Gold Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas for a Couple

What can you possibly give a couple after 50 years of marriage? It's a milestone most married couples never reach. As with all anniversaries, the most meaningful wedding anniversary gift is one that comes from the heart: to express your love and appreciation for them, how their staying married through the years has inspired you, and to tell about the warm and loving memories you have shared with them.

Here are some suggestion for a gift for a couple on their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

Personalized photo anniversary gifts, such as a photo quilt or pillow are always nice. Another option would be to restore a photo from their wedding and present it in a gold frame. You could even have a caricature done of their wedding photo to give them a giggle.

Their grandchildren could put together something like a scrapbook or photobook for them. You could put old photos in it and even messages from relatives and friends. For something different, you could fill up a gold pot or even a music box with those messages.

What are their interests? If they play golf, you could get them membership at a club, or even get them a new putter each. For their hobbies, you could get them a gift card for their favorite store. If they are active with a charity you could make a donation on their name, or even sponsor something and get their names on a plaque, have a monkey house named after them, or even sponsor a child in a third-world country.

Perhaps a getaway over a long weekend, a week at the beach, or even a cruise. You don't have to pay for it all, you could just pay for the rental car, or hotel room.

The 50th anniversary is commemorated by gold and the flower is violet, but you don't have to be tied down with those things. You could use gold paper or paper with violets on to wrap the gift.

When you get to your fiftieth anniversary, you look at life a little differently, and material things are not as important as they were when you were younger, so any effort is always appreciated when giving a couple a fiftieth anniversary gift.