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Gift ideas

Anniversary gift ideas for parents with young kids

With small children, the best anniversary gift is usually time together without them. Start there.

Make it together, free

A page for the two of youThe Grow Book is for the kids, but a page of the two of you, then and now, belongs in it too.

Under $20

  • The traditional gift, loosely. Paper for the first year, cotton for the second, leather for the third. It gives you somewhere to start.
  • A letter to open in ten years. Write it now, seal it, and put the date on the envelope.
  • Dinner at home, done properly. Kids in bed early, table set, the meal from your first date.

$20 to $75

  • A night out with the sitter booked. Book the sitter first, then the restaurant. Most couples do it the other way round and give up.
  • Your wedding photos, printed. Most couples never print the album. A few favorites in frames is enough.
  • Something you do together. Tickets, a class, a new board game for after bedtime.

Worth it

  • A night away. One night, close to home, with the grandparents on duty. Fewer hours driving, more hours asleep.

Questions people ask

What can the kids make for your partner?

A page for the two of you — The Grow Book is for the kids, but a page of the two of you, then and now, belongs in it too. It is free on Keepers of Childhood.

What is a good Anniversary gift under $20?

The traditional gift, loosely. Paper for the first year, cotton for the second, leather for the third. It gives you somewhere to start.

What if we want to spend more?

A night away. One night, close to home, with the grandparents on duty. Fewer hours driving, more hours asleep.

Never miss it again. Add your husband or partner on your account and we’ll email them before Anniversary with ideas like these. Set up reminders.

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The homemade ones, ready to print

Every “make it together” idea above prints from a free account — letters, scrapbook pages, photo signs and coloring pages. It remembers your children’s names so you are not retyping them, and it costs nothing.

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