What to Get Your Spouse for Every Anniversary

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There you are, a week away from your anniversary and you have no clue what you’re going to get your awesome spouse. You rack your brain, but you’ve already exhausted all your clever gift ideas on birthday’s, Christmas and Valentine’s Day. I know, I ‘ve been there.

So I decided to do some research to find out what your “supposed” to get your spouse for every anniversary milestone. Below is a list by year what the Traditional Theme gifts are and what the Modern Theme gifts are. However, you’ll notice that some anniversaries overlap in terms of the type of gifts for each theme. But this should be a pretty great start for you to get some ideas for the love of your life.

Anniversary Year	Traditional Theme	Modern Theme	Gift Idea – Traditional		Gift Idea – Modern
1st Year	Paper	Clocks	Wedding Book		Grandfather clock
2nd Year	Cotton	China	Egyptian Cotton Sheets		China Dessert Plate
3rd Year	Leather	Crystal/Glass	For Him	For Her	Crystal Bar Set
4th Year	Fruit/Flowers; Linen/Silk	Appliances (electrical)	Wine Basket	Flowers	Pressure Cooker
5th Year	Wood	Silverware	Wood Cutting Board		Silverware
6th Year	Iron	Wood	Iron Sculpture		Wood Heart Sculpture
7th Year	Copper	Brass; Desk Sets	Copper Tea Kettle		Desk Set
8th Year	Bronze; Pottery	Linen; Lace	Bronze Anny Keychain		Linen Dinner Napkins
9th Year	Pottery/China	Leather	Pottery Wheel		For Him	For Her
10th Year	Tin/Aluminum	Diamond Jewelry	For Him	For Her	Diamond Studs
11th Year	Steel	Fashion Jewelry; Accessories	Pin Sculpture		For Him	For Her
12th Year	Silk; Home Décor	Pearls	Bonsai Light		For Him	For Her
13th Year	Lace	Textiles; Furs	Lingerie		Textile Ideas
14th Year	Ivory (now banned)	Gold Jewelry			Gold Chain for Him	Gold Bracelet for Her
15th Year	Crystal	Watches	Crystal Money Tree		Watch for Him	Watch for Her
16th Year		Silverware			Silverware
17th Year		Furniture			Patio Furniture
18th Year		Porcelain			Porcelain Serving Bowl
19th Year		Bronze			Bronze Sculpture
20th Year	China	Platinum	China Cabinet		Platinum Tie Clip and Cufflinks	Platinum Bracelet for Her
21st Year		Brass; Nickel			Brass Dice Set
22nd Year		Copper			Copper Drinking Mugs
23rd Year		Silver Plate			Silver Plate
24th Year		Musical Instruments			Everyone Needs more Cowbell!
25th Year	Silver	Sterling Silver	Silver Coin		Sterling Silver Personalized Necklace
26th Year		Pictures			Get a Couples Picture professionally done.
27th Year		Sculptures			Sculpture
28th Year		Orchids			Orchid flowers
29th Year		New Furniture			Time for a new bed?
30th Year	Pearl	Diamond	For Him	For Her	For Him	For Her
31st Year		Timepieces	Fun Timepiece		Decorative Timepiece
32nd Year		Conveyances			Airline Tickets
33rd Year		Amethyst			For Him	For Her
34th Year		Opal			Cufflinks	Opal Earrings
35th Year	Coral	Jade	Coral Decoration		Jade Bonsai
40th Year	Ruby	Ruby			For Him	For Her
45th Year	Sapphire	Sapphire			For Him	For Her
50th Year	Gold	Gold			Gold Chain for Him	Gold Bracelet for Her
55th Year	Emerald	Emerald			For Him	For Her
60th Year	Diamond	Diamond			Diamond Studs
75th Year	Diamonds, gold	Diamonds, gold			For Him	For Her

No matter what year you’re celebrating make it personal and your spouse will love it. How many years are you celebrating? What is the most creative gift you’ve ever got your spouse?

Be sure to save this to Pinterest so you can come back to it year after year.

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