If you have been married for any amount of time I am sure you have heard the importance of keeping date night alive. We sure have! At the beginning of our marriage we decided to make it a priority, but often find ourselves stuck in a rut. Partially due to our creativity and partially due to our small budget. In an attempt to keep the "magic alive" I scoured the internet and came up with a Date Night Bucket List. I thought I would share the love and show you our Date Night Ideas, because the couple that plays together stays together!
Date Night Bucket List:
- Pick-your-own fruit Adventure
- Go for a hike
- Go to the Drive in and watch a movie
- Go Star Gazing
- Go to a huge flea market and find some unique items for the house
- Cook a fun meal together
- Go to the local coffee shop
- Go to have a meal where we first met
- Make a Pizza from scratch
- Go to a local festival or event
- Play Messy Twister
- Have a Color War with homemade color run dust
- Fondue Night
- Fly Kites
- Go see a Play
- Wii game night
- Have a camp fire and cook s'mores
- Try a new restaurant
- Take a lesson together
- Visit a local bakery and try something
- Go to the arcade
- Go geocashing
- Go play Mini Golf
- Visit a Museum
- Go to the botanical Gardens
- Practice photography together
- Stroll down memory lane by looking at old pictures together
- Work on a scrapbook together compiling our favorite memories
- Swap hobbies date
- Write a song together
- play "Iron Chef"
- Out door Movie Night with the projector
- Paint Something (pottery or canvas)
- Ride a Ferris Wheel
- Feed the ducks at a local park
- Fix a piece of furniture up together
- Hang out at a book store for the day
- Go through a corn maze
- Go to a fire works display
- Make mini boats and race them down a stream
- Marshmallow fight
- Go fishing
- Go canoeing or kayaking
- Visit garage sales and see who can find the best deal
- Build something together out of legos or lincoln logs
- Make life lists of what you want to do with your life together
- Have a culture night (eat, dress, and do everything like that culture)
- Build a fort
- Hammock together
- Play pictionary or charades
- At home spa date (Think massages and a relaxing night)
- Play "First Words" (Write phrases on a paper and the other person responds with the first word that comes to mind)
- Play Board Games for a retro game night
- Watch the sunset or sunrise together
- Have a romantic dinner at home with candles and a fancy meal
- Patio dinner date (our at home cafe style date)
- Go on a road trip for the day
- Have a water gun fight
- Play on a playground at night
- Get dessert at the place that baked our Wedding Cake
The best part of all of these ideas is that you have no idea what adventure they may hold and what you will learn about your spouse. Often it is the unplanned part of the date that turns out the best. Like that one time we went to Tulsa and we ended up feeding squirrels out of our hands at a park. I loved every second of it.
Do you have any great date ideas we should add to our list? Any fantastic date night adventure stories? I am always up for some grand new ideas. Leave a comment and fill me in.
