The usual dinner date night is a classic for a good reason, but it can be a bit repetitive especially if you have been a couple for a long time. Creating new and exciting date ideas can be a fun way to enjoy each other’s company as well as learn new things about one another.
With the cost of living increasing and the recent increase in energy bills, spending money on date night may not be at the top of your list. Instead, a stay at home date night can be a fun and romantic alternative.
Don’t let having a date night become a challenge. If you are looking for stay at home date night ideas, I’ve got 21 of these ideas for couples that are not just a movie night!
So, whatever the reason, I am sharing a variety of cute date ideas at home. In addition, the ‘stay at home date night’ ideas are super budget friendly!
These are 21 stay at home date night ideas for you and your partner to try:
1. Visit a museum online
Due to Covid, a lot of museums offered an online experience, so people wouldn’t miss out on visiting the museum. Learn and discover new things together. Choose something that speaks to you, so you can feel like you’ve taken a trip without leaving the house. Not only do some of the world’s biggest museums offer livestream events, but so do some aquariums and zoos.
2. Have a cook off
Getting a bit competitive can be a great boost and add some fun to your relationship. You could pick a specific course to create starters, mains or desserts, or even choose a particular ingredient that you have to create a dish around. You could even suggest that the winner gets a prize.
3. Set up a home spa
Indulging in a home spa evening can be a great way to pamper your partner, practise self-care and even turn up the heat between the two of you! You could warm up some massage oil, put on a cleansing face mask or soothing foot mask, run a bubble bath or enjoy a steamy shower. Not only can evenings like this bring you closer together, but it can be a great way to relax after a hard day.
4. Games night
Trivia nights are great for at home date nights that help you get to know each other more and have different conversation topics. You can find fun and interesting questions online, make up your own questions or purchase a trivia game.
If you are an online gamer, this is also a chance to go head-to-head with your partner. If you are a lover of online games and you play Diablo 2 you will want to check out Diablo 2 resurrected grief rune word to enhance your game experience.
If trivia games aren’t for you and your partner, you can play board games like Monopoly or Cluedo. You could even have a look on Amazon for something new that you could learn to play together!
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5. Make an ice cream sundae bar
Fancy making a fun and delicious sundae together? Why not pick up your favourite tubs of ice cream and a whole slew of sweet toppings? Being creative with your ice cream can be a fun way to enjoy your evening – even better in the summer months.
6. Make your bedroom into a fancy hotel room
Staying in a fancy hotel always feels special and luxurious. But if you are on a budget, or you cannot have time away, you can bring the hotel experience to your home. This can be a great way to make your evening extra luxe and romantic.
You could pick up sample products at certain stores or purchase travel-sized products from Superdrug or Boots and leave them in your bathroom. Light a couple of candles, have an ice bucket with champagne or your favourite soft drink. Then, order your favourite take away and watch some of your favourite TV shows or movies. This can be a romantic way to spend time together.
7. Write a couples bucket list
Sitting and designing your own bucket list and sharing them with one another cannot only be fun to read them, but you can learn more about each other. You can instead create a couples bucket list of things that you would like to achieve or activities you wish to do together.
8. Get crafty
Spending time in the evening creating things can be a fun way to release the stress after a busy day. Crafting can be a great self-care activity, but it also gives you the opportunity to slow down and talk about your day and connect with one another. For example, you could make greeting cards for loved ones upcoming birthdays.
9. Plan an adventure day or staycation
Spending time on a date night in, looking at what adventure days you want to do, or planning a staycation (or holiday abroad if restrictions allow) can be exciting and give you both something to look forward to.
10. Exercise together
If you and your partner enjoy exercising then planning a workout session at home together can be a different way to enjoy each other’s company. It can also create a sense of competition that can boost each other’s efforts.
11. Have a movie marathon
Pick your favourite movies or new films that you would like to watch. Get snuggles under a blanket, grab some sweet treats and enjoy. You could also decide to choose some of your childhood films that you enjoyed and share them with your partner.
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12. Go down memory lane and share photographs
Sharing photographs from when you were both little will enable you to learn more about each other’s pasts and experiences. Alternatively, you could look back of photographs of your relationship, old texts or love letters. This can bring back so many romantic and warm memories.
