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Truly Deep 30th Wedding Anniversary Gifts for Your Parents

Last Updated on April 8, 2020 by Carla Jonas

Your parents deserve very emotional gifts for their 30th anniversary. With the spate of divorces celebrated in the media every day, your parents’ marriage deserves to be celebrated for staying glued together for three whole decades.

Staying married for five years is hard work. Being married for 10 years takes sheer patience. But, remaining married for 30 years is simply miraculous. And that is why deep thinking must go into planning for your parents’ 30th wedding anniversary celebration.

Give her a 30th wedding anniversary album personalized by you!
Give your parents a 30th wedding anniversary album personalized by you! Album By: Heavy

How do you pick the perfect gifts for parents?

  • Personalize your gift – monograms, custom details and other special touches
  • Pick a gift that is designed to make their life easier, happier or more comfortable
  • Give extra thought to the card and the packaging

This is a celebration of longevity in marriage. It’s also a celebration of successfully raising children and building long-lasting values over the decades. That is why the 30th anniversary is also known as the pearl anniversary and is celebrated with natural pearls.

When natural pearls are not obtainable, the party celebrations and gifts become pearl-themed. Parents deserve all they can get from their children. And, this is why you need all the help you can get to make your parent’s pearl anniversary a memorable success.

What is the best gift for mom and dad?

  • Top 5 Gift Ideas For Mom And Dad Anniversary:
  • Custom Portrait Painting
  • Memorable DVD: Slide Photos Video
  • Pearl Jewelry and Pearl-Themed Adornments
  • A Romantic Date
  • Pearl-Themed Memorabilia

What is a good Christmas gift for parents?

  • Here are some great ideas for Christmas gifts for parents:
  • Personalized, sentimental gifts: family trees, photo albums
  • Subscription boxes catered to their hobbies and interests
  • A great date night: weekend trip or romantic dinner
  • Master Class by MasterClass
  • Amazon Prime Membership

What should I get for my parents birthday?

  • Top gifts for parents that they’ll love forever:
  • A subscription to a class or course they always wanted to take
  • A gadget that will make their life easier
  • A jewelry piece that is customized for them
  • A trip to a bucket list destination
  • A bestselling item from their hobby niche
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5 Creative 30th Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas for Your Parents

The following 30th wedding anniversary gift ideas make amazing choices that will actually touch the hearts of your parents:

1. Custom Portrait Painting

A custom portrait painting of your parents after 30 years of marriage makes a great gift for their anniversary. Talented artists can give your parents immortality via a custom painted portrait of the two of them. The portrait should capture them in their older years and put sparkles to their advancing ages.

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Your parents should be proud to hang up the portrait in their living room and show it off to family, friends, and guests. This will keep your parents love flowing in the right direction for the remaining years of their lives.

2. Memorable DVD: Slide Photos Video

Your parents must have taken thousands of photographs over the past 30 years of marriage. These memorable photos can be put together and made into a slide photo video with background music. This can be made into a DVD for home viewing.

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The slide photos will evoke memorable feelings. This will help your parents look back over the decades and love each other more. This might serve as a timeline of their lives together.

3. Pearl Jewelry and Pearl-Themed Adornments

Natural jewelry, such as cultured pearl jewelry, for your parents’ 30th wedding anniversary are perfect gifts to show your appreciation and dedication to them. The pearls can come in the form of:

  • Pearl bracelets
  • Pearl rings
  • Pearl earrings
  • Pearl necklaces
  • Other pearl accessories

Pearl-themed gems or imitations of pearls can also be used as pearl anniversary gifts. Just about any gift can be pearl-themed to underscore the celebration of 30 years of happily wedded life together.

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LEATHER PEARL JEWELRY

One of our favorite anniversary gift ideas is a matching set of gender-neutral leather pearl jewelry pieces for mom and dad. Your parents will absolutely love this thoughtful and stylish idea. Not only does it incorporate the gemstone for the 30th anniversary, but it’s also a gift that they can wear together. Browse the different designs, which includes both necklaces and bracelets, to find the perfect design for your parents. 

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4. A Romantic Date

Your parents would love to relive the romantic days of their early marriage years. A personalized and romantic dating experience at an upscale restaurant would be an amazing pearl anniversary gift for your parents.

Stumped for creative ideas for your parents' 30th wedding anniversary? How about a dinner on you at a 'pearl' restaurant?
Stumped for creative ideas for your parents’ 30th wedding anniversary? How about a dinner on you at a ‘pearl’ restaurant? Image Source: Zomato

In fact, they could be taken to symbolic places they often visited when they were just beginning to date. Send them on a trip to the first restaurant they visited together. Or, how about an adventure that replicates their very first date?

5. Pearl-Themed Memorabilia

There are numerous types of wedding anniversary memorabilia that could be pearl-themed for your parents’ 30th. These includes:

  • Pearl photo frames
  • Pearl wine boxes
  • Pearl-embellished sunglasses
  • Pearl and wrought iron crosses
  • Pearl pocket watches
  • Family photo album embellished with pearls
DIY pearl sunglasses by Albert Hidalgo Photography
DIY pearl sunglasses by Albert Hidalgo Photography

Your Parents’ Pearl Anniversary Gift Must Have Value

Any gifts you give or consider giving to your parents for their 30th wedding anniversary must possess symbolic value. Here are some values a good gift must have. 

  • Emotional Value: Wedding anniversary gifts to parents must possess emotional value. This is because love and romance are emotional things. Marriage requires deep emotions and romantic love to be meaningful. That is why wedding anniversary gifts must be emotional to fuel deeper love and romantic commitments.
  • Personalized Value: People love personalized or customized gifts because of the thoughtfulness and labor that went into making it. Customized anniversary gifts possess sentimental value. This enables people to cherish them and keep them as mementos for life.
  • Timeless Value: Marriages are supposed to last forever. Anniversary gifts are supposed to promote this notion. Therefore, 30th-anniversary gifts must have timeless value so they mean the world to your parents until the end of time.
  • Togetherness Value: Wedding anniversaries are to celebrate marital togetherness and intimacy. So, their anniversary gifts must also enhance the spirit of togetherness. The gifts you give to your parents for their 30th anniversary must encourage them to be more intimate with each other.
  • Creative Value: The gifts you give must display creativity. This will make your parents cherish and adore your gifts for as long as they live.
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JEWELRY SPOTLIGHT

If you are looking for a unique and affordable alternative to the classics, opt for Mother of Pearl Jewelry – a pendant necklace, pair of earrings or ring for her and a pair of mother of pearl cufflinks for him. Traditional appeal in modern designs: our selection of Mother of Pearl Jewelry carries the same iridescent charm of genuine pearls.

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