200+ Date Ideas For Married Couples

Here is our list. Things that Mike and I have done are blue.

1   Cupcakery: Walk to a local bakery or cupcake shop. Each of you get either a favorite of yours or something you’ve never tried. Each of you take half of each piece.

2   Love On The Run: Pick a random box or container (you could decorate it if you are really ambitious). Put items in the box that you could do on the date (food, games, tickets, ideas…). After the date give the box/container to your partner and tell them that it is their turn!

3    Umbrella Fun: Go shopping for umbrellas.  Choose a few stores that you think would sell fun umbrellas and stop in.  Don't be shy...open all of them inside. It will make you feel like kids again. This way you will be ready for the random summer storm so you can take a walk together in the rain. 

4.    Thrift Store Date: Set a limit of $5, $10 or $15 dollars. Go to a thrift store and find a few new board games or sports equipments. Try to find new things, maybe the two of you will end up finding a new lifelong hobby to share.

5.    Greeting Card Date: Go to the Dollar Store and quickly pick out the total

number of birthday/graduation/wedding cards you think you will need for the year.  Don’t think about each card, make it random (i.e. giving a “Congratulations on your 90th Birthday” to someone your age or “You’re a special boy” to your dad).  The more random…the more giggles you will later have. Once at home sign all the cards with a personal message and file away, that way you will have them all ready for when you need them throughout the year.

6.    Living Room Camp-Out: Get anything you have that makes you feel like your camping out and set it up in your living room (i.e. camping chairs, turn off the lights and use flashlights, blanket…). Make tin foil dinners in your oven for the dinner. Search the internet for unique tin foil dinner recipes. Roast marshmallows over a candle or gas stove.

7.    Wishing Well Date: Get a roll of pennies or gather pennies from around the house. Go to a fountain and make wishes together.

8.    Free Movie:  Check out movies from the library.  They have a good selection and they are free! Its especially fun to find foreign movies and the two of you dub over the foreign conversations.

9.    The DOLLAR Date: Go to the dollar store and each of you picks out an activity to do on a date. Don’t peak until you are through the checkout line. 

10. Letter Date: Ask your date to pick a letter in the alphabet. With that letter base all food, activities, dress, and conversations. Example - if your date picked the letter “A” to fulfill the Food category, you could eat apples (find a unique way to cook them like grilling or baking), artichokes, drink ale (ginger ale), or go to Applebees. Activity- you could incorporate astronomy, aliens (watch a movie, create some fake alien markings to trick your kids), do something athletic or artistic... Dress- wear something your ancestors would, be naked and explore anatomy (just kidding), or wear something abstract (non-matching). Conversations- talk about automobiles, apes, art, the army... This date could very easily be done at home! Feel free to use a dictionary.

11. Boat Fun: Have each person design and make a boat out of things around the house. Then, take them to a river/stream and race them.

12  Soap Sculptures: Have a soap carving contest.

13  Time Capsule: Make a time capsule of you and your spouse to give to your future children. If you can spare a few dollars put them in for a “fun family” activity

14  Fondue Party: You can use small crock pots, fondue pots, or a microwavable bowl that you can continuously re-heat.  Plan a meal around sauces that you would want to dip foods into. i.e. cheese sauce (dip- breads, vegetables, meats); chocolate (dip- cheesecake, marshmallows, cookies, strawberries, bananas, pineapple, pretzels); broth or sauce for meats; marinara sauce (dip- sausage, cheesy garlic bread, pizza without sauce, bread sticks…).  It is probably easier if you do this with other couples as it can get expensive and you’ll have more of a variety. If you do it with one other couple you could assign one dip with the appropriate sides per couple.

15  I Can Fly Date: Check out a book on paper airplanes, practice making them, and have flying contests.

16  Video Date: Have a video date where you take turns asking each other a series of questions….and record it! This would be a fabulous gift to your children in the future. It may even be fun for the two of you to re-watch.  Haven't you ever wondered what your parents’ body movements or facial expressions were like when they were your age?  Record something now because you never know when the chance will be gone. It should be fun!

You could come up with your own questions or use ours.  Have fun and be creative!

§  What was your home town like?

§  How well did you get along with your siblings, parents, and teachers?

§  If you could re-do anything from the past what would it be?

§  What were you like in grade school, junior high, and high school?

§  What are some of your happiest memories from your childhood?

§  List 4 dreams (2 practical and 2 fun).

§  List 2 fears.

§  What are 2 of your favorite breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, and desserts?

§  Name 3 hobbies.

§  How did you meet?

§  What is the craziest thing you have ever done?

§  What is your favorite color, animal, book, movie...

§  What is your happiest memory?

§  What was college like?

§  List three pieces of advice.

§  Anything else?

