Save Your Money With These Creative 50 Cheap Date Ideas

Whether it’s your anniversary, sweetheart’s birthday, or just a plain old Tuesday – these 50 cheap date ideas will keep your romance alive (but on a budget).

• Work on a fun DIY project together. Purchase supplies and get to work!

• Play board games/card games together.

• Hit an arcade, all you need is some quarters.

• Teach your date how to do something they have never done before (for example: play an instrument).

• Binge watch a new TV series together.

• Go to a club and dance the night away!

• Get a Groupon to a cool new restaurant.

• Or a Groupon for a couples massage.

• OR light some candles, take a bubble bath and give each other massages.

• Laugh your butts off at your local comedy club.

• Volunteer together at your local soup chicken or pet shelter.

• Visit a museum near you. Most have discounted hours or days.

• Go to a baseball game, munch on hot dogs and cheer on your favorite team together!

• Play strip poker.

• Go for a walk around town together.

• Take buzzfeed quizzes together.

• Karaoke is always fun! (Even if you can’t sing)

• Find a carnival near you; enjoy some cotton candy and smooch your date on the Ferris wheel all night long.

• Plan a picnic in the park; all you need is wine, cheese and a blanket!

• Take a fitness class together OR try a free fitness app at home.

• Go-karting. Enough said.

• Go on a hike together.

• Take an art class together.

• Or pop open a bottle of wine and paint at home.

• Cook a delicious meal together and bake some dessert too!

• Spend the day at the beach.

• Find the cheapest happy hours near you!

• Go bowling.

• Visit a winery or brewery near you.

• Watch the sunset or the sunrise together.

• Go to your local thrift shops together.

• Play mini-golf.

• Find a cheap concert near you.

• Take a pizza making class together!

• Go on a road trip – make a playlist and stop anywhere you want along the way.

• Play paintball! Or if that’s too expensive have a water gun fight.

• Pull up to a drive-in movie.

• Go apple picking! Or pick any fruit you like.

• Hit your local art galleries. Art opening usually have free wine ☺

• See a psychic or get your cards read. It is more fun than you think.

• Go camping!

• Rent bikes and go on a fun little bike ride together.

• Rock-climbing!

• Take advantage of discount/coupon sites to get awesome deals on things you and your partner usually wouldn’t do.

• Try ice-skating or rollerblading together (holding hands).

• Check out a bar's trivia night. Winners usually receive a cash prize, which means that you could potentially make some money on this date!

• Play a sport together.

• Go fishing.

• Visit the zoo on a free or discounted admission day.

• Build a blanket fort together!

• Light some candles and take a romantic bubble bath together.