When you have been dating someone for a longer amount of time, you may find yourself bored and lacking ideas to spice up a date. It can be as simple as finding new, exciting places to go. Take the time to think up some new ideas for dates to give a little spark to an otherwise boring evening. Here are some ideas to help you conjure up a creative date.
Take your date to the playground. You might think it is for kids, but running around, playing on the swings, and sliding down the curvy slides can lead to a daytime or nighttime full of laughs. It also leads to great conversation as you sit on the seesaw and just look at each other. A simple but unusual date can be going to an Art museum, or gallery opening, and then taking a large pad of paper, crayons or markers, and trying to recreate what was hanging in the museum. If neither of you has any art ability, you can at least laugh about it for hours.
You could consider taking lessons in something that you both enjoy, such as horseback riding, sailing, or tennis. That way you can learn something new while you spend time with each other. Try a local rock climbing wall, aerobics class, or a spa. All of these ideas can inspire not only your love life, but they can keep you in shape. A planetarium can be an atypical date. It is a wonderful place to sit in the dark, hold hands, and enjoy a little bit of what the earth has to offer. Some planetariums have laser light shows that are set to music, to make looking at the stars more exciting.
For a really unusual and unknown date, try a “coin flip date”. You go to a downtown, historic, or touristy area and park somewhere. You then flip a coin to see which direction you go in. Heads you go left, tails you go right, and see what interests you. Every stop you make, flip the coin again; let the date take you wherever the coin flip leads you. There is no planning, and you can find out what a person likes or dislikes by the type of museums, stores, or restaurants they want to stop at. You can make any date fun and creative, just put a little a bit of yourself into it.
I like these ideas. My boyfriend and i have been dating for a year and sometimes we get stuck on what to do some nights. It's good to go back to the basics!
My sister came up with an idea if any of you are in the same predicament that we are at times. Get a jar and write down date ideas on little slips of paper. Then, here's the catch, you have to be IN YOUR CAR or at least outside before you pick one out. That way you basically have to go do SOMEthing, you'll be less likely to say, "oh i don't feel like doing that," and end up sitting around at home.
FEAR THE WRATH OF BOB! Haha, seriously though, these ideas are pretty interesting, and I really liked the flip the coin idea. My plan is to try it out this weekend and see how it goes. Sorry Bob if my spelling or syntax offends you in any way, shape, or form. I like the Scrabble ideas like the i love you spelt out in the box or the dirty Scrabble game. Always a fun way to make a word game more "interesting", if it may be called that. I also like the idea of taking an invitation and cutting it out and putting it on cards and then putting those cards inside inflated balloons. Some of these ideas may be old, but there's a reason their still around ;)
Cheers!
Cameron
once i took a guy on a date and we started with coffee. after we had talked for about an hour we hopped in my car and i took him to an old abandoned bridge where we spray painted it with blue and pink paint. he and no idea that i was taking us there, so it was kind of a gamble at first, being a misdimeanor and all,but we both had alot of fun.
these ideas are simple and wonderful. exactly what i was looking for. thank-you to everyone who contributed. this was by far the best site for ideas and witty banter.
A question for car guys:
me and my bf love cars. we love to work on them, watch them, and talk about how we are going to fix up our cars when we get them. For his birthday I was planning on taking him to a car show that doubles as a huge swap meet of nothing but everything that has to do with cars. For valentines day I got him a promise ring that looks like tire tread as a reminder of his bday thing.
Was this a good idea or something not so great?
There's some great ideas here.
Order in, but dress up like your going to a suit and tie restaurant! It makes for a fun night in.
We were very poor during college. We went to the store during Valentines day, each went down seperate aisles and picked out a card that told the other how we felt. After exchanging the cards, we put them back on the shelves!
Hey Amber,
I think that's an awesome way to connect with your boyfriend. Keep it up!
wow! I came here for some new dating ideas and ended up almost dying of laughter at the banter wars haha awesome guys. oh and i thought the balloon idea was great.
This is awesome! The comments are more interesting than the actual article! XD I'm dying of laughter over here... By the way, all of you have horrible grammar. Oh yeah, and the date ideas are kind of funny too. ;)
Hey! I used this site for a couple of ideas. I really like the balloon idea and plan to use it for sure. Fishing is also awesome. Last Thursday I went on a date and we went to trivia at a bar and then went to play pool. I had a lot of fun and laughs. Another idea I had (for a long distance thing) was for V-Day we told each other our fav meals, candy, and movies.. and tryed out each others fav things.
HOOKDE ON PHONICS!!!!!
