These are the 7 best extremely creative date night and Valentine’s Day ideas to celebrate at home with your loved ones! Try out these fun and thoughtful activities for the most memorable date night or Galentine’s celebration ever!
Looking for fun and unique date night or Valentine’s Day ideas to celebrate at home? We’ve gathered the best and most creative ideas for you to try!
Valentine’s Day is one of the most amazing holidays because it is a time to show love and appreciation for all of the special people in your life. You also get to eat chocolate, listen to love songs, and watch movies about love! (Yay!)
This year many of us will be celebrating at home with small, low key gatherings, or keeping it really intimate with just a significant other. However you choose to celebrate, and with whomever, there is a fun activity on this list for you!
This post is all about the 7 best extremely creative Valentine’s Day ideas to make the most memorable date night or Galentine’s celebration ever!
These activities are also great for regular date nights and small get togethers anytime of the year!
1. Cook together.
Planning a meal and preparing food is one of the warmest ways to show affection. It takes thought, time, and effort to cook something for someone. Why not cook together? Cooking together has always brought people together.
Pick a recipe with your loved one in advance. Have the ingredients ready to go on the day of the celebration. Then have fun in the kitchen together preparing the meal! Creating something together creates a shared experience for you to bond over.
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Cooking with a significant other? Try these recipes for every relationship stage!
Or if you prefer to let the pros lead you in the kitchen, sign up for a cooking class together. Some places with virtual cooking classes to check out:
- William Sonoma
- 18 Reasons (a nonprofit community cooking school in San Francisco)
- The Chef & The Dish
- The League Of Kitchens (provides culinary experiences where immigrants lead intimate cooking workshops directly from their own homes)
2. Watch a comedy show.
Laughing is one of the best ways to create happy memories together and grow relationships of all kinds! According to this study by the journal Human Nature, laughing helps people to open up and feel less inhibited, enabling them to strengthen and develop relationships with others.
Why not stream a comedy show right to your living room? The Second City is a famous improv spot in Chicago, and they live stream a virtual show every Thursday night at 7PM Central Time. Or try Comedy Quarantine, who host a live streamed standup routine every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 7PM Pacific Time.
3. Share an experience.
Along similar lines as watching a comedy show, you can actually live stream many different types of events.
Take a look at Airbnb Online Experiences for everything ranging from magic shows, tango lessons, cultural tours, scavenger hunts, and more. If you want to take a guided painting lesson together, then give Yaymaker a try. Go to Masterclass to learn new skills from the masters in these well produced classes.
4. Attend a virtual event together.
Spotlight On Plays is where you can see actors performing live streamed stage reading productions every week. The popular YouTube channel The Show Must Go On provides viewers the chance to see musical productions live streamed each Friday at 2PM Eastern Time.
If virtual talks and readings by popular leaders and authors is more your speed, check out New YorkCity’s 92Y or Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington D.C. Independent bookstores like Portland’s Powell’s Books or Washington D.C.’s Politics & Prose are great to browse, too.
5. Camp out in the living room.
“We’re going camping.” The perfect excuse to unplug for the night! Make your own blanket fort, or use a real tent if you have the room, grab your sleeping bags and set up camp! If you have a fireplace, all the more authentic! If not, no big deal, light some candles or grab a flashlight, and your favorite camping snacks! Make these amazing Nutella Skillet S’Mores from TheKitchn for all of those great camping vibes! Turn on some nature sounds gently in the background to set the atmosphere, and you’re ready to go. Here’s a virtual campfire to set the mood. If you want to take it a step further, set up a star projector to bring stargazing indoors!
6. Have a nostalgic movie night.
Gather your favorite snacks from when you were a kid and some old nostalgic movies. Pop some popcorn, grab a couple of drinks, a cozy blanket, TONS of pillows, and let the good times roll!
If you want to add dinner to your movie night, what could be more nostalgic than a pizza, every kid’s favorite meal?! Try this 20 minute one pan pizza recipe from Tasty.
7. Take a tropical staycation.
Turn your guest room into a tropical vacation suite! (This could even work in your regular bedroom if you don’t have a guest room!) Light a fruity scented candle, and have some coconut scented lotion and your favorite spa products on hand. Slice up some tropical fruits like mango, pineapple, dragon fruit, or papaya. Mix some delicious tropical drinks (these drinks from Wide Open Eats look amazing) or margaritas. Last, but not least, play a tropical inspired playlist that sounds like you’re at a beachfront cafe somewhere in paradise, or turn your TV into a window and transport yourself someplace sunny, like with this video in the Maldives. You could even play a slideshow of you enjoying your favorite tropical vacation spot!
And if you really want to bring those hotel vibes to your guest room, make sure you have nice clean bedding and that the bed is made when you “arrive.” Decorate the room with some tropical flowers and have fun!
Best of all, the fun doesn’t have to stop on V-day! These ideas work great ANYTIME of year!!!
This post was all about the 7 best extremely creative Valentine’s Day ideas to make the most memorable date night or Galentine’s celebration ever!
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I love the fun and playful ways to celebrate a holiday, special occasion or just an ordinary day, making it extraordinary!!!