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How To Plan the Perfect Date Night as the World Starts to Reopen

Updated April 25, 2024 by Amy Furr

Tell your significant other to clear their schedule and put your pajama pants away (at least for a few hours), because it’s time to plan a fun date outside of the house. Now that more people are receiving COVID-19 vaccines and restaurants, theaters, and venues are opening again or welcoming more people, you can finally take your list of date night ideas and put it into action.

However, going out might not be the best date night for you and your partner right now. Maybe you still need to find a new babysitter. Maybe you’re thinking about cheap date ideas since going out isn’t affordable for your family at this point. Regardless of the reason, you can still come up with fantastic at-home date night ideas that fit your schedule and budget.

Whether you’ve already bought concert tickets or plan to spend your next great date on the living room couch, Cratejoy can help you put together a creative date at home — or out — thanks to our date night subscription boxes . Every at-home date night subscription box provides all you need for a fun activity with no planning required. Subscribers love anticipating the surprises in their date night boxes, which will provide them with a unique date experience from the comfort of home. Plus, you don’t need a babysitter, no parking or rideshare is required, and you won’t be surprised by the bill at the end of the night.

Read on to learn about subscribers’ favorite date night ideas as well as a bucket list for date night ideas to peruse for your next night out. From romantic date night ideas to double date ideas, you’re sure to see something that makes you say, “Ooh, I want to try that!”

Date Night In: Great Crates for Great Dates

Cratejoy’s high-quality and creative subscription boxes can help you make a great date night at home , whether it’s your first date or your first date in a long time. Because each date night box includes all the ingredients and materials for a fun activity, from cooking to wine tasting to a thrilling escape room game, you don’t need to come up with your own fun date night ideas. And if you’re looking for first-date ideas, these subscription boxes are perfect, as the two of you can explore the crate together while getting to know one another.

While you may have a long list of the best date ideas, sometimes life happens and you don’t have the time, energy, or budget to make those date night ideas happen. Tired of arguing about what to watch on Netflix for movie night? Not interested in discussing where to get takeout from? Need to find a one-evening project you can work on with the kids in the other room? The best date night at home subscription boxes deliver just that every month.

Date Night In: Good Tastes & Big Fun

One fun way to enjoy your next at-home date night is by cooking up something new — literally. Cratejoy’s food subscription boxes bring you a curated set of tasty treats, from meal ingredients to healthy snacks to decadent desserts. Want to whip up baked goods as a couple or even as a family? Interested in taking a mini-vacation to new flavors with a regional or international food subscription box? A food box delivers a great time and unique experience worth savoring.

Alcohol subscription boxes also make for popular date night ideas. You and your significant other can flex your mixology skills while sampling various liquors, spirits, or wines. Pick from a wide variety of boxes specializing in fun things like different liquors or craft cocktail ingredients and instructions.

If wine is your drink of choice, why not hold an at-home wine tasting with a high-quality date night box from He Wines, She Dines? You can even take your wine tasting at home to the next level by curating a themed playlist and dressing up in elegant attire, so you sip in style.

Date Night In: Escaping Boredom

Do you love the thrill of an escape room or live to solve mysteries? If your local escape room still isn’t open or is booked for a while, subscribe to a mystery and escape room subscription box . With these date night subscription boxes, you can easily transform your living room into an escape room for a night.

These subscription boxes are extremely popular for an at-home date night as well as a group game night. With new escape room games or board games arriving every month, you can keep the fun going by scheduling your game nights with others in advance, ensuring you and your friends keep time available on your crowded schedules for fun and socializing.

Date Night Out: Take Your Date Night Subscription Box to Go

Let’s say your latest subscription box just arrived, but you want to change up your scenery and enjoy it outside of the house. Many Cratejoy date night subscription boxes can travel well or function as double date ideas. For example, the game in an escape room or mystery box might make for a fun date night out or a group game night at an outdoor restaurant or coffee shop. (We don’t recommend bringing your cooking or baking subscription box to a restaurant, though.)

Date night subscription boxes also make great conversation pieces. Even if you leave your subscription box at home, you might be tempted to chat with your partner or friends about the last game or activity you played and what you loved about it.

Date Night Out: Make Your Bucket List

No list of post-pandemic date night ideas is complete without daydreaming about all the fun things you haven’t done in a while. Below is a list of date night ideas we’re looking forward to exploring as soon as possible:

Going out for ice cream or frozen yogurt
Belting out great songs at karaoke
Hitting the rink for ice skating (though this might have to wait until winter)
Busting a move in a dance lesson
Leaving the kids at home to go to a wine tasting
Sitting at your usual table in your favorite restaurant

While some of the fun activities in the list above might involve being indoors, there are still plenty of date night ideas you can do at home or outdoors, especially during the spring and summer:

Schedule a scavenger hunt (this is also a great option for game night)
Sharpen your DIY skills with an arts and crafts project
Crack open a bottle of wine or make s’mores while you enjoy stargazing
Have an old-fashioned movie experience at a drive-in
Head to a local park for a picnic (or bring your game night subscription box and play outside)

Date Night In Vs. Date Night Out

Where you decide to set your next date night is up to you, your comfort level, and your budget. Enjoying an at-home date night with an award-winning subscription box makes for a reliable and fun activity — and one that, in many cases, can travel with you to friends’ houses or coffee shops. However, getting back to the outside-the-home activities you used to love can also be a welcome respite after spending so much time at home.

Whether you’re planning an at-home date night with your favorite subscription box or itching to try date night ideas outside of the house, we hope you and yours have a fantastic and safe time.

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