17  Message in a Bottle Bubble Bath: Buy a decorative small colorful bottle with a cork. Write a nice love letter on a piece of paper with burnt corners.  Roll the paper, put it in the bottle, insert the cork and throw it into a bath, full of water, essential oils and bubbles.  You could join your spouse….

18   Random Word Date: At the start of your date ask your partner to come up with a random word.  It can be as long or as short as they desire.  Using the following list (or make up your own) take the word and assign each letter of the word to an item on the list.  Do not change the order of the word or the items to keep it spontaneous!  Then, come up with a way to fulfill each item that begins with the letter you assigned to it.  For example if your partner came up with the word,"tomato", you could wear (T) turtlenecks on your date or wear teal-colored clothes.  You could eat at a restaurant that starts with the letter "O" or eat something that starts with that letter.  If the word your partner comes up with is longer or shorter than your list you could repeat an activity or take something out.

T O M A T O

What to wear? "T"

Eat at a restaurant or make your own food: "O"

Visit a place: "M"

Activity: "A"

Conversational topics: "T"

Treat: "O"

19  Chocolate Bowls: Make Chocolate Bowls to hold individual servings of ice cream. Get small blow up balloons from the store and blow some up (one per bowl). Melt some chocolate (chocolate chips work great) in a bowl in the microwave (check and stir it every 30 seconds).  Next, pour a little puddle (2 inches in diameter) of chocolate onto some wax paper or a small plate to act as the stand. Then, dip the balloon into the chocolate a few times to create your bowl shape. Allow it to dry on top of the stand. Once it is dry,  make a small slit in the balloon and slowly allow the air to escape. Remove the shriveled balloon and serve ice cream in your bowl.  Catch – your date is to actually DO all of this together!   Then eat & enjoy your yummy treat!!

20  Our First Date: Repeat your first date as closely as you can.

21  Photograph Safari: Take a digital camera and go on a "photo safari." Drive/walk around town, taking pictures of places where you shared fond memories, or sites that were comical. Make sure you are actually IN most of the pictures.  Don’t be afraid to ask strangers to take some of the pictures for you.  Better yet, invite another couple to come along & join in your adventure!

22  Origami Date: Check out a book on origami and fold away! Make an Asian treat to accompany the fun!

22  Homemade Donuts: Buy the smallest & cheapest biscuits in a can you can find at the grocery store. You should have the rest of the ingredients.  Fill a frying pan with about a ½ inch- 1 inch of vegetable oil or canola oil if you have it.  Turn a burner onto medium heat and let the oil heat up.  Meanwhile, take the biscuits and a water bottle cap and punch holes into each biscuit.  Save both the rings and the holes.  When the oil is hot enough drop the rings and holes into the oil and cook until golden brown.  Flip and repeat.  Make sure you don’t overcook them.  Make toppings to dip or spread onto your donuts (i.e. cinnamon and sugar, powdered sugar, chocolate icing, maple icing).  You should probably have all toppings prepared before you start cooking your donuts.  You can also use nuts, sprinkles…

23  Getting To Know You Date: Look up some fun personality tests on-line. Try the Oreo test.

24  Never Too Old‛ Date: Write your parents “thank you” notes and include your hand prints!  Tell them that you expect them to hang your art pieces on their fridge like old times! 

25  Saturday Morning Cartoons: Check out old cartoons from your childhood and make your favorite childhood treats, or have your favorite childhood cereal!  Have fun reminiscing!

26  Kids’ Book Date: Go to the library or bookstore and spend time reading each other your favorite books from your childhood.

27  Ice Cream Sculptures: Give each person a half gallon of ice cream and a variety of kitchen utensils. Then, have an ice cream carving contest. Depending on your competitiveness have a neighbor be the judge.

28  Travel Night: Decide on somewhere the two of you would like to travel together. Make a whole date out of it. Look for library books on the place/or online. Find out everything you possibly can about the place. Make a dinner with recipes from the place, look at maps and plan out your trip. Make a goal for when you will go there.

29  Model Home‛ Date: Find your dream home online and then go and tour the model together and get excited about one day owning your dream home.  You could also locate a couple different model homes in your area and tour them all. 

30  Blackout Night: Have a blackout night where you turn off everything - cell phones, computers, even lights…all the way off!  Light some candles and play some music and try to do as many things as you can by candlelight. Ideas: reading together, playing a card game, giving massages….whatever seems fun, easy, and relaxing

31  CD: Make a mix of your favorite songs together. Stop occasionally to dance to some of them.

32  Bubble Blowing Contest: Use a bubble wand, bubble gum, and your hands with dish soap. Then a bubble bath…

33  Breakfast in Bed: Make breakfast together and then go back to bed to eat it. Any time of day. 
34  New Cuisine: Cook a meal together. Find a recipe that you are both excited to try out.  You can either go shopping to get the food today {make it part of the date} OR if you plan ahead….you can grab the ingredients beforehand.  Have fun being CHEFS together!  P.S. Why not make fun little Chef Hats out of paper & throw on some aprons! 

