Here is a list of over 100 activities or ideas you could do on a date with a group of friends or with that somebody special. This will be your guide for those times when you are looking for a quick date idea.
- Go on a hike together
- Go Bowling
- Get Ice cream or Frozen Yogurt or Custard together
- Go Golfing, or Mini Golf or to the Driving range.
- Visit an art gallery or museum
- Go to a concert.
- Go to or plan a game night
- Go on a Bike ride
- Go Geo caching.
- Go out to dinner,
- Go Jeep Off-roading
- Go on an ATV Ride (4 wheeler, motorcycle)
- Go Mountain Bike Find a location
- Go Mountain board
- Roller blade/ Skate at the skate park
- Long board
- Laser tag
- Paint Ball
- Shoot Guns together
- Archery
- Canyoneering
- Rapelling
- Go Rock climbing
- Horseback riding
- Ride Segway’s
- Slack lining
- Zip lining
- Go Cave exploring / spelunking at (Bloomington Caves, Snow Canyon Lava Tubes) A lot of people play “hide and go seek” with glow sticks in these caves.
- Aviation: Fly in an airplane or take a helicopter tour.
- Paragliding
- Go Skydiving
- Go for a Hot Air Balloon Ride
- Bungee Jumping
- Go carts
- Race car driving.
- Ride a Mechanical Bull
- Go Ice blocking
- Go Volcano Boarding
- Learn to play a song together on the guitar, or whatever instrument you play.
- Guitar lesson
- Karate Lesson
- Draw or paint a picture together
- Read a book together
- Visit the flight museum
- Visit Rosenberg Wildlife animal museum.
- Dinosaur museum
- Set goals, Make life lists together.
- Go through your old pictures and tell stories about the pictures.
- Learn a foreign language together.
- Learn a dance together.
- Visit Historical Sites like the Brigham Young Winter Home, the Temple Visitor center, the Tabernacle, daughters of Utah Pioneers, Jacob Hamblin home.
- Visit a Pet Store
- Volunteer at an animal shelter, adopt a pet.
- Feed animals at Staheli Farms
- Teach a pet a trick
- Feed ducks at a pond.
- Take a pet for a walk
- Go Horse Riding
- Go on a “vacation together” select a country you have always wanted to visit and create a date theme based around that culture.
- Be a kid again date. Go to one of the many city parks. Have fun, enjoy the slides, the spinning toys, the merry go rounds. Jump in a water fountain, play in a sand pit, swing on the swings and be a kid again.
- Go to your local car dealer and take your dream car out for a test drive. Warning you might have to pretend that you are actually looking to buy a car so be prepared!
- Take Pictures together with your digital camera’s go on a picture scavenger hunt
- Dress up and pretend that you are celebrities or models and have a friend or photographer take your pictures. Go to a photo studio or hire a photographer or go to a beautiful location for some memorable pictures and a fun time.
- Participate in a service project together: Show your compassionate side to that special someone by doing a service project together. Rake leaves for your neighbor, visit a rest or nursing home, volunteer at Dixie care and share, volunteer at the hospital, read books to children at the library, help in a can drive, become a big brother or sister, make some handmade cards out of simple paper and crayons, give them to strangers with creative quotes that somehow say “have a nice day” or take your home-made cards to somebody that might be sick or is going through a hard time, write a joke or tell a funny story in the card, color it, make it look neat and give it to somebody to make their day a little brighter. Although this may not be the most romantic date, it can be very fulfilling knowing that you are helping others for a good cause.
- Create your own home made movie
- Throw a make believe party where you pretend you are living in the future and you talk about the things that you have accomplished and you are living the life you have always dreamed of.
- Make homemade pizza.
- Build a fort together out of blankets and furniture.
- Take a trip to your local hobby shop – pick out a project to work on for the afternoon—maybe build a boat, or a rocket, something that you can play with! Build and fly a model rocket, remote airplanes, cars, helicopters, balloons, kites, etc.
- Play tourist, pretend that you are just visiting the area you live in and see the sites that most tourist would go.
