Handmade wedding anniversary gifts that will be remembered for a long time

Whether you have been invited to a wedding, or you yourself are the hero of the occasion, or you want to celebrate your wedding anniversary, you always want something special

on this day.

What could be more original than a gift or decoration

made with your own hands.

Use wedding gift tips and ideas to create a unique, interesting surprise.

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There are a huge number of DIY gift ideas

. You can find some of them in our articles:

Interesting DIY gifts

How to make a gift for your mother, grandmother and sister with your own hands

DIY gift for dad, grandpa, brother and/or loved one

Use your imagination and you will bring joy to those for whom your gift is intended.

Wedding anniversary gift. Wedding commemorative capsule made from a New Year's ball.

For this craft you will need dry rose petals. You can use flower petals that were used to decorate your wedding, so this ball will remind you of it. You can use flower petals that you had at your wedding.

1. Prepare a transparent New Year's ball and remove the cap from it.

2. Pour petals inside, you can add some other little things that remind you of the holiday.

3. Cover the ball with a cap.

* You can make such a memorable gift for any holiday, so that in the future this craft will remind you of the bright moments of life.

Also read: Wedding trifles, decorations and DIY decor

Fabric gifts

The stores offer fabrics in a wide variety of colors and textures. This allows you to make things of amazing beauty. More options for what to give as a DIY wedding anniversary gift:

1. Sofa covers

   , chairs and stools.

2. Tablecloth

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3. Souvenirs

   made of bright fabric.

4. Curtains

   for loggia, kitchen, veranda.

5. Soft toys

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The list can go on for a long time. Anyone can make their favorite items. It is worth supplementing your gift with a postcard with sincere wishes and sweets.

An original wedding gift. Pillow for good luck.

This handmade gift not only looks beautiful, but will also remind the newlyweds of a happy celebration.

Making a cozy sofa cushion like this with felt appliqué is not at all difficult.

You will need:

- fabric for the pillowcase and what to stuff it with (you can use a ready-made pillow)

- felt scraps of several colors

- floss threads

- coins (in this example, Chinese, but you can use other coins or jewelry)

- paper

- scissors

- thread and needle or glue

1. Prepare paper and make templates of trees, leaves and birds from it.

2. Prepare felt scraps of the required size, fix paper templates on them, and then cut out the applique parts.

3. Sew all the parts cut out of felt and use a thread and needle to sew them to the pillow. Instead of thread and needle, you can use glue (but be prepared for the fact that the applique may not withstand washing).

4. If you have Chinese coins, now is the time to decorate your gift with them. According to legend, such decorations bring wealth and prosperity to the house.

As a bonus, you can embroider a warm wish to the newlyweds on the pillow, and decorate the edges of the pillow with ribbon.

Also read: Guinness Book of Wedding Records

Our hands are not for boredom

Each wedding anniversary has its own name, and this is a good hint for choosing a gift. Feel free to include your skills and knowledge about the “young people” as helpers for ideas: their hobbies, tastes, interior design.

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1. Wooden signs. Wood is always noble, fashionable, expensive and appropriate. Letters of names or numbers of dates, carved from wood, will become a pretty decoration for the bedroom. The design has a lot of room for flight of fancy: words about love, a quote from a wedding vow, dates of birth of children, a promise of fidelity, or even two simple hearts - what could be more romantic? Feel free to use burning, paint and don’t be afraid to experiment.

2. Embroidery. They say that if you embroider the initials of the couple on a towel, their love will gain special strength and indestructibility. In addition, this is a stylish and beautiful amulet for the home. Embroider the couple's names, the date and day of their wedding and frame the panel with sprigs of flowers - this is an original and traditional gift. “Young people” will be pleasantly surprised and touched by such a creation.
3. Funny portrait panel. If you have an artistic gift, pay attention to such an idea as a portrait. A wedding pencil drawing, a friendly cartoon, modeling from polymer clay, salt dough or felting from wool - an original surprise will delight and will definitely bring a sea of ​​smiles.

All these gifts will also become an excellent decoration for the festive photo area and will leave incredibly warm memories! Exclusive 100%!

DIY gift for a wedding anniversary. Time capsule.

