Graduation Gifts

Congratulations Seniors!  My friend and I had so much fun putting these gift pails together for the high school seniors at our church.  
We decided to make the gift more meaningful by writing a diploma describing what was in each gift which included a:

Bucket

remember to be humble & willing to serve

Journal

to help you love God, learn his Word & ways and live His mission & message

Flashlight

remember, you are a light to the world

Duct Tape

remember to value relationships & anything can be fixed with duct tape

Stanwood Map

so you can always find your way home

Coffee

to stay awake and be ready

Starbursts

reach for the stars!

Bubbles

remember to have fun!

Graduation Bubbles

 I found these bottles (9 in a box) at the dollar store and decorated them with a "congratulations" sticker & made little graduation caps out of scrap black paper and embroidery thread.  Cost: $.11 per bottle.

Graduation Gift Contents

I found buckets at Ace hardware for $4.59 ea and paid for duct tape $1 ea at the dollar store, Starburst candy $.69 ea and found we had some left over journals at the church=free, flashlights $1.29 ea, Stanwood map=free from the local Chamber of Commerce & coffee=free from a vendor.

The Gift Bucket

I had some red ribbon left over from Christmas which happens to be the color of the Stanwood Spartans and made these humble buckets look like a graduation present.
                                       
                                                         Congratulations Seniors!