21 Best High School Graduation Gifts (2025)

• A Point-and-Shoot Camera

  Photograph: Brenda Stolyar

  I precocious went to a barroom pinch immoderate friends and couldn't judge nan number of point-and-shoot cameras group were utilizing for selfies and group photos—there wasn't an iPhone successful sight. It's apt your grad would emotion a integer camera. I've been utilizing this 1 from Kodak for astir a twelvemonth now. It has a 16-MP CMOS sensor, a 27-mm wide-angle lens (with 4X optical zoom), on pinch look discovery and red-eye removal. It tin grounds 1080p video arsenic well. It produces really fun, retro-looking photos that bring maine backmost to erstwhile I was successful precocious school.

• A Travel-Friendly Kindle

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  Amazon

  Kindle (2024, 11th Generation)

  If your grad ever has a book successful their manus aliases ne'er travels without one, this Kindle is nan cleanable choice. It's lightweight, easy to clasp pinch 1 hand, and fits into a mini purse aliases container (so it's easy to recreation with). The precocious opposition ratio, agleam beforehand light, and faster page-turn complaint make it a joyousness to publication connected for agelong periods. It besides comes successful a really tiny Matcha colour that's reliable not to love. You should besides cheque retired our Best Kindle Accessories guide to tack connected a fewer much nosy items.

• A Bluetooth Speaker

  JBL's Clip 5 is simply a awesome Bluetooth speaker for summertime outings—your grad tin connect it to their bike, loop loop, aliases backpack utilizing nan wide carabiner. There's rich | item and meaning successful nan sound quality, which tin beryllium tweaked utilizing JBL's Portable app. With a dust- and water-resistant body, they won't person to babe it. Buy two, and they tin brace them via Auracast for stereo sound.

• Noise-Canceling Headphones

  Whether it's for travel, reading, aliases studying, a coagulated brace of noise-canceling headphones tin make each nan difference. The QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (9/10, WIRED Recommends) are presently our favourite successful our Best Noise-Canceling Headphones guide. They present top-tier sound canceling, clear and punchy sound, and bully customization options, built into a sleek and elegant design. These are headphones that they tin support utilizing for years.

• Stylish Flip Phones

  Photograph: Julian Chokkattu

  Motorola

  Razr Ultra and Razr (2025)

  What's aged is gold, and nan kids now emotion flip phones. Except they're not dumb flip phones (those are celebrated too). No, these are smartphones that crook successful half, making them easy to worldly successful ever-shrinking pockets and purses. Motorola's latest Razr 2025 phones are our existent favourite folding flip phones (8/10, WIRED Recommends). The Razr 2025 is simply a awesome spot to start, and it sells astatine a shockingly reasonable $700. But if your grad is peculiar astir photograph and video quality, you whitethorn want to upgrade them to nan Razr Ultra. They tin moreover clasp it successful Camcorder mode to seizure fond memories, for illustration nan bully aged days.

• A Digital Notebook

  For nan grad who is perpetually jotting down random thoughts, mapping retired to-do lists, aliases prefers hand-written notes, a integer notebook is an fantabulous choice, and they won't tally retired of pages. The ReMarkable 2, nan apical prime successful our Best Digital Notebooks guide, has a matte surface that feels for illustration paper, and penning connected it is speedy and responsive. They tin shape different notebooks aliases speedy sheets and benignant them via folders and tags.

  The stylus doesn't request to beryllium recharged, and it attaches to nan broadside of nan tablet magnetically. For an other $50, there's nan Marker Plus upgrade, which adds an eraser connected nan different extremity of nan stylus. ReMarkable offers a keyboard attachment ($199) arsenic well, which feels satisfying to type connected (distraction-free) and doubles arsenic a notebook cover.

• A Next-Gen Gaming Console

  Photograph: Julian Chokkatu

  You could bargain your grad nan Nintendo Switch we each cognize and love, aliases you tin astonishment them pinch nan next-gen Switch 2. It launches connected June 5, and it's going to beryllium nan basking point of nan summer. The drawback is you'll person to effort and snag a preorder 1 now, and banal is bladed (though location person been restocks). We person a preorder guideline you tin travel to effort and get one, and if you succeed, you'll everlastingly beryllium successful their bully graces.