A great idea for those who want to remember all the bright moments of their life together - this especially applies to newlyweds.

You can start with a box large enough to hold a regular envelope.

Decorate the box by wrapping it in colored paper, tissue paper, or colorful fabric (use glue to attach it).

You can also decorate the box with various other elements such as glitter, stickers, colorful buttons, etc.

Newlyweds can write love letters to each other and put them in a box. On each envelope write the date the letter was written.

Every year, filling the time capsule with letters, the husband and wife will remember the pleasant moments of their life together. All year, while the capsule is filled with letters with pleasant words, none of the young family reads them, and only at the end of the year, everyone takes out the letters intended for him (her) and reads them.

You can start the tradition on any day, but it would be nice to do it on your wedding day.

Handmade from banknotes

A cash gift does not have to be presented in an envelope. You can design banknotes in a funny way and present them in a comic form. The money tree (topiary) will look interesting. It will require:

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  Paper money.

• Beautiful pot.
• Wooden stick (sushi stick will do).
• Foamed ball.
• Twine/tape/rope.
• Alabaster/plaster.
• Pins.
• Glue.
• Tag for signature.

The ball needs to be pierced with a stick, fixed with glue and allowed to dry. Glue twine or rope at the base of the future tree and wrap it around the stick-trunk of the tree. Dilute alabaster, pour it into a pot, stick the tree in there and let it harden. It's time to collect the tree crown. To do this, you should prepare approximately 160 bills. Fold each bill in half, roll it into a cone shape and secure with a pin. Leaf bills are attached to the ball. At the end, you can decorate the tree to your liking - write a wish on a tag, wrap it in a bow, pour coins into a pot, and so on.

Wedding gift for newlyweds. Love card.

You will need:

- PVA glue

- double-sided foam tape (can be replaced with PVA glue)

- scissors

- colored cardboard

- Frame

- old map or printout from Google Maps

1. Cut out 3 (or more) hearts from cardboard - these will be the templates.

2. Select on the map the places that are dear to the newlyweds - the place of the first meeting, the first date, the first kiss, the place of the wedding, the place where the house is. Place the hearts on the card (in those precious places) and circle them, then cut out the hearts from the card.

3. Attach double-sided foam tape to the hearts and then to a sheet of colored cardboard - this will give you three-dimensional hearts. If you don't have tape, just apply glue to the hearts and glue them to the cardboard.

4. On the colored side, write short notes about the places on the map that are indicated on the hearts. Cut out the notes and glue them to cardboard.

5. Insert the sheet with hearts into the photo frame.

Delighting parents on a holiday

Here's what you can give to your dear parents:

1) Heart made of threads. Such a gift will be an excellent decoration for the decor of any room, and will always remind you of the wedding celebration. You will need:

• Wooden board, pre-painted in a suitable tone;
• Scarlet thread;
• Silver acrylic paint;
• Nails;
• Cardboard heart template.

Place the template on the board, and hammer nails along its contour at a distance of 2-2.5 cm each. In the middle of the formed heart, write a memorable date or initials, as in childhood: “M+R=L.” Tie a thread to a nail and weave it from one to another in a chaotic manner. The pattern itself will tell you where to lead the thread next.

Advice

Choose contrasting shades of boards and threads.

2) Candlestick. The following are used as the basis for a homemade masterpiece: glasses, jars, bottles, branches, driftwood, etc. I suggest making a candlestick out of spices. Take any glass (I recommend choosing a wide and not tall one). Pour sugar, ginger, vanilla, nutmeg, cloves into it. Place cinnamon sticks around the container. Tie them tightly with a pretty ribbon. Place a candle in the center of the glass. When the candle burns, the room will be fragrant with a spicy aroma.

3) A piece of candy cake. You will need:

• Cardboard, green and yellow corrugated paper;
• 31 pcs. sweets "Konafetto";
• Scissors and thread;
• Pencil;
• Double sided tape;
• Satin ribbon and decorative flower.

