5 years of marriage
Wood Anniversary: Gift Ideas for 5 Years of Marriage
The wood anniversary celebrates five years of marriage, the first big milestone. A lot can change in five years: a move, a new job, sometimes a child, and all the habits that now make up your life as a couple.
It is the first round number on the list, the one many couples choose to celebrate properly. Here is what wood stands for, gift ideas that follow the tradition, and others that tell your five years together.
Why wood for the fifth anniversary?
Wood is the tree that has taken root. Tradition holds that it suits the fifth anniversary because, after five years, a marriage has solid foundations: it has weathered a few seasons and keeps growing. Wood is also warm, it can be shaped, and it lasts for generations when it is cared for.
After the materials of the first years, paper, cotton and leather, then fruit and flowers for the fourth, wood marks a turn toward longer-lasting gifts. Iron follows for the sixth anniversary.
On the modern list that many gift guides use, the fifth anniversary is linked to silverware. Wood still wins for most couples, because it lends itself to so many ideas, from a tree in the yard to a weekend in a cabin.
Wood anniversary gift ideas
A comic book of your five years
Five years told in 24 comic pages, from the wedding day to the habits you have today, with both of your faces as the characters. Enough material to fill every chapter.
Discover the couple comic bookA tree to plant together
The most symbolic wood anniversary gift: a fruit tree for the yard, or a tree planted in your name somewhere else if you live in an apartment. It grows along with you.
An engraved wooden piece
A cutting board, a serving tray or a picture frame engraved with your names and the wedding date. Something you use or see every day.
A wooden keepsake box
A box to keep the wedding invitation, the ticket stubs and the little notes of your five years, with room left for the next ones.
A woodworking class for two
Build a small piece of furniture or a simple object together over a day or a weekend: a gift you will use, and a memory of making it side by side.
A night in a cabin or a treehouse
A log cabin in the woods or a treehouse rental, to celebrate your wood anniversary in the most literal way.
A comic book to tell the story of your five years of marriage
Five years is enough for a real comic book: the proposal, the wedding, the moves, the trips, the small daily battles. Our AI scriptwriter asks you the right questions in a chat of about ten minutes and turns your answers into 24 comic pages, with both of your faces as the characters and a dedication written by you. Your dog, your cat or the house you bought together can appear too, from a photo. You see the cover and the first page for free before ordering, and the printed book arrives in 6 to 8 business days after you approve it.
How is your personalised comic book made?
No form to fill in: you tell our AI scriptwriter about your couple and it turns it into a personalised comic book.
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Step 1
Tell us about your couple
Your photos, nicknames, habits, jokes and memories: our AI scriptwriter asks the right questions, in about ten minutes.
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Step 2
Approve the script
Our AI scriptwriter writes a 24-page comic book: one short funny story per habit. Something to change? Just ask.
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Step 3
See the free preview
The cover and the first page are generated with your faces, before you pay anything.
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Step 4
Order, the AI creates the rest
The other pages are generated as soon as you order, and you can retouch them for free before printing.
Free retouches before printing
Once your comic book is ordered, you can have any page you don't like changed, for free, up to 10 retouches.
- You see every page before it is printed.
- Something to change? Describe it in a few words.
- The AI redoes the page with your change.
- Nothing is printed until you approve your comic book.
How to celebrate your wood anniversary
For five years of marriage, many couples treat themselves to a real trip together, go back to the wedding venue, or host a dinner with the maid of honor and the best man. Planting a tree together on the day is a lovely way to follow the tradition, and to watch the symbol grow year after year. If you have young children, a night away for just the two of you may be the gift you both need most.
Traditional anniversary gifts by year
| Years of marriage | Traditional gift |
|---|---|
| 1 year | Paper |
| 2 years | Cotton |
| 3 years | Leather |
| 4 years | Fruit & flowers |
| 5 years | Wood |
| 6 years | Iron |
| 7 years | Wool or copper |
| 8 years | Bronze |
| 9 years | Pottery |
| 10 years | Tin or aluminum |
| 11 years | Steel |
| 12 years | Silk or linen |
| 13 years | Lace |
| 14 years | Ivory |
| 15 years | Crystal |
| 20 years | China |
| 25 years | Silver |
| 30 years | Pearl |
| 35 years | Coral |
| 40 years | Ruby |
| 45 years | Sapphire |
| 50 years | Gold |
| 55 years | Emerald |
| 60 years | Diamond |
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