Original DIY wedding anniversary gift ideas

Useful tips

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

Gift ideas

When presenting a gift to the bride and groom, you want it to be high-status, useful, and memorable. Not wanting to waste their time or afraid of not pleasing the young people, many guests give envelopes with money. There will always be a lot of such gifts on the wedding table, but there is always a shortage of original, handmade, souvenirs “with soul” - useful or simply pleasing to the eye - at a wedding.

Before you start making a gift with your own hands for your wedding day, you should think about its relevance, the hobbies and common interests of the newlyweds, and also adequately assess your own abilities - whether you can make something truly beautiful and worthy of such a celebration as a wedding.

Listed below are several handmade gift ideas that will not leave anyone indifferent. They can be taken as a basis, and the process and result will completely depend on the imagination and taste of the author.

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

Bouquet of sweets

A sweet gift can also be given in the form of a bouquet. You can give it to your family or work colleague. You will like it for its appearance and will be a delicious addition to tea drinking. The undoubted advantage of such compositions is that they do not require additional care. And after all the candies are taken out, you can leave the bouquet as an interior decoration.

Example of a bouquet of sweets

All the necessary materials can be found in handicraft stores.

To work you will need:

• corrugated paper - 2 rolls of 2 different colors;
• candies;
• basket;
• wooden skewers - packaging;
• scissors;
• a thread;
• glue gun;
• glue sticks;
• green tape;
• organza – cut 70*70 cm;
• sisal fiber;
• stationery knife;
• decor;
• floral sponge or oasis.

Let's get started:

When choosing sweets, pay attention to their shape. It is better to choose a round shape; they will be convenient to work with and can be easily removed from ready-made flowers. Choose the quantity based on the size of the basket.

Having resolved all organizational issues, you can start working.

First, let's prepare the material for the buds. Cut the paper into strips about 5-6 cm long and then cut into rectangles. There should be about 6 pieces in one strip.

Cut rectangles of the same dimensions from green paper. Only the sepals need to be cut out from them (see photo 6). Use a skewer to slightly curl the ends. This will make the bud more life-like.

Then, round off the edges of each rectangle intended for flowers. Stretch the resulting blanks from the center. Before inserting the candy, tuck one “tail” so that it is not visible from the bud.

This action will not affect your ability to safely remove the candy from the flower.

Place the prepared candy in paper and twist it so that it is not visible, and the shape becomes similar to a real rosebud. Now use a thread to tie at the bottom to secure the candy.

In further work you will need a glue gun. It operates on mains power, so perform all steps carefully to avoid burns.

Let's continue to create

Let's start assembling the flower. Wrap the “sepal” around the bud and secure with thread. Using a glue gun, glue the skewer to the base of the bud, and before doing this, trim off the excess paper. Cover the joint and the skewer with tape.

The peculiarity of tape is that by slightly stretching it, it becomes flexible and can be used to give a neat look. In order to tear off a piece of tape, it is not necessary to use scissors; it is enough to sharply stretch it.

Do this with all the colors. And for now they can be postponed.

First make the buds

Cut the organza into squares measuring 5*5 cm. Roll it up, glue it to a skewer, and wrap it with tape (see photos 13,14,15). Using organza, you can close the spaces between flowers so that the bouquet does not look “empty”.

Let's start assembling the composition.

From a sponge you need to cut out the base of the bouquet, matching the size of the basket. Place sisal on top.

Carefully insert the finished flowers and skewers with organza into the sponge. Adjust the height of the skewer based on its location, shorten it if necessary with wire cutters. Try to place everything very tightly.

Collect a basket of “flowers”

The finished work can be decorated with pearls and other decorative elements, for example: artificial greenery, ribbons or rhinestones.

Corrugated paper is a unique material. You can make completely different compositions from it. Show your imagination and you will get a unique and delicious handmade gift.

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.

Making anniversary souvenirs for friends

Friends are people who are close to us in spirit, with whom we always have fun, interesting and have many common funny stories. As a rule, we know how to surprise them.

I offer TOP 5 gifts for friends:

1. Coffee cup. To be precise, two coffee cups. It is customary to give such things to a couple in even numbers. For the present you will need a few details: a coffee cup, coffee beans, threads, cotton pads, super glue (hot glue), brown and gold acrylic paints, ribbon (lace). The manufacturing technique is also quite simple:
   Glue the cotton pads to the cup;
2. We tie them well with threads;
3. Cover with brown acrylic paint;
4. Glue two layers of coffee beans so that empty spaces do not form;
5. Draw a heart with gold paint;
6. Decorate with ribbon or lace.

