Photos: Erin Wheat Co.
Whether you are recently engaged, newly dating, or already married spending quality time with your significant other will help keep your relationship healthy and thriving. However, planning a date night weekly or even monthly is sometimes easier said than done. Perhaps you’re stuck coming up with fresh ideas or new restaurants to try, or you’re on a tight budget due to wedding planning. Whatever the reason, we’ve come up with 5 creative at-home date night ideas for you and your love!
Get Messy in the Kitchen w/ this Spotify Playlist
Turn on this epic at-home date night playlist created by Haute Mobile Disco and get messy in the kitchen! Whether you pop open a recipe book or opt to have an ingredient-and-recipe meal kit shipped directly to your doorstep, cooking with your sweetheart is a great activity to build teamwork and grow your connection. So grab a bottle of wine and dance the night away in the kitchen! Below are a few cookbooks we’ve been craving and meal kit services that have us drooling.
Cookbooks:
Meal Kit Services:
Get crafty with your sweetheart with this date night delivered directly to your doorstep! Painting to Gogh provides everything you need to create a masterpiece right in your own home. Grab a glass of wine and follow along with the digital tutorial video using the materials provided in your kit.
Let someone else do the thinking and subscribe to Date Night in Box; a curated date night experience customized for you and your significant other. Each box comes with several interactive activities, accessories for ambiance to set the mood, high-quality snacks or mixers, and chef-curated dinner menus and recipes.
Check out a few of the boxes:
Build & Strengthen as a Couple
Mix it Up!
Photo: Keeley McKay Photography
Who says you have to go out on the town to get dolled up? Dress up in your best summer date night attire and host your own happy hour on your patio! Turn on some good tunes and order appetizers from your favorite restaurant and have them delivered to your doorstep. Then play the role of mixologist by recreating your favorite summer cocktail. It’s fun to take turns serving the drinks!
If you have some outdoor yard games, set those up too! From Lifesize Jenga and Connect-4 to Croquet and Cornhole, yard games complete the summer happy hour experience.
Game Photos: Catherine Lea Photography | Featured in 2019 Colorado Fall/Winter
Get Competitive!
Host an at-home game night…with a prize at stake and consequences for the loser, of course! Dishes and laundry for a month, anyone!? A little competition is always good for your relationship. Throw in some classics like Scrabble and Mario Kart or get a little more physical with Twister!
If you and your sweetheart host your own at-home date night, be sure to tag us on Instagram! We’d love to see what creative ideas you came up with.