13. Camp out in your living room
Ever wanted to go camping, but never had the chance? Well, now you can from the comfort of your living room! Pop up a tent or even build a fort, get a takeaway or snacks, and snuggle up for the night. I built a fort with my partner and we had a lot of fun!
14. Play video games together
Competing in video games can be a fun way to bring out your competitive side and bring back some fond childhood memories. If only one of you can play the video game console, that person can teach the other how to play and learn a new skill. Learning a new skill together can be a really great way to boost your bond and connection.
15. Travel inspired dinner date
This date idea can upgrade the usual night in. for this idea, you can pick a country you’ve wanted to visit and cook a dinner together inspired by that country. Research together ad tasted new recipes; this can be a fun and exciting way to try new things.
16. Try hallway bowling
You can now bring the bowling lanes to you! All you need are some empty plastic bottles and a soft ball (or you could make one). Then, set up your ‘pins’ and try to get yourself a strike!
17. Recreate your first date at home
Relive some happy memories by holding an ‘at home’ version of either your first or a treasured date. You could cook the same meal that you ate, play the music that you heard or you could order a takeaway from the restaurant where you had a fabulous meal.
18. Enjoy a dessert feast
As a child, having dessert for dinner was something that sounded awesome! You and your partner are adults, so why not have a dessert feast for your date night? You could order a variety of your favourites from a local bakery, ice cream parlour or supermarket. Why not try a blindfolded taste test of all the lovely desserts? Bring the sweetness to your date night!
19. Have a picnic in your living room
Make or buy your favourite picnic food, lay down a comfy blanket, light some candles, or enjoy a glass of bubbly, all from the comfort of your living room with no worries about the weather or the evening getting too dark. This can be a fun way to enjoy dinner.
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20. Tackle a DIY home project
Although a home improvement project could be seen as a boring task, sometimes having the right person and attitude can help you to complete it.
Using the task to take up your date night can enable you to strengthen your relationship; it can also give you both a huge sense of relief to have completed the task. It also means that you can reward yourselves with a takeaway or a glass of wine.
21. Initiate a ‘no touching’ rule
If you want to increase the intimacy in your relationship, then avoid touching each other throughout the evening. You can find other ways to connect with each other and even tease your partner. Spending a couple of hours concentrating on exciting your partner without touching them will definitely spice things up when you do finally touch.
These are some fun and romantic stay at home date night ideas that you can your partner can try. Inject some fun and interesting activities into your date nights.
Have you tried any of these date night ideas? What is one date idea that you would like to try? I’d love to hear in the comments.
Hi Lauren I and my husband play video games together and buying PlayStation 5 console became our interest in gaming even more. Great Post 🙂
That’s great you two have gaming in common x
Yea he gives me some tips in gaming 🙂
These are great ideas thank you for sharing! I have tried a good few of these as I’m with my gf over 3 years but I love the camping in your living room and the at home picnic! Such good ideas!
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Some great ideas! Honestly, my partner and I rarely do at-home dates! We go out for meals a fair bit but maybe a few at home dates would be a nice idea soon!
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Great ideas on here. We ended up in isolation on Christmas Day, just sat and played games and quizzes all day and honestly was one of the best Christmases
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I love these ideas you’ve shared here; they make having time at home so much fun and a great way to connect with each other!
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Going down the memory lane is my new favourite after going through this… after food date of course. LOL! I love these ideas.
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Great date night ideas! My husband and I yesterday just spent the day watching DVDs. Thanks for the ideas
Yes! Love these little ideas so much, thank you. We do love playing board games and I’m learning to play chess at the moment too. The idea of making the bedroom into a hotel room is one I have to try! X
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I love these ideas, great post! My hubby and I used to do a weekly date night at home in our early years together. We’ve done a few of these but our favourite was to put on our favourite music, turn down the lights and have a few drinks. Like being at the club but you’ve got the whole space to yourself. We also love doing fancy desserts and movie marathons that last all weekend. Thanks again. I think its time to start doing this weekly again (minus the alcohol).
