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40 Fun Fall Date Ideas to Strengthen Your Relationship!
On October 27, 2020 by Megan FolsomWhen you’re a parent, it’s so important to have a strong relationship with your significant other. This takes time, effort, communication and FUN. It’s easy for time to fly by when we’re surrounded by littles and messes and busy days, so we need to intentionally plan and set aside time for each other. We desperately need date nights and time away from our kids to focus on our marriages or relationships. It can be hard to come up with fun ideas when you’re exhausted, so we often put our date nights off for later or end up just going out for dinner (which is still so needed sometimes!). To help you this fall, I’ve come up with 40 fun, seasonal ideas for you!
Fun Fall Dates:
- Go on a cozy hayride.
- Pick pumpkins at a local pumpkin patch or farm.
- Have a tea-tasting bar.
- Plan a Friendsgiving dinner with your closest couple friends.
- Go apple picking at an orchard.
- Carve or paint pumpkins.
- Try out a fun new pumpkin recipe.
- Walk through a corn maze.
- Go through a haunted house.
- Take a long drive through the canyon to see the changing leaves.
- Have a bonfire and make s’mores.
- Camp in your backyard.
- Go on a nature walk.
- Have a pie bake-off with your couple friends.
- Go on a Fall scavenger hunt.
- Attend a local Fall event, such as a festival or a Halloween-themed location. (IE – Witchfest, Witchapalooza, or Witch’s Night Out).
- Drive around trying local Fall treats (pumpkin/apple donuts, apple cider, pumpkin pie, etc.)
- Plant a mini Fall vegetable garden or seasonal flowers.
- Shop for and put together your Halloween costumes.
- Pick out funny Fall outfits for each other at a local thrift store and wear them out to dinner.
- Try a DIY Fall craft together from Pinterest.
- Set up a tripod and take fun, silly, romantic pictures together in a beautiful, Fall location.
- Drive around finding Halloween decorations in nearby neighborhoods. Walk through any who have their houses set-up for it. (There are generally a few people everywhere who go all-out for visitors to come walk through their house or yard.)
- Make a Fall-scented candle together at home or at a local shop.
- Take a hot air ballon ride to see the fall trees from above.
- Go to a homecoming or other football game.
- Make caramel apples.
- Watch a scary movie and cuddle up together.
- Host a chili cook-off.
- Have a beautiful picnic outdoors.
- Play zombie paintball.
- Make homemade, seasonal soup and eat it out of bread bowls.
- Play mini golf (make your own course at home or go to a course.)
- Take a Ski Lift Ride over the changing trees.
- Go through a scary or Halloween-themed escape room.
- Host or attend a Murder Mystery dinner.
- Enjoy a scenic horseback ride.
- Go Ziplining.
- Relax in a hot tub.
- Go on a Geocaching adventure.
Don’t have much time to get ready for your date?! Be sure to try one of these Quick At-Home Ideas to boost your confidence and feel more put-together before your date!
What are your favorite Fall dates? Let me know in the comments below and I’ll add them to my list!
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