35  Play Name That Tune: Turn on the radio and hit shuffle. See who can name the most bands/song titles.

36  Photo Shoot: Have a photo session! Take pictures of each other! Maybe in a photo booth seeing how many different props/accessories you can successfully switch between photos. When they are printed - put them on your desk, in your car, or wallet.

37  Blindfold Night: Make banana splits blindfolded (messy but fun)!  Afterwards, I am sure you can think of other fun things to do blindfolded!

38  All Tied Up: It’s important to learn to work together. Spend a night doing everything with your one of each of your hands tied together. Make dinner, play a game, wash dishes, whatever- just don’t untie them.

39  The Artist in You: You don’t have to be an artist to have fun playing around with paint or chalk!  Purchase some sidewalk chalk & finger paints. Dollar store usually has stuff.  Start outdoors and decorate your driveway….then move indoors and try your hand at finger painting!  You could substitute in pudding if you’d like. 

40  Doorbell Ditch Date: Make some treat to take to someone. Pretend to be secret agents delivering a secret package. Leave the treats on the doorstep and ring the bell and run.

41  Scripture Love: Look up scriptures about love and marriage. Find one or two to memorize and remember for the rest of your marriage, AKA alwaysJ

42  Home Movies: Get some of each other’s home videos while growing up and watch them!  What fun to laugh at your “growing up” years and being a chunky baby! :) Would also be fun to watch with your parents.

43  Love Through the Ages: Work on your family history together. Ask parents/grandparents where to start or start at www.new.familysearch.org

44  Cooking Show: Pretend the two of you are on a cooking show. Take turns recording each other as you cook up your specialties. Bon Apetite!

45  Garden: Make a plan for how you will plant a garden next year. Decide what plants you will have and draw a layout of your garden.

46  Pet Rocks: Make pet rocks for each other. Use paint, markers, glue, googly eyes, anything and give them to each other.

47  Rootbeer Floats: Make homemade rootbeer floats.

48  Tree Climbing: Drive around town and find tall trees to climb. Climb as high as possible. Make sure you document it with lots of pictures.

49  Blog: Start a blog together. Share your every day experiences to remember in the future.

50  Christmas Ornaments: Make homemade Christmas ornaments for your Christmas tree. Doesn’t matter what time of year it is.

51  Coloring Pages: Go to the dollar store and get a giant coloring book and box of crayons. Spend a while coloring. (Or you can find cool printable coloring pages online)

52  The Fate Burger‛ Date: This date should appeal to your taste buds!  Invite a few of your favorite couples & assign each couple some fun & crazy ingredients.  Cook up some burgers….and make sure you have a dart board on hand.  The twist?  You throw darts to determine WHAT you will be putting on your burger!  You will be pleasantly surprised at how yummy these burgers are! 

53  YouTube Date Night: Look up funny videos on YouTube to watch together.

54  “Dog-Gone‛ Date: All about dogs. Eat hot dogs. Visit a pet store or humane society and pet dogs. Watch a movie like “Must Love Dogs”, “All Dogs Go To Heaven”, “Balto” or “Marley and Me”.

55  Favorite Things Date: Put together a date FILLED with all of your favorite things!  You can make it all about YOU or all about your SPOUSE or combine things you both love.  Make a list & decide which items you would like to include in your date.

56  Pep Rally‛ Date: The perfect date to get you pumped up….before attending a local HIGH SCHOOL game!  Look up the local High Schools & find out when their next home game is….the sport you will be attending will depend on what season you are in.  Ready or not, you are about to turn into their ULTIMATE fan!  Get pumped up with some YUMMY sports-shaped cookies, paint your faces with their colors. Have FUN reliving those years!!

57  For Da Funnavit: If you like to laugh, this is the date for you!  Start the day off with a few harmless pranks on your spouse, use a simple sticky note for an invite to the date, and head on over to a local Comedy Club.  If there aren’t any Comedy Clubs near you, check out a Comedy Sketch movie from your local library or watch “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” reruns. 

58  Spa Night:  The title says it all!  This night is ALL about relaxing!  Soaking in a bubble bath, back massages, facials, foot massages….yummy food…..Yep!  You are SOLD! 

59  Movie Marathon: Spend a Saturday watching a whole series of movies. Some ideas might be; Harry Potter, the Bourne Series, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean or Rocky movies.

60  Discover a New Town: Have you explored ALL the little towns & cities near your home?  NO?  Well, today is the day!  Grab a map & decide WHICH nearby city/town/area you would like to explore.  Pack a picnic basket, grab a blanket, some books AND your camera, & hop in your car for a fun “day date”.