HOOOOKKKEEEED ON PHONISCSS!!
thanks for the ideas and for making a website that is so helpful we had a blast at the museum
tootles, jacob
Hey Jacob,
I'm glad you had a great time and thanks for the compliment!
I like these. They're simple and easy.
I hate getting together with someone and going through that whole "what do you wanna do? I dont know what do you wanna do?" Phase.
And if someone thinks these ideas are dumb, obviously they're not one to talk since they're the ones that need help coming up with any ideas on their own.
I think the baloon thing is a little strong for a first date though. Especially if you're not sure they actually like you yet.
I have to agree on the comments I see on this .. just opened it up today .. and yeah .. I totally forgot about all the cheap easy things two people that actually LIKE each other can do ..
I do have to say .. you don't have to do anything OUTSTANDINGLY CREATIVE ... just enjoy being YOURSELF around someone that obviously has an interest in you ...
all of these ideas have given me hope for many more "dates" .. of course I think me and my significant other are past that ...
but hey .. goin to a mueseuem .. however that ashley person spelled it wrong (shrug).. or the park .. or swimmin at the lake or window shoppin ...is so much better than doin the IQ = 10 thing of sittin at home bored on the couch hopin ya might get "lucky"
take that special someone out just to spend QUALITY time together .. no I don't consider sex quality time .. the orgasm is way too short for it to be true quality.
Are we seriously gonna turn this date site into an insult forum. LoL everywhere I go people just can't help putting each other down. I love it though. So the person after me go ahead and rip me a new one no one will prolly ever come back.
I think the date ideas are cute, especially the ones people suggested in the comments. I also enjoyed the battle going on in the comments.
A few other things that might be fun--skating rink/ice skating (if your bf/gf can..), also bringing some bread to the park/a pond to feed the ducks is always something extra for those trips..also if you dont mind getting messy a fun group date is to go buy banner paper and paints and make your own mural..you could also just get a big white sheet and paint and go at it..although the sheet one will probably mean you will end up with paint all over you so be prepared!
these are all really good ideas. i absolutely love the balloon idea (but i once did a variation of it with flowers hidden around the house. he had to find them and each one had a word tied to it with a ribbon...then he had to decipher the note) but weve tried pretty much all of them... and we live in a boring little town of about 60,000. we dont have any planeteriums, aquariums, drive in movies, or beaches within about a 2 hour drive. our museum is tiny and our exibits only change about once every 3 months or so and our zoo is full of stuff we find in our back yards :) does anyone have any new or different ideas?
Wow, this is pretty incredible. The comments were even better than the original content. But there was some pretty good stuff here. ^_^
Ashley, I have an idea...since you look so condescendingly upon other people's attempts at creative ideas, why don't you tell us a few of your own. O, wait, probably because you don't have any. If you visited this blog in the first place, you obviously don't have anything too great up your sleeve, eh? Bob, I love you!! Hilarious...also to the comments regarding how "you people are bored with your lives". Why is it that you are on the internet reading through other people's blogs if your life is so amazing?!!
o yea, btw...some of the ideas were interesting...I am going to use the balloon idea to say I am sorry for our last fight!!
lol
what about going to the park and swinging..being pushed by boyfriend?>
I would just like to say, that I really think these ideas are amazing, in my generation (I'm 20) a lot of lads see taking a girl out to McDonalds would suffice well!
You're all saying oh yeah well going for a walk in a park is a really low IQ level, woo pee doo! It's romantic to do, ladies love it, why you complaining?! Or maybe its because I'm a different nationality.
Richy G
Sigh. There's this strange thing called peace, everybody. It might not be worldwide - and it's very entertaining to watch imbeciles insult each other - but accept it. And leave Hooked on Phonics alone. It works as long as your IQ is over two.
Yes, I know I'm a hypocrite. Don't bother to point it out.
Anyway, another fun - and cheap - date would be a twist on the usual hike/walk through the park/beach/wherever. Bring a camera along and take wacky, funny, or just interesting pictures of each other. I love photography, but you don't have to be a whiz with a camera to have fun with this. And, as long as you have a camera - and who doesn't these days? If so, is it that hard to borrow one? - it's priceless. Literally.
Good ideas Ron. Very nice. I like the arcade date. More and more girls are getting into video games these days and it's something both people can enjoy. Chuck E. Cheese is pretty fun too. Sadly people who are dating age can't fit in the tube tunnel thingy but the games are still fun. BTW Ron, please put the hair gel down and brush your hair. You'd look so much better without the porcupine look :)
What a good find this site was, for me? Nothing like a good laugh to end the day.
