Celebrating 9 years of marriage can feel a little underwhelming. Everyone talks about getting to 10 years, so how do you best commemorate this still-impressive milestone in a couple’s life together?
Look no further, as you can find all sorts of interesting anniversary gift ideas in our list below that will work wonders for any couple, whether they love keepsakes, funny gifts, or truly unique pieces that feel super personal. Check out our picks for the best 9-year anniversary gift ideas ahead.
45 Best 9-Year Anniversary Gift Ideas
Give the coolest 9-year anniversary gifts with meaning to your favorite loving couple to enjoy.
9th Anniversary Engraved Leather Tray
This thoughtful engraved leather tray will commemorate a couple’s 9th anniversary with its warm look. The tray can be used to keep any small items in, while the 9 years of marriage is spelled out in months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds of all that has kept them together this whole time.
Handmade Pottery Ring Holder
The traditional ceramic symbol for a 9th anniversary is alive and kicking in this attractive pottery ring holder in blue. The handmade holder will become a woman’s favorite place to keep her important rings safe and still while she sleeps, showers, or needs to give her hands some spa treatments.
Wicker Hanging Chair
Get traditional without being boring for your favorite 9th-anniversary couple with this awesome wicker hanging chair. The tear-drop hanging chair will add some pizzazz to any room and offer a boho-style comfort that they both can enjoy…one at a time, of course. Surprise them with something that will be used in their everyday lives and remind them of the love they’ve shared for 9 years in its own comfortable way.
Tree Of Hearts Bowl
This blue ceramic bowl will sit perfectly in the home of a couple you know after 9 years of marriage. The handmade bowl is an artisanal gift that can either be displayed and untouched or used to entertain their closest friends and loved ones. The tree of hearts design is a wonderful way to remind them of the roots they set down together and the hearts that flourish from it.
Anniversary Gift Sign
9-year anniversary gift ideas like this gift sign made from license plates will stand alone as a tribute to the couple with 9-years of long-lasting love. The license plate can be customized with up to four states while the license plate number will reflect the wedding day of the couple who now owns this fun piece of home decor.
Personalized Willow Tree Print
This personalized willow tree print glows against the copper-colored paper print and features the names of the couple beneath their tree, as well as their wedding date. This willow-themed print will bring even more love into their home and their life.
Willow Tree Anniversary Figure
An enduring love is the theme with this willow tree figure for the 9th-anniversary couple. The traditional willow material is handcrafted into the abstract image of a loving couple holding hands. The faces are left as natural wood so they can imagine themselves in this rustic anniversary keepsake every time they look at it.
Leather Hand Engraving
When you want to impress a modern husband and wife for their 9th anniversary, go with the often-overlooked symbol of leather. This handcrafted leather keepsake will take a photo of the couple and use a unique method of engraving that produces a gorgeous image of the two lovers they can keep near to them wherever they want to most.
9th Anniversary Date Night Dice
After 9 years together, your favorite couple might need a little spontaneity in their life and you could be the one that delivers with this entertaining set of date night dice. The game is simple—they roll the dice and can find up to 36 different combinations from movie night to starting a scrapbook. They’ll be all set for many anniversaries to come.
9th Anniversary Leather Flask
Give into his love of leather and cocktails with this awesome 9th-anniversary leather flask for him. The stainless steel and leatherette flask will do its duty while it reminds him of the happiest years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds of wedded bliss. The keepsake will become an integral part of his home bar, his cocktails-on-the-go, and maybe (just maybe) he’ll share some with his loving wife.
A Dozen Reasons I Love You
This unique treat from a husband to a wife (or vice versa) takes the form of a dozen wooden hearts with heartfelt messages on them. The 56 different message choices include everything from grand declarations of love to fun notes about your lives together every day. The handmade set is one of the best ways to let your other half know all the little things you share together.
Handmade Leather Bookmark Set
Get this set of adorable love-theme bookmarks for the lovebirds in your life who read and happen to be having a 9th wedding anniversary. The leather bookmarks stick with the leather symbol tradition, while the heart shape and “From The Heart” message details will make this pair of romantic readers jump for joy at this elegant, yet heartwarming gift.
Love Lingual Card Game
Make sure the couple you know who is having a 9th anniversary can have fun getting into the details of their long-lasting relationship with the Love Lingual card game. This inspiring game has 150 cards that cover five categories like family, intimacy, couple, individual, and past/future. They will have a great time reaching a whole new level of a success story with this entertaining and invigorating game.
Personalized Song Cassette Print
Honor your favorite 9th-anniversary couple by taking their wedding song and elevating it to a whole new level of appreciation and beauty. This cassette design print is the ultimate romantic keepsake that features personal photos of the couple as well as the song’s name, lyrics, an additional loving message, and the personal details of the couple and their wedding date. This extra-special piece will be sure to hang with loving pride in their home.
Personalized Leather Coasters
These metal and leatherette coasters come in a set of four and will make a meaningful addition to any loving couple’s home in honor of their 9th anniversary. The coasters are a wonderful practical keepsake for the couple to use when having drinks with friends or loved ones and be reminded of their special day nine years ago. The coasters are personalized with their names, initials wrapped in a heart symbol, and their wedding date.
