15 ways to still celebrate 2020 graduation with friends and family
Your quarantine commencement can still be an event.
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When you finish high school, college, or grad school, the main reward—other than the knowledge that you aredone, at least until the next round of school—is getting together with classmates, friends, and family members and taking a grand processional to collect that long-awaited diploma. The2020年级will still get a diploma, but typical graduation ceremonies, with all the close gathering and intermingling with strangers they require,can’t take placedue to social distancing mandates across the country.
Still, it’s possible to celebrate a new grad’s hard work while maintaining safe social distance. (And without sitting through a long, hot ceremony in a high school or college gym or stadium.) Here’s how to celebrate a graduation at home—a coronamencement, if you will—without the crowds but with a lot of pomp and circumstance.
1.组织视频聚会
为了纪念您的2020年毕业生，想一想一个虚拟的聚会。
毕业典礼上最好的部分之一是与朋友和家人聚在一起进行欢乐的庆祝活动的借口。而且，由于越来越重要的视频聊天领域的进步，仍然有可能参加欢乐的聚会 - 即虚拟的聚会。安排一个Zoom电话以纪念毕业生，以便最接近他们的人可以介入吐司，告诉他们他们的骄傲，并在未来几年提供一些智慧。要获得额外的影响，请将通话的时间和日期保留给新的毕业生感到惊讶，然后在时间时简单地将它们进入计算机。这与他们接近出人意料的毕业派对一样接近 - 而且，因为他们无法完全去任何地方，所以摆脱惊喜会容易得多。另外，远程视频允许遥远的亲戚和朋友参加。
2.委托名人作为您的开学发言人
Get a message from a celeb with Cameo.
Most graduation ceremonies don’t feature an appearance from Harry Potter alums, Real Housewives, or core characters fromThe Office。But yours can if you use客串, a service that allows you to purchase a personalized video message from participating celebrities, includingTom Felton,Bethenny Frankel,Leslie David Baker(that is, Stanley fromThe Office）， 和更多。只需选择一个名人，简要说明您想说的话，然后给他们一些时间将其发送回去。
Not feeling any of Cameo’s offerings? Find some classic commencement addresses on YouTube, likeConan O’Brien’sspeech at Dartmouth in 2011,Oprah Winfrey2013年在哈佛大学的演讲，以及Toni Morrison2004年在韦尔斯利学院（Wellesley College）发表演讲，因此您仍然可以获得出色的毕业演讲的鼓舞人心的影响。您也可以调整virtual graduation ceremonyfor all 2020 grads on May 15 on Facebook or Instagram, featuring appearances from Oprah, Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Garner, Simone Biles, and more.
3. Create your own video gift
Some apps let you record different video messages and stitch them together into one longer video.
如果您找不到适合圈子中每个人的时间，请考虑Tribute。One person will invite others to record a short video message, which are edited into one touching video. Don’t worry if you’re not a film-editing expert—reviewers say Tribute’s interface makes it easy to compile all the videos seamlessly once they are all received.
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Planning on sending a quick Venmo or Cashapp as a gift? If so, grads will also appreciateGiftCast, an app that allows you to give money plus a video message, so you can get your mental message across (as well as a monetary one).
4.使用个人蓝牙打印机建立您喜欢的照片和记忆的集合
Video chat with your friends and reminisce about your favorite memories while you build a mini scrapbook or collage with a portable, bluetooth printer.
Personalbluetooth printerseliminate the hassle of using a regular printer, getting photo paper, and zapping ink cartridges. TheHP Sprocket 200 Printeris a great option, and its prints come out with a sticky backing, so they’re ready for use. The Sprocket uses thermal technology to print photos, so you won’t have to worry about ink cartridges again.
If you want to go for a vintage vibe, check out theFujifilm Instax SHARE SP-2, which prints polaroids on demand. These pictures don’t come with a sticky backing, so have some tape or a glue stick ready.
把印在杂志或小笔记本,scrapbook, or even on a piece of card stock, and write something, like a quote or story, that explains what they mean to you. The best part, is you can do this together (but still a little apart) on Zoom or Google Hangouts. Share the pictures you’ve picked with your friends, and have a laugh about the memories they represent.
- Get the HP Sprocket 200 Printer at Target for $129.99
- Get the Fujifilm Instax SHARE SP-2 on Adorama for $82.99
5.将大屏幕带入您的后院
Bring the big screen to your backyard with a projector and show your favorite flicks. Grab a cheese board to feel sophisticated, or classic buttered popcorn for the full experience.
