August 12, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Try archery.

2. Make a massive fort.

3. Go four-wheeling.

4. Attend a fair in your area.

5. Go to a drive-in movie.

August 5, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Make homemade ice cream.

2. Have a movie marathon. During the craziness of summer, it's nice to slow down and take a day to just relax. Pick a series, genre, or group of flicks you've been wanting to see for a while, grab the popcorn, and hit the couch!

3. Take a drive. Get out of the house and take a drive.

4. Go to the farmers market and buy a new fruit that you've never tried.

5. Go to a thrift store and pick out an outfit for each other to get. Wear it out on your date to dinner, movie, etc.

July 29, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Play Croquet.

2. Go boating.

3. Paint Twister - Get body paint and place on the coordinating colors on a Twister board. Play Twister normally.

4. Watch videos and look at photos you've taken together.

5. Go on a scavenger hunt.

July 22, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Have a water gun fight!

2. Go to the park and play like a kid again! Push each other on the swings, race down the slides, and swing across the monkey bars - you get the idea.

3. Play tennis together.

4. Raft or tube down a river.

5. Rent a movie, make some popcorn, turn out the lights and cuddle up!

July 15, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Attend a local rodeo.

2. Shaving cream slide - All you need is a tarp, hill, water, and some shaving cream. Have fun!

3. Go chocolate tasting.

4. Volunteer together.

5. Go rock climbing or repelling.

July 8, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Portable Drive-In - Take a laptop, and a movie and drive somewhere in town and watch a movie, or do this is your backyard.

2. Camping in the living room (build a fort, set up a tent, light your fire in your fireplace, enjoy an evening on the floor with your love)

3. Play restaurant with another couple. Plan ahead with a friend and swap favors. Make dinner for a couple you know and serve them by candlelight. Make it a special night for them. Then have your friends take their turn the next week.

4. Sing like a star. If you have a PlayStation, you might want to try a night of Sing Star. It's competitive Karaoke, and it's fun! If you don't have a PlayStation, you can still sing like a star with an old Karaoke machine or an acoustic guitar.

5. Go country dancing!

July 1, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Watch fireworks. Check your city and surrounding cities for their schedule for the 4th as well as the City Days.

2. Watch an air show.

3. Go Ice Blocking - take a block of ice you get at the grocery store (or you can make your own), place a towel on top, go to the top of a grassy hill, and head down like you're on a sled!

4. Go cliff-jumping.

5. Enjoy a milkshake - with two straws.

June 24, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Go to a carnival. Share a bag of popcorn, hop on a couple of rides and enjoy each other's company! This can be pricey if you don't watch how you spend, but it can be affordable if you're simply grabbing an ice cream and taking in one ride or two.

2. Play a Board Game. If you buy a new board game, it's a one-time purchase that might cost you a bit the first time, but you'll have it for years to come. You could also check out thrift stores for games, but make sure you check inside the box for the pieces.

3. Go out for dessert. You don't have to go out for dinner in order to have a night out-unless you want to of course. You can enjoy each other's company at a coffee shop enjoying a tea and dessert for a fraction of the cost.

4. Relax by the fire. Depending on the weather, you can either get cozy inside with a cup of hot chocolate or enjoy a bonfire outside.

5. Get Cooking. Plan a menu and cook something together. Try a new recipe that you haven't cooked before.

June 17, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Participate in slack lining.

2. Browse a used bookstore. Spend an hour at a used bookstore, then take your books to the park and relax-together.

3. Watch a documentary together.

4. Fondue Night.

5. Put together a puzzle.

June 10, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Technology FREE night - no computer, phone, TV, iPad...nothing, just enjoying each other. Any activities you do together cannot involve technology!

2. Find your local Krispy Kreme and go!

3. Go to the pet store, or the humane society.

4. Go geocaching. Get out of your box and try something adventurous!

5. Wash your cars together. Maybe allow it to turn into a water fight in the end.

June 3, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Carry along a loaf of old bread and feed the ducks at the lake.

