Having Date Night after kids can be so difficult! There are so many obstacles in the way of making it happen, like budget, finding a sitter, choosing what to do, etc. We’ve created a list of at-home date night ideas that are simple, fun and can be done after the kids are in bed so you don’t have to worry about hiring a babysitter!
AT-HOME DATE NIGHT IDEAS
- Paint Night with Bob Ross Videos
- Create Your Own Escape Room
- Build a Fort & Watch a Movie together (Sadie has this projector that hooks up to her phone that makes movie nights a little more fun!)
- Play Card Games
- Spa Night
- Soda Tasting
- Pizza Night
- Camping in the Living Room
- Have a Bubble Bath
- Prom Night + Slow Dance in the Kitchen
- Do a Puzzle Together
- Lego Building Contest
- Board Game
- Play Video Game or Jack Box Games
- Do Hot Yoga
- Tie Dye Shirts Together
- Play MasterChef
- Have a Disposable Camera Photo Shoot
- Play Trick Shots (mini golf, basketball hoop, dominoes, etc.)
- Gingerbread House Kit
- Nerf Gun War
- Capture the Flag
- [Strip] Poker
- Sugar Cookie
- Write Letters to Santa & Watch a Christmas Movie
- Indoor Snowball Fight
- Indoor Picnic
- Would You Rather
- Vision Board
- Blind Date with a Book
- Blind Date with a movie
- Blind Taste Test
- Brownies and Ice Cream
- Never Have I Ever
- Sheets & Ladders
- Holiday Episodes of TV shows
- Karaoke
- Charcuterie boards
- Would You Rather
- S’mores Night
- Personality Quiz Night (ie: enneagram, human design, etc)
- Origami Night
- Candle Light Take Out
- 5 Senses Date Night
- Favorite Things Night
- Make Milkshakes
- Exotic Taste Test Night (buy random candies, foreign foods, etc. from the Foreign Aisle at the grocery store!)
- Box of Chocolates Roulette; buy a box of chocolates and take turns choosing a chocolate and eating it without knowing the flavor
- Make Rice Crispy Treats
- Sheets Twister
For overnight date night ideas, listen to episode 25 of Crib Commute Podcast! Amberly, from A Prioritized Marriage, shared quite a few different ideas for saving money, doing at home date nights and how to budget for over night dates so be sure to listen to Episode 25 of the Crib Commute Podcast, MOM CHATS: Making Your Marriage a Priority with Amberly Lambertsen! Don’t miss this episode if you’re trying to make dating your husband a priority in 2023!