各地的朋友和家人都在虚拟电影之夜保持联系，但是您可以将其带到您自己后院的新水平projector并在星空下进行筛选。从弗里斯·布勒（Ferris Bueller）的日子到合法金发，或者幻想您的幻想。
Watch with friends by starting the movie at the same time and chatting via Zoom or Google Hangouts. Netflix also has a group watch feature, calledNetflix Party, where the streaming service automatically synchronizes video playback among computers, and even provides an internal group chat.
为了使它感到花哨，请捣碎一些葡萄酒和一个迷你奶酪板。如果您住在家里，请把家人塞进其中，做一些新鲜的爆米花，在草坪上（或几个露营椅）上铺一条毯子，在院子里野餐，然后在电影卷起时踢回去。
The Ematic- EPJ590WH LCD Projectoris well rated on Best Buy, and comes with a remote, so you can control it without getting up from your blankets or camping chairs.
Get the Ematic- EPJ590WH LCD Projector on Best Buy for $99.99
6. Whip up a nice meal, or get take-out from a favorite nearby restaurant
Have a meal kit delivered right to your door or order takeout from your favorite local restaurant for a celebratory dinner.
Order in or make your own nice dinner with delivery services likeCrowd Cow销售fresh farm to table meats, and even lobster tails。如果您想要全面差，请查看our favorite meal delivery service,Home Chef。当然，您还可以通过应用程序和服务从当地餐厅订购美味的外卖餐Grubhub。
If you’re looking to “spice things up,” you can make a themed dinner like the ones by thistiktok用户。His themed dinners range fromCinderella,在那里,他建立了一个烛光,隐蔽的table, and served pasta, to hibachi. The options don’t stop there—recreate your experience at Red Robin or any other restaurant, or make a Ratatouille (the dish, Pixar movie, or both) themed dinner. The choices are endless, so you can get creative and go all out.
7.为节日家庭的毕业派对烧烤
With some decorations and snacks, a backyard celebration is as good as any.
If you’re not ordering takeout or cooking up a meal in the kitchen, gather the family in the backyard for what is universally agreed upon as the main kind of American celebratory fare: barbecue. Whether you grill up Angus beef quarter-pounders or veggie burgers is up to you, but you should do it with our top grilling items: Our favorite燃气烤架，Weber Spirit II E-310，它有一个空间很多可烤食物，将其上的所有东西都煮熟到完美，oxotongsand抹刀to make flipping dogs, burgers, and veggies easy, and the ThermoWorks ThermoPopmeat thermometer，以确保您的饭菜一直煮熟。
Make sure it’s clear that this is agraduationbarbecue—not just any old barbecue—by adorning your surroundings with grad-appropriate decor. Think: a celebratory banner, balloons, and even a grad cap-donning teddy bear—because every graduation day could use some embellishment.
- Get the Weber Spirit E-310 from Target for $479
- Get the OXO Stainless Steel Grill Set from Target for $19.99
- Get the ThermoPop from ThermoWorks for $34
- Get a Personalized Graduation Banner from Etsy for $14.95
- Get the Bearington Graduation Bear from 1-800-Flowers for $24.99
8. Make a graduation themed TikTok with your friends
Creative TikTok transitions, like opening and closing the fridge, or briefly covering the camera with a makeup brush, are a great way to make a video montage with friends.
TikTok is a creative way to stay in touch with friends. One popular style of TikTok involves a series of friends linking short clips together with a uniform action or movement. One example isthis video of friends opening their fridges, and pulling out a different item. Users have also createdvideos他们被认为是#pass brushchallenge的地方掉落或扔掉妆容之类的东西。将刷子切换为流苏或帽子，并将您的每个朋友都在做一些有趣的事情，然后将物体穿过框架或通过屏幕变暗，以切换到下一个人和剪辑。
9. Play your own graduation walk-out music with a great speaker
This speaker ensures a great sound no matter what you're playing.
It won’t be in a big, sweaty gymnasium, and it won’t be in front of a bunch of strangers. But you can still ensure a grand (solo) procession with some space to strut and a好演讲者（就像我们最喜欢的JBL Flip 4）一起播放值得毕业的音乐。从游行经典开始盛况和情况, which you can play as they walk to collect a “diploma” (which may just be an empty folder if the actual proof of graduation hasn’t been delivered yet). Then, move into those corny-but-iconic graduation staple tunes like “Graduation” and “Don’t Stop Believin’” for a soundtrack worthy of tossing your cap into the air.
