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George
Beginner August 2011

I need gift ideas for my groomsmen and Best Man please.

George, on May 29, 2011 at 11:28 AM Posted in Planning 0 21

Hello everyone,

I've been stumped on what to buy my groomsmen and Best Man. Two of my groomsmen are brother-in-laws and the other two plus Best Man have been my closest friends for the past 20 years.

I don't want to do something like a money clip or cuff links, and we all have watches from a previous wedding. I want to do something unique but I just can't think of anything.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks!

George

21 Comments

Latest activity by Stepanie , on August 17, 2016 at 7:16 AM
  • Shannon S.
    Master March 2011
    Shannon S. ·
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    Flasks with their names engraved are a traditional gift.

    Or, instead of a gift, you could take them out for an experience. The day before our wedding, DS took his groomsmen and the dads out for Brazilian steakhouse.

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  • Shropshire2Davis
    VIP June 2019
    Shropshire2Davis ·
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    Shannon you kinda beat me to it, I was gonna say that...

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  • Amber
    Expert April 2012
    Amber ·
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    Shannon has the right idea... that is what we are doing for our guys.

    My finace was part of his friends wedding not too long ago and he recieved a little switchblade multi knife engraved with his inititals. It was nice.

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  • Shannon S.
    Master March 2011
    Shannon S. ·
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    I think Swiss Army knives are a great gift, but only if people aren't flying in. It would be a pain to check a weekend bag because there was a knife in it (though I suppose you could offer to mail the gifts out after the wedding for anyone flying).

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  • Shropshire2Davis
    VIP June 2019
    Shropshire2Davis ·
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    You can also get them card cases, they're nice to have if they don't like carrying around wallets and such...

    http://www.thingsremembered.com/product/Wedding/Groomsmen/Card-cases/Beaded-Card-Case/pc/2114/c/2569/sc/2613/158919.uts?refineByCategoryId=2613

    and these are pretty affordable, I'd pay 23 dollars for a personalized card case for my groomsmen/bestman

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  • Hayley Câ„¢
    Master March 2008
    Hayley C™ ·
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    I also agree with an "experience" and then a little something that can be used or looked at to remember the day.

    On the note of the Pocket knife as an example - Do a fishing, hunting or camping trip and give them the pocket knife.

    Do you have a favorite sport team? You could go to a sport event and buy everyone jersey's with their last names.

    My husband and his siblings grew up playing cribbage. We got them custom cribbage boards for a gift for standing up for our wedding.

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  • Kristen
    Devoted May 2012
    Kristen ·
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    My fiance came up with the idea of getting them engraved beer mugs. They are all beer drinkers and he's known them his whole life. I was suprised he came up with the idea!

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  • Mrs. Clark aka Mrs Awesomepants
    Master November 2011
    Mrs. Clark aka Mrs Awesomepants ·
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    Were doing personally picked flasks. For example, or BM likes irish whiskey so we found him one thats meant for whiskey and has celtic markings, one was a captin morgan flask, my brothers favorite, one was a New Orleans Saints. Ebay was the best for that

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  • Sara
    Expert June 2011
    Sara ·
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    I like the "experience' idea. FH is a huge 49ers Fan and his Best Man is a Steeler's fan. I know he is planning on buying tickets to the next Niners/Steelers game in SF this year.

    Kinda a big gift, but he only has the one Best man and no other groomsmen

    The beer mugs or flasks is a nice one too

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  • George
    Beginner August 2011
    George ·
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    Thank you everyone for the suggestions. They are very helpful. Smiley smile

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  • Miller
    Expert May 2011
    Miller ·
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    I think u can make some cards by yourself,which write some words. Although it sounds very simple ,making these cards needs to pay more time and energy. At your wedding feast, u can read these words and give the cards to them.They will be moved.

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  • P
    Beginner June 2012
    paul ·
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    A personalized gift is an ideal present for your best man and your groomsman because it is meaningful and something they will always treasure. There are a few things that you can gift them, such as the following

    Engraved money clips are excellent for separating credit cards, assorted other ID cards and business cards from cash.

    Engraved flasks make great storage devices for alcoholic beverages as well as juices and sports drinks.

    Engraved Zippo lighters make great keepsakes to pass down to sons and grandsons.

    These are the only appropriate gifts I could think of, hope it was helpful Smiley smile

    www.bluechopsticks.com has a wide variety of these personalized gift items suitable for the groomsmen and best-man. Goodluck Smiley smile


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    Beginner July 2011
    Amanda ·
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    My fiance was in a wedding where the groom gave each groomsmen stock. Each guy got a different stock that was personalized to them. My fiance loves coors beer, so he got some stock in coors. Another guy likes Jack Daniels, so he got Jack Daniels stock. They got it at www.oneshare.com. It was not a lot of stock but a great idea I thought!

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  • Future Mrs G.
    Expert August 2011
    Future Mrs G. ·
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    We are doing a wallet from things remembered that already has a money clip inside of it and that will have their name engraved on it. Total will be around $40 each

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  • George
    Beginner August 2011
    George ·
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    First I'd like to thank everyone for the gift ideas. I went with engraved beer mugs for the groomsman and an engraved flask for the best man.

    Any suggestions for parents of bride and my dad?

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  • R
    Just Said Yes October 2014
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    Cufflinks are always a good idea.

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  • B
    Just Said Yes April 2014
    Billy ·
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    I am thinking about getting my grooms this cool box by a company called the box bros. It is pretty awesome. You might want to check it out... http://www.theboxbros.com

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    Just Said Yes September 2016
    Sis ·
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    Is there a place where I can get personalized beer labels for my groomsmen?

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    Just Said Yes September 2016
    Sis ·
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    I need beer labels made and shipped in a week. Know anyone that can make it happen?

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  • R
    Just Said Yes August 2006
    Robert ·
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    They have a vendor on this site called wise guys gifts - https://www.weddingwire.com/biz/wiseguys-gifts-ashburn/53c1e74cef0766ce.html - these guys supply some great personalized items - www.wiseguysgifts.com - I got my groomsmen's gifts there. Easy and reliable. fyi

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