  The Switch 2 whitethorn not look each that different from nan original, but it has a larger and sharper 7.9-inch screen, a much powerful processor, and graphics to bring it up to velocity for modern-day games. We person not reviewed nan console yet, but you tin publication our in-depth hands-on acquisition here. Make judge you snag nan bundle pinch Mario Kart World truthful they tin play pinch their friends each summertime long.

• A Portable Charger

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  PopSockets

  MagSafe PowerPack

  Portable batteries are awesome for erstwhile you request to juice up your telephone while connected nan go. But they tin consciousness awkward to clasp erstwhile attached to nan back. PopSocket's MagSafe PowerPack comes pinch a grip. That way, your grad tin clasp their telephone comfortably while it's charging. The artillery has a 5,000-mAh capacity on pinch an LED connected nan broadside to spot really overmuch powerfulness is left. It recharges via USB-C. Read our Best MagSafe Power Banks guide for more.

• A Digital Photo Frame

  Graduating from precocious schoolhouse tin beryllium bittersweet, arsenic everyone goes their abstracted ways to commencement caller lives. With a integer photograph frame, grads tin battalion it pinch photos from their precocious schoolhouse years and summertime adventures. Aura's integer frames person high-quality displays and unlimited photograph storage. The instrumentality is controlled done nan app, truthful they don't person to messiness astir pinch nan portion itself. They tin bosom photos aliases scroll done them utilizing nan touch barroom connected top. With support for Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, immoderate features tin beryllium controlled via sound assistant.

• A Wireless Car Charger

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  Casetify

  Wireless Car Charger

  If your giftee received a shiny caller car for graduation (lucky!), past this wireless car charger is nan cleanable accessory. It's easy to instal into nan car vents, has MagSafe support (with a USB-C cable), and an adjustable shot associated to group it astatine various viewing angles. With Qi2 support, it'll complaint nan iPhone astatine a 15-watt rate, which is speedier than astir wireless chargers. The champion part, however, is each nan nosy designs you tin prime from.

• A Fun Smart Lamp

  Smart lighting panels are great, but they're not perfect for dorms, arsenic there's a consequence of damaging nan wall erstwhile moving out. This smart lamp tin beryllium placed connected a table aliases nightstand instead. It's easy to group up, and nan 3-inch hexagonal panels tin beryllium reconfigured into immoderate shape. Using nan app, your grad tin prime from a scope of coagulated colors and effects. The panels will besides respond to euphony and sound commands.

• A Classic Backpack

  Fjällräven Kånken 13-inch Laptop Backpack

  There's thing for illustration getting a new backpack for nan commencement of college. This Fjallraven container tin fresh a 14-inch MacBook Pro successful its laptop pocket, while nan ample compartment tin clasp a notebook, a heavy planner, and lunch. The mini beforehand pouch tin fresh an e-reader, chargers, aliases different accessories. It's a awesome container for upcoming summertime recreation arsenic well. You tin even customize it pinch colors you cognize your giftee will like.

• A Hybrid Workstation

  Photograph: Medea Giordano

  I would've loved to person nan Logitech Casa Pop-up Desk (9/10, WIRED Recommends) successful college, specifically for those agelong nights astatine nan library. This portable strategy has a mini keyboard, trackpad, and a carrying lawsuit that doubles arsenic a laptop stand. All nan accessories person a dedicated slot successful nan lawsuit that keeps everything neat and makes it convenient to recreation with. The ProtoArc XKM01 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) is simply a much affordable action that isn't arsenic cute, but besides comes pinch a keyboard, mouse, and laptop guidelines that folds neatly into a carrying case.

• A Compact Mirror

  Photograph: Louryn Strampe

  SimpleHuman

  Sensor Mirror Mini

  Your grad whitethorn soon beryllium surviving pinch roommates for nan first clip successful their life. When I did, I seldom had entree to nan bath to do my makeup. Investing successful a makeup mirror was a crippled changer because I could get fresh connected my ain accord, without knocking connected a bath door. This smart reflector from SimpleHuman has a built-in sensor that automatically illuminates a ringing ray astir nan reflector erstwhile your grad moves successful beforehand of it, and nan ray is adjustable. With 10X magnification, it's awesome for elaborate constitution that requires precision (like applying eyeliner aliases blending oculus shadow).

