15 Absolutely Free Date Night Ideas That Don’t Cost A Penny
If you find yourself stressing to figure out date ideas while dating on a budget, I feel you. It’s not exactly easy to date on a budget, especially with things being hecka expensive nowadays.
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Don’t worry though, we’ve come up with some really genius date ideas for teens.
Whether you are just going out on a casual date with someone you have a “thing” with or are celebrating your 6-month anniversary, this post will give you ideas for the best date ever.
This post is all about free date night ideas for couples.
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15 Free Date Night Ideas You’ll Love
Let your inner child out together at the playground
Rarely, do I ever see couples going on the playground, unless they’ve brought their kids. I think there’s a misconception that you have to be a kid or have a kid to swing on the swings or go down the slides. NOT TRUE!
It’s always fun to let your inner child out, and it’s even more fun with your partner. One date I had was just chilling at the park and playing on the swings while chatting about life.
Dates don’t have to look and be fancy. Some of the most fun dates I’ve had were very casual and free!
Have a movie or TV show marathon
Netflix? Hulu? Youtube? Who says you have to spend lots of money on dates when movie and TV shows are free. Well, that’s if you have a membership, haha.
Youtube also does have certain movies that are free to watch.
This is a chill, free date idea that barely takes any time to plan!
Go on an evening stroll
Sometimes, after a long day of work or school, it can be even more tiresome to plan a date.
If you’re looking for one of many free date night ideas that doesn’t require any planning at all and is a relaxing one, go on a stroll together!
Catch up on your days and check-in with each other. Going on a stroll is a perfect quality time date idea.
Do a couples yoga challenge together
I don’t know about you, but I’m as flexible as a twig, haha. So this would make me so curious to try because I feel like I would be in so much pain.
This date idea is great if you want to get a lot of good belly laughs in and see how flexible you both are.
Social media has a ton of couple yoga challenges you can try with your partner!
Make home-cooked food from whatever you have
Have any left-overs or things in your fridge that need to be used before they go bad?
Instead of spending money eating out, which can add up, have some fun coming up with ways to cook up what’s in your fridge.
You’re both saving money and having fun cooking together – I’d say it’s a win-win.
Have an at-home karaoke night
Love to sing or pull off impersonations of your favorite singers? Have an indoor karaoke night!
Get each other to choose a song to sing for the other person, instead of you choosing for yourself. Things will definitely get interesting.
Draw each other for fun
This is one of my favorite free date night ideas.
The reason why Is because one person is the artist and the person just doesn’t have an artistic bone in their body, haha. It’s so amusing to see.
On one of my dates, I went to a coffee shop and we drew each other. I ended up making him look like a mafia leader in my drawing, haha.
But it was so funny and such a good time to bond with each other.
Volunteer together
Whether’s that volunteering at a local charity event or at a pet shelter, this date idea would be a meaningful, different experience.
There are plenty of volunteer opportunities that you can find online and near your neighborhood.
Plan a road trip for the near future
I don’t know about you but sometimes, I need to set intentional time to plan dates with my date, haha.
Especially when it comes to dates that require more planning, it’d be more fun to plan together.
Planning road trips together is free and fun.
Organizing a trip earlier can save a lot of stress, money, and effort rather than putting one together last-minute.
Head to a free local event
Are there any local events happening near your area?
Or maybe you might have to drive a little further out to find an event happening.
But if it’s a free… why not turn it into a date idea you can do together!?
Take several couples quizzes for fun
What would be fun is having you and your partner choose a separate couple quiz online and do them together.
It could be a personality quiz, a love language quiz, superhero quiz, etc. There’s literally so many couple quizzes out there.
Maybe you might even learn more about each other when you compare the results!
Organize and clean a room
I know this doesn’t sound like an ideal date idea, haha. But it could also be a good quality time date.
If there is a room in either one of your places that you’d like to organize, then do it together. It’ll be way more fun having someone help you and chat with.
Turn on your favorite Spotify playlist and start cleaning together!
Do an upbeat dance workout at home
Instead of paying to do a workout class, save some money by doing a fun dance workout at home.
Couples that stay active together, stay together. Just kidding, I made that up, lol.
Now go and get that sweat in!
Have a blanket fort movie night
Aside from having a movie date, why not turn it into a blanket fort movie night?
This sounds so Tumblr, haha. But I’ve always wanted to try something like this, especially since growing up, I would always make blanket forts.
This is a romantic, chill date idea that you and your boyfriend could do!
Paint each other’s faces
This is one of my all-time favorite free date night ideas that you both will love!
But I did want to note to double-check if either of you are allergic to ingredients in paint.
If not, then have fun painting each other’s faces. You could get Inspo from online and try to replicate that.
Get creative, be playful, and most importantly, have fun!
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