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FREE Printable Greeting Cards for Grads!
- EI Editor Posted On May 22, 2020 | Printables
Send a Sweet Card to Celebrate Your Little Graduate!
Everyone loves getting mail! Celebrate the graduates in your life - and show them how much fun it can be to send – and receive mail – with one of these adorable printable graduation cards from Educational Insights!
Preschool Grads
Kindergarten Grad
Simply choose your favorite style, print, sign, and send. You can mail the cards to the special graduates in your family near and far or your child can sign send them and send them to friends in their graduating class.
As a special bonus, each card features a 30% off EducationalInsights.com discount code on the back so the sweet students in your life can celebrate with something special to start their summer – at a discounted price!
Congrats Grad!
We're Proud Of You!
Don’t forget – educational toys and games make great graduation gifts (especially at 30% off)! Pint-sized preschoolers will love The Sneaky Snacky Squirrel Game® or Pete the Cat I Love My Buttons. Kindergarten cuties can get outdoors and explore with the GeoSafari® Jr. Ladybug Garden or Bugnoculars. And your soon-to-be-middle-schooler will go crazy for coding with Artie 3000™, the Coding Robot!
The Sneaky Snacky Squirrel Game
Photo credit: @my_sensorium
GeoSafari® Jr. Bugnoculars
Artie 3000™ The Coding Robot
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