Unique and beautiful ideas for a 5th Wedding Anniversary

Jun 25, 2024

The traditional 5th wedding anniversary is a gift made of wood. There's a beautiful idea that wood represents the strength of an established tree that has maybe weathered a storm or two and the roots have deepened. A marriage in it's fifth year certainly shares some of those qualities!

There are so many brilliant ideas for a wooden themed wedding anniversary gift, so here's a little inspiration round up for you.

A Wooden Destination Print

Capturing your journey so far, this beautiful wooden artwork will be a great feature for your wall and a wonderful conversation piece. List out where you met, the places that were important as you fell in love, first holidays together, where you popped the question, where you got married, where you honeymooned, children's names and birthdates, ANYTHING is possible.

Such a unique way to chart your journey and remember the good times you've had so far (with many more to come)

A Token Wooden Couples Gift

We have some really beautiful wooden couples gifts that are always well received. Each person gets one of these keyrings and they always love the "togetherness" vibe. You can choose a house that splits into half for when you're both out and about, or joins together with interlocking hearts for when you return home.

The lobster claws are for true fans of "Friends" who believe that lobsters mate for life and hold "claws" underwater.

Each wooden keyring can be personalised with a name, or with initials, or left blank because the different colours of wood will help you remember who the keys belong to.

And if you love the idea of a wooden keyring but want something a little more individual, we have these beautiful wooden keyrings that come with a fabulous tweed tag.

Keyring - Harris Tweed Personalised Coordinates Keyring-Keyring-Betsy Benn

The wooden part of the keyring can be engraved with absolutely anything. The coordinates of the home you share together (handy if you - or your keys - ever get lost), or maybe of the place you met, or where you got married?

Or you might prefer to have a sentence or two; a line from a song that means something to you; a funny in-joke between you; a quote you love. We can even scan your handwriting and engrave that onto the keyring. Such a heartfelt gift.

Wooden Personalised Photo

If you have a favourite photograph of the pair of you, or a place you have loved, or even your whole family, this is a stunning way to reproduce it. The top and bottom bands of the image fade away to reveal the warm natural wood grain below. So original and a bit of a show stopper if we're honest. Simply EVERYONE loves these wooden photos.

Practically Beautiful Organisation

Nothing comes home with me unless it's useful or beautiful - something I took from William Morris! And this was the inspiration for our key holders. A very practical solution to the seemingly never-ending hunt for house keys or car keys, but with a very beautiful finish.

The key holder can be personalised with a saying or quote on the body of the holder, and the top edge is also space to get creative. Have your surname and the year you were married, or choose a style that shows your breed of dog or cat. For FULL ON levels of personalisation we can even create silhouettes or every person in your household.

As a wooden anniversary gift, this organisational dream just can't be beaten.

Bespoke Coastline Clock

Time for something completely different! Capture a favourite coastline with these wonderful wooden clocks. Printed with your choice of colour these clocks are much loved centerpieces of time well spent. The warm wood paired with the semi translucent colours make an exceptional piece of art.

Wooden Alternative Flowers

If flowers are the anniversary gift you love to give, then how about some that won't fade away? A unique idea and one that will create a long lasting display. We've taken photographs of all sorts of beautiful, long stem flowers and created wooden cut versions. Display in a vase or in the modern base provided. Choose from tulips, roses, sunflowers, daisies, and even eucalyptus. Build your own bouquet of different flower types or have five different varieties of the same flower in the bunch!

After five years of wedded bliss, we think any of these wooden gifts would be wonderful. We sustainably source all our wood from a number of timber yards in the UK. A great gift shouldn't cost the Earth!

Check out all our other anniversary gift ideas here.

Other wooden based ideas for a fifth wedding anniversary include:

A day trip to your local arboretum or forest. Go hug some trees and maybe take a picnic. A great way to enjoy your anniversary together
Plant your very own tree. Either at home (make it fruity - I don't mean THAT - I mean actual fruit. A plum or apple tree could keep you in crumble for years.
Invest in a handmade wooden box to store your memories and love tokens over the years.
Go on an axe throwing date. I mean, why knot? (see what I did there).
Buy some wooden wine goblets or whiskey tumblers. You won't be able to bung them in the dishwasher (so I'm OUT) but it will make you feel like you're a cast extra on Game of Thrones (okay, I'm back IN).
Hop in a wooden canoe, ride an old wooden rollercoaster, go for a horse and cart ride. There are so many ways to get creative with wooden themed anniversary dates and gifts!