37 Creative Date Night Ideas For Fun Dates

Ready for some creative date night ideas?

Want to spark those love hormones?

Then make date nights a priority with these creative date ideas.

Here are 37 fun and exciting dates you can do on any budget.

Check out this list and see if you can find a unique date night that you’ve never done before because research shows that when couples do new things together, their love hormones are activated.

Some of these date night ideas are not so new and novel, but if you do them in a way you haven’t done before, you can reap the same benefits.

Feel the sparks. Date night ideas are a chance to have fun while checking in on your relationship.

Cheap date ideas can become novel by adding something new to the mix (like eating new foods or walking through parts of your neighborhood you’ve never seen before).

Prioritize Implementing At Least One Of These Creative Date Night Ideas Per Month

Before you jump into the date ideas, let me give you a suggestion that guarantees bonus points for any couple:

Be sure to schedule and prioritize a date night weekly or at least once a month.

Having a regular date night is one of the intimacy exercises we recommend to couples looking to stay connected.

After working with thousands of married couples, we see relationships thrive when date nights are scheduled and prioritized.

The weekly dates can be simple—go for a walk together for 20 minutes, go for tea, go to a movie theater, or do something you’ve enjoyed.

The most important idea here is to schedule it and follow through (this communicates to your partner that the relationship matters).

Never run out of unique date ideas when you pick up the Relationship Workbook.

Creative Date Night Ideas

Here are creative dating ideas you’re going to want to try.

1. Cuddle up on the couch and watch a movie.

It’s a wonderful way to get close, enjoy cuddles, and be together. If you’d like, you can do dinner and a movie (and you can order food you’ve never tried before).

2. Slow dance together at home. 

It’s low cost, convenient, and yet very romantic. If you want, you can take a trip down memory lane by playing all your favorite songs from when you first fell in love.

3. Go on a short walk together. 

Take a new route on your walk.

4. Go to a beautiful lookout together.

If you need to, Google lookout spots in your city.

5. Go on a double date to a comedy show. 

Laughing together will draw you closer.

6. Give each other a massage.

If you need ideas, go on YouTube, and you’ll find tons of massage technique ideas.

7. Go to a museum for a creative date night idea.

If you’re looking for artsy date ideas, try a museum. Look at the beautiful work, then talk about it.

8. Take a long walk together. 

You don’t need a destination because you have each other.

9. Grocery shop together.

While it might not sound like one of the most interesting dates, grocery shopping can be made into a fun outing. Walk through the grocery store aisles and talk about your favorite foods. Pick some foods for a new recipe you’ve never made at home.

10. Go on a picnic. 

Few things are more romantic than packing up an old-fashioned picnic. You can pack a picnic on a hike or at a local park.

11. Take a cooking class as a creative date night idea.

You’ll learn something new, do something new, and you can use the skills learned later on.

12. Grab drinks at a bar. 

Go to a bar you’d never go in. Mix it up!

13. Have a coffee date.

It’s super casual, and no one will puke on your shoes after.

14. Fly a kite for a creative date night idea. 

This is surprisingly wonderful because no one ever does this, and you feel a little bit like a kid again.

15. Go to the beach.

Gorgeous water, lots of sun, and both of you are kind of naked! And if you want to up the ante, go on a road trip to some part of your state you’ve never seen before.

16. Go to a bed and breakfast. 

It’s like a date inside someone else’s house!

17. Go to trivia night at a bar. 

What’s more fun than proving you know more than the person you’re on a date with?

18. Go to a sports game.

Watch other people win and lose and sit there and judge them.

19. Go see a play as a creative date night idea.

If you’re looking for artistic date night ideas, go see a play together.

Afterward, you two can have a fun conversation about the event.

20. Go to a farmers’ market. 

Try some tasty local foods and get some ice cream there.

21. Get brunch. 

There’s booze, there’s food, and you just woke up next to each other. What’s not great about that?

22. Go to a workout class as a creative date night idea. 

The couple that fails at hip hop dance together stays together.

23. Go to a bookstore. 

You haven’t read that???

24. Bake together. 

I enjoy doing this from time to time, as I always learn something new and get something sweet afterward.

25. Go antiquing.

This is a fun way to go explore stores you would never shop at, and talk about things you may never look at otherwise.

26. Go to the zoo.

Look at all those cute animals! Sure, they’re also captive and sad but so cute!

27. Go to the botanical gardens. 

Gorgeous flowers everywhere make everything smell and look amazing.

28. Play board games.

This can be a fun way to spend an evening—turn off the electronics and do something new.

29. Go bowling for one of your creative date night ideas.

Get a few of each other’s friends and go bowling.

30. Go bike riding together.

A bike ride is a beautiful way to explore neighborhoods and get to new areas in a different way.

31. Go back to the place you had your first date.

Reminiscing about good times is one of the top ways we’ve found to help couples reconnect.

32. Volunteer for a cause you two believe in.

Helping others is a fantastic way to spread the love.

33. Go to a drive-in theater. 

Drive-in movies are one of the most fun night activities for couples!

I have never been to a drive-in theater, and I guess most of you haven’t either. This puts a spin on a dinner date for sure!

34. Buy treats at a bakery you’ve never been to.

Go enjoy the local sweets together.

35. Bury a time capsule as a creative date night idea

Order a time capsule online, put some fun memories and trinkets inside it – and then schedule to dig it up in a year on your annual date night.

36. Use the Date Night Questions (try our game)

Couples card games are a low-cost, easy-at-home date idea OR one you can bring with you out to dinner.

37. Sing Karaoke at home.

Because who doesn’t love to try out their singing voice?

See more at-home date night ideas.

38. Go Ice Skating

When was the last time you did that? If it’s new for you to do it as a couple – remember that science says it’s great for your relationship!

39. Try Dinner In A Box & Make Something New

Yum and fun! And also easy because it’s dinner in a box (check out ‘dinner in a box’ programs).

40. Buy a new sex and try it (surprise, honey!)

Sex toys can be fun. How about that?

41. Try an escape room

An escape room is a fun way to solve problems as a team.

Now Go Out And Put Those Creative Date Night Ideas Into Action

In short, it’s easy to keep the love alive with some creative date night ideas.

Taking time for yourself and your partner is essential.

Consider prioritizing your relationship with the Date Night Workbook. The workbook has all these creative date night ideas and more! 

Comment below: what are your best creative date ideas?