Graduation Announcement Ideas
A graduation is a special event that should not be taken lightly. It’s no easy feat to dedicate so much of your time to something day after day, especially for years at a time! You’ve earned your graduation, and now it’s time to share your graduation announcement with all your friends and family.
Every graduation card should include your name, the year of your graduation, and the school you are graduating from. You are the main focus, so people should be able to tell the card is from you right away. You also will need to include the time, date, and address of your graduation party. If you want people to RSVP to the party, make sure to leave a date that guests should RSVP by as well as a way of doing so. You can leave a number, email, or put a QR code on the card so that they can scan it and RSVP online.
With everyone else in your class also graduating, there will probably be a lot of graduation cards going around. Here are some graduation announcement ideas that you can use to stand out from the rest of your (former) classmates.
Play Graduate Trivia
This type of graduation card doubles as a graduation invite and a graduation party game! If you are looking for a fun and engaging card that won’t be thrown away, this is the perfect theme.
Have one side of your graduation invite be a quiz all about you! There are plenty of options to choose from on the example card above, or you can come up with some of your own questions. You can explore different true or false questions, multiple-choice, or even a small crossword puzzle!
As much fun as it is to fill out a quiz like that, there is still a reason for it. Don’t forget to include all your party details on the other side. People need to know what the occasion is and when/where to celebrate it with you!
Once you have your invitations mailed out and the day of your graduation party is here, remind everyone to bring their cards. Then, you can reveal the answers to your quiz and everyone will be able to tally up their score to find out who really knows you the most! To make things even more exciting, you could have a small prize for the first-place winner.
Everyone will get to learn more about you as you celebrate your big accomplishment together.
Show Off Your Future Plans
This card isn’t for everyone, sometimes you have no idea what you will do after graduation and that is ok! There is no rush to figure it out. If you have an idea of what you are going to do or what you want to do, you can incorporate that into your graduation announcement to keep everyone in the loop.
Maybe you just graduated high school and want to decorate your card with yellow and blue, the colors of the college you will be attending soon. If you already know what you want to study, incorporate that as well! You can add different graphics or even dress up as your future profession for the main photo!
Or, if you just graduated from medical school and want to travel before your next steps, you could turn your invitation into a map of all the places you intend on visiting. With so many new opportunities for new graduates, your imagination is the only limit on what you will do next. Think about it carefully and then be ready to show off your bright future with this unique graduation card theme.
Pick Your Best Photo
Your graduation should be all about you. After all, you did just spend years working hard to get to this point. Show off some of your best looks during your school years. It could be a photo from homecoming, prom, Greek life formals, or just a fun night you had with your friends to get your mind off all the studying!
Once you have picked a picture (or several), you need to put some thought into your fonts and coloring. Different photos may have several different light and dark elements to them and you don’t want to have your recipients struggling to read when and where your party is. Make sure your font is clear, easy to read, and fits well on the photo background. Playing around with different fonts and text outlines will help make the information stand out.
Turn Your Grad Card Into a Grad Cap
Show off your creativity and style with this folding graduation cap card theme. This card can fold out to be a cap and can be stylized in several different ways. In the middle of the cap, you can insert a picture of yourself, your school, or your future plans. You can also choose if you want to attack unique tassels to each invite.
This card is a fun way of showing off your excitement not only for your graduation party but for your graduation ceremony itself! Bonus points if you plan on decorating your cap for graduation. You will be able to design your graduation card to match the exact design of your custom graduation cap.
Make Others Laugh
If you just wrapped up school and walked away with the class clown award, a more humorous graduation card theme is just what you need to remind people of how you’re always there to make them laugh.
Think of different inside jokes you’ve had with friends and family over the years and consider putting that on your graduation card. You could also put a collage of all the embarrassingly hilarious photos you have from your time in school.
Whatever you decide to do, make sure that everyone getting the card will get the joke. It might be a little awkward if someone was to get an invitation full of references or jokes they don’t understand.
Luckily everyone has been through at least some form of school and graduation. There is plenty of fun to poke at, especially now that you are done! It’s been a long, but meaningful, ride and you’ll want a card you can always look back on and laugh at.
Creative Printing Graduation Invitations
Now that you’ve got some ideas in your head, it’s time to put them onto paper. Creative Printing can help transform your thoughts into the perfect graduation announcement.
We’ve been in the printing industry for over 75 years, so we know how important a moment like graduation is. Creative Printing is here to help make your graduation card stand out from all the rest and we provide a quality personal touch you won’t get from other vendors. When you work with Creative Printing, you speak to a real person and we have in-house designers that can make all your graduation card dreams come true. We take the stress away and make sure your graduation cards are printed perfectly, every single time. Never worry if your design will print blurry or arrive too late! Creative Printing provides quality service at affordable prices. Reach out today to get started on your graduation announcement cards.
