So you’re stuck at home and maybe you want to pull out your partner’s hair and maybe you don’t, but either way why not spice up the days/nights with some fun date night ideas?? I gotchu! Here are 15 awesome and (technically all either FREE or AFFORDABLE) at-home date ideas during quarantine!
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Get Dressed Up & Have a Candlelight Dinner
Nothing is more romantic than a candlelight dinner. And if you’re intentional and get all dressed up for it, you can’t be stopped 😉 go the extra mile and cook a meal together as well. Find recipes that your partner loves (and vice versa) and see what meal you can come up with. Turn the lights down low, put some of your favorite music on, and enjoy each other and the meal 🙂
You can also make cooking two separate other dates by setting aside a night where you cook for your partner, and then your partner cooks for you!
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Read A Book Together
Whether you’re believers and want to tackle a Bible reading challenge, or you both love literature and want to tackle a new series. Reading together is both relaxing and boosts your brain cells 😉 Alternate between reading to each other out loud (you can even have some fun, pick some kids books, and do all the voices too), or both picking a book you like and silently reading your individual books together. You can make it even more impactful by setting a time limit (or chapter limit) and then go over what stood out to you or what impacted you from what you read.
For all you other Jesus lovers out there, praying together is pretty great too 🙂
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Play Music Together
Whether you’re gifted musically or not, just let loose and have some fun! If you both are gifted, pick a few songs to learn and play together. Or, pick your favorite playlist to singalong to and have at it! Record each other, rate each other’s songs – just have fun with it. Even doing a lip-sync battle might be kinda fun!
To those same couples who are praying or reading the Bible, this is also a great way to worship together! Pick all your favorite worship songs and don’t hold back.
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Host A Dance Party
Another way to loosen up would be to break out your favorite jams and have a dance party! You know the songs that make you get down, so make sure you pick all the best of the best so you both can really go at it. Again, don’t take yourselves too seriously, just have some fun and be goofy.
Or, if you want to get real serious, you can find online dance lessons that you guys can learn a new dance through. No, I don’t mean TikTok, but there are definitely some dances on there you could learn if you wanted 😉
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Go On A Scavenger Hunt In Your Home
Go all out and make clues + hide them. You could even document the scavenger hunt to watch later as well. But a quick google search – as well as your own smart brain 😉 – will result in some pretty great ideas to put into action! If you’re artistically gifted, put some fun into the clues and draw on them/make them extra creative.
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Go Through Your Wedding Photos/Album
If you’re married, take advantage of this extra time and pull out your wedding album/print photos and flip through them together while reminiscing on the day! There is nothing that is sweeter than cuddling just a little closer and loving just a little harder because of the act of remembering!
If you’re not married, you can still take advantage in a similar way! Each of you pick 15-20 (or more!) of your favorite images together/memories together and take the time to go through them. Or if you have time to plan, make a little photo book to surprise your other half!
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Have A Game Night
My husband and I have definitely been taking advantage of this one haha we LOVE board games and have been pretty into this new one we got called Pandemic (I know, ironic right haha) but we also really love playing games with friends! There are actually a lot of games online that you can play virtually with others for free. We have definitely played our fair share of games with friends during this time too!
Another fun thing to try besides just online games or physical board games, is an option called JackBox.TV these are games that you play using your phone! My family and I had a Zoom session where my sister shared her screen and we all used our phones to play a drawing game called Drawful! We even got to play with my siblings in Utah because it only requires your phone.
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Do Virtual Wine Tasting
There are plenty of wine suppliers out there that are now shipping wines right to your home! Check their websites to see if any of them are doing virtual wine tastings that you can jump in on once you order some wine! Or, if you’d rather wine taste just with your partner, order a couple more affordable bottles and sip to your heart’s content! One of the websites doing this is called Lifetime Vintage – check them out!!
This is also an option you can do with friends if they choose to order wines too! Zoom is our new best friend during this time haha
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Ask Each Other The 36 Questions That Lead To Love
This one comes straight from this link, but it’s a great way to learn more about each other as well! I’ve listed them below.
