50th Anniversary Wedding Gift Ideas
A 50th anniversary gift commemorates a milestone most married couples wish to reach. What can you possibly give a couple after 50 years of marriage? The most meaningful golden anniversary gift ideas are those that come from the heart: to express your love and appreciation towards all that they mean to you, how their staying married through the thick and thin of life has influenced you, to tell about the warm and loving memories you shared with them throughout the years.
The best 50th anniversary wedding gifts are the ones that helps your parents or the couple to enjoy life more. Most couples at 50 years of (hopefully) wedded bliss don't even want gifts, so give a gift of your time and help. Make up "Gift of Time" or "Labor of Love" coupons to take them out to their favorite restaurant, make them a home-cooked meal, chauffeur them on a shopping trip, run errands for them, take them to a show or movie, have a local landscaping company take care of their property, pay for a home renovation (or do one), lease a car for them. Find out what will help them, and figure out a way to do this that makes them feel great about what you're doing for them.
Do they volunteer or have a favorite charity? Contribute to their favorite organization. Find out if a plaque or some other special mention can be made in their name.
Your love and attention will be the most appreciated 50th anniversary gift
you can give your parents. Make time for those you love!
The 50th wedding anniversary (Golden Anniversary) is commemorated traditionally and modern by a gold theme gift. The flower is violet, which has the meanings: "let's take a chance, knots, and modesty." A gift doesn't have to be gold, wrap it in gold paper or paper decorated with violets and a gold ribbon.
Find anniversary party idea and planning tips. Shop our party goods & decorations and inexpensive wedding & party favors stores with tons of themes.
50th Anniversary Gifts for Your Spouse
- Buy a 24k gold rose to make a loving 50th anniversary tribute. Write a love letter or poem.
- Or as a gift add-on, inexpensive gold paper roses that you can personalize.
- Buy a music box, fill it with love messages written on gold paper and add dried violets.
- The San Francisco Music Box Company has romantic music boxes including the gorgeous inlaid wood Sorrento music boxes.
- Are they a Thomas Kinkade or Lena Liu fan? Choose a collectible music box.
- A personalized romantic gift engraved with a love letter from you.
- Create an anniversary website dedicated to your wife, husband or parents. Easy, no techy knowledge needed.
- Give a framed, share of stock that symbolizes 50 years of marriage (Capitol Gold, for example).
- Choose a keepsake box or a personalized crystal box to present a special jewelry or event ticket gift.
50th Anniversary Gold Gift Ideas
- Give your wife a heart shape gold pendant or diamond and gold jewelry gift.
- Give your husband distinctive 14K gold jewelry.
- For your parents 50th anniversary gift, give them a stunning music boxes including the gorgeous inlaid wood Sorrento music boxes. Also a wonderful 50th gift idea for parents: children and grandchildren can write handwritten notes of love and appreciation that are enclosed in the music box. This is one of the gifts my brother, sister and I gave to my parents, who cherished this personal tribute to them.
- Give them a valuable or historical gold coin.
- Buy a bar of gold bullion and have it engraved.
50th Anniversary Gifts for Parents
Create a one-of-a-kind personalized art gift. A real artist creates a pencil sketch, watercolor or oil painting from your photo. Many customization options available, including combining photos. Choose from traditional and modern styles. This is a unique 50th anniversary gift that will forever be cherished as a family treasure.
- Personalized gifts for couples, especially appropriate to give at an anniversary party.
- Keepsake anniversary gifts, such as a personalized photo quilt or pillow or photo frames.
- Send a champagne gift basket.
- Do they love to cook? Give them a "Recipe for a Happy Marriage" or a "Cookin' Up Love" apron set from our personalized apparel gifts.
- Hammacher Schlemmer's selection of functional products make perfect 50th anniversary gifts.
- Restore their wedding photo, place in a personalized gold frame.
- Give a tribute to their enduring love, plant a tree in their name. Find other green gift ideas.
- Do they play a sport? Pay for private lessons or a VIP membership at their favorite club.
- Have an object from their favorite hobby gold-plated, mounted and attach an engraved plaque. Find inexpensive gold tone plates or gold aluminum plates with 3 lines of free engraving to personalize a 50th anniversary gift.
- What hobbies do they enjoy? Give them gift certificates to their favorite crafts or hobby store, presented in a keepsake or a unique handcrafted box.
Travel and Entertainment Gifts
- Celebrate their 50th anniversary by sending them on a weekend or week-long cruise. Perfect for a family reunion.
- A gift of local theater or concert subscription tickets with VIP patron status.
- Buy tickets to a favorite event or an all expenses paid romantic getaway.
- Renew Your Love with Sandals Renewal of Vows Package.
Gourmet Food Gifts
- Send them a scrumptious gourmet gift basket. Choose from our many showcases including fruit, champagne and gourmet food baskets.