Progress:

1. We make the sides of the “piece” of cardboard (size 7 * 15.5 cm and 1 cm connection lines on all sides) and its base (7 * 8 cm + 1 cm). We glue the parts with a side of 7 cm (with double-sided tape) to the train. Then we connect the structure into a triangle.
2. We trace this figure with a pencil and cut it out of cardboard.
3. Bottom and top lids of the cake. We glue green corrugated paper to them and attach them to the main figure.
4. We cut out 2.5 cm strips from yellow paper, make an accordion and glue it along the perimeter of the triangle.
5. On the top and bottom of the “piece” we make strips of double-sided tape. We glue candies to them, tucking their tails.
6. We tie the cake with a satin ribbon and decorate the top with a decorative flower.

4) Family calendar. To implement this idea you will need:

• Thick cardboard and wallpaper;
• Purple, yellow paper;
• Glue stick and PVA;
• Yellow and purple ribbons;
• Scissors;
• Ruler;
• Candle;
• Bows, beads.

Stages:

1. Cover the base cardboard (45 cm by 20 cm) with wallpaper and place it under a press so that it does not deform.
2. Next, cut out the chips. Round ones are birthdays, hearts are wedding days, square ones are other holidays.
3. Print or handwrite the words “Family Calendar” and the names of the months. We glue the inscriptions on the base, and the numbers and names on the chips.
4. Each ribbon is a month. We attach the chips to it at a distance of 3 cm. Burn the edges (so as not to unravel) with a candle and attach them to the base.
5. For aesthetic beauty, we alternate purple and yellow ribbons. We do the same with inscriptions.
6. Let's put all the details together. We decorate a homemade calendar with beads and bows.

5) Knitted tablecloth. A crocheted tablecloth for the dining table looks chic and expensive. There are various schemes on the Internet. Choose any shade of yarn, the main thing is that it fits harmoniously into the interior of the heroes of the occasion (a win-win option is white). If creating such a masterpiece is completely beyond your capabilities, crochet only the edging for the finished product. The tablecloth is a symbol of the hospitality and generosity of the hosts.

An original wedding anniversary gift

You will need:

- a sheet with printed words of your favorite song or first dance song

- Frame

- stationery paper (optional)

- scissors

- adhesive tape

- ruler

1. Prepare a sheet with the lyrics of a song or favorite story printed on it. It is advisable that the entire text be written in one paragraph, so that as many words as possible can be used in the craft.

2. Draw hearts on the printed text. You can make several hearts of different sizes, or you can cut out a heart template from cardboard and make all the hearts with text the same size.

3. Cut out paper hearts and arrange them on paper or glass photo frames the way you like. You can add one red heart (for beauty).

4. Use duct tape to attach the hearts to the glass or white background. You can glue everything straight or choose a specific style. If you want to make everything straight, then use a ruler to help.

5. All that remains is to insert it into the frame and that’s it.

You can also make this project: a photo frame with a photograph against the backdrop of your favorite words from a song, story or wishes.

Frame

A homemade anniversary gift for parents will be etched in their memory as the best impression of the holiday. What can you present? The older generation is very fond of printed photographs. If young people keep their memories on Instagram, then parents prefer to print successful shots and insert them into photo albums and frames. You can create both types of photo storage. The frame can be made from any material. Take cardboard, wood or plastic as a base and decorate them with available materials. You can decorate the frame with buttons, rhinestones, decorative fittings, shells or pebbles.

If nature has not deprived you of the talent of a needlewoman, then you can create both a frame and an album for a photo. It is especially nice to receive such a thing as a gift. You can make an album from thick sheets of paper sewn together. To make the product look nice, you should glue not only the corners to each sheet, but also stickers and clippings. You can decorate the album cover with voluminous decorative elements, for example, flowers, ribbons or beads.

Unusual wedding gifts. Funny vase.

There are a huge number of ways to make a beautiful, original and interesting vase with your own hands - you can find out about them in the article How to make a vase with your own hands

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Here is one example of a DIY vase that you can give to a young couple. Making such a vase is very simple.

You will need:

- a simple glass or porcelain vase

- white spray paint

- sandpaper

- double-sided foam tape

- scissors

1. Cut any shapes from double-sided foam tape (in this example, triangles and circles).

2. Wash/clean your vase, wipe it with a clean cloth and glue the cut out shapes to it.

* You can cut out details of the face of a man and a woman, and attach them to two vases - it will be a gift for the bride and groom.

