What Can You Give a Newlyweds and a Friend? Creative Ideas for Unusual Wedding Presents

A busi­ness like a wed­ding requires spe­cial prepa­ra­tion and spe­cial atten­tion, since this event is a tru­ly large-scale event in the life of every per­son. It is nec­es­sary to care­ful­ly think over and orga­nize the cel­e­bra­tion, resolve the issue of the num­ber of guests and many oth­er issues on which the hap­pi­ness of the young direct­ly depends.

No wed­ding is com­plete with­out gifts for the new­ly­weds. How not to make a mis­take when choos­ing what gifts to give for a wed­ding — a brief overview of all kinds of gift options and sur­pris­es will help us with this.

Tra­di­tion­al­ly, wed­ding gifts for young peo­ple con­sist­ed of the bride’s dowry and the groom’s ran­som. This ini­tial cap­i­tal became the plat­form on which mar­ried life began. And the sub­se­quent life of the new­ly­weds depend­ed on what the finan­cial back­ground was. They gave every­thing that is use­ful in the house: from a pok­er to sheets, as well as pets and birds. There were no spe­cial prej­u­dices and super­sti­tions in ancient times. It was nec­es­sary to live some­how, and every­thing that was only suit­able for the econ­o­my was used.

On the sec­ond day of the wed­ding cel­e­bra­tion, it was cus­tom­ary to give gifts to the par­ents of the young — mom and dad: the man gave the moth­er-in-law and father-in-law, and the young woman — the father-in-law and moth­er-in-law. Then they walked for sev­er­al days, at least three, and now they cel­e­brate the wed­ding on one day, less often two. Rarely did any­one come to the cel­e­bra­tion emp­ty-hand­ed. And now this tra­di­tion remains in force. Although small, but some kind of gift should be brought to the wed­ding by each of the invi­tees.

Basi­cal­ly, they donate var­i­ous equip­ment, mon­ey and house­hold items for prac­ti­cal pur­pos­es. Some­times apart­ments and cars, because a wed­ding is a great occa­sion for the most expen­sive gifts. It is also not for­bid­den to give com­ic gifts with mean­ing. Most often, this kind of dona­tion is made on behalf of wit­ness­es. For a wed­ding, you can give:

• bed­ding, linen, bed­spread and warm blan­ket;
• kitchen uten­sils: pots, pans and stew­pans, var­i­ous pots and molds;
• crock­ery sets: tea, cof­fee and table­ware;
• house­hold appli­ances and elec­tri­cal appli­ances;
• Gift cer­tifi­cates;
• Jew­el­ry;
• hon­ey­moon vouch­ers;
• paint­ings, pho­to albums, all kinds of trin­kets, dolls and fig­urines on the top­ic;
• del­i­ca­cies and fine wines;
• mon­ey.

In a word, you can try to do every­thing pos­si­ble so that your offer­ing is impres­sive and remains for a long time in the mem­o­ry of the young and all those present at the cel­e­bra­tion for many years to come. It is impor­tant to take into account a num­ber of lit­tle things that at first glance seem insignif­i­cant, but, in fact, are sig­nif­i­cant in cer­tain gifts. So, for exam­ple, on gold jew­el­ry you can engrave the names of the young with wish­es. And present the prod­ucts them­selves along with a rat­tle or baby knit­ted booties.

Pho­tos of a mar­ried cou­ple in a crys­tal or in the form of a holo­gram on frost­ed glass are a good inno­va­tion, which also looks spec­tac­u­lar in any inte­ri­or. The god­daugh­ter from the god­moth­er can be pre­sent­ed with an antique oil paint­ing ordered from some artist. It is bet­ter if it is a por­trait of the young. This gift will be a real dec­o­ra­tion of the wed­ding cel­e­bra­tion. When you don’t know what to give or don’t know the bride and groom well, mon­ey will be the best gift. Instead of a ser­vice or a set of bed linen, it is best to give an enve­lope with ban­knotes. You can arrange it in var­i­ous ways. Such gifts are imme­di­ate­ly removed from the com­mon table.