I know this is the digital age and all, but reading can be enjoyable too. You can do this inside or out "weather pending". reading a story to your partner, or sharing the read, can last over a few dates. something you can eagerly look foward to finishing together.
jeez bob don't be mean. it's your fault for going to this website. They're just trying to help. I don't see YOU helping anyone anytime soon. Do you?
i like alot of these ideas..other creative ideas i think are really cute would be taking a boat ride on a lake or going on a helicopter tour or even a walk along a lake at night can be very romantic
These ideas are all slightly amusing and kind of endearing, but sadly they are pretty average and I've done almost all of them at one point in time. The coin idea was original though. Anyways, another idea is if its the winter season, tell your date your just going out to lunch/dinner/whatever, but this is just a cover. Beforehand, turn the heat up in your house to about 80 or some sort of hot summer temperature, go back and dress up in summer clothes, make smoothies/cocktails, have a water fight, watch movies, whatever you would normally do in the summertime. Its hilarious and always unexpected.
One time I cut out tons of tiny little hearts, and taped them to the floor in a path leading to the kitchen. Next to the bed was a note saying : Good morning baby, just follow the hearts. When they opened the door it said start, and into the kitchen where there was.. the end and a display of roses, chocolates, cologne, t shirts.. and another note saying happy valentine's day i love you
Since everyone really likes the convo going on between the Bob, Mike, and anyone else willing to comment. I do conclude that the cheapest and probably one of the more fun ideas would be reading blogs. They have them for everything now, just pick a topic and read all of the lunacy.
My girlfriend's birthday is on Monday. I will throw in the ballon idea somewhere somehow. Thanks. Here's one I got off the radio. Get a stack of pink & red construction paper. The cut them into hearts on each heart write a complement about the person your doing this for. After that get some string and tape and tape the string to the heart and the tape the the celing in random places everywhere. About 25-30 hewrts looks good in a small room (bedroom). On the out side of the door put a big heart the says, "Your about to have a heart attack". Corney, cute, thoughtfull, good way to get her in bed and cuttle.
Peace
Howdy all,
I came for this site looking for really creative ideas! Unfortunately I haven't found any that go above and beyond creativity like I like to do, but still good ideas nonetheless. My most recent creative ones were in the fall.
My first one I took the girl on a walk on the river, blew bubbles in the park (great way to talk and have fun), lunch, then back to my house where we were goofy by having a silly string fight, finger painting and finishing the night with a rented movie cuddled on the couch.
Later that month we parked the car in my garage and watched a movie on my tv I put in there and had popcorn and drinks. It was like a personal drive in movie!
Dates that are creative to the extreme are what I'm into. I've done plenty of dates like that. Want any more ideas, just ask! But please, I'm running low! Help me!!!
Just think of all the time some of you are wasting bickering and not dating and having sex!
Weird people.
You think we're just bickering and not dating? Read some posts man before you comment. The only thing I'm wasting is writing back to you. After all you posted too, doesn't that make you one of us so called "dateless", "sexless" people? Dude, don't comment if you have nothing good to say.
you lot r mad y do u come on here to bitch wen we are looking for advice get a life...
love the ideas, need more of them. DON'T love pointless comments on somebody else's pointless comments. Keep it productive; you've got a real winner!
You should just give each other blumpkins.....
Are you for real? This is in fact the same bullshit that you find everywhere else. If you watch 5 seconds of daytime programming you see 100 talk show hosted by women. And half of them are trying to give advice to guys that dont give a shit about what some person on tv says. And at that. Your ideas are rather lame. You know whether or not you and or your spouse enjoy the things you have listed. You want advice on what to do people. DO something fun thats not lame. If you have been with a person long enough you know what you both enjoy. and if you dont then youre lame comming here trying to find ideas. And if you have been dating and are married and getting bored. Then maybe your problems arent what you do and where you go. Maybe its each other.
OKAY. One, love the fights going on here. Hilarious! Two, Ashlee- good idea reading blogs cause its soo true. Three, Soph- by saying that you are just bitching yourself so maybe you should think things out before you type them. :D Four, i find it funny that people have been posting on this for three years now. Five, i like arguing :) and finally, MY IDEA...
everyone does it, but just go to a party! it doesnt seem like you would get time to talk or spend good time with one another, but every time me and my boyfriend have gone we enjoyed ourselves so much and got closer. and we've known each other for 3 years, together most of that time. just try it :)
oh yea, Ron- you've got great ideas!