- Visit or go to a fitness center or athletic club together
- Go to the Rec center (St. George or Washington)
- Watch a sport together (College and High school games: Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Baseball)
- Participate in a sport together. Tennis Volleyball, Basketball, Soccer
- Yoga
- Zumba
- Play Ping pong at the Institute or in the Old Gym upstairs
- Fencing
- Play pool aka billiards.
- Glow in the dark Frisbee! Ultimate Frisbee
- Wii Olympics Wii sports,
- Work out to an exercise video like P90X or Insanity together.
- Live Theater. Go to a play (Tuacahn, St. George Theater, High school plays)
- Go Dancing together
- Star gazing, learn about the constellations to impress your date, or use a star gazing app. Look up on the internet when the next meteor shower will be and drive out where you can see the stars clearly, bring blankets to cuddle up and watch the stars.
- Dance under the stars
- Go to the airport and watch the planes land
- Go on a picnic
- Go on a Carousel ride together.
- Watch the sunrise or sunset on top of the Dixie Hill
- Cook dinner together.
- Drive in movie: Most people will have a lap top, smart phone, or Tablet/Ipad type device. All of which can save and play movies. Get a favorite movie and drive to a romantic location and watch a movie.
- Get a roll of pennies, go to a fountain and wish out loud as you throw them in (good way to get to know somebody’s dreams and wishes)
- Go to the mall and go to those photo booths where you take pictures together. You can make funny, flirty, romantic, silly faces and you each get a picture with memories. There’s something sentimental about keeping a picture of you two together with those faces. Who knows you might even get a kiss in the photo booth.
- Spend time around the campfire together.
- Cook hot dogs, roast marsh mellows, or starburst
- Fly a kite (Go to the St. George Kite Festival)
- Set off Chinese Lanterns together.
- Tin Foil Dinners.
- Have a Bonfire.
- Go fishing.
- Play night games (cops and robbers, capture the flag)
- Have a Dutch over dinner
- Pick peaches at the fruit orchard in Hurricane
- If you have access to a cabin it’s always fun to get away out in nature to have fun.
- Play at the sand dunes; make sand castles and sand angels. Roll down the hill if you don’t mind getting a little dirty.
- Play guitar hero or Rock Band.
- Have Karaoke night at Honolulu grill or Applebee’s
- Game night- play board & card games, games with friends (Uno, Phase Ten, Spoons, Sorry, Clue, What If.
- Watch your favorite YOUTUBE clips together.
- Make cookies, gingerbread, gram cracker houses, spooky house during Halloween, Christmas house during December together
- Go shopping together. You don’t even have to buy anything but it can be fun just going through different stores at a local mall.
- Go to the IMAX theater to watch a movie screen 60 feet high and 82 feet across
- Comedy club The Mesquite Casablanca Resort offers guest free comedy, most Friday and Saturday nights.
- Open Mic at Jazzy Java/ Casa Dona Maria SUSWA. Concerts
- Go to an arcade, or have a night of video games
- Go for a ride in the car (driving around is a good time to talk to somebody)
- Go on a Road Trip to another city.
- Listen to your favorite CD or song mix on a drive. Good way to learn what music somebody likes.
- Drive to Salt Lake in December and see the lights at temple square.
- Drive to Las Vegas: Go shopping; see the shark tank, a magic show, the water show & exposition at The Bellagio. See art, buildings, history and culture. Go on a Roller Coaster Ride, or drive up and down the strip.
- Go to garage sales, bargain shops, thrift stores, Dessert Industries for fun.
- Listen to radio broadcast they usually have free Sandwiches, Hot dogs, drinks ECT and you might see something you like at a local business. Mostly Saturday mornings.
- Farmers Market
- Go swimming at a pool.
- Go to a Hot Tub or Jacuzzi
- Go skim boarding at Virgin River
- Tubing down the virgin
- Go to a swimming hole:
- Go to the lake
- Boating, Jet skiing.
- Toquerville falls
- Go to Dessert Springs/Little Jamaica
- Scuba Diving.
- Snorkeling
- Sailing
- Snowboarding, skiing.
- Go Skiing or snowboarding or snow shoeing
- Play in the Snow. Building snow men, snowball fight.
- Make gingerbread houses
- Make hot chocolate
- Go Ice Skating