Graduation Photo Books and Gift Ideas

Graduation photo books can help revisit all the moments it takes to reach graduation day - whether it is for kindergarten, middle school, high school or college. If you are scrambling for a special gift to commemorate this end of the journey for your son, daughter, niece, nephew or friend, you can give the graduate a gift of memories that will last a lifetime with a photo book.

To get started, you'll need to know what type of photo book you want to create and the publisher you want to use. Listed below are some publishers with great ideas. Backgrounds are important for the look and feel of your photo book, so check out the graduation backgrounds that are available, too.

If you want to include a graduation quote or poem in your photo book, Graduation Quotes, Sayings and Poems can help get you started.

Remember to check out the publisher coupons before starting your graduation photo book!

Picaboo

Picaboo has some very good ideas for your graduation photo book. For the month of June, you can buy a book and get an extra copy free with coupon code JUNEGF. Simply go to "Ideas and More" once you're on the site and then click on "graduation" and you're on your way to creating a graduation photo book. Here are some of Picaboo's graduation book ideas:

	Graduation Day This book chronicles every moment of the big day.
	Senior Portrait Portfolio A lot of time goes into senior portraits. Combine their favorite shots in a senior portrait portfolio that they will have for years to come.
	Friends Forever A photo book collection of friends and memories.
	From All of Us A gift from the whole family filled with letters of congratulations from everyone in the family.
	School Years Create a memory book of all the graduate's educational accomplishments over the past few years. Besides photos, include copies of special assignments they completed and even notes from teachers or friends.
	Life Lessons Create a book filled with advice and life lessons to prepare your graduate for the real world.
	Biography Book For this book, include photos from their infancy, childhood and school years, in chronological order.
	Inspirational Quotes Encourage your grad with inspirational quotes combined with favorite photos from their childhood, teenage years or past school year.
	Graduation Party Guest Book Create a custom guest book that friends and relatives can sign at the graduation party.

OurHubbub

OurHubbub offers two graduation books: Graduation Fun and Graduation Traditional. You can see some of the different backgrounds on the Graduation Backgrounds page. They have also just come out with two Guest Books: Graduation Signatures and Graduation Stories. Right now until July 31, 2009, OurHubbub is offering 20% off any photo book with the coupon code GRADGIFT9.

Here's the front and back of their unique graduation cover:

PhotoWorks

PhotoWorks offers this much younger type cover for your graduate.

Besides photo books, PhotoWorks also offers lots of different gift ideas for your graduate, including: mugs, photo canvases, posters, photo key rings, address books, frames, mouse pads, t-shirts, playing cards, poker and dice sets, tall tapered mugs, woven throw blankets, and tote bags. They also have a wide assortment of notecard sets and cards for your graduate:

Shutterfly

Shuttterfly has four different styles in their Class Year Book category for the graduate: School Spirit, Flax, Classic White and Distressed Colors.

Besides graduation photo books, Shutterfly also carries a wide variety of gifts like calendars, canvas prints, mouse pads, frames, playing cards, mugs, t-shirts, etc. Here are a few miscellaneous graduation ideas:

	5x7 Graduation Cards These single-sided cards are sold in sets with envelopes.
	School Days designed by Tiffany Tillman. This guided book is great for kids and adults.
	Graduation Greeting Cards. Send a graduation announcement and celebrate your grad's achievements with friends and family.
	4x8 Graduation Photo Cards. Create customized party invitations or graduation announcements.

Return to Photo Memory Books from Graduation Photo Books