[Graduation from Kindergarten] Ideas for Handmade Gifts to Give to Someone Special at Farewell Time
How about making handmade gifts with the children for graduation season? Here, we’ve gathered gift ideas suitable for daycare and kindergarten graduation.
Heartfelt presents like message cards, trinket boxes, and pen holders are sure to be treasured by the recipients.
From handprint bouquets to flower-themed arrangements, each piece showcases the children’s unique personalities.
Please use these ideas as inspiration for a graduation ceremony where kids can enjoy the fun of creating and the joy of giving!
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[Graduation from Kindergarten] Gifts to give to someone special at farewell! A collection of handmade present ideas (51–60)
Personalized keychain
When children start elementary school, they have more belongings to keep track of.
How about making personalized keychains as a graduation gift? You can go with classic designs like vehicles or animals, or even use memorable photos.
You can find all the materials for handmade keychains at 100-yen shops, so it’s easy to try at a low cost.
Come up with a design that will delight the kids and become a keepsake of their graduation, and give it a try!
personalized pencils
Personalized pencils with children’s names are perfect for kids who are graduating from kindergarten and about to become first graders.
Receiving them as a graduation gift might make them even more excited about starting elementary school.
Having their own name engraved on their first pencils will feel very special.
It’s recommended to choose a gentle, friendly typeface.
Make sure to carefully double-check the spelling of each name against the class list to avoid mistakes.
If you pair the pencils with an eraser and a red pencil, and add a handmade message card, they’ll likely be even more delighted.
paint set
Races on the playground, singing songs, finger plays—during their time at preschool they probably drew just as many pictures.
Some children may even have held crayons or colored pencils at least once every single day.
It would be lovely to give paints as a gift along with those memories of drawing.
Unlike crayons or colored pencils, the great thing about paints is that you can mix your favorite colors.
We hope they’ll create lots of vibrant—and sometimes wonderfully mysterious—colors as they head toward the yet-unseen future.
If you make the paint box white, you can even leave a message on it!
Message card made with design paper
Let’s use photos full of memories to create a heartfelt message! This idea can be made using only supplies from a 100-yen shop, so it’s easy to try.
Fold a half-size sheet of kraft paper in half, round off the corners, and write the teacher’s name on the cover.
It’s cute to print the name on a computer and paste on each letter, but handwriting works well too.
For the inside of the card, decorate with designer paper and photos.
We recommend using pictures that show growth or commemorative photos taken with the teacher.
Give it a try and make a wonderful card that will leave a lasting impression!
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Why not add a cute idea to your handmade album that will bring a smile the moment it’s received? This pop-open idea is actually very easy to make.
Prepare one sheet of cardstock measuring 6 cm by 12 cm and two sheets measuring 6 cm by 7 cm.
Fold the larger sheet in half and attach the two smaller sheets to it.
Fold the edges of each small sheet and cut them into any shapes you like.
It’s easier if you make a template on a separate piece of paper first and then cut.
Once you make a slit in the top cover piece, the base is complete! After that, enjoy decorating it however you like.
A pop-up flower message card
Since it’s a special day, how about choosing a card adorned with flowers? Many preschools give flowers at graduation, or use floral motifs for corsages and venue decorations.
By adding floral motifs to the message card as well, you can create a cohesive and special look.
Plus, with a design where the floral motif pops out in 3D, the children who open the card are sure to be delighted! It will be a message card that stays in both their memories and their hearts.
Versatile! Checkerboard
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When children enter elementary school, they need to manage their belongings and prepare so they don’t forget anything.
A checklist board is useful for this.
Cut the coffee filters you used for a bleeding-art project into small pieces and glue them around the edge of an A4 sheet of construction paper to make a frame.
Then glue a B5 sheet of construction paper on top, laminate it, and use an awl to make holes for threading chenille stems (pipe cleaners).
Make the holes in pairs, with as many pairs as you have checklist items.
Thread a straw onto each pipe cleaner, pass the pipe cleaner through the holes, and secure it.
You can slide the straw left and right to mark items as checked.
Since it’s laminated, you can use a whiteboard marker and reuse it over and over, which is really convenient.
Easy! Handmade bookmark
Let me show you how to make a bookmark using self-adhesive laminate sheets.
It’s really easy: sketch roughly the size of a bookmark on the laminate sheet, stick on decorative stickers, then seal it with the laminate sheet.
Punch a hole at the top and thread a ribbon through, and round the corners with scissors to finish.
When sealing the laminate sheets, press with a ruler or similar tool as you go to avoid trapping air bubbles.
By varying the types of stickers and ribbon colors, you can create many bookmarks with different looks.
Milk carton accessory tray
https://www.tiktok.com/@buchiko_hoiku/video/7337953617057451266Easy to make with a milk carton! Here’s a cute trinket box idea.
First, decide the size of the box and cut out the template from a milk carton.
Next, glue construction paper with your favorite pattern to the inside of the carton.
Once the paper is attached, make mountain folds at the four corners and crease them firmly.
Punch holes in the four corners, thread a ribbon through, and tie it.
That’s all it takes to complete your trinket box! You can draw the patterns with pens or crayons, or use different art techniques.
Small gifts for a kindergarten graduation ceremony
At a graduation party, you want to give the graduates a memorable gift.
But when the budget is tight, choosing presents can be difficult.
In times like these, handmade mini-gifts are a great option.
Even a single piece of candy can become a delightful present if you put care into the packaging.
For example, you can make the candy look like a flower and use a backing card to depict a vase or bouquet, or add a handwritten message.
Send off the graduates with a heartfelt gift.