57 Wedding Gift Ideas for Newlyweds + 79 Door Gift Ideas for Weddings in Malaysia

I’m happy with how things turned out in the end, but the thing about having your wedding reception cancelled due to the pandemic is I never got closure for some wedding-related research I did.

So I’m just going to use my own blog to brain-dump 2 sets of lists:

• Part 1: Wedding gift ideas (for newlyweds), and
• Part 2: Wedding door gift ideas (for the guests)

I had fun compiling them and while I didn’t get the chance to use the info, hopefully it’ll help in your wedding prep instead of forgotten forever 🙂

Part 1: Wedding Gift Malaysia – Wedding Gift Ideas for the Newlyweds

These wedding gifts for the newlyweds are divided under the following subcategories:

1. Can’t-go-wrong wedding gift
2. Kitchen items
3. Kitchen appliances
4. Electronics
5. Bedroom/ living room/ toilet

Let’s start with..

#1 – Can’t-go-wrong wedding gift:

1. Money (for honeymoon, house downpayment etc)
2. Gold (bar/ coin/ jewelry) (admittedly very expensive but I did say can’t go wrong with this gift)
3. Gift cards and vouchers – you can find AEON cash voucher, IKEA gift cards, even hotel vouchers and grocery store cash vouchers at Giftr.my

If you honestly don’t know what’s to give, money or a gift card in a pretty angpow plus a note is a great wedding gift for Malaysians, especially in this economy. You can put a nice message like ‘towards your honeymoon’ or ‘for your new life together’ or ‘have a wonderful dinner date on me’ or something thoughtful like that.

#2 – Kitchen items:

Otherwise, if you have lots of TreatPoints prefer to gift something practical, can’t go wrong with kitchen items (and kitchen appliances, see #3).

1. Tableware set
2. Kitchen organiser set
3. Pots and pans
4. Teapot set
5. Baking dish
6. Chopping board
7. Tupperware
8. Tiffin
9. Knife set
10. Food slicer
11. Utensil set
12. Drinking glass
13. Mug set
14. Spice rack
15. Bougie groceries (truffle salt set? Ground coffee from coffee beans harvested under the moonlight? Idk up to you)

#3 – Kitchen appliances:

1. Air fryer
2. Microwave
3. Electric kettle
4. Rice cooker
5. Blender
6. Hand blender set
7. Hot water dispenser
8. Mixer
9. Juicer
10. Waffle maker
11. Toaster
12. Oven
13. Food processor
14. Bread maker
15. Steamboat kit
16. Fondue kit
17. Coffeemaker – Drip
18. Coffeemaker – French press
19. Coffeemaker – Moka pot
20. Coffeemaker – Aeropress

#4 – Electronics:

The prices for some items in this category can be a bit steep but I’ve seen friends pool their money together to give a group gift instead of individual

1. Iron
2. Steam iron
3. Hair dryer
4. Electric fan
5. Vacuum cleaner (handheld or robo)
6. Humidifier
7. Air purifier
8. Electric toothbrush
9. Car dash cam

#5 – Bedroom/Living room/Toilet:

1. Bedsheet set
2. House plant (plastic)
3. House plant (real)
4. Picture frame
5. Framed poster
6. Clock
7. Towels
8. Fancy bathsoaps
9. Fancy candles
10. Decorative items (vase, mirror etc)

And that’s all I have for the wedding gifts section 🙂 What do you think, was it comprehensive or there are more to add to this wedding list Malaysia listicle?

Part 2: Wedding Door Gift Malaysia – Wedding Gift Ideas for Guests

These wedding door gifts for the guests are divided under the following subcategories:

1. Food
2. Religious
3. Practical wedding doorgift ideas
4. Fun/quirky wedding doorgift ideas
5. Out-of-the-box door gift ideas

#1 – Food:

1. Candy (lollipop, etc)
2. Nuts – Amazing Grace sells variety nuts packs for ~RM5 each
3. Chocolate
4. Muruku
5. Kerepek/ Rempeyek
6. Bahulu
7. Jellies
8. Muffin
9. Cookies
10. Popcorn
11. Nuts
12. Nut butter – Amazing Grace sells nut butter variety mini jars for ~RM5.20 each
13. Brownies
14. Dates
15. Cotton candy
16. Macaron
17. Honey
18. Granola – Amazing Grace sells 40g variety granola packs for ~RM5 each
19. Jam
20. Chocolate spread
21. Boiled egg
22. Marshmallow
23. Tea (bags, leaves)
24. Coffee (drip or instant)
25. Hot chocolate

Food is always a crowdpleaser, but there’s a downside – in case your event got cancelled or postponed for whatever reason, some of them might go bad. So if there’s a chance of that happening, suggest you to take the options with longer shelf-life like jams and packed food.

Otherwise, you can consider the other door gift options, such as:

#2 – Religious:

1. Tasbih (manual)
2. Tasbih (digital)
3. Yasin booklet
4. Mini sejadah

Only applicable for Muslim weddings, obviously.

#3 – Practical wedding doorgift ideas:

1. Hand sanitiser
2. Masks
3. Alcohol wipes
4. Scented soap
5. Notebook
6. Mint
7. Cutlery set
8. Chopstick set
9. Pouch
10. Keychain
11. Handkerchief
12. Mini towel
13. Coaster
14. Small bowl
15. Tote bag
16. Pen/ Stationeries
17. Sewing kit
18. Travel-size toiletaries

#4 – Fun/quirky wedding doorgift ideas:

1. Succulent
2. Bookmarks
3. Salt and pepper shaker
4. Folding fan
5. Mug
6. Mini perfume
7. Room freshener
8. Potpouri sachets
9. Car freshener/perfume
10. Candle
11. Bottle opener
12. Body scrub
13. Magnets
14. Tealight holder
15. Decorative crystal
16. Lip balm
17. Stuffed animal toy

#5 – Out-of-the-box door gift ideas for Malaysia weddings:

1. Bread/ Buns
2. Soy sauce
3. Cili sauce
4. Packed drink
5. Cordial
6. Instant noodles
7. Ladles
8. (Actually most groceries items and small kitchen tools)
9. Voucher/ Code to redeem free products/services
10. Seeds/ Gardening kit
11. Fresh flowers

And that’s it, lots of options. Please help to add on in the comments: (1) what you would have liked as your wedding gift, and (2) awesome doorgifts you’ve received while attending a wedding in Malaysia.

Also, if you are a vendor, feel free to drop your website/ social media in the comments section as well so people can check out your wares 🙂