For productions, parties and punchlines

Novelty & Prop Diplomas

Screen-ready prop diplomas for art departments and stage managers, plus funny novelty degrees for retirement parties, pets and office awards.

Shop prop diplomas

A novelty diploma is a display item made for entertainment, and a prop diploma is the same idea built for a camera or an audience. Hey Congrats! designs both. Art departments order period-appropriate diplomas for a character's office wall; theater companies need a readable degree for a graduation scene; party planners want a "Doctorate of Grilling" for the guest of honor. Tell us the fictional school, the character's name and the era, and we'll deliver a print or a rush digital file.

Prop and novelty diploma designs

Who orders props

Built for sets, stages and celebrations

Film & TV art departments

Wall dressing for a doctor's office, lawyer's den or dorm room. We match the era and keep text legible at shooting distance.

Theater & school plays

Graduation scenes, award ceremonies and period dramas. Order a hero copy plus spares for long runs.

Photo & video shoots

Branded content, stock photography and social videos that need a camera-ready diploma with fictional details.

Gag gifts & roasts

Honorary "degrees" for retirements, birthdays, new parents or the family dog.

Escape rooms & events

Clue documents and themed decor with the story's fictional academy.

Custom concepts

Have your own artwork or a production designer's mockup? Send it and we will build it.

Submit a design

How we keep props clean

Prop diploma guidelines

We will	We won't
Use fictional schools, characters and dates you provide	Recreate an existing institution without its written permission
Match a period look (1950s, 1980s, modern)	Add wording claiming a document is school-issued
Produce matching sets for a whole cast	Produce anything intended to be passed off as a credential
Deliver rush digital files for art departments	Accept orders where the stated purpose is employment or admission

Ordering for a production

Rush files, sets and on-camera tips

Cast and crew sets

Order multiple names in one layout so every character's diploma matches the story world.

Digital first, print later

Grab the digital file for set dressing tomorrow; add printed copies once the design is locked.

Camera-friendly text

We keep main lines large and avoid ultra-fine linework that moirés on screen.

Novelty and prop diploma questions

It is a display piece styled like a diploma and made for fun or entertainment, such as a gag gift, a party award or a set prop. It carries no academic standing.

Only with written permission from that institution. Without it, choose one of our fictional school designs or invent your own academy.

Yes. Send the list of character names and we will produce a matching set in one layout.

Choose the digital delivery option and tell us your shoot date at checkout; the product pages list current turnaround and same-day cutoff times.

Yes, as a display or entertainment item. Using any novelty document to claim a qualification is misuse and is not something we support.

Favorites include honorary doctorates in grilling, parenting, dad jokes and retirement. Tell us the wording and we will lay it out.