Sometimes you just feel like staying at home on date night. It could be because your children are young or maybe the weather is bad. Whatever the reason, these 33 creative and cozy at home winter date night ideas will inspire you!
At Home Winter Date Night Ideas
1. Have a candlelight dinner in your bedroom
2. Play a board game (some of our favorites are Scrabble, Ticket to Ride, Jenga, and Boggle)
3. Watch a movie
4. Give each other massages
5. Dress up and have a photo shoot
6. Play the Newlywed Game (get the questions here or try this free printable game)
7. Make dessert together
8. Have an indoor picnic with simple but delicious food
9. Enjoy a fondue
10. Plan your next vacation
11. Look at your wedding photos
12. Read aloud to each other
13. Do a puzzle
14. Have a chocolate tasting
15. Create a bucket list
16. Do some goal planning together
17. Q&A Night: Come up with a list of questions (try these!) type them up, print them off, and each of you come to the date with your completed list. Share your answers over dinner.
18. Turn the heat up and enjoy some homemade ice cream (here’s our favorite ice cream maker)
19. Play the Getting to Know You Matching Game
20. Watch your wedding video
21. Read old love notes/cards you’ve given each other
22. Order take-out and eat it by candlelight at home
23. Learn how to dance by watching instructional videos on YouTube
24. Watch a documentary
25. Take a personality test (we recently did this one)
26. Write out your love story together
27. Create an at-home spa night
28. Make a fire in the fireplace and make s’mores
29. Bake cookies
30. Watch a concert on YouTube
31. Do a crossword puzzle together
32. Have an art night and draw or paint together
33. Move theme night (food and clothing matches the movie)
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What ideas would you add to this list? Share them in the comments!
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Katelynn|hampersandhiccups.com says
January 19, 2018 at 9:55 amVery cute ideas! I think we do a lot of these without calling them “dates”. One thing we want to do more of is have designated date nights throughout the year, even if they are just at home after the kids go to bed.
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Joy Kincaid says
January 20, 2018 at 5:07 pmWe’re hoping to do that this year too! Thanks for stopping by, Katelynn!
Mother of 3 says
January 17, 2018 at 3:37 pmThese are all such wonderful ideas! I’ve always wanted to try a carpet picnic in front of the fire. Pinned.
Joy Kincaid says
January 20, 2018 at 5:05 pmThank you! The picnic in front of the fire is so romantic! We don’t have a fireplace at home, but we did this at a weekend getaway we took once, and we loved it. 🙂
Cathy says
January 17, 2018 at 11:15 amThese all sounds like great ideas for a stay at home date night! We don’t go out very often so some of these may be fun to try! Thanks for sharing. I’m visiting from the Wise Woman link-up.
Joy Kincaid says
January 20, 2018 at 5:04 pmThanks so much for visiting, Cathy! Hope you have a great weekend!
Emma says
January 5, 2018 at 6:25 pmThese are exactly the type of ideas that me and my husband need! We rarely get to go out on dates as all three of our children have disabilities so we are unable to hire a babysitter. As a military family we have to wait for when family visits to get a much needed break! We have been feeling the strain lately, so will definitely pin these ideas to start straight away! Thanks x
Joy Kincaid says
January 5, 2018 at 9:48 pmSo glad these ideas are helpful, Emma!
Filipa Fernandes says
April 18, 2017 at 5:41 pmOh, I’ve been looking for a post like this for such a looong time. I’ve been running out of date night ideas, let alone during the winter. And for once, a list on the internet that is full of perfectly doable things! Thank you Joy, all the best 🙂
Joy Kincaid says
April 18, 2017 at 6:47 pmI’m so glad it was helpful, Filipa! Enjoy! 🙂
Kendra Stamy says
March 3, 2017 at 12:40 pmThese are fun ideas! Some of them would even work okay with kids. Just put them to bed first 😉
Thanks for linking up at Living Proverbs 31!
Joy Kincaid says
March 3, 2017 at 3:07 pmHaha! Yes, putting the kids to bed first might be a good idea! 🙂 Thanks so much for hosting the link-up, Kendra!
Kelly says
February 27, 2017 at 7:21 amI love these ideas! Pinning this to keep going back to. Thanks for sharing on the homestead blog hop. I hope we see you again this Wednesday.
Joy Kincaid says
February 27, 2017 at 1:16 pmThank you, Kelly! Thanks so much for hosting!
Laura Lane says
February 20, 2017 at 2:31 pmThese are some great ideas! Thanks!
Joy Kincaid says
February 20, 2017 at 11:10 pmThanks Laura! 🙂