Funny 9th Anniversary T-Shirt
Get this hilarious t-shirt for her, whether you are her husband or a good friend or family member and watch her smile. Any wife of nine years will appreciate the levity and good humor of a comfy, everyday t-shirt “9 Years In And I Haven’t Killed Him Yet.” All fun and games that any couple will love.
Personalized Embossed Anniversary Art
This distinctive piece of anniversary art honors the 9th copper anniversary with both tradition and a modern flair. The couple that wants to fondly remember their wedding will value the stylish look of this metal artwork that features their initials enveloped inside a heart, along with the year they were married. Inside a shadowbox frame, this handmade keepsake will keep them saying “I do” for nine more years and beyond.
9th Anniversary Leather Picture Frame
When you want to send a direct message of love and friendship to the couple you cherish, make it personal with this 9th-anniversary leather picture frame. The frame is loaded with different timelines covering their nine years together and all the blessings, love, friendship, laughter, and more that they’ve shared in that time. Once the photo is personalized, they’ll treasure this romantic piece of decor even more.
9th Anniversary Metal Ornament
This unique metal ornament will do a wonderful job in celebrating not only a couple on their 9th anniversary but the family that they’ve built together. Atop the wooden box base sits a customized set of solid metal people who together make a happy family for all to see as they sit together on this very special keepsake for the couple and family to enjoy.
Clay In Motion Handwarmer Mug
Bring some warmth and anniversary tradition to someone celebrating a 9th anniversary with a cute clay mug. 9-year wedding anniversary gifts that contain pottery have a special symbolic meaning to the receiver. This mug is colorful and has a hand warmer feature on the right-handed grip that will keep things loving and toasty at the same time.
Leather Journal For Him
Honor the man who you’ve spent nine years married to with this handsome leather journal meant for him to record his thoughts on travel, life, and anything he desires. The cover of the journal has a beautifully written message of love to a husband that frames a beautiful tree of life symbol. He will be touched by this meaningful gift that appreciates all the words he’s got inside him.
Spiritual Beads Bracelet
Sometimes, you have to spoil your husband of nine years with a stunning-looking piece of jewelry that any man would love to wear, no matter his style. This exquisite spiritual beads bracelet is crafted from sterling silver and beads made from materials as diverse as agate, lapis lazuli, red coral, tiger’s-eye, or white agate beads. Whatever his favorite bead, this manly bracelet will let him know how much you love and appreciate him always.
Preserved Flowers In Musical Box
Preserve all the love you and your wife have shared for 9 years of marriage with this extra-special music box that houses preserved roses. The real roses celebrate the life-affirming love that you both share while keeping them safe inside a heart-shaped box that she can cherish every year with old-fashioned joy.
Couple’s Bucket List
Get your favorite couple excited by the possibility of 100 new date night ideas which they will appreciate after 9 years of marriage. This fun card game is a DIY way to expose a couple to new and fun ideas on how to spend an evening together. They can enjoy different combinations of activities, dinners, and more whenever they want to take a new turn in their time together.
Abstract Metal Sculpture
This quirky metal sculpture is an artful way to add some romantic decor to a couple’s home. Their 9th anniversary is the ideal time to present any couple with this modern handmade cast iron sculpture that exists on its own terms. The image presents a loving couple kissing beneath an umbrella and finding the best kind of solace from the rain.
Butterfly Soap Dish
Even a practical item used every day in a home can exude a loving nod to a couple’s 9th anniversary. Such is the case with this pottery formed into a soap dish with a pretty butterfly design handcrafted to last and last. The couple you know will love the little things that ring of anniversary tradition and make each day a little brighter (and more romantic).
Cryptex Puzzle Box
This cryptex puzzle box is an offbeat anniversary gift that outright honors the copper anniversary of 9 years. When your better half loves puzzles, there is none greater than this puzzle inspired by The Davinci Code. He (or she) will love the cryptex’s default password – I LOVE U – and enjoy the challenges it provides. Nothing is more challenging than lasting love, which also offers the very best rewards.
Honey Poppies Candle
The scent of a happy marriage can be summed up for a couple having a 9th anniversary with this honey puppies candle that they’ll light up the moment you give it to them. The pressed flower design of the glass jar will fit into any room’s decor, while the traditional flower of a 9th anniversary—poppies—will fill these rooms with floral glee. There are two wicks for two lovers to enjoy.
Copper River Knife
Your favorite couple will love welcoming this copper-themed kitchen tool into their home for their 9th copper anniversary. This unique tool is based on an Inuit knife with a beveled blade that can be used for a multitude of tasks. The copper design is mirrored on Alaska’s copper river and will stand out in their kitchen while doing its job to make every meal more delicious and romantic.
Pocket Watch For Him
When you want to give a memorable timepiece to the man you’ve called your husband for 9 years, celebrate your anniversary with this high-quality pocket watch that comes engraved with a loving message to him that states, “I Loved You Then / I Love You Still.” He will treasure this old-fashioned trinket of romance that will keep him on time whenever he needs to come home to you.
