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Looking for the perfect gift for your partner on your wedding anniversary? Browse these wedding anniversary gift ideas to find traditional and modern gifts to consider.

If you’re on the hunt for affordable wedding anniversary gift ideas that won’t break the bank, you’re in the right place! Did you know that when you get married, there are traditional wedding anniversary gift themes for each year? If you want to follow these traditional anniversary gift themes, you’ll find a great selection of items broken down by year in the posts below. We’ve also listed, for your convenience, the different gift items that are given each year for both traditional and modern gift-givers.


Traditional and Modern Anniversary Gift Options

TRADITIONAL ANNIVERSARY GIFTS

Stick to the traditional anniversary themes for your gifts to simplify and narrow down your options. 

YEAR 1: Paper
YEAR 2: Cotton
YEAR 3: Leather
YEAR 4: Fruit/Flowers
YEAR 5: Wood
YEAR 6: Iron/Candy
YEAR 7: Wood/Copper
YEAR 8: Bronze/Pottery
YEAR 9: Pottery/Willow
YEAR 10: Tin/Aluminum
YEAR 11: Steel
YEAR 12: Silk/Linen

YEAR 13: Lace
YEAR 14: Ivory
YEAR 15: Crystal
YEAR 20: China
YEAR 25: Silver
YEAR 30: Pearl
YEAR 35: Coral
YEAR 40: Ruby
YEAR 45: Sapphire
YEAR 50: Gold
YEAR 55: Emerald
YEAR 60: Diamond

MODERN ANNIVERSARY GIFTS

If you’d like to gift your spouse a modern anniversary gift, check out the modern gift themes below. 

YEAR 1: Clocks
YEAR 2: China
YEAR 3: Crystal
YEAR 4: Appliances
YEAR 5: Silverware
YEAR 6: Wood
YEAR 7: Desk Sets
YEAR 8: Linens or Lace
YEAR 9: Leather
YEAR 10: Diamonds
YEAR 11: Fashion Jewelry
YEAR 12: Pearls

YEAR 13: Textiles or Furs
YEAR 14: Gold Jewelry
YEAR 15: Watches
YEAR 20: Platinum
YEAR 25: Silver
YEAR 30: Diamond
YEAR 35: Jade
YEAR 40: Ruby
YEAR 45: Sapphire
YEAR 50: Gold
YEAR 55: Emerald
YEAR 60: Diamond


Visit the posts linked below to view Wedding Anniversary gifts by year.

Choosing the perfect anniversary gift for your spouse can be a tough task. We totally get it. You know your dearly beloved so well but for some reason, it’s still hard to buy them gifts, isn’t it? You want a wedding anniversary gift to be the perfect balance of functional and sentimental, and that can be difficult to achieve. That’s why we’ve rounded up a selection of the best anniversary gift ideas by year in this special section of our gift guides.

Whether you are celebrating your 1st wedding anniversary or your 20th, we’re rounding up fabulous gift ideas for each year’s anniversary theme. In the pages below, you’ll find wedding anniversary gift ideas featuring presents for every anniversary theme: from paper to silk, and lace to diamond!

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1st anniversary theme:

Paper
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2nd anniversary theme:

Cotton
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3rd anniversary theme:

Leather
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4th anniversary theme:

Fruit/Flower
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5th anniversary theme:

Wood
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6th anniversary theme:

Iron/Candy Anniversary Gifts

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7th anniversary theme:

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8th anniversary theme:

Bronze/Pottery
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9th anniversary theme:

Pottery/Willow
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10th anniversary theme:

Tin/Aluminum
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