As you celebrate this graduation season, watching your littlest ones move on from preschool and kindergarten to the next step in their journey, the most important thing to remember is...to snap plenty of photos and videos to look back on years later!
Graduation ceremony prep tips:
- If looking for a fresh lei, check with your local grocery store's floral department. Every graduation season, grocery stores, such as Vons, Ralphs, and Pavillions, offer some of the most reasonably priced fresh orchid leis. They tend to sell out quickly, so try to stop by and reserve one early.
- Fresh lei alternatives can be less stressful, as they can be ordered ahead of time and do not require the refrigeration necessary for fresh leis. Opt for silk flower leis, candy leis, money leis or the increasingly popular custom, personalized ribbon leis. Example below from L2LCrystal on Etsy.
- When shopping for PreK graduation gifts, plush toys with graduations caps, personalized items, and summer activity toys are go-to gifts for young grads.
- This Pikachu graduate plush toy in full ceremonial garb, complete with a decorative diploma, sash, and graduation cap, will delight any Pokemon fan from preschool to college graduates. Find this graduation Pikachu and other Pokemon graduation gift exclusives at PokemonCenter.com.
- End-of-school-year graduations signal the beginning of summer vacation. Summer toys make ideal graduation gifts for younger children. Budget-friendly items like bubbles and sidewalk chalk are fun summer staples. Bicycles, tricycles, balance bikes, and scooters serve as grander gifts for grads, providing a vehicle for kids to enjoy during summer outings to parks, farmers markets, community events or just a ride around the neighborhood.
- For PreK, TK and preschool grads, we'd recommend the 3-wheel Mega scooter.
- For Kindergarten graduates ready for the challenge of a 2-wheel, we'd suggest the Legend Scooter.
For easy, budget-friendly gift giving, SVOLTA e-gift cards are available in $20.26 to commemorate the 2026 graduation year.
Congratulations to the graduating class of '26!