2. Go to a roller derby.

3. Watch a movie outside with a projector and a sheet.

4. Check out the events happening in your area during the summer and attend those. Quite often there are movies or concerts in the park as well as various festivals that are cheap or free you can attend.

5. Build a fort or tree house.

May 27, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Go across the border in to another state/country.

2. Sit on the roof and watch the sunset together.

3. Enjoy a picnic in the park.

4. If your sweetie's working late, surprise them with dinner at the office. Don't forget the sparkling cider and candles! (Make sure doing this won't get them in trouble!)

5. Shoot guns together.

May 20, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Play Laser Tag.

2. Go to the airport and watch the planes take off and land (smaller airports are better).

3. Enjoy s'mores or fondue by candlelight.

4. Play on a rope swing (preferably in to water!).

5. Go on a day long road trip, seeing anything you can see nearby that day.

May 13, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Attend a concert. Look online for some concerts near you.

2. Take a horseback ride.

3. Play with a remote control airplane (or watch others).

4. Build and shoot a potato gun.

5. Play air hockey or other arcade games.

May 6, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Go to the botanic gardens and hold hands while you stroll.

2. Go to a car show.

3. Go to a thrift store and pick out a goofy outfit for each other to try on. Make sure you get pictures!

4. Head outside and go for a bike ride.

5. Rent a paddle boat on a small pond or lake.

April 29, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Do a service project.

2. Go to a shooting range.

3. Build and fly a model rocket.

4. Ride in a hot air balloon.

5. Go to the sand dunes.

April 22, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Go to a racetrack (horse race, drag race, etc.).

2. Visit a nearby, quaint little town.

3. Play Frisbee.

4. Go on a picnic or picnic in the woods.

5. Go to the local rest home and visit.

April 15, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Go for a swim. Weather permitting, go to an outdoor pool.

2. Go to a local fair or carnival. Be sure to bring some cash to play some games!

3. Put on your own Guitar Hero or Rock Band Concert.

4. Serve dinner for two at a lakeside.

5. Fly a kite.

April 8, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Pack some cheese, crackers, and grapes and your favorite old quilt and have a picnic on the lawn.

2. Bring your camera and take photos together at the tourist spots around town.

3. Watch a little known sports event (lacrosse, cricket, and hockey). Attend an event live if you can.

4. Go to the drive in.

5. Go to a skate park or roller rink.

April 1, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Take a hike. Look online for hikes in your area.

2. Get a pint of ice cream, hang up twinkle lights on the patio, and enjoy your ice cream outside together in the evening.

3. Spend $5 on each other at DI, Savers or other thrift store. Find an item that you think your partner would love!

4. Play a card game.

5. Watch your favorite TV series together.

March 25, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Stargazing. Pack a blanket, pillows and food, and go somewhere to see the stars. Do some research before and look for constellations.

2. Go to a park (if weather permits). Swing on the swings, play Frisbee, or feed the ducks!

3. Check out a local museum.

4. Make ice cream sundaes. Head to the store and buy some vanilla ice cream and your favorite toppings.

5. Go for a test drive. Head to your nearest car dealership and test drive your dream car!

March 18, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Visit the zoo. If you don't live near a zoo, go somewhere to see your local wildlife.

2. Visit a bakery. Go to a local bakery and pick out a treat for each other.

3. Fly a kite at the park.

4. Go to the local science center.

5. Go to a comedy club. Look online for comedy troupes in your area.

March 11, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Walk around a beautiful building.

2. Watch the stars with a telescope.

3. Play with Legos, erector sets or K'nex.

4. Borrow a movie from the library or find a movie on Hulu or Netflix and make homemade stovetop popcorn while watching the classics.

5. Go on a bike ride (if weather permits).

March 4, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Treasure hunting. Head to the ATM and get out $10-$20. Drive around to some local yard sales one weekend and see what you end up with.