7. Knitted winter set. Family look is very popular now. Give the heroes of the occasion a scarf, hat and mittens you knitted. Choose a yarn of a color that suits both men and women equally (blue, green, black). Add a winter mood to the product - let it have snowflakes, a snowman, deer, etc. With such accessories, the newlyweds will always look stylish.

8. Heart lollipops. The taste of these candies will be a surprise. The hearts will be made of wine. For this you will need: one and a half glasses of sweet rose wine, 3 tbsp. spoons of honey (or corn syrup), a pinch of salt, 150 g of sugar, silicone molds and sticks. Over low heat, reduce the wine to 1/3 of the total volume. Remove from the stove and let cool. Then add the rest of the ingredients. Bring this mixture to 150 degrees and pour into molds. Insert the sticks. Turn them until all sides are covered with the mixture. These original candies will completely harden within 24 hours.
9. Pillow-happiness. To create this souvenir, use an existing sofa cushion or sew your own pillowcase and stuff it with natural material. The main thing in this surprise is the felt applique. Draw everything that you consider to be the components of happiness. Perhaps these are children, a house, a garden, money, a car, the sun, etc.
10. Sun of love. The simplest, but no less original way to please a couple. Cut a circle of suitable diameter from plywood. Paint it with yellow paint and make on it the inscription “Love is …” Hearts (made of thick cardboard) with various inscriptions “Care”, “Tenderness”, “Gratitude”, “Happiness” and so on are glued onto yellow clothespins. But be sure to leave a few unwritten hearts. Let the heroes of the occasion write their own definition of love in them.

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.

Original ideas

Let's find out what gift to give a guy to joyfully surprise him.

Photo puzzle

It's easy to create such a surprise. Moreover, the result will be no worse than the original. Take a Rubik's cube and 6 square photos in different colors. All cards should be cut with scissors into 9 equal parts in the shape of squares, then glue them onto the cube itself.

Crossword

If in the past you have tried to invent puzzles, tasks or crosswords, then preparing such a surprise for a young man will not be difficult. The Japanese type of scanword is suitable for this task.

Choose questions, print them out and create a crossword puzzle. As a surprise, you can encrypt a message for your loved one in the highlighted cells.

Theme box

Knowing the boy’s hobbies, it will be easier for you to choose a suitable design for a gift box. The theme of the presentation could be a computer game puzzle, an artist or group, or a proper nutritious diet. So, you can please your loved one by putting in a box a hockey team scarf, sewn or knitted by yourself.

Film about him

Using simple computer programs, prepare a short film about your lover. As a basis, use a selection of short videos from your phone, children’s photographs from an album, and add a couple of frames about the guy’s desires.

Apply melodic love music to the background, or, on the contrary, rhythmic music based on the preferences and character of your young man.

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.

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.

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.

Gifts for the birth of a child or christening

When great joy occurs in a family - the birth of a child, many friends and acquaintances rush to congratulate and present gifts to the baby and parents. If you want to surprise and make a useful present at the same time, then you can make it yourself.

Giving clothes simply is boring, wrap it in the form of a cake, and such a gift will definitely not go unnoticed.

It will require:

• clothes for newborns;
• cupcake box;
• cupcake pan;
• small tape.

Choose the color of clothing according to the gender of the child or neutral shades. For a gift you need to choose four bodysuits and two pairs of socks.

Roll each bodysuit lengthwise as shown in the picture. Insert the sock, wrap it, and secure with tape. Then put it in a mold and put it in a box.

Do this with all your clothes.

Ready gift

Edible gifts

As you know, the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Therefore, if you don’t know what to give your boyfriend, delicious food will come in handy.

Appetizing strawberry hearts

At all times, strawberries have been considered a symbol of desire and passionate love. By making a beautiful heart shape from berry slices, you will tell the guy about the desire to be alone with him in a spicy atmosphere.

Chocolate egg

Despite their age, many young people remain the same mischievous children at heart. Therefore, if you want to please your beloved, try giving him a kinder surprise. Of course, a toy made by yourself will be a pleasant surprise.

