25 Fun Dates to Spruce Up Your Marriage This Spring

It’s the time of year for flowers, birds, and butterflies. Spring is known as a time of rebirth after the dormant season of winter. For many, it’s the time for spring cleaning and sprucing up your home, inside and outside. Likewise, making time to spruce up your relationship may be what you need to stir up those butterflies in your stomach, too!

Dating in marriage can bring joy and fun to your relationship and even make it feel new and fresh again as you enter a new season.

This list of date ideas for couples can get you goin’.

1. Visit a local u-pick farm. Find a farm that grows your favorite fruit (strawberries, blueberries, etc.)
2. Check out a farmer’s market for some garden goodies. You’ve probably got a weekly market with local products you’d enjoy.
3. Stargaze. Light your fire pit. Find specific constellations in the spring sky and talk about your dreams for the future.
4. Watch a sunset/sunrise together. Take a thermos of coffee. Grab a blanket, find a spot, and snuggle up.
5. Go Junking/Antiquing/Yard Saling. Spend $10 on a unique gift for each other.
6. Ride bikes.
7. Take walks together. It can be in your neighborhood, nature, or park. 
8. Play games in the park. Pack your frisbee, fly kites, or bring a ball to throw or kick around. 
9. Plant something together. Think flowers, an herb garden, or trees. 
10. Have an old-fashioned game night. Card games, board games, or Truth or Dare are good options. Use your imagination. 
11. Make homemade ice cream. Make your favorite ice cream and have toppings on hand that you like!
12. Take a Segway tour, either of your city or a city near you.
13. Fill out your own March Madness brackets with friendly wagers either game by game, Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final Four, or national championship. Prizes could be massages, Girls’ or Guys’ Night Out, or maybe the winner gets breakfast in bed.
14. Participate in a First Things First Virtual/DIY Date Night.
15. Plan a community service date where you focus on helping other people. Join local Meals on Wheels, a food bank, or a community clean-up. Give away stuff you don’t need/use. (Don’t be limited by this list. Let your creative juices flow!)
16. Do a spring photoshoot. Take selfies, ask a friend to take pictures, or hire a pro. Go to various locations, such as a parking lot, museum, car lot, or a nature park.
17. Visit a winery or distillery. Learn about the process they use and try samples.
18. Have a water date. Paddleboarding, a water balloon fight, rafting, swim park, sprinklers/water hose, beach, canoeing, fishing, or kayaking are options.
19. Create your own food tour of local eateries. Sample Thai food, pizza, sushi, tacos, hamburger, ice cream, or french fries. Check out places you haven’t tried before!
20. Fire up your BBQ grill. Have a grilling contest and eat outdoors.
21. Attend a minor/major/little league baseball game. Grab some peanuts and Cracker Jacks…
22. Go to a drive-in movie theater. Find one here.
23. Plan an “Expand Your Mind” date. Read and discuss a book together. Watch a documentary.
24. Zoo date! Visit a nearby zoo or travel to one. You may be able to see newly-born baby animals. (And sometimes the library will let you check out a free pass!)
25. Spa date night! Give each other pedicures, back and shoulder rubs, or foot massages. Do facials or take a steamy bath. 

Spring is a time for new beginnings. And after the year we’ve had, that may be just what the doctor ordered. These spring date ideas can not only help you have fun with your spouse—they can create a fresh start for your relationship and help you have a stronger marriage all year long. 

Have fun!

Other Helpful Links:

• Why Date Night Matters
• How Date Night Can Boost Your Relationship
• 3 Great Dates to Enhance Communication in Your Marriage