Young peo­ple should not be giv­en:

• Cut­lery sets of knives and forks, as well as oth­er sharp items: col­lectible swords, dag­gers, swords and sabers. Shav­ing kits are also not rec­om­mend­ed. It is believed that these things por­tend quar­rels in the fam­i­ly.
• Hand­ker­chiefs and oth­er hand­ker­chiefs from girl­friends to the bride — to tears.
• Antiques, as they car­ry a spe­cif­ic ener­gy, which has no place at all in the space of the young.
• Any plants, even the most expen­sive and rare. It is believed that they can adverse­ly affect the con­tin­u­a­tion of the fam­i­ly.
• Var­i­ous clocks: wall or man­u­al, as they are a sym­bol of the tran­sience of time and por­tend a quick sep­a­ra­tion for the young.
• Refrain from giv­ing hair­pins to the bride, cuf­flinks and hold­ers for a tie and mon­ey to the groom. Even made of pre­cious met­als, these objects judge dis­cord in per­son­al life.
• It is con­sid­ered bad form to give spous­es a mir­ror. This por­tends an immi­nent divorce.

• Crys­tal and oth­er vas­es, as well as frag­ile glass items, require spe­cial han­dling. It is con­sid­ered a bad sign to break a gift, and this is not exclud­ed in a wed­ding mess. There­fore, it is best not to take risks and give gifts from more durable mate­ri­als. If you want to give a vase, it is bet­ter from met­al, wood or even stone. And be sure to fill it with some­thing expen­sive: red or black caviar, sweets or coins. An emp­ty vase can be asso­ci­at­ed with empti­ness in the lives of the young.
• All bou­quets of ros­es should be checked for thorns and oth­er pierc­ing objects before hand­ing them to the bride. The bride should not be allowed to be injured at the cel­e­bra­tion. The spikes are cut off, and the pins hold­ing the wish cards are removed before­hand.
• It is also impos­si­ble to give can­dles, even the most exquis­ite paired sets and made to order. A can­dle is a sym­bol of every­thing pass­ing, with it the hap­pi­ness of the young can melt and dis­ap­pear.
• It is not rec­om­mend­ed to donate cool­ing equip­ment: air con­di­tion­ers and fans, as well as refrig­er­a­tors and freez­ers. Instead of them, it is bet­ter to give cer­tifi­cates to a house­hold appli­ance store. These items are the per­son­i­fi­ca­tion of the cool­ing of feel­ings and por­tend an immi­nent part­ing.

It is best not to take risks, not to tempt fate and not to give such things and objects. At the wed­ding, there may be very impres­sion­able per­sons who, with their remarks and com­ments about gifts, can spoil the mood and cel­e­bra­tion. There­fore, you need to fore­see every­thing and pre­pare well for such a cru­cial moment as pre­sent­ing a wed­ding gift.

Wed­ding gifts are of two types: paired or each indi­vid­u­al­ly: the bride and groom. By the day of the wed­ding, you should decide on this issue. So, for exam­ple, choose love­bird dolls in the form of fun­ny toys or fig­urines or sets of dish­es for two: tea or cof­fee sets, crys­tal glass­es, per­fume sets, jew­el­ry pairs, bathrobes and more.

Each of the new­ly­weds can give some­thing per­son­al, but at the same time com­mon. It can be sets of dish­es for her and sets of tools for him. The bride can be pleased with a cer­tifi­cate for going to a beau­ty salon, and the groom — in the gym. In one case or anoth­er, it is nec­es­sary to take into account the tastes, inter­ests and char­ac­ter­is­tics of the cou­ple.

Gifts can be divid­ed into gifts with mean­ing, use­ful and com­ic, with humor. No one real­ly cares about use­ful­ness. Any of the items will find its appli­ca­tion in the life of young peo­ple. Every­thing can fit: from a shov­el to pil­lows. For exam­ple, smart­phones for young peo­ple will always be in place. But with the seman­tic cat­e­go­ry, the sit­u­a­tion is a lit­tle more com­pli­cat­ed.

