Fifth Wedding Anniversary Guide

Modern Motif: Silverware

Gemstone: Pink Tourmaline

Color: Pink

Flower: Daisy

Meaning of the Third Anniversary's Symbols

Wood is durable, strong, long lasting and is used to make everything from houses to decorative items.

Pink Tourmaline is symbolic of wisdom and good luck.

Pink symbolizes good health, life, purity, love, femininity, and childlike innocence.

Daisies are a symbol of innocence, loyal love and purity.

Gift Ideas for Your Third Wedding Anniversary

· Decorative wood décor item, such as a nice frame, basket, shelf, bookends, wall hanging, or wine rack

· A tree for your yard

· Silverware.

· Desk, bedside table, rocking chair or other piece of wood furniture you have been wanting

· Outdoor game sets like volleyball, croquet, a picnic set, horseshoes etc.

· Jewelry or some other item with the fifth anniversary gemstone: pink tourmaline

· A potted Daisy plant

Celebration Ideas

Outdoor Adventure

Visit a national forest. A good list can be found at this link: http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/map/state_list.shtml or you can spend the afternoon hiking or biking in a favorite park. You could also have a picnic and enjoy some outdoor games together.

Fire and Alone Time

Light a fire in your fireplace. Don't have a fireplace? Consider an outdoor fireplace as a gift, or get a bunch of candles and light them. Enjoy spending time together watching the glowing flames and talking about your life together. A great gift if doing this is for you to each write down one thing you do that you know annoys the other person. Then throw it into the fire as a symbol to try to avoid this behavior.

Carved In Wood

Have your names carved on a nice trinket box. Then spend the evening putting in items that remind you of your time together or make it into a time capsule that you can open in five more years.

The Great Party

Throw a party in the style of The Great Gatsby (a classic novel where one of the main characters is named Daisy). The novel is set in the 1920's during the Jazz era. The main part of the party takes place outside with Chinese lanterns, lots of refreshments and great jazz music.

Think Pink

Rent some of the Pink Panther movies. Have a dinner of French cuisine to pay homage to the French Inspector Clouseau. If you haven't seen a single Pink Panther movie, you're missing out. Grab some snacks or a favorite dessert and enjoy some sleuthing and time to cuddle with your spouse.