what is an appropriate high school graduation gift?

[Cataholic]

$75? Yikes, that is steep. It is a gift, not a down payment towards a house...he he he.

You could always get a gift card to Best Buy, or something national. Seems 'kids' always 'need' something from there.

[moosmom]

I agree with Uabassoon, $25 is perfect. Especially since you've only seen them on a couple of occasions. Hey, it'll be $25 more than she had before, right??

[Lobodeb]

I'm going with $25. You aren't very close with them, but you want to send *something.* I'm sure if your cousin's daughter is going to college, the extra money will come in handy. $75 is very excessive. I had an aunt who was very, very close to me give me $100. But I was ALWAYS with her, so it seemed fitting that she would give me that much, but $75 for someone you haven't seen much in the last ten years? Yikes!

[Daisy and Delilah]

$25 to $35 is perfect. $75 is way too much in my opinion. I usually go in with family members and we kick in $25 each.

[catnapper]

Wow, my son only got $20 to $25 gifts last year for his graduation party.

One gift I got a few years ago was the hti of the party... the giurl is now entering her senior year of college and still loves it: A bubble gum machine! Silly, yes, but great for the dorm. I left a little note about her needing somethign fun and innocent in her life when college is all about exploring herself and growing up. She loved it.