61  Bella Notte Date: Italian Food, Italian activities, Italian movie, “The Italian Job”, and Italian dessert. 

62  Words of Wisdom: Go to lds.org and look up General Conference talks about marriage. Read them together and talk about them. See where you can make any improvements in your marriage.

63  Tonight do whatever the husband wants to do. Wife cannot complain. Just make sure it stays within a reasonable budget.

64  Tonight do whatever the wife wants to do. Husband cannot complain. Just make sure it stays within a reasonable budget

65  Clean Up: Clean up one area in your house that usually gets neglected in the regular everyday upkeep. Some ideas include; cleaning out the fridge, cleaning the blinds, washing windows, wiping down top of counters etc. Play good loud music while you clean and talk about cleaning experiences when you were kids. Make sure you reward yourselves with ice cream afterwards.

66  Goals: Each of you makes a reasonable list of Short term (1-3months), medium term (6-12 months and long term (12-48 months). Then discuss them with each other. Also make a list of goals to achieve together.

67  Local: Attend a local sporting event or musical event together. Many are free.

68  Bookstore: Go to a local bookstore and leave notes to future readers in your favorite books.

69  Fort Us: Build a fort in the living room with chairs and blankets. Watch a movie and have a picnic in there.

70  Destination Date: Go to the airport. Get the soonest cheapest flight to anywhere and stay there for a weekend. Or a night.

71  Be Tourists: Visit the Chamber of Commerce or hotels in your town and pick up tourist brochures for your town. Then go do some of the activities and visit the town hotspots. Take lots of pictures.

72  To the Stars: Drive to a remote spot and stargaze. Take along a star chart to see if you can find some of the shapes.

73  Chopped: Have a game of “Chopped” at home. Each of you select 2 random ingredients and then each of you must create a great dish using all 4 ingredients. Then eat the stuff and watch episodes of “Chopped” on Hulu.com

74  Motto: Decide on a family motto. Look for inspiration from the scriptures, talks, movies, or songs.

75  M&M “remove your candy shell” game!: Get a bag of M&Ms. You and your spouse need to dress up in clothes that are the color of M&Ms. It doesn’t matter WHAT the clothing item is, as long as it’s a color you can find in a bag of M&Ms. Your outfit could look really fun…. a red sweater, yellow socks, brown hat, green leggings…and you don’t have to use EVERY color, just as long as whatever you’re wearing can be found in an M&M bag! And you can be wearing as many or few (yikes!) clothing items as you like. Play the game! Take turns pulling an M&M out of the bag. Let’s say you pulled out a yellow M&M, that means if your spouse is wearing something yellow they need to take it off if they want to eat the M&M you pulled out! (oh boy!) Then feed them the M&M.

76  Book Talk: Listen to a book on tape together. Especially nice for a road trip.

77  Christmas Stories: Start looking for a collection of memorable Christmas stories to compile to read every Christmas forever after.

78  Frisbees: Go to the dollar store and buy a Frisbee. Then go to the park and play.

79  Another Man’s Trash: Go through your closet and each of you pick at least 5 items of clothing that you no longer wear/want and donate them. This helps others and clears some space for you.

80  Marriage Reading: Get a book on marriage and read it together. Some ideas include; “The Act of Marriage”, “Seven Principles for a successful marriage”, and “Marriage” by Spencer W. Kimball

81  Picnic: Have a picnic somewhere. Inside or outside.

82  Say Cheese: Have a night of sampling different kinds of cheese. Get just a little bit of a few kinds. Go to the deli counter at the grocery store and get only 2-4 slices of different deli cheeses. Check the local farmers’ market for fresh cheeses. Try them with crackers, different breads and fruit. Pairings like Provolone and oranges/pears is fantastic.

83  Zoo: Spend a couple hours at the zoo. Make faces at the animals. Take lots of pictures.

84  Pictures: Organize all your pictures. Do it in an online album, real album or put them on cds. Organize them so they are easy to find if needed.

85  Water Fight: Have a water fight in your kitchen.

86  Get Out of Town: Drive to a town you’ve never been to and have dinner. Use fake names all night.

87  Food Fight: Have a food fight outside.

88  Puzzled?: Put a jigsaw puzzle together, together.

89  Be Prepared: Make a plan for how you want to do food storage. Make a budget and a plan of where you will store things. Decide what you need and make it happen. Make sure they are practical items you will actually eat and know how to cook. Don’t forget items like soap, water, batteries, flashlights, matches and first aid items.

90  Plant a Tree: Plant a tree together. Either in your own yard or in a city park. (Make sure you call the Parks and Rec. to make sure its ok.)