3. Start applying white spray paint - apply several coats, but leave to dry after each coat of paint. You should end up with a completely white vase.

* It is worth noting that it is better to paint with this paint in the fresh air (in the yard or on the balcony).

*You can add a little glitter if desired.

Mug

A person who makes ceramics can make a gift for their anniversary with their own hands. What can you give to your soulmate? Yes, anything. A mug, plate or personalized spoon will delight the person. It is advisable to make a memorable item and sign what anniversary you are giving the item for. This way you give your product a chance to become historic. But even if you don’t have your own ceramic workshop, you can always sign up for courses. An experienced teacher will teach you how to work on a pottery wheel and decorate the resulting product using engobes.

Well, if time is pressing and you need to give a gift urgently, you can always present a glass mug. Using etching, create a design on the product based on your own sketch or write memorable words.

beating heart

Also, with wishes of love and fidelity, you can give a lot of folded hearts, packaged or a transparent vessel. The glass container can be decorated with a red ribbon, symbolizing ardent passion for each other.

The point is to strengthen the feelings of loving people who fill an inexhaustible vessel with love every day.

If you give preference to a box, it is better to let it be festive or interesting in shape, for example, in the shape of a heart. Such a gift, made using the origami technique, is especially relevant for a paper wedding.

It will be made unique by small wishes written on paper made up of flaming hearts.

What to give

A rich imagination and skillful hands can create miracles even from a simple piece of paper. The ideas presented in this article are very diverse - some of them are very simple, while others require careful preparation and some skill.

1. If possible, you can play with one of the most popular wedding gifts - money. The banknotes can be placed in a jar designed “for preservation”; you can wrap delicious candies in them or fold them into simple origami.
2. Speaking about origami, it should be noted that this art allows you to turn ordinary pieces of paper into almost anything, but we’d better focus on wedding symbols. These can be flowers, birds (for example, swans and doves) or images of hearts. Templates for origami can be found in books about this Japanese art, or on the Internet on thematic portals and forums.
3. You can make very beautiful flowers from corrugated paper that will look almost like real ones. It will take a lot of time and effort, but the result will be simply amazing. Such a flower will be a good decoration for the suit of your future husband - an original colorful boutonniere will add life to a strict wedding attire.
4. A couple of bottles of alcohol dressed in paper “suits” will become a funny image of the bride and groom. In addition to the “costumes”, you can make a couple of elegant hats. This is a great idea for those whose genius fashion designer is missing!
5. Postcards are often overlooked, considered just an addition to the main gift, but a well-made postcard can be a real masterpiece in itself. Ideas for unusual cards can be found on the Internet, or you can buy ready-made ones from some hand-made studio.
6. A paper cake is another example of what miracles can be made from scrap materials. You can put other little surprises or notes with congratulations and wishes into the pieces of the cake. If executed skillfully, your creation will be almost indistinguishable from a real cake - the main thing is not to confuse it!
7. As a comic present, you can present a roll of toilet paper to the newlyweds, accompanying its presentation with funny rhymes or songs.

Unfading bouquet

Fresh flowers definitely add solemnity to such a joyful event as a wedding. Especially if the bride receives a huge number of fragrant bouquets.

Unfortunately, they are not pleasing to the eye for long: after a few days the flowers will wither and will have to be thrown away. It’s another matter when buds donated with soul every day from year to year will remind you of a magical day.

For example, with a little practice, you can master folding Kawasaki roses. For this, not only paper is used, but also banknotes, which give the gift material value.

They look like real ones, and a bouquet of such flowers will look chic if you wrap it in special paper or flower packaging.

For sophistication, you can glue rhinestones onto rose petals or strew the buds with sparkles. Adding artificial butterflies to a bouquet looks unusual.

A composition of roses made using the origami technique is more suitable as a gift for a young couple celebrating their wedding anniversary or the very beginning of family life.

Romantic surprise for parents

A romantic wedding anniversary gift for parents is relevant for younger couples.

