30 Out Of the Box At Home Date Ideas for Couples in Long Term Relationships

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Whether money is tight or you’re not feeling like going out, at home date ideas are a great way to spend quality time with your partner. But if you’re anything like us, you’re likely fed up with always reading about the same movie nights and breakfast in bed date ideas!

Fear not, we’ve got you covered! We’ve come up with 29 original date ideas to do at home to reconnect, have fun together and make each other feel special. Bonus, they’re super budget friendly and a lot of them don’t require any preparation! 

At home date night ideas

1. Nutella pizza bar

A dinner date is fun but you know what’s more fun? A Nutella pizza bar! It’s super easy to create and will have the both of you try new combos of your labourite treats! 

What you need:

• puff pastry or pizza dough
• Nutella 
• bowls
• toppings of your choice

For the toppings, you can choose to go with fruits such as strawberries and blueberries or cookies and snacks like Oreos, brownie bites or even Maltesers (after all, more chocolate is almost never a bad idea)!

What to do:

First, cut your dough or puff pastry into a heart shape. Together, spread the Nutella onto it and cook in the oven for about 10 minutes (read your dough’s instructions).

While your pizza is cooking, take out some bowls and fill them up with your toppings. Set them in a line on your counter. 

Once your pizza is cooked, you can each choose what toppings to add and let your tastebuds have at it! 

Make it more romantic:

While the pizza is cooking, take some time to ask each other questions about your feelings, what you thought when you met, reminisce about good times and really focus on your relationship.

Don’t forget to hold each other! You can even add some cute gestures like feeding each other a few bites!

Of course, you can add a playful element by each making your own pizza and surprising each other with your choice of toppings.

2. Blindfolded kisses

For a spicy date night in, try kissing each other while being blindfolded. Make sure you’re safe in your home before you blindfold yourselves at the same time. Then let your other senses come to life and guide you in rediscovering your partner’s body with kisses! 

How to make it more fun:

Have your partner guess what part of your body they are kissing. You can make it funny by giving them your elbow or knee!

3. Glow in the dark painting

Add some glow into your relationship by trying out painting with glowing paint. If you’re both creative, you’ll love this, one of our fun activities for couples at home. 

What you need:

• glow in the dark acrylic paint: you can either make this with highlighter liquid and cornstarch or with phosphorescent powder or buy it online
• two pieces of paper or two canvas
• two brushes

What to do:

Get together at the table, light some candles and start painting. You can paint each other, or anything you’d like.

Make it more romantic:

Before starting to paint, pick a memory you have with each other to paint on your canva. Hide your canvases from each other. Once you’re done, you can reveal the result and see if your partner can find what the memory is! 

4. Coordinated dinner and movie night

Look we love a good movie and snuggles but after a while, it can get a bit boring and feel like we’re not putting much effort into our date nights! So instead, we do coordinated dinner and movie nights!

First, you’ll need to pick a movie. Then you’ll have to come up with a dinner that makes sense for the movie. You can go all out. For example, if your movie is Harry Potter, you can make an English breakfast, a veggie tray representing Professor Sprout’s garden, and English muffins. You can also dress up as the characters and decorate your living room (get your brooms out!). 

5. Ligretto game 

This at home date idea is a fun twist on the board game date night. Ligretto is a game we love to play. The best part about it is that you play at the same time! This card game is a great way to put some healthy competition into your relationship. 

6. Sexy bingo 

To spice up your night and get everyone woken up, you can play some sexy bingo, one of the spiciest and fun date night ideas at home. On a piece of paper, simply create a grid of 3 by 3 cases. In each case, add a sexy thing you feel comfortable with. You can each come up with half of them to keep an element of surprise for your partner.

Your items in each case can, for example, be:

• things to say
• things to do
• body parts
• types of kisses

Once your grid is filled out, you have all night to complete each item. Every time you do, you can mark off the case. Once you have done them all, you win! 

7. Make your favourite childhood dishes for each other

For a cute date idea at home, why not reminisce about simpler times in a foodie way? Take over the kitchen together and cook one of your favourite childhood dishes for each other. 

This is a great cheap date idea at home that allows couples to share more about themselves and their family history. You’ll be able to share anecdotes with each other and share something very personal together. It’s perfect to increase connection!

8. Polaroid Sexy session

Does this one need a lot of explaining? Grab your polaroid camera and take some spicy photos together! 

9. Couple night in car date 

A car date can be a great way to date at home but differently! Forget the couch and the bedroom, let’s move to the car! 

You can decorate your car with twinkly lights, and set some pillows and blankets to make it more comfortable. Of course, you can also bring snacks.

There are a few couple activities you can do in the car. One of them is to watch a movie as if you were out camping. You can also listen to music from the car and try to guess what song is on within the first couple of seconds. 

