Wedding Party Gifts

For my girls: robe, necklace to wear day of, wine. Very simple but it’ll be just over $100 each so I think it’s reasonable.
For the guys no idea

I made little gift baskets for my bridesmaids and maid of Honour, they have Robes, Slippers, bath bombs, a personalized wine glass, personalized tumbler, hair ties, chocolate and a candle.

Jewelry and a jewelry holder!

For my bridesmaids, grandmothers, and moms are getting their hair and makeup paid for. The moms will get a necklace or something and I will probably get something for the grandmothers. My grandma practically raised me so I wanted to get something for her. My bridesmaids will also get a personalized robe, hanger, and a tumbler with their name on it.


For the guys, my FH decided to get them all personalized flasks and then we are booking a barber shop for the guys to get their beards trimmed and their hair cut. The guys are also getting cuff links. My dad is getting a keychain with a photo of us when I was a baby with a personalized message and I'm also getting my stepdad something as well.
I am also getting my FH a pair of cufflinks but it has grandfather of the groom with a picture of the two of them when my FH was young. Both our grandfathers passed away and they were like dads to us. I will have a bracelet with some ashes in it from my grandma so I wanted to make sure my FHs grandfather was remembered as well.

For the Dad's and GM we got wind up pocket watches and had them engraved to have their initials in them:

And then for the Mom's we got earrings and a necklace:

(of course my Mom's was more personalized and to my MIL it had something along the lines of "Thank you for raising the Man of my dreams")

And then for my BM's I basically said that they get IOU's because they all wanted something different. I took my MOH/Sister to get her nails done for my wedding, one BM out for a mani-pedi, another one requested the cash since she fell on hard times, and then that leaves 2 girls left to collect!

I agree that I'd prefer experiences over things but I'm paying for my bridesmaids' hair for the day which is kindof expensive already so I'm just getting them some extra small things - some Body Shop stuff plus a robe for getting ready and a pashmina that they can wear if it's cold.

FH is getting his groomsmen Yeti mugs but he's thinking he might take them for a helicopter ride if it's a decent price.

If you are looking for unique ideas, the best thing I can suggest is thinking about what each person likes or does for fun individually. Also, think about your own skills you could utilize - drawing, crafting, writing, cooking, gardening...anything!

I am going to be doing a small basket/bag for each of them with a few of their favourite things. Nothing expensive - like a fave bath bomb, chocolate bar, or a small homemade gift (the backlog of craft supplies and tools I have on hand makes this fairly inexpensive). Like two of them host cooking channels on YouTube, so I was thinking of making aprons or chef's hats for them in a fun pattern or colour. I found a set of wooden spoons on clearance a month or so back and borrowed a wood burning pen to simply put the name of one of their shows on it. Under $10 and an hour or so for something they will use a lot.

I am getting the dresses, hair and make up for my bridesmaids so not doing a gift really. I am also going to get robes for the getting ready part. I agree with what Amelia said about experiences!

I prefer experiences over gifts. So a spa day (or paying for hair and makeup at the wedding), dinner and a movie, a show or concert they're excited for. You can give them the experience for themselves or go with them as a best friend date, which with all the crazy wedding stress it can be even more special to take time to spend with friends.


Sometimes an experience based gift can end up being cheaper than putting together jewelry and wine and cute personalized glasses or flasks that seem to be so popular these days. For the last few years my brother and I have gotten my parents dinner (at a restaurant they've never been to) and a movie/play for Christmas and it's so much more fun than trying to find them the perfect *thing* that they might not enjoy anyway.

I bought my sisters dress and I’m paying for her hair and make up.


Our best man got a cigar box and we’re paying for his suit!