Here you need to make all your intel­lec­tu­al efforts so as not to miss and not get into an awk­ward sit­u­a­tion where jokes are inap­pro­pri­ate. If you don’t know young peo­ple well, it’s bet­ter not to give seman­tic sym­bol­ic gifts at all. So, giv­ing a brick in a beau­ti­ful wrap­per can be mis­in­ter­pret­ed, espe­cial­ly if the bride or groom is your employ­ee or col­league. In this case, it is best to adhere to sym­bol­ic styl­ized images of young peo­ple in var­i­ous life sit­u­a­tions, with com­ments, wish­es and rec­om­men­da­tions on spe­cial media or in an album.

A good sweet gift with a sur­prise will be a choco­late cake, in which the keys to the apart­ment or car are hid­den. An unfor­get­table moment when the bride and groom are served a sweet del­i­ca­cy, offer­ing to cut it right away. The delight of the young about the dis­cov­ery will exceed all your expec­ta­tions.

A won­der­ful seman­tic gift will be chil­dren’s things, packed in sev­er­al lay­ers of beau­ti­ful wrap­ping paper. Unpack­ing them, the young will final­ly find slid­ers, paci­fiers or under­shirts. This is a use­ful sur­prise and a direct hint of the immi­nent appear­ance of off­spring.

Anoth­er orig­i­nal gift is a mon­ey bank for young peo­ple, a sym­bol of the so-called start-up cap­i­tal. — the foun­da­tions of long and strong fam­i­ly ties. They present ceram­ic or glass jars with slots for “invest­ments”, where every­one present puts mon­ey — as much as they can. A bar­rel of hon­ey will be an excel­lent gift, per­son­i­fy­ing the hon­ey­moon of the young. At the same time, you can hand over tick­ets for a hon­ey­moon trip to exot­ic places.

Among the orig­i­nal seman­tic gifts, one can sin­gle out a mon­ey tree, star cer­tifi­cates for the dis­cov­ery of a new star in hon­or of the union, as well as a fam­i­ly chron­i­cle book with the appro­pri­ate attrib­ut­es — a video cam­era or any oth­er gad­gets. Din­ner at an expen­sive restau­rant can also please the young.

As fun gifts with humor, designed to relieve a tense atmos­phere, you can give a set of bed linen with detailed instruc­tions for ful­fill­ing your mar­i­tal duty, a rolling pin and a whip as a rela­tion­ship sta­bi­liz­er, a fry­ing pan or a pok­er to remind you of the need for fam­i­ly dis­ci­pline and order, a cook­book and a broom — to cook deli­cious food and keep the house clean. You can hire a pro­fes­sion­al toast­mas­ter, hav­ing pre­vi­ous­ly agreed with the young.

For every­one who does not have enough finances, but wants to impress at the wed­ding, sym­bol­ic gifts will do. These may include uni­ver­sal bud­get options designed specif­i­cal­ly for these pur­pos­es. In any gift shop you can find orig­i­nal heart-shaped dish­es, a tea set with swans or small scent­ed pil­lows with rings and inscrip­tions, charm­ing shell-shaped can­dy bowls, themed spice sets, egg coast­ers, plates and coast­ers, and much more.

A bas­ket of wine and fruit makes a great gift that won’t cost a lot to buy. A mod­est set of wine glass­es can be sup­ple­ment­ed with soft toys, sweets and post­cards. Matryosh­ka dolls, samovars and toy col­lectible cars with a hint of real ones can be a bud­get option. A tray with orig­i­nal pas­tries, muffins and mul­ti-col­ored bis­cuits looks good and will be an excel­lent sweet gift. Do-it-your­self lace, nap­kins and bed­spreads made using the “patch­work” tech­nique will bring warm notes to the fes­tive atmos­phere. Spous­es will be hap­py to dec­o­rate their home with such a prod­uct.