10. Color-themed date night

This is a trick we use to make our date ideas more interesting and playful. The idea is to have a color-themed date. At the beginning of the night, pick a color. You’ll have to build your date night around that color. This can take many forms depending on your interests.

For example, you can pick snacks of the chosen color, cook foods of only that color, watch a movie whose cover is of the color, play a game of that color, and so on. 

11. Living room picnic

Ditch the traditional fancy candlelit dinner and turn your living room into a romantic picnic paradise. After all, picnics at the park are fun but also come with bugs, sunburns or cold weather! So what’s more comfortable than having a picnic in the comfort of your own home together?

What you need:

• twinkly lights
• pillows
• blankets
• plates
• food
• drinks
• flowers

You can set up everything together. Use the twinkly lights and flowers to give a more romantic atmosphere. You can get comfortable on the pillows and share food and drinks with each other. 

12. Steak and Lobster 

If you want to have a fancy dinner for a romantic date night at home, get all out with lobster and steak! You can order in or make it a date to prepare it together. 

Make it more romantic:

• add some candles on the table
• dim the lights
• answer some funny relationship questions

13. Play Sexy Truth or Dare 

Another way to get your evening spiced up is to play a few rounds of sexy Truth or Dare questions. We have a full list of adult questions for a truth or dare game that you can use to get your game going. Of course, you can also make up your own questions if you’d like. 

This will definitely bring you closer and make your partner super attractive. You may want to cancel any late night plans, just in case! 

14. Living room fort building 

One of the best ways to connect and really be present in the moment is acting like kids! And one of the best ways to do that is building a fort in your living room together. 

You know how when your are a child, your parents don’t want to build a giant fort because it’s going to be too messy? Well, you don’t have to worry about this anymore!

So it’s time to start building. Use all the pillows, blankets and chairs you can find to build the biggest fort that you can. In it, bring snacks, drinks, games and enjoy your little bubble as a break from the world. 

15. Watch a concert 

As millennials, we’re getting to that age where we really like going to concerts yet we also really love not having to go anywhere. Which makes watching a concert at home a great date idea!

For the best concerts, Netflix or Youtube have many options. Of course, you can add snacks, drinks, and snuggles to the mix for a lovely evening together. If you’re feeling like it, you can take bets on what song is next! 

16. Write Love letters to each other 

At the end of the day, the simplest home date nights are sometimes the most meaningful ones. We highly recommend having a date night at home where you write each other a love letter. You can take time on your own to write your letter and then other up to exchange them.

Here are some topics you can cover if you suffer from blank page syndrome or if it is hard for you to express your feelings:

• What do you love most about your partner’s personality?
• What is one thing your partner does that makes you feel most loved?
• What is one memory together you love the most?
• How would you describe your life before and after your partner?
• What is the thing you’re looking forward to the most with your partner?
• When did you know you were falling in love with your partner?

17. Movie charades

One of the best ways to connect as a couple is by laughing together. Actually, a Berkeley study finds that laughing together boosts closeness felt in a relationship. 

So one great way to laugh together is playing movie charades. Look, you don’t even have to be good. Actually, sometimes the worse player you are, the funniest it is. With two players, you’re competing against each other. The most point your partner gets, the closest to winning you get! 

At home day date ideas

18. Body painting a memory on each other

This is such a cute date idea that you can do at home! We highly recommend trying this one to feel closer together.

Before starting, you can each pick one of your favorite memories together. These are the memories you’re going to paint on each other’s body. A quick tip is to not tell your partner what your memory is beforehand so you can surprise them with it. 

What you need:

You will need body paint to have the best results. However, there are a few alternatives that you may already have at your house. For example, you can use face makeup and makeup brushes. If you have eye shadow, you can use concealer to help the eyeshadow stick to your partner’s skin. You can also use Halloween face make up that you may have used for your couple Halloween costume. 

Go ahead and start painting! 

19. Relationship card game

We love having conversations on the couch during the day but sometimes it’s easy to run out of things to talk about. If you both work from home and are together as much as us, you probably understand! 

A cute home date idea is to use relationship cards to talk about different topics together. Some can be spicy while some are about your future together and your connection. 

20. Turn your home into a quaint cabin

Who wants to go on a romantic cabin getaway bu can’t afford it right now? Well, we’ve got you covered! If you can’t go to the cabin, we’re bringing the cabin to you (or almost at least!).

What you need:

• marshmallows
• crackers
• chocolate
• blankets
• two devices connected to the internet 
• your favourite books
• twinkly lights

What to do:

First, get all the blankets out and set them up on your couch. Then, turn on one of your devices and search for “fireplace” on YouTube. there are videos that will play a fireplace video for hours, that’s what we’re looking for! You’d be surprised at how much this will make it feel like you’re in a romantic Oklahoma cabin!

