5th Anniversary Wood Gifts: Games and Puzzle Boxes - Creative Crafthouse

Updated October 6, 2026. Product prices and listed contents checked on this date; prices exclude engraving, tax and shipping.

If you are choosing a wood gift for your fifth anniversary, start with something that belongs to your time together. A cribbage board can be ready for your next game; a puzzle box can hold a private note. This guide compares wooden gifts for two and helps you plan the inscription and reveal.

Plain closed Hurricane Puzzle Box beside a folded blank card, blue ribbon and wrapping on a home table — Plan the message as well as the box. Generated gift-preparation scene based on the real plain Hurricane Puzzle Box. The card, ribbon, wrapping and flowers are styling props, not included; the card is shown outside the closed box. No completed engraving is shown.

What do you want to give each other?

A game you already enjoy

A cribbage board suits a couple who play. Check the playing cards as well as the board.

A game to learn together

Nine Men's Morris is a two-player strategy option with rules included.

A note behind an opening trick

Secret Stash or Hurricane can make finding the note part of the gift.

A subject you share

Sea Creatures II offers a themed fitting challenge for people who enjoy marine life.

Compare the shortlist

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Gift	Choose for	Check first
Tournament Cribbage Board	A familiar game for two	A deck of cards is separate
Nine Men's Morris	A new two-player strategy game	Read and learn the rules together
Secret Stash	A small concealed-gift reveal	Test the actual contents
Hurricane Puzzle Box	Engraving on a box	Lid usual; sides available
Sea Creatures II	A shared coastal interest	18 pieces in a frame

Established cribbage players

Tournament Cribbage Board

Tournament Cribbage Board is a two-player board measuring 16.75 by 4.5 by 1 inches, with a choice of maple, cherry or beetle kill pine top. Compare the long Tournament Cribbage Board footprint with the space where the recipient usually plays.

If cribbage is already your game, give the board with a deck of cards and an evening set aside to use it. A short inscription can mark the anniversary while the scoring track stays part of your ordinary time together.

Before giving: Tournament Cribbage Board includes six playing pieces and printed rules. A deck of playing cards is separate.

Tournament Cribbage Board starts at $76.25; product price checked October 6, 2026.

Two-player strategy

Nine Men's Morris

Nine Men's Morris is a two-player strategy game with twenty-four board points and nine pieces per player. In Nine Men's Morris, players first place pieces, then move along the lines; forming a mill, a row of three, allows removal of an opposing piece under the rules.

Choose Nine Men's Morris if you both like learning a game. Set the board between you and keep the printed rules beside it for the first turns; learning together can be part of the anniversary plan.

Before giving: Nine Men's Morris includes the board, eighteen playing pieces, cover and rules sheet.

Nine Men's Morris starts at $31.75; product price checked October 6, 2026.

Hidden gift reveal

Secret Stash

Creative Crafthouse makes Secret Stash in Hudson, Florida, with a cherry base and lid surrounding a concealed compartment. Secret Stash is rated Easy and gives the recipient the pleasure of discovering the way into an apparently closed box.

A folded personal note can matter more than the value of what you hide. Read the opening instructions privately and check the note fits before giving the box.

Before giving: Secret Stash includes instructions and a solution sheet. Add your own cash, gift card or folded note.

Secret Stash starts at $57.95; product price checked October 6, 2026.

Engraving and a concealed gift

Hurricane Puzzle Box

Hurricane Puzzle Box is maple, measures 5.5 by 4.4 by 3.2 inches externally and can be engraved on the lid or sides, with the lid the usual placement. Hurricane Puzzle Box shares Secret Stash's opening mechanism, so compare the box and engraving surfaces when choosing between them.

For an anniversary, write the note before deciding what to engrave. A few words can go on the lid while the longer message stays on paper. The photograph shows the plain Hurricane box; select and confirm any lettering for your order.

Before giving: Hurricane Puzzle Box includes the base, lid, instructions and solution sheet. The photograph shows the plain box.

Hurricane Puzzle Box starts at $90.95; product price checked October 6, 2026.

A coastal interest

Sea Creatures II

Sea Creatures II contains eighteen shaped pieces in a frame, connecting a marine-life theme to a fitting task. Choose Sea Creatures II for a couple who enjoy the subject and would like trying the arrangement together.

For a couple who remember a coastal trip together, Sea Creatures II can give the gift a familiar subject. Try the fitting task side by side, or leave it for each other to revisit. Choose the marine-life theme because it connects with your own story.

Before giving: Sea Creatures II includes the board, eighteen pieces, cover, instructions and solution sheet.

Sea Creatures II starts at $38.95; product price checked October 6, 2026.

Plan the words before choosing the layout

Names and a date are one option; an ordinary phrase you use together may carry more of your relationship. These are illustrated wording ideas, not examples of completed engraving: Jamie & Morgan / 6 October 2021, or Our Friday game.

Count the final text, including spaces and punctuation, against the service limit. A long passage from vows may belong on a note inside the box. Check the exact product's available area rather than assuming a lid, side and game board take the same amount of text.

Hurricane can be engraved on the lid or sides, with the lid the usual placement. For the cribbage board, confirm the placement and cost with the product option or our team before ordering. Read the engraving guide for the standard service.

Prepare a gift-box reveal

Write the note or choose the card first. Compare its actual size with the box's opening and interior, not just the outside dimensions.
Read the supplied instructions and learn to open and close the box before loading it.
Fold or repackage the note if needed without forcing the lid shut. For jewelry or an unusual object, ask about fit before ordering.
Keep the solution sheet aside so the recipient can choose when to ask for a hint. A puzzle box is a reveal container, not a safe.

Questions before you choose

What if we do not both enjoy puzzles?

Choose a familiar game you already play, or a box for a message. Do not make enjoying a difficult solve a condition of enjoying an anniversary gift.

Can I put a ring or tickets in the box?

Check the actual object and packaging first. Outside measurements do not establish interior clearance. Ask about an unusual item before choosing a box.

Can you engrave a long quotation?

The standard service has a limit and placement varies. Put the full quotation on a note if it exceeds the available engraving space; contact us for a special layout.

Is Hurricane a harder puzzle than Secret Stash?

Hurricane Puzzle Box uses the same opening mechanism as Secret Stash. Choose by the box, size and engraving surfaces rather than expecting a harder solve.