Lyndsey Take your ABC’s to the next level with exciting date nights from A-Z and a free printable checklist and idea sheet.
Are you tired of doing the same old thing for date night ideas? Have you been looking for a way to change up your date nights with your significant other? I know we have! It’s so easy to get stuck in a rhythm of doing the same things and going to the same places. So why not try to switch it up a bit? Sometimes it’s hard to think past the regular date nights you are already used to doing! This is why I thought it would be wonderful to come up with some exciting date nights from A-Z.
There are 26 letters in the alphabet. There are 52 weeks in a year. If you have 2 date nights a month, that’s about 26 date nights that you need to fill. 26 dates out of a 365 days in a year isn’t as much as it sounds like when you say 2 date nights a month. I am challenging you to a date night exploration of one date from every letter of the alphabet in the next 12 months!
In one of my latest posts I talked about creating a bucket list with your partner. My husband and I created a 12 month bucket list, because it is more realistic for us at this time. On our bucket list we decided we want to start having 2 date nights a month. That is A LOT of date nights for us, especially compared to what we have been doing.
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Date Nights from A-Z
Read through the A to Z list below for some wonderful date night ideas. As I create explanations and ideas for some of these dates, I will be coming back and linking up the post. Be sure to save this page to come back to!
My husband and I sat down and create this list together, so hopefully there are ideas that will appeal to all. You can use the free printable check list below to write down your date idea for each letter, and track which letters have been completed!
A
- Axe Throwing
- Amusement Park
- Aquarium
- Arcade
- Art Gallery
- Archery
- Aquatic Adventures
- ATV ride
- Appetizer tasting
- Apple picking
B
- Beach day/night
- Bowling
- Bonfire
- Boating
- Beer tasting
- Breakfast (who said dates have to be at night)
- Bike ride
- Backpacking
- Baking classes
- Bungee jumping
- Bar night
- Blueberry picking
- Beach volleyball
C
- Candlelight Concert
- Charcuterie & Wine
- Cooking Classes
- Concert
- Carnival
- Camping
- Cave diving
- Comedy show
- Couples massage
- Corn maze
- Canvas painting
- Cozy cottage date
- Cooking dinner together
- Candlelit dinner
- Cruise
- Casino
- Canoeing
- Cruise
- Carriage ride
- Canyoning
- Cayman Island trip
- Create Bucket List
- Cider mill tour
D
- Dancing
- Dancing classes
- Drink creating/creations
- Drive to nowhere (no destination in mind)
- Drink tasting
- Dinner (choose a new restaurant or one you’ve wanted to try)
- Downtown stroll
- Donut making
- Driving range
- Dessert tasting
- Dave & Busters
- Drive-in Movies
- Donuts & Cider Fall Date
- Dinner cruise
- Disc golf
- Derby
- Dress up date night
E
- Edible arrangement (make your own)
- Escape room
- Expo (visit an expo you want to attend)
- Exercise
- Euchre game
- Extreme sports
- Explorer date (pick a new location and explore all the sites/trails/shops/restaurants)
- Exotic pet store (window shop, or buy, I just don’t need all that in my life)
- EDM show/concert
- Estate sale hopping
- Early bird specials date
- Exotic restaurant/food
F
- Fishing
- Floating (if your from Michigan, you already know what this is, float the river in a tube)
- Fireworks (create your own show)
- Flea market
- Farmers market
- Festival
- Ferris wheel ride
- Fair
- Film a fake movie
- Feather painting
- Flower picking
- Fall color tour
- Flying kites
- Football game (European or US version)
- Frisbee on the beach
- Fondue (out or at home)
- Ferry ride
G
- Go-karts
- Game night
- Gas station date night (make a date out of things you found at the gas station)
- Gardening class
- Gardening show/expo
- Grasshopper drinks (find recipes and try to make your own)
- Golfing
