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Are you sitting at home together and are you tired of just watching movies on Netflix? Can’t leave the house or don’t feel like going anywhere? Fortunately, there are still plenty of fun things to think of for a cozy and romantic evening at home. There is much more to do at home than just hanging out on the couch and watching a movie. That’s why we give you 14 original date ideas for home. So you can also go on a “normal” date during corona times.
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Why date at home?
Due to the corona crisis, romantic outings will not be an option for the time being. You are both at home in a form of quarantine, but watching movies and series is starting to get boring. That is why dating at home is a perfect option. This way you can still have a romantic evening, enjoy each other’s company and do something you may never have done before.
Another advantage is that most of these ideas are also free or cost almost no money . Also ideal for when you don’t have much money to go on a date, but still want to have a nice evening with your date or partner.
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14 At Home Date Ideas
These ideas are creative and guarantee a wonderful evening with your partner. Curious? Then read on and who knows, you might find a unique idea to surprise your sweetheart with soon.
1. Organize a game night
The idea of this date is to play different games with your partner for an entire evening. Pull out some old board games like Mens Erger Je Niet, Monopoly, Catan or Jenga. And of course don’t forget to draw up some rules and keep a score sheet. Because the person who wins the most games of the evening deserves a suitable prize. How about not having to cook or do the dishes for a week?
If you both like gaming, you can also choose to compete against each other in computer games for an evening. Race each other in Mario Kart or play another of your favorite games.
2. Hold a theme night
Do you love good food? Then it can be a super fun date to organize a theme night. Choose a country of your choice and think of suitable recipes for this country. For pizza, this could be a delicious pasta with tiramisu for dessert. Or what do you think of Spain; with a delicious paella, homemade Sangria and Spanish music?
Of course, you can extend this date as much as you want. Don’t just choose recipes, but put on matching music, buy accessories that belong to the country or watch a film with a background in the country of your choice.
3. Organize a home crawl
Due to the current crisis, it is not possible to go out and have a pub crawl for the time being. But you can of course also organize this at home. Choose different drinks that you like, such as Gin & Tonic, tasty cocktails or various beers and wines.
Put on a cool Spotify list and drink the different drinks in different rooms of your home. A drink in the kitchen, living room, bedroom and you have organized your own homecrawl .
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4. Create a home spa
Do you also want to relax and be pampered at home? Then create your own spa at home. Light nice smelling candles, take a bath together, massage each other and put on masks. With a relaxing playlist and delicious bath foam, the tone is set for a romantic evening.
5. Organize a cooking or baking competition
Who doesn’t know it: Heel Holland Bakt. Of course, you can also have this baking battle at home with each other. Choose a baking recipe such as a delicious cake, banana bread, pie, muffins or cookies and compete with each other. Who bakes the best? Afterwards, you also have the luck that you can eat the cake yourself to test who has won.
Are you not so much into sweets? Then you can also have a cooking competition. Choose a mandatory ingredient that you have to use and both choose your own recipe around it. Set a timer to keep track of the time and start cooking. A fun date and cooked for dinner in the evening; a win-win situation.
6. Hold a wine or beer tasting
Where you normally would go to a bar to have a drink, you can now also have a wine or beer tasting at home. Go to the liquor store and buy a few good bottles of wine or a nice beer package with different specialty beers, put down pen and paper and start tasting. You can also get some nice, matching snacks.
7. Practice Salsa or ballroom dancing together
Have you been wanting to start dancing lessons for a while, but never got around to it? This is the perfect time to start. There are many online lessons on YouTube that you can use to practice. Put on some nice music and get dancing. Who knows, you might discover a new hobby that you want to continue with.
8. Have an indoor picnic
Is the weather not so nice outside, but do you still feel like having a special lunch? Then you can also have an indoor picnic . Put down a nice blanket in the room, buy or make tasty snacks, salads and something to drink and your romantic picnic can begin. With some nice music, a movie or some card games, the indoor date is complete.
9. Exercise together
This may not sound like the most romantic date, but it can still be a lot of fun to work out together. It’s also good for you after all that food. If you really need to lose those quarantine pounds, you can work up a sweat together. There are also real couple workouts these days , which are specially designed to be done by two people. This way, you not only work on your fitness, but also on teamwork .
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10. Redecorate your home (or a room)
Is your home or apartment ready for a makeover? Then this is the ideal time to get started. Browse through home magazines together or search the internet for new furniture or accessories. Maybe you even want to give a wall a new color or assemble your own piece of furniture. Think carefully in advance about how you want to furnish it and then you can get started.
11. Puzzling together
Puzzling together is the perfect way to spend some hours together. Choose a fun puzzle of 1000 pieces (or more, if you want to take on the challenge) and you will be busy for a few hours. Searching for the solution together requires cooperation: it can sometimes be quite a challenge to find that one missing piece.
12. Set out on a scavenger hunt in real
Escape rooms are very popular these days. It is also possible to set up a kind of escape room in your own home. Hide mysterious riddles, exciting questions and funny assignments throughout the house for each other. If your partner succeeds in solving the treasure hunt, you can also attach a nice prize to it.
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13. An online escape room
There are also many ways to amuse yourself online. In addition to setting up a treasure hunt in your home, you can also try to solve an escape room online . Or what do you think of a Crimibox? This is a detective game with which you can solve murder cases yourself. You will quickly be busy with it for an entire afternoon or evening and actively engaged together.
14. Watch Oscar-winning movies
Do you still want to just watch movies on the couch for an evening? Then choose a theme night in movies. For example, watch all movies that have won an Oscar, movies by a certain director or in a certain theme. That way, a standard Netflix evening becomes a bit more original.
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