Free, Editable Kindergarten Certificates and Graduation Diplomas
It’s the end of the school year and it’s time to celebrate the end of kindergarten.
Here are free kindergarten diplomas and kindergarten completion certificates that you can download instantly and print.
My kindergarten students never actually had a graduation ceremony (with all of the fanfare you might be planning for your own celebration) – but we did fun end of the year celebration alternatives instead.
For our end of the year fun – we liked to do an end of the year countdown using the letters of the alphabet.
We also took lots of end of the year class photos and hosted a little red carpet event in our classroom.
These end of the year printable certificates would be perfect for either graduation or a low-key end of the year event.
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About these free diplomas and certificates
You can download them for free and print them at home or at school.
Each one says, “Congratulations to: (student name) for completing kindergarten”
They look terrific printed in color and don’t use up too much color ink to do a class set.
But, they also look fantastic printed on bright color paper too. You can write in your student names or do it on the computer before you print!
I’ve also included one grayscale version that looks great printed on black and white laser printers or school copy machines.
They’re editable – so you can type in your name and school year as well as your students’ names. But you’ll need either Microsoft Powerpoint or Google Slides to edit them.
What are you waiting for? Let’s make these right now. I’ll show you how.
How to make kindergarten diploma certificates
To make and print your free kindergarten graduation certificates, here are the steps:
- Download these free kindergarten diplomas or these free kindergarten certificates. [terms of use] [downloading help]
- Open the editable file in Microsoft Powerpoint or upload it to Google Slides.
- Change your fonts, text size and wording for student name, school year and teacher.
- Duplicate the completed page to make one for each of your students.
- Print.
Note: I recommend matching font Josefin Sans.
You can make a mini-version
You can also print them half-page size to make mini certificates. They are super-cute too.
Here’s how you can do that:
To make a mini-certificate (half-page size)
- Finish typing in all of your info (complete up to step #5 in the directions above)
- Then click File > Save as > Save as type: PDF > Save.
- Open the PDF file you just made and click Print.
- Change the Page Sizing & Handling setting to Multiple.
- Change Pages per sheet to 2.
- Change the Orientation to Landscape.
Bonus pre-k version
But because I know I have a few pre-k teacher peeps who visit here too – I didn’t forget about you!
Click to download the pre-kinder versions here: pre-k diplomas or these pre-k certificates. [terms of use] [downloading help]
How to make a digital copy
If you need to send a digital copy to your students, here’s what you do:
Only keep the page you want to use in the file and delete the rest.
Then make one certificate (save/print as a pdf) to send to your student and repeat for the rest of your class.
Let’s wrap it up
There you have it- free kindergarten diploma printables and kindergarten graduation certificates that you can use in a flash.
I hope these come in handy for your kindergarten graduation ceremony or your pre-k graduation.
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You just saved my life and saved me so much time. Only took 30 minutes to print 18 certificates. Did I mention that graduation/awards are tomorrow!
Thank you so much!
Yay – so glad you were able to rock this out! Happy awards ceremony and end of the year to you.
– Leslie
Hi!
Do you give these awards even to the kindergarteners that are being retained? You mentioned you have had students not going to first grade. How do you handle that situation. I am having a small celebration (I told parents its not a graduation but end of year recognition celebration).Also it is on zoom due to COVID regulations in school. I want to make it meaningful for parents and kids (all)…but want to tread lightly with this. Thank you for any insight you may be able to share:)
Hi Barbara, I might give out the “certificates” instead of the diplomas. That way everyone gets the same.
– Leslie
Thank you so much! … so happy to check this off the stressful to-do-list!
Thank you for sharing your work!
Hi! I love your certificates, but we have 2 teachers in Kindergarten. I’m trying to add an “S” on “teacher”, but I’m having a hard time finding a font to match. Is there any way that you can email me a copy with “teachers” on it??
Thank you!
The font is called Josefin Sans. You can download it here: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/josefin-sans though it is available on Google Slides too. I hope that can help!
– Leslie
Thank you so very much for the certificates!!
Julie
You’re welcome!
Do you have a list of fun awards to give each child?
Thanks,
Janet
I don’t – but that is a fun idea!