Graduation announcement wording and party invitations
Graduation party invitations, with the RSVP built in
Print a 5 × 7 invitation whose QR code opens your graduate’s party page: RSVP, open-house hours, who’s bringing what, and a camera for everyone’s photos.
Free for one occasion at a time: 3 graduation designs, the party page with RSVP, and up to 100 guest photos. Papalocal doesn’t print or mail cards: print at home or at any print shop.
Or get the Papalocal app for iPhone or Android. Same account on the app and the website.
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How it works
- Make the partyThe date, the place and the open-house hours, like 2 to 6.
- InvitePrint a 5 × 7 invitation, or send the link.
- See who’s comingGuests RSVP with how many are coming, and sign up to bring food.
- Get the photosOn the day, guests add photos to one album. Afterward, print thank-you cards (full app).
Graduation designs
Each prints from your own words, with an RSVP code on the back. Free: Honor Roll, Gallery and Confetti Pop. With the full app: Bold Type, Keepsake, The Arch, Golden Hour and Black Tie. Keepsake and The Arch print your party page’s cover photo, so your graduate’s picture can be on the card.
With the full app. All shown with made-up graduation words.
Announcement or invitation?
An announcement shares the news. An invitation asks people to come. One card can do both: the graduate’s name and year on the front, the party details and an RSVP code on the back. Papalocal’s printed card is the invitation; it says “You’re invited.”
Ordering photo announcements from a print shop? Make the party page here (free for one occasion at a time) and download its QR code. If your print shop lets you add your own image, put the code on the back. Guests scan it to RSVP and see the open-house hours. Need addresses for the envelopes? With the full app, guests type their mailing address on the party page, and you download the list.
Graduation announcement and invitation wording
Copy any of these and change the names. On a Papalocal invitation, the first line is your title and the rest is your note.
Proudly announcing the graduation of
Maya Rose Carter
Westfield High School · Class of 2027
With joy and pride, we announce that
Daniel James Ortiz
has earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
May 2027
Maya graduates!
Class of 2027 · Westfield High School. Come celebrate at her open house, any time between 2 and 6. Scan the code to RSVP by May 29.
Come say goodbye to Maya
Food, friends and a chance to wish her well before she heads to college. Drop by any time between 2 and 6.
Tassel turned, diploma earned.
Come celebrate Maya, Class of 2027.
Thank you for coming to my open house and for the gift card. It’s going toward books for my first semester. It meant a lot that you were there. — Maya
When to send
- 3–4 weeks beforeSend the invitations.
- A week beforeThe reply-by date.
- The day beforeA reminder email goes to guests who said Yes or Maybe and left an email.
- The dayGuests scan the camera code and add photos.
- AfterThank-you cards (full app).
A rule of thumb, not a rule: announcements can go out just before or just after graduation day.
Free or the full app
The full app means Citizen Plus (Occasions) or Citizens Unlimited.
| What you get | FreeOne occasion at a time | Full appCitizen Plus or Citizens Unlimited |
|---|---|---|
| Party page with RSVP, QR code, add to calendar | Yes, one occasion at a time | Yes, as many as you want |
| Open-house hours and a schedule (up to 12 rows) | Yes | Yes |
| Who’s bringing what | Yes | Yes |
| Guest wall for messages to the graduate | Yes | Yes |
| Printable 5 × 7 invitation | Honor Roll, Gallery and Confetti Pop | All 8 graduation designs |
| Thank-you cards (4 × 6) | No | Yes |
| Names of who’s coming with each guest | No | Yes |
| Guest camera | Photos only, up to 100 | Photos and videos, up to 6,000 |
| Voice messages for the graduate | No | Yes |
| Guests’ mailing addresses, as a list | No | Yes |
| A website for the party | Yes, for your one occasion | Yes, for every occasion |
| Storage for photos and videos | The free storage every account has | 15 GB with Citizen Plus. Citizens Unlimited: 45 GB for each adult on the plan, added to your free 5 GB. |
Citizen Plus: $15 a month, with Occasions as the one app it upgrades. Or Citizens Unlimited, the upgrades in all of Papalocal’s apps: $15 a month while we finish building them, then $30 a month for everyone on it. We’ll email you 30 days before that changes.
Same account on the website and in the Papalocal app for iPhone and Android.
Questions
Can Papalocal print and mail my announcements?
No. Papalocal doesn’t print or mail, and doesn’t make an announcement card. It makes the party invitation (print it at home or at any print shop), the party page, and a QR code you can add to announcements you order elsewhere.
Can I put my graduate’s photo on the card?
Not on the 3 free designs. With the full app, Keepsake and The Arch print the cover photo you add to the party page.
Are there graduation designs?
Yes, 8. Free: Honor Roll, Gallery and Confetti Pop. With the full app: Bold Type, Keepsake, The Arch, Golden Hour and Black Tie.
Can I put the class year on it?
Yes. Type “Class of 2027” in your title or your note.
Can I list open-house hours?
Yes. Give the party a start and end time; it prints on the card. Use the schedule for more: up to 12 rows, over several days if you need.
Can guests bring someone?
Yes. Each RSVP says how many adults and kids are coming. Asking for their names is a full-app question.
Can guests leave messages for the graduate?
Yes, on the party page’s guest wall (free). Voice messages come with the full app.
Do guests need the app?
No. They RSVP and add photos from their phone’s browser.