Twenty Dates to go on This Winter

Feeling a bit down this winter? A little blue? Change things up a bit this winter, get out there, do something fun and enjoy each other.

This is not a dinner and movie date

 

Enjoying each other’s company can enrich your relationship like nothing else. That’s why it is a good idea to make date night (or day) a priority in your relationship. Not every date has to be expensive, although once in a while is nice, it’s about the quality time set aside to communicate and to focus on each other. The following is a list of date ideas that are more than your average dinner and a movie. Nothing against dinner and a movie, I love that kind of a date but if you find yourself getting into the rut of dinner and a movie for every date night, check out these 99 ideas instead.

Picnic (if you don’t want to do all the work, take a blanket and take-out to the park)

Swimming pool

Skating

Couples yoga class

Go to a museum

Build a snowman

Make dinner at home for the two of you but dress up and make it special

Give each other massages

Play naughty Jenga

Build a birdhouse

Go for a walk in some quaint little town and have ice cream

Have a bonfire and make s’mores

Go on a hike

Spend time at a waterfall

Go to a waterpark

Visit the zoo

Go bowling

Make gingerbread houses

BBQ using a fire pit and charcoal

Try a new type of food

Have a You Tube date and see who can find the funniest, cutest & grossest video

Go fishing (try deep sea fishing or a stocked pond where you do not need a license)

Laser tag

Walking path (most towns have these now and some are more interesting than others)

Do a 5K (something fun like a foam fest or mud run)

Go for a beach walk

Build a sandcastle

Go snorkeling

Watch a sunset and moonrise

Get a couples package at the gun range

Laser tag

Check out a local fair, kiss at the top of the Ferris wheel

Attend a festival in another town

Go to a B&B, or try out several

Apple picking

Go for brunch

Have roast “beast” while watching the Grinch (at Christmas time)

Go strawberry picking and then make jam

Water balloon fight

Go fly a kite

Go to an escape room

Washer toss tournament

Octoberfest

Attend an outdoor concert

Rent kayaks or go on a guided tour

Indoor rock climbing

Walk the waterfront of a seaside town

Explore a lighthouse

Walk on the ocean floor

Have a picnic by a waterfall

See a play

Go to a sporting event

Find a pond, feed the ducks, skip rocks, watch the sunset

Get up early enough to watch the sunrise

Go to a corn maze, a haunted house or both

Pick out pumpkins in the fall and carve them

Go on a fall hike

Find a recipe on Pinterest for an interesting drink and make it
Go out for just dessert

Go people watching

Spend the night in a tent

Take a cooking class

Go for a hayride

Take a horse drawn carriage ride

Play darts

Volunteer together

Go to an open house and dream of the future together

Plan what you would do if you won a million dollars

Set some future goals together
Karaoke – or just watch

Play pool

Go to a vintage car show

Plan a trip

Go white water rafting

Go stargazing

Zip line

Go to a flea market or check out the local antique shops

Visit an island

Go to a local clay café and make coordinating coffee mugs

Check out the local tourist attractions

Go geo caching

Go to a spa or have a spa night at home

Go on a guided four wheeler trip

Visit a local vineyard

Take a bus tour

Make a medieval feast and watch an historic movie or show

Find the nearest suspension walking bridge and check it out

Have someone take your photos

Get a character drawn of the two of you

Try a dinner theatre

Visit Butterfly World or the equivalent

Go to a monster truck show

Pick out a tree and plant it together as a symbol of your relationship

Go to an aquarium

Make fudge together

Visit a botanical garden

Race on go carts

Get matching air tattoos (booths usually found at local fairs or festivals)

Pay it forward (do something kind for someone in need)