Gifts for Parents From Bride & Groom
- Personalized gifts allow you to add a customized touch without making the gift yourself. Many online wedding stores and gift shops sell gift items ideal for personalization. A framed poem with the names of your parents on it offers a touching tribute to them. Handkerchiefs with a monogram or personal message stitched onto the fabric give them a place to dry their tears of joy during the ceremony. Other personalized gift ideas include an engraved photo frame, locket, pocket watch or pin. Choose a gift that is functional for your parents.
- Homemade gifts carry a sentimental tone that many newlyweds crave in a gift for parents. A scrapbook or journal of childhood memories is a simple homemade gift that anyone can make. Include a letter to your parents as part of the book. Share your feelings about your childhood, as well as how you feel about your parents being by your side on your wedding day. If you enjoy sewing, consider making a quilt, incorporating a childhood blanket or outfits you wore as a child. Another option for the quilt is to use any fabric and write special memories on each square with fabric paint. Photos from your childhood to the present work well for creating a slide show for your parents. Have the slide show transferred to a DVD for them to watch as they like.
- Gift certificates are typically thought of as a less personal gift. However, they allow you to provide pampering or a special treat to your parents that they wouldn't do for themselves. With the excitement and responsibility associated with the wedding, your parents may need a break. Ideas include a night at a bed and breakfast, a meal at an expensive restaurant, a couples massage or a photography session, allowing them to capture their current phase of life.