In order for the gift to become tru­ly mem­o­rable, orig­i­nal and unusu­al, you need to fol­low some rules. There are some nuances of giv­ing wed­ding gifts to young peo­ple.

• Before donat­ing a tech­nique, you should con­tact oth­er invit­ed guests so as not to dupli­cate the gift. And it hap­pens that for a wed­ding one friend gives a refrig­er­a­tor and anoth­er also a refrig­er­a­tor. Or, for exam­ple, they present three or even four TVs at once.
• Gifts should be wrapped effec­tive­ly and cre­ative­ly. At the same time, they must fit into the over­all pic­ture of the cel­e­bra­tion, and also have signed post­cards: who gives and to whom. Beau­ti­ful and wit­ty, they will be a good reminder of the hap­pi­est moment in the life of the young.
• Wed­ding memen­tos need to be giv­en prop­er­ly. This is a whole art. The dona­tion is accom­pa­nied by impromp­tu scenes from fam­i­ly life, read­ing of heart­felt poems, say­ings and part­ing words, musi­cal num­bers, songs and dances.
• You should find out from the young peo­ple in advance in what place and style the wed­ding cel­e­bra­tion will be held in order to prop­er­ly arrange the gift and cre­ate a spe­cial entourage.
• Instead of flow­ers, you can present the bride with a bas­ket with sweet fill­ing: sweets, sweets in the form of hearts and lol­lipops.
• In all cas­es, courage and cre­ativ­i­ty are wel­come.

At the wed­ding, it is cus­tom­ary to give var­i­ous things, sou­venirs and mem­o­rable gifts. The tar­get gift will be a pho­to album, which is a tra­di­tion­al wed­ding gift. It may not even be spe­cial­ly pack­aged. It con­tains fam­i­ly pho­tographs, this is a kind of chron­i­cle of the fam­i­ly in chrono­log­i­cal order.

For con­grat­u­la­tions on the wed­ding day in the orig­i­nal genre, brick, mon­ey tree and booties are used. When hand­ing over, they solemn­ly give the head of the fam­i­ly a brick — for build­ing their own house, a tree — for improv­ing well-being, and booties — for the birth of healthy chil­dren. The con­grat­u­la­tions are accom­pa­nied by tra­di­tion­al words: “Every man is oblig­ed to do three things in his life: build a house, plant a tree and raise a son.”

As a wish for pros­per­i­ty and wealth, they give a chest with ban­knotes, jew­el­ry and coins. This sym­bol­ic gift comes in handy for young peo­ple who are in spe­cial need of mate­r­i­al assis­tance. The old Russ­ian cus­tom of giv­ing a chest has been pre­served to this day. It is dec­o­rat­ed with beads, orig­i­nal embroi­dery, satin rib­bons, flow­ers and every­thing that is at hand. The chest will not remain unused and will delight its own­ers for many years to come.

In a gift bas­ket, along with fruits and sweets, you can put fam­i­ly life instruc­tions and cer­tifi­cates of a hus­band and wife with offi­cial duties, as well as a bag of salt and sug­ar with wish­es to be togeth­er in joy and sor­row. For bed linen, you can order fam­i­ly mono­grams or a pho­to por­trait of the young. Orig­i­nal ideas are not lim­it­ed to fam­i­ly themes. You can also use any oth­er motifs, such as sequins, sequins and star rhine­stones all over the duvet cov­er.

Among the intan­gi­ble gifts, you can present a dance or a song of your favorite artist. You can per­form them your­self, but it is best to invite pro­fes­sion­als for this. Please note that a choir to cham­ber music and a gyp­sy camp will be extreme­ly inap­pro­pri­ate in a wed­ding set­ting. Hire a danc­ing cou­ple, let them per­form an incen­di­ary tan­go and a cou­ple of encore dances. And at the end of the per­for­mance, you can lis­ten to a soul­ful song and even dance a slow dance for the new­ly­weds.