从Microsoft获得JBL Flip 4，价格为99.95美元
10. Use Disney’s firework display as a backdrop for your walk
Stream Disney's famous firework display, and use it as the backdrop for your graduation walk.
迪士尼最近在烟花表演后发行了他们著名的快乐online streaming, so you can watch the vibrant display from home. But why play it on a small screen, when you could project it in your yard or house? The video is high quality, and even has the music that accompanies the display. Use the projected firework show as the backdrop for your own private walk, then move your tassel across your cap once you've crossed the "stage." Your graduation will be among the most elaborate ceremonies and celebrations out there.
11. Bake a sweet treat—or have one delivered
Graduation celebrations should always come with dessert. If you're afraid of what might come out of the oven, have a baking kit delivered right to your door from Red Velvet NYC or Whisk Takers.
Graduation celebrations should always involve a great dessert, so why not make your own? You can video chat with your friends and bake together. Raid the pantry for basic ingredients and go from there, or if you’re afraid of what might come out of the oven, try a delivered baking kit that supplies pre-measured ingredients and everything you need, aside from perishables (like butter and eggs), a bowl, and spoon.Whisk Takers提供许多不同的经典套件，例如巧克力榛子蛋糕和S’mores Brownies。对于那些喜欢冒险的人，Red Velvet NYChas a range of unique desserts, like matcha swirl cookies, a chai spice bundt cake, and even tiramisu. Both Red Velvet NYC and Whisk Takers carry gluten free options, and don’t require a monthly subscription.
If you want to go for something more engaging, turn this into a baking challenge with your family and friends. Have everyone make their own cake or cupcakes inspired by a beautiful and delectable dessert image (byway of Google or Pinterest), a la Nailed It! on Netflix. Bake your desserts, and compare them with your friends’, then dig in together via Zoom or Google Hangouts.
- Get baking kits on Whisk Takers starting at $19.99
- Get baking kits on Red Velvet NYC starting at $26
12. Get some champagne for instant gratification
If your grad is of drinking age, they might enjoy some bubbly.
激化了一瓶香槟crossi之后ng the podium is generally frowned upon—if your graduation ceremony is happening in public and/or on school grounds. But if you’re hosting a DIY graduation ceremony in the privacy of your own home or backyard, there’s no reason why (21+) grads shouldn’t get some bubbly ASAP. If you have a local wine store you know and love, call them and see if they can deliver a bottle of champagne or prosecco. If not, use a service likeDrizly或wine.com，将一瓶直接发送给您或您的毕业生。要获得额外的节日感，请添加一些可食用的饮料闪光，以增强饮料的散发性，闪闪发光的美感。
- Shop Drizly here
- Shop Wine.com here
- Get Edible Cocktail Glitter Dust from Smith & Sinclair for $9.50
13. Conduct a through-the-years scavenger hunt
A yearbook from a few years ago can serve as a nice clue.
One way to make an at-home graduation fun? A scavenger hunt. Arrange small gifts and tokens from the grad's childhood—like old photos, memorabilia from past graduations, sports trophies, and anything else that represents your grad’s journey—around the house, and attach a small clue to each item that brings them to the next. If you do it chronological order, it can help them reflect on their life, accomplishments, and what it took for them to get to this particular moment—which, hopefully, will make it feel that much more special.
14. Get a cap and gown for a cool photo op
Even if walking across the stage isn't an option, you can still get a cap and gown.
没有毕业日，如果没有流苏帽和热，汗水，聚酯裤的摄影，对吗？如果您仍然有一个较老的兄弟姐妹的毕业服装，请将其分解为第二次使用DIY毕业。如果您想购买新的（并且学校没有寄出），请从毕业典礼上订购它。这保证了一张精美的照片 - 您可以配饰face mask，如果您想清楚地表明这发生在2020年 -andsquares away your Hogwarts Halloween costume for next year.
Get the Cap, Gown, and Tassel set from Graduation Outlet for $17
15. Start a graduation-themed letter chain
Letters are personalized, permanent, and tangible mementos.
Start a chain of letters with your closest friends, where you send one to a friend, and they send one to another. It’s easiest if you pick a certain number of people, and track who has received a letter in your group chat or with Google Drive. Write about anything—your memories, inside jokes, or that disastrous introductory history class you took freshman year. Eventually, the letter chain will circle back to you. It’s inexpensive, memorable, and fun.
Letters are a nice memento that you can actually hold and keep for a long time. Get creative, you can throw in pictures, or stickers. They’re almost like a personalized yearbook. And these days, who doesn’t love getting something in the mail?
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