Carefully unpack the foil, separate the two chocolate parts and place the prepared surprise inside.

Laptop made from candy

If your loved one has a sweet tooth, give him a box of his favorite chocolates. To add some zest, take care of decorating the box in the shape of a gadget. To do this, fix the lid perpendicularly to the cardboard. Next, we paste it with sweets over the entire area so that the screen comes out. You can place the candies tightly together inside the container. To make the box resemble the appearance of a gadget, you should cover the edge of the screen with an image downloaded from your computer desktop.

Simple crafts

Collage

A great DIY birthday gift for a guy would be a collage. A simple poster made on whatman paper with a photo of your loved one or general photographs will serve as a decoration in his room. It can be easily done in a simple graphic editor, or on your own by gluing the best photographs onto paper. The gift will look better if you write loving and warm words of wishes on whatman paper.

Small photo album

For this craft you will need a regular sketchbook. We cut it into two identical parts and take the one that has a spine. We glue our favorite photos of the guy onto each sheet. Under each photo, write beautiful inscriptions or interesting drawings. This style will give the photo album real personality.

So, a homemade gift for any holiday should be chosen based on the preferences and lifestyle of the beloved. The finished product should be packaged in gift wrapping and decorated with a beautiful ribbon and bow.

To make this day memorable for your chosen one, think about how to give him a prepared surprise. There are many ideas for this. An unusual approach is always perceived positively and remains in the memory for many years.

Unusual souvenir: different options

An original homemade wedding anniversary gift doesn’t have to be big. It may well be a small souvenir , the main thing is to put your soul into making it. The cost and amount of time spent does not matter. Possible options:

• Original soft toy. It could be funny animals, two loving hearts, a soft flower. There are a lot of options, the main thing is to approach the matter creatively and with a sense of humor.
• Chocolate figures made using special molds.
• Bouquet made from socks. For the head of the family, men's socks should be used as material, for a beautiful lady - women's.
• Original products made of beads or colored rubber bands.
• Products made using the macrame technique.
• Embroidered picture. As embroidery material, you can use colored threads, beads and sequins, pearl threads, as well as satin ribbons. The subject of such a painting can be anything: landscape, subject paintings depicting people and animals, images of loving hearts. The main thing is to show your imagination.
• Pottery made by hand on a potter's wheel.

Romantic gifts

No matter how our men try to seem brutal, stingy with emotions and unapproachable rocks, on whose shoulders lies responsibility for the entire family, romance is not alien to them either.

And what could be more romantic than a dance, a song, a handwritten letter, a hand-drawn portrait and other equally lovely gifts?

Dance

Many men simply love to watch the body movements of their partners, because girls have always been considered graceful creatures. Therefore, such a gift as a private dance for your loved one will remain in his memory forever, will give a sea of ​​unforgettable emotions and will remove routine from your life together.

• Preparation for this task will take some time.
• It’s good if you know how to move well and have perfect control of your body.
• But even if you are far from the art of dance and have not revealed the possibilities of your own body language, it does not matter!
• On the Internet you can find many tutorials and courses that will help you master the basic movements.

Prepare special music, think through your image down to the smallest detail: underwear, robe or suit, shoes (if necessary), hairstyle, makeup.

The main thing is don't be shy. And your man will appreciate your gift.

Song

The song you sing will sound very romantic and most importantly sensual. It's okay if you are not a musician and you don't have your own words and music. You can always cover someone else's song, the main thing is to do it beautifully.

• As in the case of dancing, training will also be needed here.
• It's good if you sign up for vocal courses or train your voice yourself.
• It will be completely unexpected if you record it in a recording studio, where they will remove unnecessary noise and do special processing.

But even without it, this present deserves respect.

Portrait

A portrait drawn in an unusual style will look very creative. If you know how to draw, this type of gift can bring you pleasure, but if you don’t know how, it’s never too late to order a painting from specialists.

You can choose or make an interesting frame for the portrait with your own hands.

Balloon card

Imagine this picture - your man opens a box, and a small ball flies out of it, to which a small card with handwritten congratulations is tied by a string. Introduced? It looks very, very romantic.

All you need to do is buy a box, fill a small balloon with helium, tie a pre-prepared card to it, place the balloon in the box and tie it with a beautiful bow. A small thing, but so pleasant.