Graduation season is creeping up upon us and that can only mean one thing: It’s time to figure out what to give your favorite alumnus to welcome him into the post-college reality.
Graduates are about to enter the often overwhelming (and sometimes terrifying) world we call adulthood, and you’re tasked with giving them something to help ease the transition. Ultimately, your gift should be a token of reassuring them that getting out of the safe and fun cocoon of college isn’t such a bad thing.
The trick to making the perfect graduation gift is finding that sweet spot between something your college grad will really need in life and something they’ll actually want to use. Recent grads may not even know what they need to survive after graduation—but this is where you can pounce on practical gifts to help make your new adulthood easier.
Below you will find a selection of useful and fun gifts for recent college graduates. These are the basics guys need for the “real world” — plus some cool swagger they might not want to buy themselves just yet. (After all, the student debt struggle So reall.)
Here are our picks: