Winter Date Night Ideas for Couples

Babbbyyyy it’s coooolllldddd outtttsiiiiddeeeee! Okay… I’m done singing now! :) You might be wondering why your photographer is giving you winter date night ideas… the reason is because what I do is SOO much more than photography, it’s Wholistic Photography. I’m in the business of keeping families and marriages together by creating intentional moments for them to not just pause and reflect but to SEE THE GOOD in their life. It’s my goals for couples JUST LIKE YOU to stay together forever… to keep making intentional choices to choose each other even in really hard seasons.

And one of the most important things in ALL relationships is quality time! But I also know that sometimes taking the time and energy to plan a date and budget for it isn’t always easy! So I’m giving you a WHOLE LIST of winter date night ideas for going out AND going in.

Going out

1.) Ice Skating! Look for an indoor or outdoor rink! Either way, fun (and laughter) will be had!

2.) Go to a Concert!

3.) Volunteer! Winter is the time to give back! Check out some local food pantries or other places that you can give back to the community together.

4.) Visit your local winery for a tour or tasting

5.) Learn Something New Together: Cooking Classes, Dance Classes, Photography Class, the options are endless.

6.) Overnight getaway to a Cabin!

7.) Visit some local museums that you’ve never visited!

8.) Venture off to your FAVORITE local bookstore and hang out there for hours drinking coffee and reading different books.

9.) Go to an Arcade! Take a walk on the wild side and have a little lighthearted fun together!

10.) Trivia Night/Open Mic Night/Karaoke, etc.

11.) Indoor Rock Climbing!

12.) Go on a first date! I know this sound weird but this will bring about SOOOO MUCH LAUGHTER! Meet up at a local restaurant and pretend it’s your first date. Get all dressed up, ask those get to know you questions, answer them as if you were on a first date and go out of your way to impress each other! Trust me… this one is SO MUCH FUN!

13.) Thrift Shopping! You each get a $25 dollar limit and you have to walk around and find something you think the opposite person would love. Also, feel free to try this at Walmart or Target if thrift stores aren’t your thing. ;)

14.) Look at a map of your state and with your eyes closed, pick a random city! Every single city has a gem, whether its a store or a restaurant or something else, it’s up for YOU two to find it!

15.) Go Bowling!

16.) Mall Dare! Here’s a fun date night alternative that will have you cracking up in no time! And it’s cheap and easy!

17.) Random Acts of Kindness Date! Go to the store and buy a brand new thing of post-it notes. Now, your job is to get rid of them before the night is over in ways that spread joy and happiness. So whether it’s leaving random notes on cars, paying for someone behind you at the drive through and having the server give them the post-it. Leaving it in a book at the bookstore along with the cash to purchase that book. Leave a dollar in the dollar bins at Target along with a post-it that says, “Go for it! Get that thing you’re eyeing!” Be creative and have fun as you spread kindness around the world like confetti! Check out more Random Act of Kindness Ideas HERE.

Staying In

1.) Play a board game! My favorite board games for two people include: Scrabble, Jenga, Santorini, Monopoly Deal, Uno, The Mind, Ticket to Ride, Boggle, Azul,

2.) MASSAGE! Look up some tutorials on YouTube and learn how to give each other a REAL massage!

3.) Make Dessert Together.

4.) Have a Fondue Night

5.) Look at your Wedding Photos

6.) Read an entire book together

7.) Do a Puzzle

8.) Create a Bucket List

9.) Create your Yearly Goals (Personal, Financial, Spiritual, Parent Related, Marriage Goals, Career Goals, etc.)

10.) Learn how to dance by watching instructional YouTube videos together

11.) Take a Personality Test. Click HERE to take the ColorCode… my FAVORITE personality test!

12.) Make homemade s’mores in the fireplace or even in the microwave!

13.) Cookie Challenge: One of you is blindfolded and the other one is in charge of your hands and together you have to successfully bake cookies.

14.) Do a Crossword Puzzle

15.) Do a fun #TBT night and go wayyyy back to childhood. Each of you pick out your FAVORITE holiday movie, make hot chocolate and see who can make the BEST paper snowflake!

16.) Bake Sugar Cookies and then have a decorating contest. Each of you will decorate the same amount of cookies and then submit your best 4 on social media and have your friends vote for their favorites. The winner gets $10. :)

17.) Wii, Xbox, Nintendo, Playstation! However it is that your man likes to “game” let him show you a bit of his world and the two of you play together!

18.) Home VIDEOS!!!!!

19.) Get your exercise on. Fight winter fatigue by planning a date that gets you up and moving! Try P90x or Yoga or something on Netflix. Even if you can’t complete it, you’ll sure get a lot of laughs!

20.) Power-Outage Date! Dinner by candlelight, ghost stories, glow sticks, shadow puppets, a little truth or dare, and DEFINITELY no phones! ;)