• A Weekly Planner

  Whether it's for a summertime job, a nosy trip, aliases their freshman semester of college, a caller grad can't move distant a caller planner. The A5 from Plum Planner offers respective different layouts and covers to prime from, pinch nan action to customize it by adding their sanction aliases nan year. You tin besides person it commencement connected immoderate month, truthful they won't person to skip months aliases hold to usage it.

• A Trendy Phone Lanyard

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  Bandolier

  Bodie Crossbody Phone Case pinch Mini Zip Pouch

  This is nan only telephone lanyard that isn't ugly. Plus, it's Taylor Swift-approved successful lawsuit your grad is simply a Swiftie. The lawsuit has a cardholder built into nan back, on pinch a mini pouch attached to nan strap that tin clasp earbuds, keys, and chapstick. Most importantly, it looks ace chic and eliminates nan request for a purse. I for illustration nan achromatic and golden type because it's easy to lucifer pinch astir outfits, but it's besides disposable successful black/silver and pastel matcha.

• A Cute Tote Bag

  BAGGU

  Horizontal Zip Duck Bag

  Baggu's Duck Tote has a horizontal creation that fits a larger laptop (up to 15 inches) but still leaves room for further things for illustration a book aliases planner, a 32-ounce h2o bottle, a phone, and more. Your grad tin transportation it utilizing nan apical handles aliases crossed their assemblage pinch nan adjustable strap. It's instrumentality washable, which is awesome for accidental java spills aliases stains.

• A Weighted Blanket

  Helix Knit Weighted Blanket

  Although summertime is usually nan champion clip for relaxing, immoderate grads mightiness already beryllium emotion nan worry that comes pinch starting a caller schoolhouse aliases job. A bully weighted blanket tin thief easiness that. This 1 from Helix has an open-knit creation that's breathable but rigid. That way, nan weight doesn't drape itself disconnected you and resistance toward nan floor. With plentifulness of airflow, it doesn't get excessively basking either. You'll person nan prime betwixt 10 and 15 pounds, on pinch a bunch of colour options.

• A Popcorn Maker

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  A popcorn shaper tin beryllium utilized for galore different occasions: movie nights, crippled nights, study sessions successful college, sleepovers—the database goes on. This 1 from Dash is simply a awesome room companion. Scoop nan kernels in, adhd food to nan tray (the measuring cup doubles arsenic a pouring tray), property nan button, and watch kernels move to popcorn. It's besides compact, truthful it won't return up excessively overmuch room connected a countertop. These retro popcorn containers (which I usage exclusively erstwhile I make popcorn) make for a nosy add-on.

• A Nice Water Bottle

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  Brümate

  Era 30-Ounce Tumbler

  This water bottle is simply a lifesaver for nan giftee who is clumsy and prone to spilling drinks. It comes pinch a leakproof straw lid that has 3 modes, including open, locked, and centered (which allows you to region nan straw). BrüMate claims it's 100 percent leakproof, but immoderate h2o mightiness spill retired from nan sides if they're mixing flavored powders into it. Aside from that, it won't spill if they accidentally sound it complete aliases transportation it successful a container (propped up). It's cup-holder friends and dishwasher safe arsenic well.

• A High-Powered Blender

  Graduation is usually followed by a engaged summertime of parties and hangouts earlier everyone leaves for college, wherever nan schedule is moreover much hectic. Having a powerful blender connected manus is awesome for making quick, protein-filled smoothies for erstwhile they don't person clip to beryllium down for a afloat meal. Nutribullet's 1200 Pro+ has 1,200 watts of powerfulness that crushes ice, berries, seed butter, and more. There's besides a abstracted beat mounting that offers much elasticity erstwhile blending.

Brenda Stolyar is simply a merchandise writer and reviewer astatine WIRED, wherever she specializes successful a wide scope of user tech products including laptops, tablets, desktop PCs, smart location devices, beauty gadgets, and more. Prior to joining nan Gear Team, she reviewed user electronics astatine Mashable, PCMag, and Digital Trends. She ... Read more