May 17 is National Graduation Tassel Day. It’s a time for graduates to be honored for their academic achievements and for them to start a new journey in life.
Tradition has the graduate moves the tassel from right to left when their name is called and they receive their anticipated diploma. This “turning of the tassel” only started in the last 40-50 years.
Keep reading to learn how to celebrate National Graduation Tassel Day!
How to Celebrate National Graduation Tassel Day
Would you like to celebrate National Graduation Tassel Day in a special way? Try one of these ideas.
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- Honor your graduate in a photo showing their mortarboard and tassel, with diploma in hand.
- Have a graduation party and give out graduation cap candy jars as a party favors.
- Make cupcakes for a graduation party and use graduate cupcake topper to decorate them.
- Display your kid’s graduation tassel in this photo frame beside a photo of them on graduation day.
- Spread the word on social media using the hashtag #NationalGraduationTasselDay.
More May 17 national days
Have you enjoyed learning about National Graduation Tassel Day? You’re in luck, there’s more May 17 national days to celebrate below:
- National Graduation Tassel Day
- National Cherry Cobbler Day
- National Pack Rat Day
- National Pinot Grigio Day
- National Walnut Day
- National Idaho Day
- National Mushroom Hunting Day
- World Hypertension Day
- International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
For more reasons to celebrate this month, check out this list of national days in May and May food holidays. You can also watch this YouTube video to learn about more national days in May.
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