2. Pick something seasonal to do, i.e. apple picking, ice skating, or swimming.
3. Take a walk around your neighborhood.
4. Go star-gazing, even if it means taking a drive out of town.
5. Do random acts of kindness. Buy someone’s coffee for him or her, leave kind notes, etc.
6. Start a memory book or photo album together.
7. Arrange some kind of swap with friends – cookies, recipes, clothes, shoes, etc.
8. Relive recess and go play at a playground.
9. Do a workout video together.
10. Cross a quick house project off your checklist: hang a string of
white lights somewhere, put up pictures, make a home command center. Do
the things you never have time for – chances are some of them take
only a few minutes!
11. Run an errand you have to do anyway together, like grocery shopping. It makes it half as boring as it would have been.
12. Dream up a future event or goal together, and make plans to take
action! It could be your wedding, a marathon, your own business, etc.
13. Teach your spouse one of your talents, and
have him teach you one of his! Invite others over for a talent
night.
14. Take an evening or weekend college class or recreation course together.
16. Babysit for friends so they can have a date night – they will love you for it!
17. Build a fort.
18. Make a fire in the fireplace, make hot cocoa, and settle in for a cozy night.
19. Do some yard work or plant a garden.
20. Take each other on in some kind of challenge: an eating contest, beat each other's score at a video game, run a race, etc.
21. Play a game of touch football or rugby. Invite friends to play.
22. Have a “fix it” night – tackle the “Honey Do” lists together.
23. Yard sales! My hubby wasn’t really excited about me dragging
him to a yard sale – until he scored a great deal. Now he’s the one
taking me!
24. Eat appetizers for dinner. Lay out a blanket and have an indoor picnic.
25. Start a new tradition. (Who needs an occasion?)
26. Geocache.
27. Play bartender and make a popular (or newly invented) mixed drink.
28. Go to the zoo.
29. Have a lip sync battle a la Jimmy Fallon.
30. Scare or prank a friend (not someone you don’t know).
31. Write something together – a letter, a poem, a story.
32. Paint a picture – with paintbrushes or finger paint!
33. Climb a tree.
34. Play games at an arcade.
35. Get a Mad Gab book and have fun filling it out.
36. See a play or musical together.
37. Have a progressive dinner with friends. Stop at a different location
for each part of the meal (and then you only have to make one part).
38. Go out and treat yourselves to something special for each one of you, no judgement. Even if it’s at the Dollar Store.
39. Clean out your closets (and/or rooms) and make a donation pile. It’ll be fun digging through memories.
40. Come up with a list of questions you’ve always wanted to ask the other person. Or look up some questions that can make for interesting answers.
41. Wash your car(s) together!
42. Go camping.
43. Test drive a new car.
44. Play charades.
45. Find all your unused gift cards and use them up! It’s like Christmas!
46. Come up with a way to fund raise for your favorite charity and do it together.
47. Create a scavenger hunt of favorite places in your town, and then invite friends to take the challenge.
48. Rearrange or reorganize a part or room of your house.
49. Take a simple recipe – grilled cheese, pizza, sandwich – and embellish it to make it your own, then try each other’s.
50. Do something out of your comfort zone – like rock climbing.
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