Dating can be hard – especially when you don’t know what to do on a date. Where do you go? What do you see? So many questions come to mind as you plan the date, so we’re here to help! Here are ten incredibly creative date night ideas that’ll have you smiling the whole time. If this is your first date, it’s sure to result in many more – if you’ve been dating for a while, these ideas will keep the magic going and ensure the flame never burns out.
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Make Some Pottery Together
Pottery making has always been a romantic date night idea since the movie Ghost. While you don’t have to be so hands-on, attending a pottery-making class is a wonderfully creative idea for a date. It’s fun, you learn new skills and you can laugh at one another’s attempted creations. There are even some DIY pottery kits you can use at home if you prefer to stay in for your date nights. Try making a cute vase or a little cup and then you’ve got a follow-up date to paint your creations after they’ve dried!
Go To A Gin Tasting Event
Who doesn’t love gin? It’s like wine only you actually enjoy the taste! Find a gin-tasting event or festival nearby and take someone on a date there. These places often have food to pair with the gin and it’s a great excuse to try loads of different flavours. Move around the different stalls, talk to the people who made the gin and then pick up your favourite bottle as a nice little keepsake. It can be a great gift to your date so they never forget the night or a bottle you keep together and get out now and then as a reminder of your first date. There are lots of possibilities; if the pair of you love gin and want to have a fun evening, this could be the dream date night idea.
Become Detectives At Home
If you’re looking for creative date night ideas, they don’t get more creative than this. It’s an idea to use on those days when you don’t want to go out but still want to plan a nice date. The concept is simple; you and your date play an escape-room-style game at home where you have to solve a mystery. You can buy games like this online from The Detective Society or Amazon and they give you a folder full of documents. You’ll have to spread the documents around the room and follow the instructions to solve the case. It’s genuinely enthralling and you really get into it – some games will include fake phone calls from people involved in the case or text messages, etc. You must work together to solve the mystery and the best part is that you can have drinks and food the whole time!
While this is a fantastic date night idea for couples, it’s also a wonderful double-date idea if you have some friends looking for something to do. Get together with a bottle of wine and solve the case as a group.
Have A Picnic Under The Stars
You can’t go wrong with a spot of stargazing. This requires careful planning if you want the best execution, so pick a night with a clear sky and then find a good viewing point. Drive somewhere away from the city lights so you have a lovely dark sky up above. From here, you can set up a picnic and enjoy a meal under the many stars. This can be done outside on a picnic mat or you could set up a car picnic!
For a car picnic, you need to push the back seats down and lay a mat down in the boot with some pillows. It’s a cosy little idea and you can stare out into the night sky with a glass of bubbly and some tasty picnic bites.
Go On A Restaurant Crawl
Have you heard of a bar crawl? It’s popular with the younger generations and involves going from bar to bar sampling as many drinks and experiences as possible. You can do a similar thing but with restaurants! It’s a more mature version of a bar crawl; find one restaurant to enjoy an appetiser, walk to another for some starters, digest for a bit and walk to a third for the main course, enjoy some after-dinner drinks and walk to the final destination for dessert. It adds some creativity to a typical dinner date and means you can enjoy multiple restaurants and experiences.
Try A Real World Scavenger Hunt
We all loved going on scavenger hunts as kids, so why don’t you bring this idea back for date night? Make an adult scavenger hunt that forces the pair of you to go around a city or town looking for specific things. You can make one up on your own – the goal could be to take pictures of certain landmarks or find special items – or you can download one online. Many companies have started creating scavenger hunts around major cities, so do a bit of research and you’re sure to find a suitable idea.
Enjoy An Old School Date Night
This is a throwback idea to the days when we didn’t have electricity to fuel our date night fun. Go old school and have a date night at home where you don’t rely on modern comforts. Okay, you can cook a meal using electricity, but after that, you put your phones and devices away, light some candles and enjoy a more peaceful experience with no distractions. Rather than sitting down watching a movie or spending all night scrolling through your phones, you spend the time talking to one another and enjoying more old-school things – like board games, party games, etc. Some of the ideas on this list can be mingled with this one as well; like the pottery-making one or the one we’re about to discuss!
Start Your Own Two-Person Book Club
The best date nights are those that encourage you to share experiences. That’s why starting a two-person book club is a brilliant idea. You pick a book to read as a couple and sit down enjoying one another’s company. This probably won’t be the best first-date idea, though it’s perfect if you’ve been in a relationship for a while and want to mix things up. There are many great books for couples to read and you will dive into a new world together. Reading is always one of the most rewarding and enjoyable experiences – but it’s so much better when you share it with someone else.
Find your book, settle down with some cheese, wine and other snacks on the table and then cosy up on the sofa. It’s like a film night, only you’re replacing the film with a book. You can agree to read until a certain point and spend some time discussing the chapters. It’s an idea you might gloss over at first, but once you try it you realise how special and exciting it can be. Plus, you both get engrossed in a book and can join one another on these little escapes.
Make Michelin Star Meals At Home
We’ve all heard of meal kit delivery services, right? You pay money to get ingredients sent to your home in a box with instructions on how to cook different meals. They’re highly convenient – but you can take this concept and turn it into a stunning date night.
Most of us will never go to a Michelin Star restaurant, so why don’t we bring this experience to our homes? Plenty of companies and chefs are making Michelin Star Meal Kits for anyone to use. You get a box full of the finest ingredients and can craft an exquisite date night meal at home. It gives you a luxury meal with the benefit of being able to cook together – or show off your cooking skills on a first date!
Create A Games Night Olympics
Who doesn’t love a game night? Get out loads of different games and compete with your date for a Games Night Olympics. This can include various board games, darts, indoor bowls and so much more. Adding some friendly competition keeps things spicy and there can be a reward for the winner. You tally up who won the most games and they get to choose what you have for dinner or make a request that the loser can’t deny. You can do this at home or you can go out and do it at an arcade, bowling alley, Top Golf, etc.
There are so many creative date night ideas to explore – these ten barely scratch the surface. As noted in the beginning, these ideas are great for couples at all stages of a relationship. Some are wonderful first date ideas while others are great to throw in if you want to mix up your regular date night activities to keep the flame burning!
