There’s something about a light breeze and the sun’s golden rays that makes me want to escape for some time alone with my husband.  Yet last summer, on a much needed break from the kids, we sat in the parking lot of Wal-Mart desperate for something to do together.  Embarrassingly, we ended up searching Pinterest for some fun warm weather date nights before we finally settled on our activity of choice.

However, spending quality time together doesn’t have to be difficult or cost a ton of money.  May this list of creative date nights help you reconnect whether you’re staying at home or having a night on the town.

The Ultimate List of Warm Weather Date Nights

Free or frugal date nights

1. Have a picnic in the backyard or a nearby park
2. Go for a hike
3. Sit by the pool for an afternoon without kids (even if it’s the kiddie pool in your own backyard!)
4. Watch a movie under the stars
5. Look for constellations once it’s dark
6. Go geocaching
7. Create an outdoor scavenger hunt
8. Use a date night jar to help keep your date nights fresh
9. Go camping
10. Take a “dream home tour” of open houses in your favorite neighborhood
11. Go for an evening stroll without kids and make sure to hold hands
12. Dance under the stars
13. Have a bonfire, make s’mores, and discuss your life
14. Go the park and play on the equipment (no kids allowed!)
15. Cook your favorite summer recipe together or experiment with a new one
16. Visit a local airport and watch the planes take off
17. Window shop and pick out an item that reminds you of your spouse (without actually buying it!)
18. Go on a bike ride
19. Have an ice cream date
20. Grab a bucket of sidewalk chalk and see who can make the best creations
21. Have a water gun fight in your own yard
22. Do yoga or your favorite exercise together
23. Watch the sunset
24. Take a drive with the windows rolled down and the music cranked up
25. Visit a local festival
26. Refinish an old piece of furniture together
27. Visit yard sales or thrift stores
28. Go to a free outdoor concert in your local area
29. Head to the mall and people watch
30. Tour a book store and browse for new reads together
31. Fly a kite in the park
32. Visit a pet adoption and “window shop”
33. Head to a local farmer’s market
34. Volunteer
35. Put together Blessing Bags for the less fortunate and pass them out
36. Train for and run a 5K together
37. Get a new Christian devotional and read it outside as a couple
38. Plant a garden
39. Make an outdoor scavenger hunt of fun surprises for each other
40. Have a “compliment day”, where you leave sticky note compliments all over the house for each other
41. Take a prayer walk together and cover each room of your house in prayer

Fun Activities Out on the Town

1. Take a hot air balloon ride
2. Visit the zoo
3. Take a tour of a botanical garden
4. Go skydiving
5. Sail down the river on a local river cruise
6. Take scuba diving lessons
7. Be a tourist in a nearby city or town
8. Take dancing lessons
9. Go ice skating
10. Tackle a home improvement project together
11. Go to an outdoor concert or movie
12. Do an Ancestry DNA Kit and each make a food dish of your predominant ethnicity
13. Recreate your 1st date.  Try to be as authentic as possible
14. Take a helicopter ride
15. Be creative at a Paint & Sip art studio
16. Go rollerskating
17. Rent a convertible for the night and ride with the top down
18. Play mini-golf
19. Dress up and go to a museum
20. Play laser tag (no kids allowed!)

Whether you stay at home or have an adventure on the town, may the warmer temperatures help you reconnect and have fun as a couple!

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