Afterwards, use your second device to play some soft nature sounds. you can search for “forest and bird sounds” on YouTube. You can also set the twinkly lights around the room to give your home a cabin atmosphere.

Once everything is set up, you can make smore’s and eat them while reading your books snuggled together. 

Make it more romantic:

To make this at home date idea more romantic, you can have a bubble bath or light up some candle. 

21. Youtube Dance Lesson

A great date idea at home that switched things up is to take a dance lesson on YouTube. It’s free and has many benefits. There are many types of dances that you can learn as a couple such as salsa, waltz, and tango.

We actually went to a free in person tango dance lesson and loved it! It’s a great way to work as a team. It also promotes closeness as tango and salsa can be pretty sexy dances! 

22. Frozen naughty desires

This one is a juicy date idea that will have you on your toes! It’s a date idea that we’ve completely created and we’ve never heard anyone else do this! 

What you need:

• small pieces of paper
• see-through tape
• ice cube tray

What to do:

The first step is to gather up and cute small pieces of paper. Pick two naughty or cute things you’d like to do or say to your partner. Write each on a different piece of paper. The pieces of paper need to be thiner than the width of the tape. 

Once you’ve written everything on paper, stick a piece of tape on each side to completely seal and isolate the paper. Then place each paper in one of the empty ice cube cases. Fill with water and freeze.

Once frozen, take the ice cubes out of the tray. Give yours to your partner and vice versa. Now it’s up to you to find a way to melt the ice the quickest to find your partner’s naughty thoughts first! You can use something to break the ice or a hair dryer. To each their techniques! Let’s see who can find out first!

23. Sexy couple yoga 

To get things more sensual, a fun date idea to do at home is trying couple yoga but making it sexy. There are different ways to make it spicy:

• do the yoga poses in your underwear
• do yoga poses that allows you to kiss more
• get creative!

24. Home treasure hunt

If you’re feeling like playing together and need to be challenged, why not have a home treasure hunt! Take turn hiding an item from each other. Make sure your partner is blindfolded so they cannot see where you went. Once you’ve both hidden an item, it’s time to start the search. 

You’ll both be searching at the same time. The first one to find the other person’s item wins! 

Make it more romantic:

Instead of hiding a random item, hide something with meaning. This can be a love note, a thank you note or even a naughty note!

25. A game of The Mind to see if you’re connected

One of the best game to see if you can be in sync is The Mind. This game is collaborative. You are playing together at the same time. 

The goal is to place your cards down in increasing order. You have to really sync up to make sure you don’t place too high of a number too soon! Of course, you’re not allowed to talk so it’s all in the eyes!

26. Spa date

A classic but sensual date idea at home is having a spa date. There are endless options for this one and we have a whole list of spa-like date ideas here. From head massages to bubbles baths, you can make this one as chill or as fancy as you’d like!

27. Bread painting

This one is a chill and creative at home date idea that’s great if you want to make food together but in a different way. First, you’ll have to make a sourdough or a focaccia. 

One the bread is ready, but before you bake it, that’s when you’ll want to paint it. The easiest way to go about it is to make two so you can each decorate your own. You can use edible dye to paint the bread. You can also use a small knife to make indents and shapes on the top of the bread. 

Make it more romantic

You can use this opportunity to make this a more romantic moment by painting yourselves, painting a heart, or even a love note!

28. Make an ice cream bar 

We are absolutely convinced that ice cream is always a good idea! But an ice cream bar? Even better! That’s a great date idea you can do at home even at the last minute! 

You can pick up sundae type of ice cream and all the toppings of your choice. Simply set out your toppings on the counter and add them to your ice cream sundae. You can add melted chocolate, chocolate or candy bars, fruits, and so on!

29. Make a couple scrapbook

If you’ve got a whole day ahead of you or want a couple activity you can do across several dates, this is a great one! Making a couple scrapbook is a great way to reminisce about the first time you met, how far you’ve come and all the best times you’ve had together.

30. Make pasta from scratch

Making pasta is quite fun! This is a great way to put a twist on your traditional dinner date idea at home! Here’s an easy recipe you can use to make pasta from scratch without a machine.

More classic at home date ideas

On top of our unique date ideas at home that we listed above, we also wanted to list some more classic ones that are often listed in case you haven’t thought of them.

31. Play video games together (e.g.:Mario Kart, Wii Sports)
32. Breakfast in bed, more breakfast ideas for a date here
33. Breakfast for dinner
34. Monopoly night
35. Jenga night
36. Unplugged evening
37. Have a tasting party of a type of food or drink you like
38. Learn about love languages
39. Learn a new skill together online
40. Home karaoke
41. Backyard stargazing and firepit hang out
42. Recreate your first date
43. Recreate photos from your childhood
44. Couple photo session at home
45. DIY home decor together
46. Homemade cocktails tasting
47. Backyard camping
48. Make a couple bucket list
49. Try home wine tasting

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