How to Make Your Own Graduation Gifts

If you are good in craft, then try your hand at homemade graduation gifts for high school and college graduations. You may be in a situation where budget is limited and gifts to be provided are many. Homemade graduation gifts will not help in serving your limited budget but will also provide personal touch to the gifts that will be long cherished.

One homemade gift, if you have a bit of sewing ability, is a celebration pillow. For that buy fabric in one of the school colors, preferably the one which the person to be gifted loves, and stitch the case of the pillow. To decorate the pillow use felt of some complimentary color. Ways to decorate the pillow may be many as per the imaginative ideas that you can have. One of the way to make pillow look attractive and match to the occasion, is use of stencils to draw letters of the name of the graduate and date of graduation on the felt, cut the letters and stitch them on the pillow. If wants to add more to the pillow decoration, addition of school mascot or symbol will ideally create more customized looks. Any theme that is pleasant and appealing can be part of your pillow decoration provided you are comfortable crafting it on the pillow. When you have finished with the decoration, pin the two faces of the pillow front to front and stitch them about three and a half sides, leaving enough space to stuff them with high quality fiberfill. Hand-sew the opening left after stuffing the pillow fully. Your homemade graduation gift is ready with a touch of your art for your beloved graduate.

Another great idea for homemade graduation gifts for many graduates together is making of egg grads. Things required for this are a wooden base, a 3" wooden egg, paint, yarn and cardstock in school colors. Paint the egg with a flesh color and let it dry. The wooden base can also be painted with the color that will give pleasant and appealing appearance. Now a strip of cardstock is to be glued around the egg at halfway point mark for the gown with the help of hot glue. Make use of strip of cardstock to make a small mortarboard with a square on top. Stick them together with the hot glue. Facial features can be drawn with fine markers. Yarn hairs resembling the graduate's hair are to be glued. Make a roll of white paper to tie it with a ribbon or piece of yarn and glue it to be side of the gown. You can also make or buy small items suggestive of graduate's school career that can be glued to the base. Now you are ready with the adorable and unforgettable gift for any graduate.

This is not the end of homemade graduation gift ideas; you can find lot many ideas online and in catalogs. Your efforts put in homemade gifts will be paid lot of attention and the graduate will feel special on knowing that you have spent your valuable time for creating a handcrafted homemade graduation gifts, truly outstanding in nature.