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.
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:
Leslie is the teacher behind KindergartenWorks. She believes in teaching kinders how to be pretty incredible along with teaching them to read, write and think for themselves. She enjoys drinking hot tea, making mud pies with her four kids and sharing what she's learned with teachers.
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12 Comments
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!
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! 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??
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!