2. Sit on the roof and watch the sunset together.

3. Watch a spring training baseball game.

4. Visit a planetarium.

5. Play ping pong, pool or other games at a local community center.

February 26, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Re-live your first date! Get dressed up and visit the same place (or the equivalent) and get to know each other all over again.

2. Go online and take YouTube Dance Lessons together (Line Dancing, Swing Dances, Ballroom dancing, etc.).

3. Go to an opera or symphony.

4. Go ice-skating.

5. Cook a meal together. Find a recipe you've never tried and make it together.

February 19, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Have a living room camp out. Make a tent out of blankets, watch a movie and sleep out on an air mattress.

2. Read through the Guinness Book of World Records together, and find something the two of you could potentially achieve as a couple and then do it together as a date.

3. Try a new restaurant.

4. Write a bucket list. Make a list of things you want to do before you die and go do one to cross it off the list!

5. Visit a karaoke bar and perform a duet!

February 12, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Love Languages - Take The 5 Love Languages Test to see how to improve your relationship.

2. Have a spa night. If your significant other probably isn't into manicures or pedicures, you could try massages, bubble baths, etc. You can buy some white towels and robes to make it really official.

3. Restaurant hop. Go to a different restaurant for each course of the meal. Make three stops for an appetizer, main course and dessert.

4. Cuddle on the couch and reminisce about "remember when", telling your favorite stories of when you first started dating.

5. Break out the board games and see who's the best Monopoly or Hungry, Hungry Hippo champion.

February 5, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Have a coupon date. Only eat or do activities you have coupons for.

2. Exercise together. Attend an exercise class at a local gym, take a walk or jog together or do something active!

3. Restaurant at home. Find recipes from some of your favorite recipes online, create a menu and have a lovely meal at home.

4. House hunting. Tour some homes and plan out your dream home!

5. Take a free factory tour. You would be surprised what factories are around you.

January 29, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Go paintballing.

2. Have a dance party in your living room and dance to your favorite songs from high school.

3. Sit on a sidewalk bench or one at the mall and people watch, making up fake names and stories about the people you see.

4. Get dressed up in your most formal clothes and go to a restaurant as if you've just been to a gala.

5. Go to the arcade. Get some quarters and head to your nearest arcade! Play some games and buy prizes with the tickets you win.

January 22, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Make indoor s'mores and read campfire stories. If you don't have a gas stove, you could light candles to cook your marshmallows over!

2. Theme night. Pick a theme for the night and center everything on it. For example, Mexican night - you could eat Mexican food and go salsa dancing.

3. Video Game Night at home. Pick a game one or both of you likes or even a new game and try to beat it together.

4. Skittles bowling - Get Skittles (or another variety of color treat). For each color, assign a way to bowl (i.e. backwards, non-dominate hand, etc.). Before you go to bowl, pick a Skittle and that's how you have to bowl that frame.

5. Go to the book store and look at travel books, and then plan your dream vacation.

January 15, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Have a "crazy dinner." Each person gets $5 (or whatever amount you decide) to spend on any food item at the grocery store for dinner. Come home and prepare your meal.

2. Go to a local sporting event.

3. Have TV show marathon. Pick a show you both like or one you've never seen and have a marathon of the season (or series!). Pop the popcorn and relax together!

4. Volunteer. Sign up to volunteer at a soup kitchen, retirement home or somewhere that could use a helping hand!

5. Take some lessons. Try taking a lesson for a couple's dance, pottery or a cooking class!

January 8, 2016 - Date Ideas

1. Go to a thrift store or dollar store. Each person gets $5 to spend! See who ends up with the best item(s)!

2. Have a picnic. If the weather doesn't permit, lay out a blanket on the floor and eat in the living room!

3. Go see a play. Whether at your local community theater, high school or a big production, there is plenty of entertainment available!

4. Write a list of 20 questions to ask each other before your date. As you go to dinner or relax at home, take turns asking each other questions. They could be silly or serious. You can find ideas online. This is a great way to learn more about your partner and to stimulate good conversation (or to start a conversation if you get tripped up on things to talk about on dates).

5. Make work of art for the house.

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