- Goat yoga
- Gelato date (find a place or try to make your own)
- Glass bottom boat tour
- Glass blowing class
- Glass hunting (sea glass hunting)
H
- Horseback riding
- Hunting
- Hiking
- Hibachi date
- Haunted house
- Hammocking
- Hockey game
- Hang gliding
- Hot air balloon ride
- Hayride
- Hula lessons
- History museum
- Hallmark movie night
- Hot tub date
- Hotel date night
- Hobby date (with each others hobbies, or find a new one together)
I
- Ice skating
- Ice fishing
- Igloo making
- Igloo restaurant date
- Ice cream date
- Ice cream sundae bar
- Interior design (design your home or go to an expo)
- Improv show
- Italian cooking (try recipes at home)
- Internet challenge date (try trending couples challenges/tiktok challenges)
- Ice bar
- Indie music/movie show
- Indoor s’mores date
J
- Jigsaw puzzels
- Juice bar
- Jet skiing
- Jam making
- Jazz show
- Jeep tour
- Jenga question/challenge game
- Jaunt in the park
- Jewelry making
- Jui Jitsu class
- Journey down memory lane (pictures or visiting places)
- Jukebox date night
K
- Karaoke
- Kayaking
- Karate Class
- Kickboxing Class
- Kettle Corn Making: Recipe Here
- Kite Flying
- Kitchen War date night
- Knick-Knack date
- Kaleidoscopes & Kazoos
- Kudos bar making: recipe here
- Knife throwing (not at each other)
- Kite surfing
L
- Laser tag
- Line dancing
- Lazy date
- Lake day
- Landscaping expo
- Lazy river date
- Letter writing: idea here
- Light show and dance party
- Lego date
- Luau night
- Latin dancing
- Lawn bowling
- Lake cabin stay
- Library date
- Las Vegas trip
M
- Mini golf
- Museum
- Murder mystery date: mystery box here
- Movie night
- Magic show
- Musical (movie or live show)
- Mystery date: date book here
- Medieval times dinner theature
- Milkshake date
- Midnight Moscow Mules
- Miniature horse show
- Mardi Gras date
- Masquerade party/ball
- Mountain biking
- Marvel marathon
- Mission impossible marathon
- Muffin making
- Magazine date night
- Monopoly
- Monster jam
- Mountain cabin stay
N
- Ninja warrior date
- Night club
- Night drive
- Nickleback concert
- Nostalgic date
- Nintendo game night
- Nature walk
- Netflix and chill
- Nerf gun war
- Nashville trip
- Night fishing
- National forest date
- New Orleans trip
O
- Outdoor movie
- Obstacle course
- Oatmeal cookie making
- Open mic night
- Off-roading
- Observatory
- Open house hopping (check out your dream home)
- Ocean beach trip
- Ocean fishing
- Opera
- Optical illusions museum
- Omelet making
- Orca watching tour
- Ocean wildlife tour
- Orange picking
- Origami making
P
- Paintballing
- Painting
- Pumpkin carving
- Pottery class
- Paddle boarding
- Planetarium
- Parasailing
- Picnic
- Pub crawl
- Pumpkin patch
- Pool day
- Paint & Sip
- Poker night
- Puzzle date
- Park
- Piano show (dueling pianos)
- Pontoon ride/rental
- Play/theater
- Paddleboat
- Pickleball
- Poetry show/night
- Pizza making
Q
- Quail hunting
- Quilt making/class
- Quesadillas and Margaritas date
- Qdoba date
- Questions date (couple question game: find it here)
- Quiche & Mimosas cooking date (recipe here)
- Quick date (plan a date for 60 minutes or less)
- Questo date (Questo Exploration App)
- Quest date (scavenger hunt/trail quest)
R
- Rock climbing
- Rodeo
- Rope course
- Redwood forest trip
- River rafting
- Races (dirt track or Nascar)
- Rom-com movie night
- Roller skating
- River kayaking
- Roller coasters
- Road trip
- Rock painting
- Rock concert
- Riverboat cruise
- Rooftop bar/restaurant
- Rocky Mountain trip
- Rocky road ice cream date
- Resort stay
- Roasting marshmallows and hot dogs
S
- Shooting range
- Salsa dancing (classes or dancing)
- Snow shoeing
- Sledding
- Snow tubing
- Skinny dipping (if you have a pool/private area)
- Skiing
- Star gazing
- Surfing
- Sailing
- Scuba diving
- Snorkeling
- Swimming
- Sushi date
- Spa date
- Sightseeing
- Skydiving
- Sewing class
- Snowboarding
- Speakeasy
- Scavenger hunt
- Shooting range
- Safari
- Sunset date
- Sushi making date
- Spelunking
T