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Lovely ideas, Lauren! I really love them. Camping in the living room sounds very fun, and we will definitely try that with my boyfriend! 😍 Thank you so much for sharing! x Penny | http://www.whatdidshetype.com
Thank you for reading and commenting. I hope you enjoy camping out, me and my partner made a fort to camp in the lounge. It was so much fun x
These are great ideas! Not that I’ve got anyone to go on a date with at the moment, but still… I’ll keep them in mind! 😀
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Love the ideas! Particularly the ice cream bar & games night 🙂
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I’d never heard of virtual museum visits before the pandemic but I think it’s such a good idea. And I’d love to try hallway bowling as well, that sounds like a lot of fun (particularly as one of our cats loves chasing balls!). Fab ideas, Lauren, thank you – also perfect for a sleepover party too xx
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That is actually the coolest thing ever! I did it honestly know virtual museums existed but in this day in age, it makes sense. Great post full of great ideas!
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Some great stay at home date night ideas here! Some really unique ideas as well! x
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Great ideas! Look forward to trying some of these ideas out soon! x
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These are some really amazing suggestions lovely, thank you so much for sharing them with us. I especially love the sound of a ‘cook off’ – I’ll defiantly be doing that when the right man comes along. I’ll be pinning this to keep for a later date. Really great post with some great ideas! Xo
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This is a fabulous list and I’m definitely book marking this! You’ve got such a great array of ideas that are inclusive of a variety of budgets which is so helpful especially with saving given the economy!
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Such fab ideas! I really like the making your room into a hotel room element mixed with the spa day thing. That’d be really cool. We do lots of home date night things with having the girls, we very rarely get to go out just the two of us so these are fab!
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These are all such great ideas! Visiting museums is one of my favourite and the virtual tour sounds like fine! I love the idea of camping inside and having a home spa evening, because you can never treat yourself too much! x
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These are such fun and creative ideas for a date night! I especially love the ice cream sundae bar. Thank you for sharing!
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What a fun post! My favorite is the travel inspired dinner. Although I could see myself only making the appetizers and ordering in the entree (thereby NOT saving money). I also like the idea of making your bedroom feel like a hotel room.
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I would have to say that a lot of these would be great for singles self-care, that’s how I see them…
Definitely some great ideas!
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Such great tips for an amazing date night. I love doing an at home spa and camping in the living room also sounds fun!
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These are some really great date night ideas. I’m going to make a list of them and share them with my partner and see which ones we both find appealing. Thanks for sharing, I needed some date night ideas.
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All these ideas are amazing. I’m going to try the last one with my boyfriend, I can already imagine how fun it’ll be. Thanks for this, this list is just what I needed.
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You’re welcome. I can’t wait to try them the next time I and my bf are together
Some lovely ideas that show it’s the thought that countS not how much money is spent
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These are fun activities to do at home with your partner. I like the home spa idea the most. Thank you for sharing.
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Great recommendations! We’re always looking for fun things o do at home in he summer.
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These are excellent activities, including the home spa. Thank you for sharing. Don’t forget to check out our latest posts, including one coming out soon.
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It’s always lovely to light up that spark again. We celebrate our wedding anniversary soon so this might come in handy if babysitter fails.
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I love the idea of visiting museums online together. THat’s just the sort of thing my husband and I will love doing.
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Ooh I love these ideas, you’ve got some really amazing suggestions here! My boyfriend and I did a no touching date before and I definitely agree with what you said. We’re planning lots of adventures and movie marathons across the summer too, and I love the idea of a games night, I think that’s something we’d really enjoy! Thank you so much for sharing x
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These are all such fun ideas – what a great list! I really love the idea of a travel inspired dinner date. 🙂
I love this post. Such cute ideas. Me and my husband love ‘home’ dates. I love living room picnics and pizza nights. Sometimes you just want to chill out at home and enjoy time alone.
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This is an amazing long list of ideas. And all so doable! I can see this is already a very popular post!
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Great ideas! I love a good game night with my hubby for our date night 🙂
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I love these fun, simple ways to enjoy time together with a partner at home! An ice cream sundae bar sounds so fun, but I also love the idea of working out together or trying out your “no touching” suggestion. That sounds so interesting! 🙂
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My partner and I regularly play video games on our date nights. We both got a Nintendo Switch for that exact reason. I highly recommend it
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