One-Year Anniversary Ideas for Him
- Write down 365 reasons that you love him on separate pieces of paper, fold them and put them in a keepsake box or jar. Write him a love letter or poem. Buy him tickets to a concert, movie or sports game. Give him a gift certificate to his favorite game, hobby or media store.
- Think outside the box and give him a vintage-style clock or grandfather clock. Personalize a desk clock with a name, important date (like your wedding date) and personal message to him. Other clock ideas include wrist and pocket watches, clocks with gemstones or diamonds, wall clocks and desk clocks that display a picture on one side and the clock on the other.
- Choose from monogrammed, engraved and photo items to personalize with names, dates, poems or messages and, in some cases, photographs. Engraved anniversary gifts include anniversary plates, engraved keepsake or wine boxes, picture frames and coffee mugs. Embroider his initials on a pillowcase, a bath robe or towels. Personalized photo gifts include coffee mugs, mouse pads, T-shirts or calendars with photographs of the two of you from your first year of marriage.
- Put together a gift basket for him including hobby and interest gifts such as a grilling gift basket with a cookbook, apron and grilling tools. Place a plant or flower seeds inside a hand-painted clay pot or write him a poem in calligraphy and frame it. Make him a photo album or scrapbook with photographs from your courtship, wedding and marriage.
- Pack a picnic basket with chocolate-covered strawberries, crackers and cheese and sparkling wine and go to a nearby lake or park. Take him on a hot-air balloon ride, dinner cruise at the harbor or for a weekend getaway as a mini-second honeymoon. Make him a romantic dinner of his favorite meal, a bottle of the wine you drank at your wedding and scented candles.