How to Make Anniversary Gifts for Husbands
Making an anniversary gift for your husband is a sweet way to let him know that you care enough to honor him with your time and effort, not just your pocketbook. You can create a special basket, customized for his interests, or a video diary highlighting the special events in your life together. Add music that means something to both of you as the background for the diary or in the form of a CD in the basket.
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Things You'll Need
- Gift items
- Basket
- Spray paint
- Tissue paper
- Cellophane basket wrap
- Ribbon
- Photos and meaningful music
- Movie-making software
- DVD and label
- Labeling software
Instructions
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Gift Basket
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Make your husband a gift basket for your anniversary that will suit his particular hobby or passion. If he's a golfer, include golf balls, tees and towels; for a baseball lover, include tickets to see his favorite team play. You could make a coupon book with vouchers good for "one hassle-free evening with the boys" or to "get out of yard work free." Tailor the gifts inside the basket to his personality. Gather all of the gifts and purchase a basket large enough to hold them.
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Spray-paint the basket with his favorite color and let it dry. You may need more than one coat of paint. Once dry, line the basket with tissue paper to match the paint.
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Arrange the gifts in the basket, with or without wrapping them individually. Cover the anniversary gift basket with cellophane wrap and tie a ribbon around the top.
Video Diary
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Scan old photos or gather digital images of your life together and make a video diary for your husband's anniversary gift. You can use free software, like Windows Movie Maker for Windows or QuickTime for Macs.
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Gather your music and load it onto your computer so you can import it into the software as you're making the diary. Import both the images and the music into the software, and follow the directions for arranging the photos and laying the soundtracks. A lot of software uses a simple drag-and-drop method to place photos and music.
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Burn the video diary to a DVD, and make a label with free software you can download online.
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Tips & Warnings
If you're not comfortable working with the software to make a video diary, you can save the pictures to a disk, burn a CD of your music and take it to a local videographer for compilation.