Personalized Sign
When you want to show off the dedication that a couple maintains with their 9 years of marriage, do it with this awesome personalized sign for their home. The wall-mounted metal sign is customized with the last name they share as well as the initial itself. Their name is their loyalty, which they will value seeing every day.
His N’ Hers Watches
No one gets left out with this cool set of his n’ hers stainless steel watches that make a perfect 9th-anniversary gift. The matching quartz watches create a rhinestone heart when held up together. Whether together or apart, these watches will keep great time and look super stylish on both of them.
9th Anniversary Willow Wood Pen
Enjoy the unique beauty of traditional willow wood with this luxurious pen that symbolizes all that 9 years of marriage has to offer. 9-year anniversary gifts that highlight the various traditions associated with the anniversary leave their mark with the couple you’re buying for. This pen is sturdy and elegant, and will help your favorite couple sign off on anything new in life they can explore together.
Personalized Ceramic Vase
When you give this personalized ceramic vase to the couple you know, you’re doing more than just helping celebrate their 9th wedding anniversary with a traditional stoneware gift. You are including their children in their family unit and will touch their heart with the tiny details in the vase’s design. They can include up to 22 names on the family tree, plus their last name and the date of their wedding.
9th Anniversary Metal Heart Pebble Gift
This tiny anniversary gift will make the most heartfelt keepsake for your wife on your 9th anniversary. The metal heart comes in a rustic bed of straw and is meant to represent that one-in-a-million pebble you pick up on the beach and give to the woman you love. The heart comes with a 9th wedding anniversary gift message that will keep this shiny heart close to hers at all times.
Love Grows Together Copper Art
This beautiful 3D piece of copper art takes the traditions that surround a 9th anniversary and morphs them into something modern, unique, and memorable. The intertwining trees in the piece grow inside a heart and will be sure to become a favorite 9th-anniversary gift for the couple you care about most.
Copper Dutch Oven
There’s no law that says your 9th-anniversary gift can’t be an awesome kitchen gift that both man and wife can enjoy like this copper dutch oven. The hand-hammered pot is made from Turkish copper, which shimmers almost as much as their love has for 9 golden years. They can whip up their favorite romantic dinner together in this impressive, unforgettable pot.
Ceramic Sake Set
This stunning sake set is the ultimate version of a traditional pottery anniversary gift for a couple of 9 years. The set includes a sake bottle, a warming mug, a stovetop warmer, six sake cups, and a bamboo board on which to keep everything. Whether they indulge in sake after dinner every night or save the set for special occasions, this anniversary gift will wow them in a whole new way.
Handcrafted Copper Anniversary Flower
This copper anniversary flower represents a classic symbol of love that’s been hand-dipped in copper for the happiest couple you know having a 9th anniversary. The rose retains all the delicate details of a real rose, while the copper patina will outlast any live flower and become the strongest keepsake around for two people whose love is as sweet as a rose.
Bird Of Paradise Keepsake Box
Get creative with the traditional flower of a 9th anniversary with this Bird of Paradise keepsake box. The exotic colors of this unique flower are beautifully represented with an iridescent sheen using Capiz shell on the box. The box will look distinct and get people talking about it whenever they come over to see this very happy couple you just made even happier.
Ultimate Moscow Mule Set
You can fit this amazing Moscow Mule bar set into your favorite 9th-anniversary couples’ home under the guise of traditional anniversary copper. This awesome bar set has 25 pieces that include everything from Moscow Mule copper mugs to matching coasters, a shaker, tools, and much more. They can even use the set if they choose to have a copper-themed 9th-anniversary party!
Willow Picnic Basket
This deluxe willow picnic basket set is the ideal way to bring some traditional willow into your favorite couple’s life for their 9th anniversary. The set has everything the couple plus two lucky people (perhaps you) need for a terrific picnic outdoors. Inside the wicker basket, they’ll find flatware, a dinner set, wine glasses, a corkscrew, and a food box for leftovers.
Mr. And Mrs. Mug Set
Both partners in the couple you know will love the luxurious feel of this Mr. and Mrs. mug gift set. Their 9th anniversary can begin with a romantic cup of coffee when served in these attractive ceramic mugs that come with matching gold stirrers and lids to keep their coffee warm when they get talking. They can start every morning after their anniversary with these attractive mugs just the same.
Lapis Lazuli Gemstone Tree
Break out all the anniversary traditions in a fresh, modern way with this gemstone tree decor. The symbolic gem of Lapis Lazuli is associated with a 9th anniversary, as well as bringing good luck, wealth, and fortune to its owner. This whimsical gemstone tree will pique their interest and quickly become a treasured part of their happy home together.
Crossroads Personalized Print
This romantic art print will awaken all the love and devotion in the couple you know when they are celebrating their 9th anniversary. The print of street signs at a crossroads is personalized with the names of the coupe, along with their wedding date. The moment they become one is lovingly captured here in the most tasteful, thoughtful way.