91  Garage Sale: Go to different garages sales. Find a list in the paper and see how many you can hit in a day.

92  All Down Hill From Here: Go sledding if its snowy or ice-blocking if its not.

93  All’s Fair…: Make swords and shields out of cardboard and tinfoil. Have a good friendly fight. J

94  All Gussied Up: Dress up in your finest clothes, look as elegant as possible and go out to dinner, or do whatever the two of you decide to do.

95  Chalk it Up: Go to the dollar store and buy a bunch of sidewalk chalk. Decorate your bedroom walls with different notes to each other and pictures you draw. Leave it up for as long as you want. Usually it will just wipe right off but it will definitely come off with a damp rag and a little bit of soap.

96  Let’s Talk: Sit down and have a serious discussion about things that are bothering you or fears that you have. Be supportive of each other and do not take what the other person says lightly. These things are obviously important to him or her.

97  Dinner Swap: Have a dinner swap with another couple. Decide a date and time to do it. The two of you make dinner and the other couple will make dinner at their own house. Then you swap meals for the night.

98  Music to My Ears: Visit a music shop and look through sheet music. Look at and test out some of the many instruments.

99   Marshmallow: Make marshmallow guns out of PVC pipe and couplings. Have a marshmallow fight in the back yard.

100   Story Cake: Bake a sheet cake together. Decide on a theme to decorate it with.  Go to the store and buy supplies to decorate with. Put a scene on the cake. i.e. a battle cake where the gummy bears battle the teddy grahams. Use food coloring for blood and guts, pretzel sticks for forts etc. Doesn’t have to be a battle it can be anything. Be as creative as possible and take lots of pictures.

101  Eternal Date: Go to the temple together.

102    His Store: Browse through a store of the husband’s choosing. Perhaps a sporting   goods store or electronics store.

103   Her Store: Browse through a store of the wife’s choosing. Perhaps a craft or home décor store.

104 Men Are Like Waffles: Tonight make waffles together. Make sure to separate the batter into different bowls and dye each bowl a different color with food coloring. Mix and match colors as you cook the waffles.

105 Crepe Date: Find a recipe for crepes and make them together. Fill with chicken, fruit, or a dessert sauce.

106 Be My Pet: Together go visit a pet store. You don’t have to intend to buy anything, just go look at all the fun animals. Talk about what kinds of pets you would like to have and possible pet names (for animals or each other J )

107   Cookie, Cookie: Make a batch of cookies together. Try a new recipe or an old family favorite.

108   Starlight, Star Bright: Name a star together. Either go to the national star name registry and pay to have one named whatever you choose, or just pick a star and name it together. Make it a star you could easily find again on another night.

109 Let’s Go Fly a Kite: Fly a kite or two together. You can either make one or buy one. Stunt kites are a lot of fun and can usually be found at a fairly reasonable price at a hobby store or kite shop. Or go to the dollar store and buy a kite for each of you. Go to the park and fly together, it really is a relaxing and rewarding activity.

110 Chalk All About It: Using sidewalk chalk draw all over the sidewalk/driveway in front of your house. Right each other a love note that you wouldn’t be too embarrassed for visitors to read as they walk into your house.

111 Make Cake: Make up any cake batter and pour it into a clean, lightly greased glass jar. (an old jelly jar or mason jar, whatever). Fill the jars up about 2/3 of the way to prevent the cakes from overflowing too much. Stand the jars in a casserole dish with about 2” of water in it. Bake the cakes at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes. Check to make sure the cakes are done by inserting a knife or skewer into the cake. If it comes out clean the cakes are done. You can top them off with frosting and/or put the jar lids on the jars after the cakes are completely cool. Optionally you can decorate the jars with fabric or buttons after the cakes are cooled. Top them with the lids and give them to someone else, or just eat the novelty yourself. J

112 Tied: There is something sexy about a wife tying her husband’s tie. But for that to happen she needs to know how. Tonight it’s the husband’s turn to teach her. Teach her how you do it and what it’s supposed to look like. Also, you might try to find new knots for to use to update your style. Both of you be patient and once you figure it out its pretty easy.

113 Skip for Joy: Go to a nearby pond or lake and skip rocks. The technical word for this is “scooning” but who cares? Really its just skipping rocks.

114 Why Do I Love You?: Each of you make a list of 5-10 things/reasons that you love your spouse. Share your lists with each other.

115 A Bicycle Built For Two: Rent or borrow a tandem bike to ride around on. Or just go for a ride together on regular bikes.

116 Model Citizen: Find a model to put together, together. It can be a plane, car, planet, whatever.

117 Mall Rats: Walk around the mall together. You don’t have to buy anything just walk together.

118 Lists: Each of you make a list of things that you would like to receive as gifts for future reference for your spouse. Write down 1 or 2 books, cds, movies, body products, and sheet music you would like to have. Also write down what size shirt/dress, pants and shoes you wear. This isn’t to say that your spouse will buy you all or any of these things, but it’s a good list to have for birthdays or surprise gifts so your spouse never has to guess what you would like or what sizes you wear.

