Gifts for Parents and Helpers

A small embroidered handkerchief for each parent, given with a handwritten note the morning of. It gets used at the ceremony and kept in a drawer forever, which is more than most parent gifts can say.

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Grooms cry at the first look and fathers at the vows, and a silk pocket square is decorative. Six plain white cotton hankies cover the groom, both fathers, the best man and two spares. Wash and press them once before the day.

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A letter to each other on the morning of the wedding is the memory couples mention most, and a plain heavyweight card works for any couple without a printed 'to my bride'. The same box covers the thank-you notes for the wedding party.

~$25 · Prices marked ~ are estimates. Check the retailer for current prices and availability.

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One frame per household, engraved with your names and the date, nothing more. Put the engagement photo in it now and swap in a wedding print when the gallery arrives; it sidesteps singling any one parent out.

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A thank-you for a parent, your officiant or the friend who drives everywhere: months of audiobooks they choose themselves, and nothing to wrap or ship to someone who lives far away.

Prepaid gift membership. A prepaid Audible membership bought for someone else, who redeems it on their own account. It is not a free trial. Amazon sets the lengths offered, the price and how the gift is delivered.

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For the reader in your life: months of books on their Kindle or the Kindle app, chosen by them, with nothing to wrap or ship.

Prepaid gift membership. A prepaid Kindle Unlimited membership bought for someone else, who redeems it on their own account. It is not a free trial. Amazon sets the lengths offered, the price and how the gift is delivered. Amazon's gift page may show it under the name Kindle+.

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The tier-above gift for the best man, or a thank-you for a father: a decanter and glasses engraved with his initials or a message.

Just as good as a thank-you for a father: engrave his initials instead.

~$90 · Prices marked ~ are estimates. Check the retailer for current prices and availability.

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The mothers are in the getting-ready photos too. A pair of satin robes, one for each.

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A frame for the photo of the two of you on the day, given the week after.

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A whiskey glass and coaster engraved for the father of the groom. The fathers had nothing in this collection before.

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A boxed set of chilling stones and two glasses: a father or best man gift with a lot of happy owners.

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For the friend who got ordained and spent twenty hours writing your ceremony. Engrave the wedding date on the barrel, and ask them to sign the license with it. A professional officiant is tipped instead, so this is for the friend.

~$75 · Prices marked ~ are estimates. Check the retailer for current prices and availability.

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A friend officiating otherwise reads the ceremony off a phone in every photo. A clean black book with room for the script and a pen for the license.

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For the friend who got ordained. Pairs with the engraved pen or the binder.

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A badge, dark glasses, an earpiece and a lockable case for the decoy rings; it gets a laugh in the aisle and keeps a small boy in character. The real rings stay with the best man.

~$20 · Prices marked ~ are estimates. Check the retailer for current prices and availability.

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One at each child's seat is the single thing every kids-at-weddings guide agrees on: it keeps the ceremony quiet and the parents on the dance floor. Count from the RSVP list, add two spares, and choose crayons over markers for the linen's sake.

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A matching bow tie and suspenders in the wedding colour, so the ring bearer looks like part of the party and his parents have one less job. Send it to the family a month early so it can be tried on.

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What a six to nine year old actually wants. Give it at the rehearsal dinner so it gets built the night before rather than during the toasts. Classic bricks for ages four to eight; go for a small themed set from about eight up.

~$35 · Prices marked ~ are estimates. Check the retailer for current prices and availability.

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Another option to LEGO Set for the Ring Bearer, for a different style or budget.

The big-brick version for a ring bearer or flower girl under four, with no small parts. Same idea, same night-before timing.

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A small pearl bracelet with her initial, boxed so it feels like a real present; the kind of thing a seven-year-old shows everyone at the reception. Small parts, so give a plush to a flower girl under three.

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Water-reveal colouring with a refillable pen, so there is nothing to spill on a dress or a pew. Hand one to each parent of a small guest before the ceremony and the vows stay uninterrupted; it dries and works again at the reception.

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A faux flower crown that makes her look like part of the wedding party, for the price of a coffee rather than the sixty dollars a florist quotes. Try it on with the dress a week before so the ribbon can be shortened.

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How you ask a four-year-old, and it explains the day to her so the aisle is not a surprise.

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The ring bearer's version: what his job is, and that the rings he carries are probably fake.

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