My god, if you guys do not like his ideas then just don't do them! It's that simple! It took what, probably about 2 minutes to read this? GET OVER IT.
All you negative folks... find a new blog please! For the rest who are just looking for ideas, here's one for you:
I call this one "Blind Date".
It was my wife's 40th birthday and as she suspected, I had a surprise party planned. In order to throw her off the scent, I did this... we got in the car about three hours before the party was to start. (remember, she supposed to know nothing about the partry) Before I even start the car, i hand her a blindfold and tell her that she will be wearing this ALL day. At first she's a apprehensive, but she plays along and in minutes the excitement starts to build.
We drive for a while to make sure she has no idea of where we are, then I stop at our first destination, a small cafe, and I walk her inside. Once inside she is free to remove the blindfold and we have a drink and a taste of something. 15 minutes late, the blindfold goes back on and we head to the car for our next "secret" destination. At this point, I gotta tell you, her adrenaline was flowing! And so was mine! We made a few more stops like this; a specialty coffee shop, an italian dessert shop, etc. After the third stop, she wanted me to pull the car over NOW for some real fun! I could have obliged and the date would have been a raging success, but there were people and a party waiting and there would be plenty of time for that later... PLENTY OF TIME!
By the time we got to the surprise party, she knew the drill about walking into a place blind folded, only this time when she removed it, she was standing right in the middle of all her friends and family cheering "SURPRISE!"
This date is all the things you're looking for: cheap, exciting and rewarding. It also creates trust and good conversation.
In keeping with the theme of this blog... I hope I passed Bob's grammer/spelling test! LOL
BTW, I really like the "buy outfits for each other" idea. I'm gonna do that and go bowling with her on our next date.
Dare to be different!
Ron- please compile all these ideas into a list... there are some really good ones here, but you gotta sift through silly banter to find them. Thanks for the site!
Im Grace Marie *****, I was born on January 7th, 1992. YES! Im 17 & nieve (everything else that comes with it) but im not hateful. I wish my parents were still romantic, & speaking for the new generation (AKA cyber geniouses that haven't figured out yet that talking on aim & facebook is more impersonal then conversating with walls...brick ones) i have to admit nobodys got a clue, and we're all looking up to divorcees. no my parents aren't divorced, so my argument isn't as credible as my friends would be. Argument: that the real immaturity isn't romantics. they aren't hopeless or however we like to make them look(how they define themselves for lack of a better discription) they're all we have left. They're the last chance we've got for the spark (which doesn't solve the worlds problems piling up, however it makes them a hell of a lot easier to deal with) hence my parents can't stand each other and the world keeps turning. But imagine they could. Imagine they still could show me what made me. Imagine romodels existing again. Romodels like a visionary starting up a site to help hateful people that bad mouth it find their happy place in the universe with their significant other. This isn't the Doctor Phil Q&A cover site. This is a small inspiring page in this persons corner of the universe. And i think it's a beautiful thing and we need all the visionaries we can get anymore. I need for my significant other in the future to love me the way this guy/girl loves helping your ungrateful a$$(i dont like cursing still), so please dont take the time out of your day to make fun of somebody else in their attempts to be together in whatever way they deam nessesary.. instead why dont you worry about who broke your cold knarled and angry heart and jott some of these things down for whenever you bounce back... talk to an old friend if they even enjoy listening to you anymore, and hug something... ANYTHING! It's only as bad as you let it get. Rock Bottom:badmouthing sweet little dating advice sites.
Cook her dinner/make breakfast/lunch. My dad used to do that for my mom all the time, and does it for me/my siblings all the time now. He still makes her the waffles she loved on the honeymoon for her birthdays (whipped cream/powdered sugar/strawberries) I think its cute & it's one of the rare occasions they're romantic/means a lot to the both of them. ps. women/men LOVE food. It's universal & catching on fast! Haha. Yeah I know... bad joke. Ooh well. There you go! -Grace
Another cool date is to take a cooking class together OR plan an evening that starts in the kitchen. Purchase some fun aprons and maybe even make some crazy chef's hats out of paper and enjoy the process. Even if the food doesn't turn out great its still a wonderful and fun way to spend time together.
I absolutely love this post! I'm commenting long after its been posted but its still relevant to this day, most blogs can't say that about their dated posts. Finding someting original for couples who have been together a while is a big issue and I'm really glad to have found this post, AWESOME!!
I WILL LEARN TO BUILD UP TRUST IN OUR NEXT DATE,WISH I CAN START ALL OVER AGAIN.