The Wood Anniversary

Wood - 5th Anniversary Gifts

Five years in, the traditional gift is wood — solid, grown slowly, still gaining character. A handmade wooden box holds the jewelry, the notes, and the years still coming.

Shop 5th anniversary gifts
A couple smiling nose to nose in the snow

Why wood for year five

By the fifth year a marriage has roots. Wood is the traditional symbol of that strength and stability — a living material that only gets more beautiful with time.

A gift that keeps things

Not flowers, not a card — a keepsake box holds the rings, the ticket stubs, the small history of you two. Solid hardwood, made once, kept forever.

Made yours, free

Laser engraving is free — your names, your wedding date, a line only the two of you understand. Burned into the lid in our Wisconsin shop.

Symbolize Your Love: Wood - The Traditional 5th Anniversary Material
On your 5th wedding anniversary, embrace the tradition of gifting something made of wood, a material that represents strength, stability, and the enduring bond of your marriage. Our collection of exquisite wooden jewelry boxes and keepsake boxes offers the perfect way to symbolize your love and create lasting memories.

Wooden gifts for the 5th anniversary

SELECT 5-Drawer Jewelry Chest in Cherry with Curly Maple Lid
SELECT 5-Drawer Jewelry Chest in Cherry with Curly Maple Lid
$2,000.00
Signature Sophisticated Jewelry Chest Walnut with Zebrawood lid Curly Maple and Zebrawood Stripes
Signature Sophisticated Jewelry Chest Walnut with Zebrawood lid Curly Maple and Zebrawood Stripes
$1,100.00
Signature Sophisticated Jewelry Chest Cherry with Walnut lid Zebrawood and Walnut StripesSold
Signature Sophisticated Jewelry Chest Cherry with Walnut lid Zebrawood and Walnut Stripes
$1,100.00
Signature Sophisticated Jewelry Chest Walnut with Padauk Lid Padauk and Wenge Stripes
Signature Sophisticated Jewelry Chest Walnut with Padauk Lid Padauk and Wenge Stripes
$1,100.00
Signature Sophisticated Jewelry Chest Birdseye Maple with Swirled Walnut Lid Bubinga and Walnut Stripes
Signature Sophisticated Jewelry Chest Birdseye Maple with Swirled Walnut Lid Bubinga and Walnut Stripes
$1,100.00
Signature Sophisticated Jewelry Chest Walnut with Zebrawood lid Bubinga, Wenge and Zebrawood Stripes #2
Signature Sophisticated Jewelry Chest Walnut with Zebrawood lid Bubinga, Wenge and Zebrawood Stripes #2
$1,100.00
Signature Elegance Jewelry Box Walnut with Walnut Lid Wenge and Curly Stripe
Signature Elegance Jewelry Box Walnut with Walnut Lid Wenge and Curly Stripe
$900.00
Signature Elegance Jewelry Box Cherry with Curly Maple Lid Purpleheart Curly Maple Stripes
Signature Elegance Jewelry Box Cherry with Curly Maple Lid Purpleheart Curly Maple Stripes
$900.00
Signature Elegance Jewelry Box Walnut with Tamo Ash Lid Curly Maple and Zebrawood Stripe
Signature Elegance Jewelry Box Walnut with Tamo Ash Lid Curly Maple and Zebrawood Stripe
$900.00
Signature Elegance Jewelry Box Walnut with Purpleheart Lid Purpleheart Stripe #1
Signature Elegance Jewelry Box Walnut with Purpleheart Lid Purpleheart Stripe #1
$900.00
Signature Elegance Jewelry Box Walnut with Walnut Lid Curly Maple with Wenge Stripes
Signature Elegance Jewelry Box Walnut with Walnut Lid Curly Maple with Wenge Stripes
$900.00
Signature Elegance Jewelry Box Walnut with Tamo Ash Lid Bubinga and Zebrawood Stripe (Copy)
Signature Elegance Jewelry Box Walnut with Tamo Ash Lid Bubinga and Zebrawood Stripe (Copy)
$900.00
Signature Sophisticated Jewelry Chest Bubinga with Bubinga Lid EngravedSold
Signature Sophisticated Jewelry Chest Bubinga with Bubinga Lid Engraved
$1,100.00
The family behind Mikutowski Woodworking on a snowy winter day
Handmade in Wisconsin

Made by our family, for yours

Every box is made by hand in our shop in Marinette, Wisconsin, where we have been building wooden boxes since 1986. Quality hardwood, never stained, finished so the natural grain shows through — a keepsake made to be handed down.

Make it personal

Not sure what to engrave?

From wedding dates to lines that make her cry — we collected the engraving ideas couples choose most, and a guide to picking the right wooden anniversary gift.

Engraving quote ideas 5th anniversary gift guide
Two songbirds on a berry branch engraved on a wooden jewelry box lid"Waiting for the Stars, with You" engraved in script on a curly maple jewelry box lid