- Two-tracking/Trail riding
- Top golf
- Tattoos
- Thrift store dress up
- Thrift store shopping
- Train ride (scenic or travel)
- Trivia night
- Thrift store date night
- Tennis
- Taco night (making or going out)
- Trampoline park
- Tiki bar
- Tandem biking
- Tango lessons
- Tubing
- Tailgating
- Tide pool exploration
- Travel
- Tee-Pee building or camping
- Theater
- Tie-Dye date
- Takeout date
- Target practice
- Themed date (pick a theme and commit to it)
U
- Ugly sweater date
- Underground bar
- Underwater restaurant
- Ukulele lessons
- UFC match
- Underwater diving
- Underwater hockey
- Ultimate frisbee
- Upcycled craft/project
- Universal studios trip
- Unique/Unusual dining experience
- Upscale dining
- Unplugged evening
V
- Vineyard tours
- Vintage shops
- Video games
- Violin concert
- Virtual date
- Vegan restuarant
- Vegetable picking
- Volleyball (play or go to a game)
- Van camping
- Villa rental/stay
- Volunteer together
- Virtual reality game
- Vacation to somewhere new
- Vehicle shopping (look at your dream vehicles/test drive)
- Valley picnic
- Varsity football game
W
- Wakeboarding
- Windsurfing
- Water skiing
- Winery tour
- Wine tasting
- Whiskey tasting/distillery tour
- Wind sailing
- Waterfall tour
- Waterfall hiking
- Whale watching
- Watercolor painting class
- Wildlife sanctuary
- Weekend trip
- White water rafting
- Woodworking shop/class
- Walk in the park
- Windmill tour
- Western restuarant/dining
- Wishing well trip
- Workout
- Wedding scrapbook making/photo album
- Wheel luge
- Waterpark
X
- X Games
- X-files marathon
- X-men marathon
- X marks the spot (scavenger hunt/destination map)
- Xbox video games
- Xylophone lessons (YouTube video learning)
- X-ray exhibits (museums)
- X-treme sports
- X Games themed video game night
Y
- Yard sale hopping
- Yacht cruise
- Yard games
- Yahtzee game night
- Yurt camping
- Yoga
- Yellowstone National Park trip
- Yellow themed date
- Yard party
- Yard renovation/planning
- Yankees game
Z
- Zip line
- Zoo trip
- Zombie films
- Zodiac reading
- Zorb football
- Zorb bowling
- Zorbing
- Zero gravity simulator
- Zumba class
- Zombie apocalypse date night
- Zen garden visit
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Lots of great ideas here! Is that you and your hubby with the axes? Was it fun? Thanks so much for linking up at the #UnlimitedLinkParty 125. Pinned.
That is my hubby and I, we did have a lot of fun! Thank you for pinning!
Love these date ideas. Going to look for a local outdoor movie in my neighborhood.
Outdoor movies are so much fun! If you dont have one locally, amazon also does frequent sales on projectors that come with the screen. You could get one and have as many outdoor movies as you’d like! Not sure if you have kids, but a lot of times kids love this as an activity too!
Tons of great ideas! Thank you!
Thanks so much! I hope you give some of them a try, or join in the challenge!
I love this idea so much!! This would make a great Christmas gift too, just include gift cards and a photo album to help them remember their dates through the year. Thank you so much for sharing at Whimsy Home Wednesday!
Thank you so much! I thought about the photo album as well, but I had thought the post was already getting little lengthy. LOL
Visiting again to say thanks so much for linking up at the #UnlimitedLinkParty 126. Pinned.
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I meant to get by before now and thank you this post! I’m glad it got featured at the last homestead blog hop—I love many of your ideas! I’m pinning it for later “helpful suggestions”.
Thanks!
Laurir
Thank you so much, I’m glad you loved a lot of the ideas! I am so excited my post got featured, and thank you for the pin.
Great ideas! One of my features for SSPS #279, thank you for sharing with us!
Awesome, thank you so much for the feature!
What fantastic ideas! I think I need to try some of these with my fella.
Thank you! I hope you do, I’d love to here how it went if you do!