So, you want to ask that girl/guy sitting next to you on a date, but you have no date ideas for what to do. Or maybe you’re happily married, but you find yourself stuck doing the same thing every date night? Or maybe you are a dating machine and you simply need a new idea?
No problem. Here’s a list of 99 date ideas for your next date. (This should keep you busy for a while, so start asking!) Take one idea or combine a couple of date ideas and have fun! By the way we created this list almost a decade ago now and it’s still going strong!
- Take a nature walk
- Play golf or another game at the indoor simulator
- Skip rocks
- Sidewalk chalk drawings
- Grab a group and play sardines
- Visit the BYU-I observatory
- Try a unique dessert recipe
- Paint mugs
- Urban hiking
- Cook dinner together
- Go for a tandem bike ride
- Go Roller Skating
- Rake Leaves
- Go sledding
- “Heart Attack” someone
- Take a sunset hike
- Take a sunrise hike
- Go out to breakfast
- Scotch-Tape faces
Go ice skating out by Rexburg Rapids. - Start a water balloon fight
- Have a paint fight
- Make up new rules to a sport
- Visit the Corn Maze
- Play pickleball (or any sport)
- Go ice skating
- Play card games
- Play paint Twister
- Float paper boats
- Recreate famous photographs
- Tie-dye shirts
- Explore the caves
- Face paint
- Make a music video
- Try slacklining at Porter Park like it’s 2010
Slacklining is a popular activity in Rexburg. - Go to a local a sporting event
- Try to Geocache
- Go to the Zoo
- Make an igloo
- Go bowling
- Mini Golf
- Make stovetop S’mores
- Read children’s books
- Sing karaoke
- Make shaving cream faces
- Make homemade pizza
- Feed the ducks
- Play frisbee golf
- Play on a playground
- Host a game night
- Be a tourist in your own city
- Have a Nerf gun fight
- Cupcake decorating contest
Everyone loves cupcakes. Why not make some with your date? - River tubing
- Have a bonfire
- Go fishing
- Go Swimming
- Make cookies and deliver them
- Oreo cookie cream carving
- Paper airplane contest
- Get shakes
- Make your own shakes
- Enjoy breakfast for dinner
- Pancake Art
- Walk Around a Bookstore
- Penny Date Game
- Find the best fast food fries
- Find the best YouTube video
- See a movie for cheap!
- Visit the Farmer’s Market
- Plan a scavenger hunt
You can go apple picking at BYU-I’s very own apple orchard. - Go stargazing
- Have a trivia night
- Eat a three-course meal (at three different places!)
- Go dancing
- Play “Truth or Dare”
- Go to a Museum
- Disposable camera date
- Go apple picking on campus
- Learn the newest dance fad
- Watch a foreign movie… without subtitles
- Visit a haunted house
- Carve pumpkins
- Visit Mesa Falls
- Visit a nursing home
There are a lot of ghost towns within driving distance you can go visit. - Go to a play
- Plan a picnic
- Go to the drive-in movie theater
- Try birdwatching
- Visit a National Park
- Travel to a nearby city
- See how much you can eat at local favorite, Blister’s BBQ
- Learn a new talent
- Go horseback riding
- Try a new food
- Make homemade ice cream
- Visit local thrift stores
- Build a fort
- Order each other’s drinks
- Go to a ghost town