photos.
7.) Honor Grandpa’s service
Commemorate a veteran in your life with our official military certificate frames, honorable discharge frames, medal displays, or military gratitude frames. All of our USA-made military products feature the official medallions and U.S. seals of the Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard, and Air National Guard. If you have a parent who is in the armed forces, a custom military frame makes a great graduation gift for dad.
8.) Relive your college days
Offering authentic school seals and masterpiece medallions for thousands of colleges and universities, we’re sure to have the perfect gift for the dad who was a grad! Did Dad belong to a fraternity? Preserve his membership certificate, fraternity stole, or chapter photos in custom frames adorned with his fraternity’s Greek letters or logo.