Set I
1. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
2. Would you like to be famous? In what way?
3. Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why?
4. What would constitute a “perfect” day for you?
5. When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?
6. If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?
7. Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?
8. Name three things you and your partner appear to have in common.
9. For what in your life do you feel most grateful?
10. If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be?
11. Take four minutes and tell your partner your life story in as much detail as possible.
12. If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?
Set II
13. If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future or anything else, what would you want to know?
14. Is there something that you’ve dreamed of doing for a long time? Why haven’t you done it?
15. What is the greatest accomplishment of your life?
16. What do you value most in a friendship?
17. What is your most treasured memory?
18. What is your most terrible memory?
19. If you knew that in one year you would die suddenly, would you change anything about the way you are now living? Why?
20. What does friendship mean to you?
21. What roles do love and affection play in your life?
22. Alternate sharing something you consider a positive characteristic of your partner. Share a total of five items.
23. How close and warm is your family? Do you feel your childhood was happier than most other people’s?
24. How do you feel about your relationship with your mother?
Set III
25. Make three true “we” statements each. For instance, “We are both in this room feeling … “
26. Complete this sentence: “I wish I had someone with whom I could share … “
27. If you were going to become a close friend with your partner, please share what would be important for him or her to know.
28. Tell your partner what you like about them; be very honest this time, saying things that you might not say to someone you’ve just met.
29. Share with your partner an embarrassing moment in your life.
30. When did you last cry in front of another person? By yourself?
31. Tell your partner something that you like about them already.
32. What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?
33. If you were to die this evening with no opportunity to communicate with anyone, what would you most regret not having told someone? Why haven’t you told them yet?
34. Your house, containing everything you own, catches fire. After saving your loved ones and pets, you have time to safely make a final dash to save any one item. What would it be? Why?
35. Of all the people in your family, whose death would you find most disturbing? Why?
36. Share a personal problem and ask your partner’s advice on how he or she might handle it. Also, ask your partner to reflect back to you how you seem to be feeling about the problem you have chosen.
10. Take Photos Of Each Other
Make a cute set up by the window in your home that has the most light, and really challenge yourself to get creative! If you’ve never done something like that before, just know it will get easier after the first few minutes. And if you’re really struggling, Pinterest can help bring inspiration, or you can pick an emotion that you both want to convey through the photos. Just like a few of these other ones, just let loose and have some fun 🙂
11. Go On A (Virtual) Double Date!
Just because you can’t see your friends physically doesn’t mean you can’t see and hangout with them virtually! Be intentional and reach out to 3 friends this week that you want to set up a double date with. Ask them if they’re down to play a game or if they’d want to just hang out and talk. We’ve found that there’s not a lot of “awkward silence” because even though we’re all at home, there are still plenty of updates to share from our lives!
12. Exercise
When life hands you more time, one of the best ways to utilize that time would be to exercise together! It doesn’t have to involve a ton of weights or crazy workout plans, it can be as simple as going on a walk or throwing a dance party 😉 but if you guys enjoy having scheduled workout plans, find one that you both can accomplish together and start knocking it out!
13. Play The Card Games You Loved As Kids Together
I guess this could technically fall under the play games together category, but I like the emphasis of picking the games you played as kids. This could also bleed into watching the movies you loved as kids together as well. Another great way to embrace the inner child in us all!
My husband and I already love playing cards, we’re suckers for 5 crowns, speed, the different versions of war, golf, and he’s actually even got into learning magic through YouTube videos, but there is a plethora of options on google that you can find if you come up short!
14. Paint
My husband and I actually did this while dating. We would pick something we thought the other person would like, and then try and paint it for them. We would find a photo on our phones, and then sketch it out on a little piece of canvas that can be ordered on Amazon. Then we would fill it in with paint and do our best. Both of us have had failures for sure, but we laughed about it and they became new memories we can reminisce about later!
15. Take A (Virtual) Trip Around The World
This is straight from google – but I thought it was pretty cool! Apparently, the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Sistine Chapel can be toured virtually. And I’m sure that google can help you find some other great places that can be toured from the comfort of your home as well!
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