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Unusual & Imaginative Ideas for Dating
If you are looking for date ideas which are a bit different to the usual bars, clubs, pubs, shopping, cinema etc, then you have come to the right place!
On this page you will find loads of quirky and interesting ideas to impress your date, with inspiration including extreme sports, craft classes, zoos and picnics.
Having a few 'regular' dates first will allow you to get to know your partner and discover what activities they would most enjoy doing in the future. Then you can be more adventurous with your date destinations.
I hope you find this page useful :-)
Photo by Richard Scott.
On this page you will find loads of quirky and interesting ideas to impress your date, with inspiration including extreme sports, craft classes, zoos and picnics.
Having a few 'regular' dates first will allow you to get to know your partner and discover what activities they would most enjoy doing in the future. Then you can be more adventurous with your date destinations.
I hope you find this page useful :-)
Photo by Richard Scott.
Best Date Idea Books
Choose a Romantic Setting
Photo by Nikki Chicoine.
Date Idea List 1
- Laser Quest or Paintball
- Roller disco/roller skating rink
- Ice skating
- Mystery tour - take your date on a tour of your favourite places or places of interest (like local curiosities, landmarks, parks, fun shops, the best pub etc.)
- Music festival or concert
- Play a 2-player sport like tennis, badminton, squash etc.
- Dance class
- Pub quiz
- Craft class such as pottery, stained glass, screenprinting...
- Cookery lesson
- Take the tourist route - act like a tourist in your own city by going on a tour bus or organised trip
- Casino - but don't spend too much!
- Aquarium
- Zoo
- Art class such as watercolor painting or life drawing
- Bowling
- Hiking/walking in a scenic area
- Theme park
- Adventure activities such as suspended obstacle courses you can find in some woodland areas (search for 'Go Ape'), or take a zip-wire thrill ride over a ravine - just search for activities available in your local area
- Beginner lesson in a sport such as snowboarding/skiing/surfing/windsurfing etc that your date (nor you) will have tried before
- Extreme activity such as sky diving (or a sky diving simulator), bungee jumping, off-road driving, rally car driving, go-karting, quad biking, zorbing, luging, parasailing, paragliding, gliding etc
- Theatre (and you can both get dressed up for the occasion)
- James Bond night with cocktails, casino gambling and a little black dress/suit.
Romantic Meal at Sunset
Photo by Michael Cummings.
Links to Further Idea Resources
- Seasonal Date Ideas
- Creative ideas for Valentine's days, rainy days, snow days and more.
- 20 Quirky Dates
- Unusual and zany ideas such as dressing as superheroes!
- Nifty Date Ideas
- Lots of ideas - the creative ones are especially good.
Date at a Public Event
Photo by Richard Scott.
Horse Riding Date
Photo by Mark Roberts.
Date Idea List 2
- Art gallery
- Organized adventure activity where you need a guide or teacher e.g. potholing, caving, scuba diving, sailing, abseiling,
- Golf game (or crazy golf)
- Climbing wall
- Restaurant - but go somewhere you wouldn't normally e.g. try a cuisine you've never tried before, go to a pricier place as a treat, go to a restaurant which perhaps as musical entertainment while you eat
- Camping - a romantic night under the stars
- Picnic with a thoughtful food selection - perhaps make the food yourself. Take a frisbee, ball game, kite or something else for after-lunch fun
- Home or beach BBQ
- Movie night
- Drive-in cinema
- An outing on bicycles
- Road trip - go to a destination a fair distance away
- Go and watch a sports match
- Look for local events such as fairs and carnivals
- Fun fair
- A day at the races
- Go for a late night drive on a warm summer's night - put the windows down and turn the music up, then stop and have snacks and wine and perhaps a dance!
- Go geocaching
- Photographic trip - if you both like phoography, take your cameras on a walking tour around places of interest and take fun pictures of each other too
- Pay for a photo shoot
- Ghost tour around a haunted house
- Go to a pantomime at Christmas
- Put together a Treasure Hunt.
Date at a Fun Fair
Photo by Kevin Dooley.
Date Idea List 3
- Wine tasting
- Go to a lake and rent a rowing boat/pedalo/canoe
- Build something yourselves in the yard such as a teepee or treehouse
- Create a Giant Snack together!
- Museums
- Food factory tour e.g. Cadbury chocolate factory
- Themed indoor picnic - could have a beach theme with deckchairs and sunglasses, or romantic theme with candles, strawberries and Champagne
- Watch a sunset on a beach, hill, the top of a tall building or from a tent in your yard
- Go to an arcade
- Horse riding
- Hot air balloon ride
- Comedy club
- Circus
- Cook a slap-up 2 or 3 course meal for your date...this is guaranteed to impress!
- Fishing
- National park/forest walks
- Maize maze
- Join in with a flash mob
- A local castle
- Visit the set of one of your date's favourite movies or TV programmes if they are local enough e.g. King's Cross of castles for Harry Potter, Central Park for Friends etc.
- Go planking - Click here for inspiration
Ice Skating Date
Photo by Phil Dunsmore.
The Beach at Sunset
Photo by Siobhan Johnstone.
Date Idea List 4
- Go to a deli or speciality food shop (Selfridges is good if you're in the UK) and buy a selection of the weirdest food that you have never tried before, then take it all to a bench/picnic somewhere and have fun trying everything
- Go to a charity shop/thrift store and choose outfits within a theme to look as outrageous as possible! The theme could be 70's, 80's, prom, goth, tourist, hippy, biker chic etc or you could pick the most clashing outfit you can find - then walk around like that for as long as you dare :-)
- Go to a quiet place and draw each other's portrait
- Play cards and board games
- Go to a fortune teller and both have your fortunes told
- If you can sing or play an instrument, maybe serenade your date at their door or in a quiet place
- For an anniversary or occasion you could set up a scavenger hunt for your date - with clues leading your date to places you have visited in the past plus places that mean something to both of you (first date, first kiss etc). You could leave a little gift or rose in each place and the clues could be written, a sound clip or text sent from your phone, or they could be photographic
- Take a night-time trip in your pyjamas. Take sleeping bags and blankets, park up somewhere with a nice view and snuggle up to watch the sunrise or look at the stars
- On a warm sunny day, rent a cool/sports/vintage car
- Dress up and go to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Create your own photo shoot outdoors. Seek out weird or interesting buildings, sculptures and other locations and take photos of yourselves. Take a tripod if you've got one, or ask a passer-by to take the photos. You could also take props like these or these.
- Similar to the above idea, you could video yourselves hanging out at different locations (perfect for combining with a road trip), pulling silly faces and generally having fun, and then after the date edit the video into short clips from each location/the best bits, and string the clips all together with a soundtrack of your favourite song.
Wind Tunnel Free Flying
For an unforgettable date without the risks involved in skydiving!
Photo by Alexa Volker.
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glynisd
Mar 12, 2012 @ 6:18 am | delete
- Some nice ideas! I've never even heard of wind tunnel flying before - but i may well look it up! :D
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mantasticman Jan 24, 2012 @ 8:46 pm | delete
- Great Stuff! thanks
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dthonstad
Aug 23, 2011 @ 1:03 pm | delete
- Very cool Lens! As a busy husband I can always use some helpful ideas to make date nights with my wife more interesting, fun, or romantic. Thanks!
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