Stay-At-Home Date Ideas

Originally published January 31, 2017

My husband, Brent, and I decided to have a date night once a week. Honestly, it was me pushing for this. I love dates. One week a month we’ll have a lunch date near his work. Another date is during Parent’s Night Out our church offers. The other weeks will be at-home dates in the evenings after the kids are in bed. We’re trying to do other things than watch movies, T.V., or stare at our phones. 

At moms group, we discussed stay-at-home date ideas. Here are some of those ideas to get you inspired.

Ideas for Dates at Home

“I’ve been thinking of ordering a meal or two from a meal kit service so that my husband and I can have a glass of wine and cook a new and fun meal together (easily!)” – Liz

“Scrabble, cards, really any two-person game.” – Canaan

“My husband and I made marbled clay coasters for a fun, creative date together after our daughter went down to bed. I got a lot of Sculpey clay and we spent the whole evening creating away at our kitchen table. It really didn’t cost much and we still use the coasters daily! They’re set out on our coffee table. I stumbled across the craft idea on Pinterest (here is a similar link)! The coasters are fun, pretty, and I love that there is a little touch of ‘us’ that we get to use.” – Sally

“Do you have a fire pit? Sit out by the fire and talk, look up at the stars.” (So romantic!) – Cassidy

“After we put our kids down, we sometimes like to play their games such as Connect Four, Guess Who?, and Battleship.” – Franci

“My sister and her husband would create a ‘coffee shop’ in their living room with candles, music, good coffee, etc. Really makes you feel like you’re in a different place.” – Franci

“I know this is probably something everyone does, but we LOVE games. Seriously, we love them. So actually, a lot of our evenings are spent playing board games or card games. Anything from Skip-Bo, Checkers, Pandemic, Settlers of Catan, Mastermind, Chess… We have found that hot tea or some wine makes an excellent pairing with this date!” – Sally

“My sis-in-law sent us a date in a box called Unbox Love. Such a great idea! It comes with instructions, materials and some type of activity. So nice to have your date planned with everything in one box. The string art creation we made is pictured above.” – Franci

“After our daughter goes down, sometimes we find a dessert recipe and spend romantic time in the kitchen together, cooking up sweets!” – Sally

“Sometimes when I go to the grocery store I buy a special treat like a frozen dessert or an easy appetizer. Other times I may bake this 2 serving cookie recipe. I like to hide the goodies and bring them out after the kids are tucked in. If it’s good weather we love sitting on our front porch.” – Franci 

“My husband planned a spa night with a massage and all!” – Chandra

Here’s a great article with tips about dating your spouse.

With very little effort you can transform your evening into a meaningful experience that is sure to deepen your relationship. 

What ideas do you have? Let us know in the comments.

You may also like Valentine’s At Home which has lots of simple ideas to celebrate the day.

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