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For any parent, seeing their child graduate from high school is a deeply important day. Whether your child is heading off to college or has decided to join the workforce, you'll be proud of them for completing this important step in their academic journey. While you might be eager to display a framed photo of you and your child in their graduation attire in your home, it can also be worthwhile to consider a custom framed piece. A framing studio that specializes in shadow boxes can build a one-of-a-kind piece that you cherish. Here are some things it can contain.

Graduation Cap 

It's common for high school grads to return the graduation gown at the end of the ceremony, but they'll often be able to keep the cap that they wore and tossed high into the air. Instead of letting the cap gather dust in a closet in your home, it can be a focal point in your graduation-themed custom shadow box. The depth of the shadow box means that you won't have to crush the graduation cap flat in the same way that you might if you were to put it in a conventional frame.

Graduation Program

When you attend your child's high school graduation, you'll typically get one or more copies of a program that outlines the day's festivities and also provides a list of the graduates. It can be appropriate to include two of these programs in your custom shadow box. One option is to have one program positioned to show the cover, which will feature the school's name and logo, as well as the date of the ceremony. You can open the other program to the page on which your child's name appears.

Dried Flowers

There are many other things that can be worthwhile additions to a graduation-themed shadow box in honor of your child. If you gave them a bouquet of flowers at the end of the ceremony, make a point of keeping a few of the blooms and drying them out thoroughly. Dried flowers can be a colorful addition to a custom shadow box, and your framing professional will likely give you several different options about how they can appear. For example, if you have a few dried rose heads, they can appear in different locations around the shadow box to add color.

Discuss these and other options for a graduation-themed custom shadow box.