119  $25 Date: Pick an amount that fits in your budget and spend that much on your date. Go to a discount store of some sort and each of you picks something out for yourselves for spending only a part of the budget, $5 for example. Then go to dinner. Go to 3 different places and just get one thing. A soup/salad/appetizer, an entrée, a dessert. Spend only $5 at each place. These places can be restaurants, grocery stores or even gas stations. Just don’t spend more than your original budget.

120 Notes: Sit down together with a pack of sticky notes. Each of you write down 10-15 notes to your spouse, without letting them see. Then go hide them. Throughout the week each of you will find notes from your spouse telling you how much you are loved.

121  Paintball: If possible, rent paintball equipment and go paintballing. Or just have a paint war in the back yard using poster paints or something else like that.

122 Fro Yo: Go out to get frozen yogurts. Or find recipes online to do it yourself.

123 Wise Words: Read or watch the latest General Conference together. Maybe read a couple every day until you finish it. Talk about the things that were said and how you can apply them to your lives and marriage.

124 Symphony: Volunteer to be an usher at an event like the symphony. You will have minimum duties and then you can watch the event for free. Call the local Art Council for details.

125 I Want Candy: Buy a poster board and various candy bars. Either make each other a candy gram poster or make one for another couple. Be very creative.

126 Sundaes Bodies: Gather together all the great  things you would normally have on a banana split; whip cream, cherries, caramel, hot fudge sauce, coconut, chocolate chips, nuts-anything you want (with or without ice cream). Now make your sundae all over your spouse’s body. Eat however you want.

127  Bingo! : Each of you makes your own bingo card (5x5 Squares). Make the middle square a “free”. On the rest of the squares write down different things that you think will happen this week such as; “Go to the grocery store”, “someone brings us something to the house”, “a phone call from a sibling”, a certain song plays on the radio, “see a horse”, etc. Just fun things. Don’t use too many of the same ones on your cards. Then mark them off throughout the week. Whoever gets a bingo first or has the most at the end of the week wins something previously decided.

128 Baby, Baby: Have a real discussion about kids. What do you both want? How many? Prefer boys or girls? Possible names? Names you would never name your kids? Ways you were disciplined as a child? What you would do different or the same as you parents?

129 Go For a Walk: Go for a walk together around the river or downtown. Just walk and talk.  Maybe take pictures together, but just enjoy each other’s company.

130  At the Carwash: Wash your cars together. Get a bucket of suds and sponges and towels and get started. Turn on the stereo and have a great time. Empty it out completely; get rid of everything that is cluttering up the inside of your car. Do it in your swimsuits and plan to get wet.

131 Fish: Go visit an aquarium or just go look at the fish at a pet store. Every couple should have a pet of some sort to have together. A fish makes a cheap and easy option. Choose a fish that you both like and will be able to take care of. Give it a good solid name and take pictures to show your kids your first family pet.  

132 Waterfalls: Go find a waterfall or two. You’ll probably need to go walking a little bit. Take a camera, a blanket and a lunch. You can spontaneously go somewhere or you can look online for waterfalls nearby. There is something very romantic about sitting beside a waterfall having a picnic. It’s very intimate. Just relax and enjoy.

133 Care Package: If you know of a missionary or a soldier who is away from home, make a care package full of favorite things and send it out. They will really appreciate it and it will really make their day. Put in things like treats, books, stationary, envelopes etc. If you don’t know anyone specifically you can go to www.operationgratitude.com to find out how to send a package to a soldier or ask ward members/friends if they know any missionaries out. These guys will always love to receive packages, even if they don’t know who you are.

134  Let’s Go Visiting: Just go visit some friends. Probably don’t need to call. Go over just to visit or call and tell them you are bringing over a game or treat to share for the evening.

135 Make the Call: Tonight each of you call a parent or grandparent. Just because. Make it however long a conversation it needs to be, just make sure to tell them that you appreciate and love them.

136 That’s Amore: Go out to get pizza. Ask them to cut it into a heart shape. Just make sure they give you the pieces they cut off.

137 TV Time: Get a season of an old tv you both like. Find it on Netflix or at the library. Watch the whole season over the next week or two.

138 Seeing Stars: Go to the planetarium (BYU-I) has one and watch a show together.

139 Morning Movie: Go to a matinee of a new movie. Its way cheaper and usually less crowded at the theater. Edwards Theater has certain days where you can get discounted treats and popcorn. Check their website for dates.

140  Groovin to the Music: Turn on Pandora.com and find a new station that is something different than either of you normally listen to. Something smooth like French Jazz steel drum music. Dance together to the music in the living room.

