Free Printable Grad Invites

Colorful Background

A colorful background makes graduation invitations standout. The colors can be the graduate's favorite ones.

The colorful free printable invitation on this page can be used in any way you wish. The page also gives full instructions on personalizing and printing it. Also details on making your own invites and other projects such as envelopes.

Color backgrounds do use a lot of ink. You may wish to load the free printable onto a disk and have a local printer complete the printing. Alternatively, there is also a large selection of unique printable invites which are free to use.

How to Personalize Your Free Printable Grad Invites

1. Create a text box that completely covers all the wording you want to replace. NB. If you need to use precision when placing your text box then press CTRL & the Up and Down keys.
2. Enter your own customized wording in the text box.
3. Please note - you can type the names of those you are inviting on each invite and print them separately (or even do a mail merge if your a computer whiz) but if you choose to handwrite those you are inviting on your invitations then I'd recommend a calligraphy set - www.joann.com a lovely "Zig Calligraphy" set.

How to Print your Free Printable Grad Invites

1. Open a word document.
2. Set the printer to the desired paper size.
3. Insert the image.
4. Adjust the margins to zero.
5. Adjust the image to cover the full size of the paper. Do this by clicking on the image and dragging one of the corner arrows.
6. To ensure everything looks just right go to File, Print Preview.
7. Print a "cut to size" test sheet to be certain that the font, font size and placement of your message will be as you desire. Make any necessary adjustments, then print your invitations.

Tip - Mark an X on one side of the test sheet prior to printing. This will help you determine which way up to place the invitation in the printer.

Make Your Own Free Printable Grad Invites

It is great fun, and simple, to create your own color backgrounds and invitations. The invitation above took me about 5 minutes to create.

Your PC will likely have “Microsoft Word” and “Paint”. That is all you need.

Make Your Own - Simplest Version

1. Open a new doc in your word processing tool and set up the page size - choose File and Page setup.
2. Now right-click your mouse over the clipart you’d like to use and select “copy”. Now place your curser on the area where you want the clipart to go and right-click and select “paste” to add the clipart to your doc.
3. Lastly, add some text and use some word art as well to personalise it.

You can have any color you wish. For exampe you could have school colors or the graduate's favorite color.

Next, add that final touch. Using clipart you can add images that are personal (favorite hobby, sport or pastime) to the graduate or are associated with graduation (cap or scroll).

Click here and you’ll find a great selection of clipart, along with exact instructions on how to use it.

Using clipart you can make colorful envelopes, colorful favor tags, colorful place cards, colorful party hats, colorful game certificates, colorful T-shirts, and colorful save the date fridge magnets.

Free Printable Grad Invites Paper

Choosing the right paper is one of the important decisions to be made for free printable grad invites.

A colorful background will look great on any kind of paper. It can also save on ink by using colored paper in place of using a colored background.

White paper is simplest and your normal printer paper will give great invitations.

Higher quality paper will give a real quality feel to the graduation invitations. I like cardstock and blank invitation paper.

Using colored paper can be great. You may need to sure that it suits the colorful invitation you have designed.

Full details on the graduation paper page, which covers all the paper options.

The same paper can be used for colorful thanks you notes, colorful place cards and colorful announcements.

Free Printable Grad Invites Paper

Colorful free printable grad invites may give you ideas for colorful wording.

There are of course the basic information details that invitations must cover. Click here for invitation etiquette.

Some colorful wording could be:

The little Princes and Princesses have graduated from Kindergarten.
Please come to the colorful graduation party.
Wear your brightest colors and help us light up the party!
Venue (details)
Time/date (details)
RSVP (details)

(The graduate's team wear blue.)
Please come to the graduate's (name) blue graduation party.
Wear blue to honor the team.
Blue Man Group music.
Blue food and drinks.
Venue (details)
Time/date
RSVP (details)

High School (name) invites you to a Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat graduation party.
Please come in multi colored clothing.
Venue (details)
Time/date
RSVP (details)

More Free Printable Grad Invites

You may have a great theme party in mind. That could be Luau, Pirates, Circus, Mardis Gras, Mexican, Magic, Wild West, Hollywood, Casino, Fifties, Superhero, Under The Sea, Backward and Golf. Each of our theme pages has a free printable graduation invitation ready to use. Click here for the themed invitations main page, then click through to the theme you want.

Good luck with your colorful free printable grad invites.

Click here to see more graduation invitations - the next one has a lovely turquoise background image of a scroll.

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