As a gift, a flash mob with the par­tic­i­pa­tion of all invit­ed per­sons can become. You can come up with orig­i­nal ideas for this your­self, or you can turn to spe­cial­ists. Any­one can become a par­tic­i­pant in the per­for­mance, it is enough to bring them up to date and give the nec­es­sary set­tings. For exam­ple, cre­ate a car­ni­val night, undressed in Renais­sance cos­tumes, or orga­nize an alien parade with the par­tic­i­pa­tion of famous movie char­ac­ters. Any­thing you want, only with the oblig­a­tory ded­i­ca­tion of the young to your plans. With this in mind, any hol­i­day becomes unfor­get­table. Chil­dren will espe­cial­ly be delight­ed with car­toon char­ac­ters and ani­ma­tors.

For a gift to a rich cou­ple, you can use cus­tom-made items. These can be macrame prod­ucts, jew­el­ry made of beads, pre­cious woods, inlaid eggs, ceram­ic fig­urines, col­lectible wines and much more. You can give a box with but­ter­flies, sym­bol­iz­ing hap­pi­ness. Cute white thor­ough­bred kit­tens in the bas­ket will also be a pleas­ant sur­prise. Gold­fish in the aquar­i­um will also please the young. After all, when you have every­thing, only unful­filled desires remain.

When the gift is cho­sen and ready, it remains to pack it beau­ti­ful­ly. Experts can come to the res­cue, but you can try to do it your­self. First of all, you need to con­sid­er the pur­pose of the gift, its val­ue, as well as the style of the cel­e­bra­tion in which he will have to par­tic­i­pate. He, among oth­ers, will be placed on a gift table, where he will be in full view. There­fore, you should try to dec­o­rate the gift as best as pos­si­ble.

If this is a small item, you can use expen­sive fab­ric such as bro­cade, satin and organ­za. The com­bi­na­tion of these tex­tures per­fect­ly empha­sizes the solem­ni­ty of the sit­u­a­tion. You can also pro­vide it with wed­ding attrib­ut­es: a veil and a black bow. It will look espe­cial­ly advan­ta­geous on paired gifts. Large and medi­um gifts are wrapped in gift paper using hearts, rib­bons, flow­ers and tin­sel as decor.

A gift wrapped in white paper and tied with a white rib­bon looks orig­i­nal. You can add a com­plete­ly white card to this, and a one-of-a-kind sur­prise is ready. A pho­to album can be pre­sent­ed in wrap­ping paper with a news­pa­per print, tied with twine, and a styl­ized bow made of film can be placed on top. Ideas can be dif­fer­ent, the main thing is not to over­do it so that the pack­ag­ing does not come out more expen­sive than a gift.

If you have a hear­ing and have a desire to ade­quate­ly con­grat­u­late the young, you can sing a song in their hon­or. Most often, it is part of a sur­prise and is pre­sent­ed along with a gift. Here it is impor­tant not to miss the choice of reper­toire. It is best to lim­it your­self to tra­di­tion­al pop wed­ding songs. Leave the Russ­ian folk for lat­er. It is also bet­ter not to sing along with the phono­gram. Gyp­sy tunes and nation­al songs will also be inap­pro­pri­ate, the mean­ing of which will not be under­stood by every­one. The excep­tion is the­mat­ic wed­dings, say, only Armen­ian or Greek, where you can sing a soul­ful song in your native lan­guage in a close cir­cle.

In a mixed crowd, it’s best to stick with the tried-and-true clas­sics. When pre­sent­ing a gift, you can ask a pro­fes­sion­al to sing or sim­ply ask the pre­sen­ter to turn on the appro­pri­ate music. Against this back­ground, you can safe­ly present your gift. By adher­ing to these sim­ple tips and rec­om­men­da­tions, you can con­fi­dent­ly choose and give wor­thy gifts to the new­ly­weds. Good luck and good luck with your choice!

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