Traditional Wedding Anniversary Gifts
1st to 9th Wedding Anniversaries

Traditional wedding anniversary gifts are a lovely romantic gesture but they can stretch your imagination.

Your 1st Anniversary will be memorable as it is your first, traditionally you celebrate with paper and as well as a card there are lots of ways to incorporate this into your celebrations.

More first wedding anniversary gift ideas here!

Your 2nd Anniversary is Cotton or Straw! You will probably find it easier to find things to fit the cotton theme unless you are planning on splashing out on a beautiful thatch cottage or a more modest straw dolly. Pure cotton is a luxury and can mean anything from a cotton hanky to new bed linen.

You could even write a message on cotton, place it in a bottle and set it out to sea. If you put your name and address on it you may even find someone sends it back. Imagine if it floated for hundreds of miles, you could then promise a trip to where it was found. Remember this could end up being down the road!

More second wedding anniversary gift ideas here!

More cotton anniversary gift ideas here!

Second anniversary gifts - ideas for your husband.

2nd anniversary gift ideas for your wife.

Alternative traditional 2nd wedding anniversary gift ideas.

2nd anniversary gifts for both of you to celebrate.

3rd Anniversaries are traditionally celebrated with leather, for this you could have a leather photo album or leather framed photograph. Leather is a classic look for furniture and a great excuse to update your comfy chairs. A cheeky one is a leather passport holder or a travel document holder, then you could include tickets for a second honeymoon.

Third Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas In Leather

3 Year Anniversary Gift Ideas For Your Wife

3rd Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas For Your Husband

And from the modern list you celebrate with crystal, 3rd Year Anniversary Gifts In Crystal

With 4th Anniversaries you have quite a choice; fruit or flowers or linen. You can organise flowers or a basket of fruit to be sent to their work, which is a great embarrassing but fun gesture, or you could celebrate in the evening with strawberries and Champagne. Linen could be a linen suit, one that definately needs to be taken away on holiday or shown off at a great restaurant.

Fourth Anniversary Gifts In Silk and Linen Here!

4 Year Anniversary Gifts with a flower theme, there are even some for the boys!

5th Anniversaries are wood, this can mean lots. From a weekend in a log cabin to a romantic walk in local woodlands. If are looking to impress you could buy your own woodland! Or there are some great funky wooden sculptures.

Traditional 5th Anniversary Gift Ideas Here!

Modern 5th wedding anniversary gifts are celebrated with silverware.

5 year anniversary gift ideas for your husband are here!

5th wedding anniversary gifts for your wife are here!

6th wedding anniversary is with sugar or iron. Not the steam iron variety, domestic appliances are not a romantic gift, ever! This iron is the heavy black metal, maybe a new gate, or a fun candlestick.

6th Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas

7th Anniversary and traditional wedding anniversary gifts are wool or copper, both lend themselves to great gifts. Wool could be you knitting a scarf or jumper to great woollen rugs from India or Turkey. Copper can be engravings or pictures and if you are a keen cook then copper pans are a luxury. The no domestic appliances rule can be broken here as cooking is a fun thing to do when you are cooking a romantic dinner for two.

Woolly 7th Wedding Anniversary Gifts Guide!

Copper Wedding Anniversary Gifts Guide!

Your 7th wedding anniversary from the modern anniversary list is celebrated with desk sets! Makes you think that the traditional list is a bit more romantic! Here are some more modern 7th anniversary gifts.

8th Wedding Anniversaries can be celebrated with Bronze which is fine if you want a new statue in the garden or are a collector of bronze coins. Have a look at our 8th anniversary gift ideas for inspiration.

Bronze Anniversary Gift Ideas

For ideas from the modern anniversary list for your 8th wedding anniversary you will be looking at linen, follow the link below.

Modern 8th Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas

Your 9th Anniversary, nearly into double figures and in this year celebrating with traditional wedding anniversary gifts of pottery is a must! You could visit one of the many famous potteries and have a go yourself, followed by a visit to the gift shop after. If a daytrip is not your thing how about starting to collect a beautiful dinner service or collector plates. A word of warning make sure it is something that you will be able to live with for as it would be horrible to not like the design anymore. If you have chosen wisely some of the items are great financial investments.

9th Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas Here

More 9th Anniversary Gift Ideas Here

All of the above are just suggestions, time together, maybe even flowers and your favourite foods is just as much fun and very traditional wedding anniversary gifts. Plus your favourite film what could be better!