141 Karaoke: Go to a site like freekaraoke.com. You can find lots of great songs to sing to each other.

142 Do the Twist: Play twister together.

143 Dinner for Two: Make a nice dinner together. Set the table with your nicest stuff, and a tablecloth or sheet. Dress up nice and light candles. Have a beautiful and fun dinner together in your own home.

144   Make homemade ice cream either in a machine or in plastic bags. Recipe for bag ice cream is:

Ingredients

2 tablespoons sugar

1 cup half and half

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup salt (The bigger the granules, the better. Kosher or rock salt works best, but table salt is fine.)

Ice cubes (enough to fill each gallon-size bag about half full

1 pint-size ziplock bag

1 gallon-size ziplock bag

Instructions

1.     Combine the sugar, half and half, and vanilla extract in the pint-size bag and seal it tightly.

2.     Place the salt and ice in the gallon-size bag, then place the sealed smaller bag inside as well. Seal the larger bag. Now shake the bags until the mixture hardens (about 5 minutes). Feel the small bag to determine when it's done.

3.     Take the smaller bag out of the larger one, add mix-ins, and eat the ice cream right out of the bag. Top with chocolate syrup or other toppings. Easy cleanup too! Serves

145 Word Up: Buy a book of crossword and other puzzles. They are pretty cheap and last a long time. Do one together or on your own just sit together.

146  Fancy Feast: Bring home your favorite fast food but serve it on your best china.

147  Just Keep Swimming: Go swimming together, whether at a community pool, the YMCA, a hot springs, a pond or river.

148  Lights: Head to the highest point in town. Watch as the sunsets and the lights of town start twinkling.

149 Blessings: Read your Patriarchal Blessings to each other. Discuss your feelings about your own. Be careful not to try to interpret your spouse’s blessing, just listen.

150  Field of Dreams: Drive out to a country field. Cuddle together on a blanket in the middle of it.

151  I Scream You Scream: Make yourself the biggest craziest banana split in the world.

152  Skating: Go ice skating or roller blading

153  Something Old: Go look through antique stores. You can find some really cool stuff sometimes.

154 Drive In: Go to the drive in movie. Take a picnic/grill and have dinner and lots of treats. It’s great because you get two movies for the price of one and you get to lie next to each other while you watch them. Parking is definitely allowed. Frames:

155  Pepe Le’Pue: Go to a perfume shop or department store. Sniff out all the perfumes. Decide which ones you like and which are better left unsniffed.

156  Something Sweet for Your Sweetie: Go to a bakery or store and each of you pick out a treat for each other.

157  Feed the Birds: Or the ducks. Take a bag of old bread and feed the ducks.

158  Elevated: Find an elevator and go to the top floor, kissing the whole way (as long as there is no one else in there) or give each other a kiss every time someone comes on or goes off the elevator.

159  Sunrise: Get up early or stay up all night. Drive to somewhere with a great view and watch the sun come up.

160  Kiss Me: Have a kissing challenge. Try to have 100 kisses in 3 hours.

161  Drive: Go test drive cars. The fancier the better.

162  Four: Head to the driving range and hit a bucket of balls.

163 Batter Up: Head to the batting cage and hit a bunch of balls.

164  Bowl: Go bowling together. Midnight bowling is especially fun.

165  Smore’s: Light a fire or candles and roast marshmallows. Make smores

166  Massage: Call a massage therapist and get a couples massage. You can get a pretty good deal at a massage school like (The College of Massage Therapy at Bingham Memorial Hospital) You will feel so great afterwards.

167 Butterfly Garden: Log on to learner.org/jnorth to find out how to become a pair of butterfly spies. 

168 For the Birds: Build or decorate a birdhouse. Sprinkle birdseed around it so its inviting.

169  Downtown: Take a historical walking tour together.

170  Classics: Watch old movies together. Musicals are the best.

171 Movie Themed Date: Have a movie themed date. Pick a favorite movie and dress up like characters from the movie. Have treats that kind of go along with the theme of the movie.

172  Lights, Camera, Action: Find props and costumes around the house and make a home movie.

173  Backwards: Have a backwards date, do everything backwards from what you would usually do on a date. i.e. dessert first.

174  Have a Flower: Buy a couple bunches of flowers. Walk around town and give flowers to people who look like they could use a pick-me-up.

175  Green Eggs and Ham: Make scrambled eggs with pieces of ham in them. Add green food coloring. Dress in green. Make green milk. Read the book.

176 Dough: Play with play dough. Make sculptures of your spouse.

177  Gold!: Take pie pans down to the river. Wear funny hats and pan for gold acting like you really expect to find some.

178  Messy, Messy, Messy: Lay trash bags on the floor and eat a spaghetti dinner with your hands.

179  Pizza Pie: Make your own pizza, add as much cheese as your hearts desire.

180  Glow: Get glow in the dark body paint, or add tonic water to whip cream this will make it glow in the dark. Turn all the lights off.

