Cheap Creative Date Ideas
• hide and seek at Barnes and Noble
• pick out books for each other at Half Price bookstore
• read to a group of local kids at a library (ask their parents first)
• make a homemade pizza together
• have an impromptu photo shoot at a park
• go thrifting
• Facetime and Netflix so you can see each others reactions
• people watch and make stories for them at a mall
• try on clothes at a store you know damn well you can’t afford
• do laundry (don’t knock it till you try it)
• attend an outdoor event (often times they’re free or dirt cheap)
• teach other one of your favorite hobbies/things (2k, makeup, cooking, basketball, etc)
• play something at the crib (jenga, speed, uno … okay maybe not uno but you get the idea)
• hang out with a family member (i guarantee free food 9 times outta 10)
• late night star gazing (find a good rooftop where there aren’t many lights, makes it a lot better.)
• make each other a mixtape
•find a swing set and talk about elementary school memories
oh y'all thought i was finished ??
• penny date (flip a coin at every intersection, left is heads, right is tails. no gps and charge your phones! make a date outta where you end up.)
• draw a picture of each other
• go on a picnic and tell each other your best bad pickup lines
• go to the beach (or a swimming pool)
• open mic/poetry night (some are free, some you have to pay for)
• baseball game (you can find tickets for dirt cheap if you know where to look)
• work out together
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• volunteer somewhere
• catch a matinee of a new movie (most theaters don’t charge more than 6 bucks a ticket before 4:00)
• play music on speakers in wal mart and dance to it
• comedy club on a free night
• concert at a local university (most times they’re free, might charge if you’re not a student though)
• go on a hike (if you’re into that sort of thing)
• walk around the neighborhood you grew up in and talk about each others childhood
• watch a local outdoor sporting event (a lot of the time you can catch an outdoor softball game or basketball game, maybe they’ll let you play?)
• ice skating (some places have discounted days, so do your research and stay cool, pimp)
