Gear Up for Graduation: Gift Ideas for School Leavers

They've finished their exams, celebrated the prom, and now it's time to move on to the next chapter in their lives. Leaving school is a huge milestone for young people, and saying goodbye to classmates and staff only adds to the emotion. Leavers gifts are a great way to mark this occasion and to remind students of the connection they now share with the school. So let's dive into some creative gift ideas so you can wave them off with style...

Whether your class is graduating university, high school, primary school, or nursery, we've got leavers gifts for every age and every budget.

Choose any item from our website and we'll customise it to display the details of the graduating class, including:

• The name of the school
• Your school crest or logo
• The year of graduation

If you're stuck for ideas, see below for a selection of our newest and most-popular graduation merchandise...

Graduation hoodies and sweats

These are very popular leavers gifts because they're comfortable, casual items that young people actually want to wear. We offer a huge choice of styles, brands, colours, and materials including organic cotton and recycled blends. Each garment is custom decorated with your class info, and we can even include the names of every pupil in the class, either listed across the back or laid out within the large numerals displaying the graduating year.

Other Apparel

Of course we can also add some school spirit to any other clothing item you can think of, including printed hats and embroidered scarves. And we can custom embroider iron-on patches so students can decorate any clothing item or bag they want.

OR, for maximum cuteness, we can create a good luck mascot by dressing a plushie animal toy in a mini printed t-shirt in the school colours!

Autograph Books

An autograph book is a great personal keepsake they’ll want to treasure. Every leaver gets a book and on the last day while they’re saying their goodbyes they can collect signatures, messages, and drawings from classmates and teachers alike. We offer a choice of suitably fancy hardback notebooks, each one can be printed or embossed with the class info as well as the individual name of each student if required. They're perfect to bundle with a commemorative pen too.

Autograph Shirt

For a fun twist how about a decorate-yourself graduation tee? We can provide a white cotton t-shirt printed with the class info and bundled with a fabric marker pen; then pupils get their classmates to sign and decorate their shirt with the marker. The special ink in the fabric marker is designed to withstand repeated washing so they can actually wear the shirt whenever they want to relive their school daze!

Class Photo Jigsaw

Give us a class photo and we can print it on anything, from bags to mugs to mouse mats, but one nice idea is to create a custom-made jigsaw puzzle of the graduating class. We create your bespoke design using the class photo overlayed with your message; we make 200 to 1000 piece puzzles using full-colour print on eco-friendly recycled materials; then we put it in a box with the photo on the lid. It's a great way to relax while wallowing in nostalgia!

Keepsakes and Mementoes

We have thousands of great value products, including:

• Commemorative pens - an engraved executive-style pens could be the perfect companion as they embark on their adult journey
• Mugs and travel mugs - printed all-round with a class photo these could be a sweet daily reminder of where they've come from
• Keyrings - just to prove that value items aren't necessarily disposable, an engraved stainless steel keyring (like the one shown left) is a solid keepsake that could practically last a lifetime

Decorated Sweet Treats

We have a wide range of delicious treats, including cupcakes, brownies and flapjacks, and all can be custom decorated with your school brand via food dyes. All dietary requirements can be accomodated, including options for vegan, and nut, dairy and gluten-free.

Why not serve them with lunch on the last day, or add them to a farewell goodie bag as a special treat?

Plants and Seeds

Celebrating your students' growth doesn't have to cost the earth, so why not choose from our selection of living plants and seeds? We can place the class info onto the packaging, onto the pot, or with seed bombs like the ones pictured we could shape them into the graduating year.

With sunlight and water and a little luck, your students can enjoy watching their plants flourish... symbols of hope for a bright future!

Find Out More

There's a small selection of potential leavers gifts shown below, but if you can't see the perfect one for you then...

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