Happy Couple in Snow
Advice,  Dates

51 Cheap and Easy Date Ideas

  • Window shop to furnish your dream home.
  • Swap hobbies. One date do something she loves doing.
  • Next date do something he loves doing.
  • Play a board game in bed.
  • Write a song together.
  • Go to a playground and swing.
  • Gather things from childhood (bubbles, hula-hoops, Frisbees, Nerf guns, water pistols, etc.) and go to the park.
  • Make a fancy dinner and sit on the floor and feed each other with your hands.
  • Find a free outdoor concert or play.
  • Set up a tent in the backyard and camp out.
  • Get dressed up and dance to your favorite music in the bedroom.
  • Go to a flea market and choose the most meaningful, but least expensive gift you can find for each other.
  • Go sledding.
  • Play “Chopped” in the kitchen. Give each other 30 minutes and four strange ingredients and make dinner for each other.
  • Go to the local library, sit in some plush chairs and read a children’s book to each other.
  • Can’t afford a night at the theater? See if your local one offers tickets for dress rehearsal. They are a fraction of the cost.
  • Audit a class together.
  • Test drive a dream car.
  • Dress up as a gypsy and read his fortune, telling him in great detail what the rest of his night will be like.
  • Lie on a blanket and watch a meteor shower.
  • Paint each other’s portraits. Again, think Seuss-ish if you lack talent.
  • Go to a high school football game.
  • Take a hike. More on next page…

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