Cheap Date Ideas

Not every date needs to be an expensive candlelight dinner.  And let’s face it if you are like many couples you probably live on a tight budget, and you can’t afford luxurious dates every week.  Even if money is not a problem there’s nothing wrong with mixing things up and trying some of these cheap date ideas. These activities are sure to put a smile on your date’s face…and, wait for it…your wallet.

  • Set up a Day Care Service for others to go on a Date Night
  • Learn Magic Tricks and Put on a Show
  • Plan a “Dream Trip”
  • Color in Coloring Books
  • City Council Meeting
  • Arts and Craft Night
  • Finger Painting…with your toes
  • Make Pet Rocks
  • Visit a Cemetery and tell Ghost Stories
  • Knit
  • Learn to Braid Hair
  • Whip Cream / Shaving Cream Fight
  • Stranger Conversation Challenge
  • Soap Sculptures
  • Origami
  • Go Collect Bottles or Cans and Use the Money for Dessert
  • Read all the Greeting Cards at a Local Grocery Store
  • Word Searches / Cross word Puzzles
  • Make Candles
  • Homemade Bread
  • Homemade Ice Cream
  • Make Your Own Music Video[/one_half][one_half_last]
  • Crash a Stranger’s Wedding Reception (make sure to do it politely!)
  • What If
  • Make Taffy
  • Conduct a Science Experiment
  • Movies
  • Make your Own Recipe
  • New Recipe Cook Out
  • Start a Business Idea
  • Root Beer Floats
  • Dollar Ingredient Challenge
  • Story Time
  • Get Lost Together
  • Take Part in a Community Theater Performance
  • Homemade Pizzas
  • Paint Pottery
  • Join a Book Club
  • Participate in March Madness
  • Fantasy Sports
  • Learn a New Language
  • Enter a Contest
  • Make an Entire Meal from Microwave Foods
  • Create Photo Evidence Suggesting you went on an Adventure that Didn’t Really Happen
  • Dollar Menu-naires Date
  • People Watching