181 At the Carwash Baby: Take your car through a drive through car wash. It’s a pretty cheap and fun thing to do, even as adultsJ

182 Hotel Date: If you can afford it, just go to somewhere else and get a hotel for the night. Doesn’t have to be too exciting. Just your toothbrushes and go. Way fun.

183  Old People Rule: Go visit an old folks home. Just walk around the hallways and talk to people, they get really lonely in there.

184 Paris: Have a Parisian night at home. Make/buy croissants, escargot, French cheese, and French bread. Look up common French names to give each other all night and lookup how to say “I Love You” and other things in French. Listen to a smooth French Café station on Pandora.

185 Chinese: Have a Chinese night at home or out. Buy paper lanterns from the dollar store and hang somewhere. Eat takeout on the ground with chopsticks. Look up your Chinese zodiac signs.

186 Coded: Make up a secret code language. Or at least certain phrases that mean something completely different to the two of you. One or two words will suffice to say something.

187  Feung Shui: Feung Shui is the idea that everything in your house needs to be in certain places to have the best energy in the house. Look up feung shui tips online and see how your house fits. Move things around to fit or just decide you like things where they are.

188  Go Fish: Go fishing. It’s a whole lot of fun. If you don’t have fishing stuff ask to borrow someone else’s. You can buy a 1 or 3 day fishing license to see how you like it.

189  Five Love Languages: This is a great book that should be in every home. You can find it at the library or buy it anywhere. “The 5 Love Languages” by Gary Chapman, discusses how every person perceives and gives love. The different “languages” are; touch, gifts, words of affirmation, service, and quality time. This book has a quiz to see what you and your spouse are. This is important so that you can better understand each other and how you express your love individually. This can help alleviate a lot of stress later on.

190  Cloud Watch: Go to a park or just in your yard and lay in the grass. Look up at the clouds and try to find shapes in them.

191 Farmers’ Market: Go to the farmers’ market and just browse and enjoy.

192  Museum Date: Go to a museum. Art, history, whatever. Discuss the interesting things that you find.

193 Hot Cocoa Date: Make hot chocolate and flavor it with chocolate chips, peppermints, marshmallows. Cuddle up in a blanket together and drink.

194 Jack-o-lanterns: Carve jack-o-lanterns together. If there are no pumpkins available, use apples.

195  Hills: Roll down hills together until you are dizzy.

196  Take a walk through a cemetery together. Try to find people with your own family names. Each of you find a grave with a name. Then look up their obituaries online to see what kind of lives they led.

197  Leaves: Rake leaves/grass together. Do this for your own place or for someone else’s. Make sure you jump in the pile at least once.

198  Pleased Parents: Stop at one or both of your parents house and spend an hour or so helping them to do something. It can be cleaning, fixing, cooking them dinner, anything as long as it is helpful.

199  Letter Date: Write letters to each other.

200 T-Shirts: Make matching t-shirts using fabric paint.

201  Monopoly: Play a game of monopoly-all the way to the end.

202  Shake it: Go out and share an old fashioned milk shake together, using 2 straws.

203 Draw: Draw sketches of each other. Even if you can’t draw it will be fun anyway.

204 Dessert: Only have dessert for dinner.

205 Decoration: Together, make something to use to decorate your home.

206  Proclamation: Read the Proclamation on the Family together. Discuss it together. Keep one displayed in a frame in your home.

207 Jenga: Play this married couples’ version of Jenga. Take about 1/2 of the blocks and write foreplay ideas or questions directly on the blocks using a sharpie pen (or if you want to make it really interesting write an idea down on all of the blocks). Then mix the blocks back in with the rest and build your tower. As each of you takes a turn pulling out a block you’ll have to do whatever is written down on the block until the tower falls. You can make a list of foreplay options for the “loser” to choose from if you plan to play more than one round.

208  Playground: Go to the closest playground and play. Slide, swing, have fun.

209  Sports: Go to an amateur sports event. Either at a high school, a little league game, a swim meet. Pick one player you don’t know and cheer them on through the whole game.

210 Factory: Take a free factory tour. Usually you get samples at the end.

211  Bucket List: Write a bucket list of things you want to do together. Then go start doing them.

212 Luau: Have a luau at home with just the two of you. Listen to a Hawaiian station on Pandora.com. Dress up (or down J ) Hula dance or hula hoop. Make fun icy drinks using the blender. Limbo. Watch a movie like “Blue Hawaii”(Elvis) or “Lilo and Stitch”. Eat pineapple and ham or Hawaiian haystacks.

213 Truth or Dare: Play truth or dare together. Use cards or come up with your own ideas.

214 Pick out the perfect frame for a fun picture of the two of you to hang on the wall.