You can organize a holiday in several variations:

1. Preparing dinner at home. Light snacks, good wine or champagne, candles, quiet unobtrusive music. If desired, add rose petals or a bouquet of your mother's favorite flowers. After general congratulations and presentation of gifts, you must quietly leave, leaving the parents alone.
2. Organizing dinner at a restaurant. You should book a table in a quiet, cozy restaurant, preferably at a distance (near the window). It is better to look for a restaurant with a separate VIP room. Choose your parents' favorite dishes from the menu, decorate the table with candles and fresh flowers. Order live instrumental music for the middle of the evening. Don't forget that the bill must be paid in advance. Such a surprise will be remembered for many years.
3. Organizing a wedding photo shoot in a picturesque location. Ordering a professional photographer will be very useful, since at the time of the parents’ marriage (anniversaries of 20 years or more), the photos were taken the same as everyone else’s. Updating the album with fresh photographs with attributes corresponding to the anniversary will be remembered and will delight in the future. Several photographs can be printed in large format and hung on the walls.

4. Weekend in Paris. This city is considered one of the most romantic. When purchasing a tour, you should purchase tickets to popular places and attractions in advance, book and pay for accommodation in advance. This will greatly simplify the trip for parents - they will only visit them and not be distracted by organizational issues (which may arise in any case). The cost of a weekend in Paris starts from 17,000 rubles.

Swan fidelity

To present a more substantial gift, it is worth mastering a special Japanese technique -. Thanks to the numerous constituent elements, a pair of swans looks beautiful and tender. The figures are three-dimensional and very similar to living birds.

The faithful pair can be glued to a small tray decorated in advance. Imitating two wedding rings placed in front of the composition will add a wedding character to the gift.

Additional decor can be flowers pre-folded using the origami technique, located around the perimeter. To add a festive touch, the birds are decorated with a top hat and veil. In this way, you can congratulate both newlyweds and married couples celebrating their next anniversary.

Wedding flowers

Chamomiles, roses and lilies - such flowers grow not only in a flower bed, they can be easily made from beautiful origami paper. Kawasaki roses will be a wonderful bouquet to please the eyes of loved ones not for a few days, like ordinary flowers, but for months or even years. Bouquets are made from a variety of flowers, which are combined into compositions, complemented by decor from other elements. You can roll and paint the flowers yourself or buy high-quality origami paper, and then pick up decorations from Swarovski crystals, various mechanisms that are no longer needed, even buttons and beads.

“Stars of happiness” are an unusual and bright wedding gift. Small stars, which are assembled according to simple patterns, are placed in beautiful jars or boxes, while giving friends a large number of positive impressions. You can put money or a valuable gift in a jar with stars.

Gifts are also wrapped in one large origami heart or placed in boxes with hearts, as a symbol of strong relationships and love. You can write nice wishes to the young couple on the hearts. Modular origami is also a good gift. Swans in love look especially beautiful on a tray with small paper rings.

There are a huge number of options for making an original origami wedding gift, the main thing is the desire and patience to make them.

Greetings, dear friends. From the moment the magnificent wedding ends, the years rush by elusively. This is understandable - work, children, additional household chores. In a word, vanity. But in the bustle of days, we must not forget about the wonderful event, thanks to which a strong family was formed - the wedding day. If you are lucky and you are among those invited to the celebration dedicated to this day, you can create a wedding anniversary gift with your own hands.

Fulfillment of old desires

The most popular figures folded using Japanese technique are stars. They quite easily acquire their shape under the influence of simple manipulations. To make the stars festive, you should take beautiful colored paper with glitter to make them.

Another option for decorating miniature figurines involves sprinkling them with glitter on pre-lubricated surfaces with glue. Stars in a glass vessel of an unusual shape will look most mysterious.

Among all the gifts received by spouses at a paper wedding, homemade origami will stand out as unique. A beautifully folded banknote mixed in a vessel with stars will help add value to such a composition.

Wonderful birds

Paper cranes look very symbolic. In Japan, it is believed that when the last of 1,000 birds is added, an old dream will come true. Therefore, when congratulating the newlyweds, you can mention this and wish them a long married life in that same 1000 years.

Origami cranes are made from banknotes or colorful cards with congratulations. For the second year of marriage, it would be quite original to give it as a gift with a money bird hidden inside.

Cranes can also be arranged in the shape of a heart on a dense, beautiful base - the result will be something in the form of a picture, personifying love that has not faded over the years. And an envelope with money can complement the composition.