As graduation season gets closer, you might be wondering how you can show off all the wonderful pictures your graduate will take. Many graduates take cap and gown photos with their school, formal suit or dress photos with a professional company or even have some informal, fun photos around campus or another area with a local photographer. Photos are great for helping to cement memories of a moment in your brain, so it makes sense why many like to take pictures to commemorate completing education milestones. Whether you’re a parent who wants to show off your child’s achievement or you’re a graduate looking for a way to feature your graduation pictures in your office or home, here are some creative ways you can display your graduation photos!
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1. Create a gallery wall
Gallery walls are one of the simplest ways you can display photos of any kind. For graduates, this can allow you to show off all their formal and informal graduation photos. Even the pictures of them walking across the stage to accept their diploma or walking with their friends out after turning their tassel.
If you’re displaying your own graduation photos, consider framing them all around your diploma. Think about that as your focal point, and then add photos around it. Choose photos of different sizes and layouts for your gallery wall. Some might even include non-graduation photos as part of their wall. Pictures from sports teams, photos with friends you met at school and even pictures while on school trips can be added to your gallery wall. You can easily place all your graduation photos in fun personalized graduation frames to make your gallery wall feel even more unique.
2. Commemorate it with an ornament
Did you know that you can put photos on many ornaments? Yep, that’s definitely a thing. It’s a great idea, too, especially for recent graduates. Recent grads are often moving into their first space after they complete school, so an ornament displaying one of their graduation pictures and the year they completed school is not only a great way to display their grad photos but is also a great graduation gift. This way, they’re sure to have something to put on their tree, especially if they don’t have any holiday decor to take with them on their post-grad journey.
3. Create a blanket collage
What’s more fun than a photo blanket? For the graduate who has a sense of humor, a plush blanket with a blown-up graduation photo of them is a fun gift to give that also allows them to show off their accomplishment. If your graduate would think the whole thing is a little corny, you can always do a collage of photos from the graduation and college experience to make things a bit more palatable. No matter what, it’s a fun way to congratulate the graduate while also displaying one or two of the graduation pictures.
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4. Print it on a t-shirt
Now’s the time to be those people who wear t-shirts with others’ pictures printed on them. You’ve got a graduate in the family! It’s important you show off their accomplishment, especially if they’re the first in the family to do so. Get a t-shirt printed with their graduation photo, school, and graduation year all included on it. Have a set printed to wear at the graduate’s party or even to graduation itself. This will be a great way to show support for your graduate and get others in on the fun. You can print multiple photos or just choose one it’s entirely up to you.
5. Display a banner outside your home
Hosting a graduation party for your graduate? Get one of their graduation photos printed on a welcome banner! This will make it easier for everyone to figure out where the hosting home is, especially if you’re not the parent of the graduate but are allowing them to host the party there. A banner is also a fun way to give other neighbors and community members a chance to celebrate graduation. It’s a big deal, so it’s nice for others to get to celebrate, too.
6. Print it on a garden flag
Does a welcome banner seem a bit too bold for your style? That’s okay! A garden flag is much more subtle but still lets you congratulate the graduate and display their grad photo. While a garden flag is smaller than a banner, your graduate might feel less overwhelmed with a fun graduation flag in the yard. Have it personalized with their graduation year or even the school they’re graduating from? It’ll be the perfect addition to any yard signs the school passes out!
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7. Decorate your mantel
The mantel above the fireplace is a great area for displaying pictures. Hang a tassel banner with graduation caps and proudly display any of the graduation photos of your graduate all around your fireplace mantel. This way, anyone in your home will see and know how proud you are of the graduate. Consider getting a shadow box where you can hang their graduation tassel or any of their graduation gear (cords, stoles, pins, etc.) to showcase their involvement and honors in school. You’ll be glad to have those memories to look back on.
8. Put their photos on drinkware
Who doesn’t use some type of to-go drinkware? Whether it’s a water bottle, wine glass, or even a beer stein, get their graduation photo printed on something they can drink from. Use it during their graduation party or just as part of an everyday drinkware choice. Either way, it’s a great reminder of the accomplishment they’ve made and makes for a great gift. Consider adding their monogram, grad year, or even their school for an extra personal touch. They’ll be so glad you went the extra mile for them.
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