A change of perspective and a couple of tweaks to your usual routine will turn just “hanging out” into a “date night”. All you need are a few good stay-at-home date night ideas.
Perhaps you are feeling the ‘I can’t wait for spring” date-night blues? Maybe you’ve had your fill of streaming videos?
We’re right there with you.
The good news is there are lots of stay-at-home date ideas that will change up your scene and help you connect with your partner. There’s dating fun to be had!
Read on for suggestions—from romantic to silly—plus gifts you can add to your wedding registry that will have you ready for future stay-at-home date nights, no matter the season, or the reason.
Go Camping (Without Leaving Home)
If you’re lucky enough to have a little outdoor space, here’s a great stay-at-home date night idea. Set up a tent. Simply sleeping in it together will feel like a getaway. If you don’t have outdoor space? No worries, just cuddle up and camp indoors.
Reach for the Stars
With the flip of a switch you can take your indoor camping experience to the next level with a starry sky overhead.
Have a Little S’mores
Do you have a safe outdoor space to light a fire? A portable fire pit will let you gaze off together—and, of course, indulge in everyone’s favorite camping food: s’mores.
Have Snacks for Dinner
We all know the joy of the party snack spread—bite after bite and never too much of the same thing. Make that a meal. Include some unexpected flavors, then take turns trying to create the “perfect bite” to feed each other.
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If you’re more full-meal types, a culinary stay-at-home date night idea is to set up a subscription meal-kit delivery service. You can cook together, or take turns while the other keeps company and waits to enjoy the finished product. Either way, it’s a sit-down dinner, which means dedicated couple time. To increase the romance, add some candles to the table and turn down the lights.
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Play Games Together
Maybe you’re already game players (the good kind!), or maybe you feel like games aren’t really “you.” If you’re the latter type, we say: Try it, you’ll like it, because playing games together is a great bonding experience. And sure, a good old-fashioned game of Twister may feel awkward at first, but we can guarantee you’ll end up laughing—probably in a cuddly pile on the floor.
Set Up a Tasting for Two
If you’d ordinarily go to a microbrewery for an in-person tasting, but you’d rather not drive, this stay-at-home date night idea is sure to wet your whistle. Recreate your own tasting at home. Get set up with a mixed 6-pack or 12-pack, and compare what you like and don’t love about each while you find a new favorite. You can do this with wines too.
Choose Your Couple Cocktail
Mix, taste, and tweak to come up with a cocktail (or two, or three) that feels like your signature drink. This set of modern bar tools comes in a choice of gold, copper, silver, and graphite, so you can pick the one that feels most like you.
Turn Out the Lights
Candlelight isn’t only for the dinner table. For this stay-at-home date night idea, all you need to do is “Just say no” to electric lights for the evening, then slow down and experience everything within the glow of candlelight. Maybe turn on some quiet music to add to the ambiance.
Put Together a Puzzle
Puzzles may seem like child’s play, but we’re here to tell you, they’re zenly addictive, and they engage that working-as-a-team muscle. Start with a 1,000-piecer, and it will take you through multiple date nights—unless you become obsessed and can’t stop.
Get to Know Each Other
Okay, you already know each other. But sometimes the most sublime stay-at-home date night idea is to get deep into thoughtful conversations. There’s always more onion to peel back and these get-to-know-you cards pose some interesting questions.
Create a Couple Bucket List
Grab a drink and some quiet time, then sit down and really think about the future experiences you’d like to share together. Here’s a good place to start:
Start Your Own Book Club
Turn this usually solo activity into a couple activity by reading the same book and setting aside time to talk about it. Take turns choosing what to read next.
Have a Spa Night
The best stay-at-home date night ideas take an activity and turn it on its head. Spa night at home for the two of you will provide relaxation and release your oxytocin and endorphins. Before you know it, you’ll be fighting over the foot bath.
Watch a Movie on the Big Screen
Indoors or out, if you have a big blank wall, you have a movie screen. Take a break from your laptop with an actual movie projector, and remember what it’s like to be immersed in the big-screen experience.
Have Breakfast in Bed
What’s more luxurious than knowing you can linger in bed as long as you like? Make it intentional by staying put for breakfast in bed together. Who’s going to get up to make it? We’ll leave that to you.
These stay-at-home date night ideas are just the tip of the iceberg for entertaining yourselves at home any time of the year. When you’re not feeling like going out or being social, pull out your list of ideas and pick one. You’ll have a blast and beat those date-night blues!
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