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Date Night in a Jar

I totally have a thing for mason jars... Gotta have at least a few mason jar gifts every year.  

For Christmas this year, I made Rachel and Mico "Date Night in a Jar."  I decorated a mason jar with leftover valentine stuff and filled it with popsicle sticks with date night ideas.  White ones are free or almost free, pink ones cost money.  

Here's a list of the dates I included.  I wanted to keep this list so I could reuse it for wedding gifts.  (Although this list is somewhat personalized for Rachel and Mico... They are brilliant in the kitchen and very artsy.)

Free/almost free dates:

  • Choose a nearby town to explore.  Bring your camera!
  • 1,000 piece puzzle
  • Spend an evening playing (harmless!) pranks on your friends.  End the night with your favorite funny movie/stand-up comedian.
  • Write and/or discuss your bucket list.  Make plans to accomplish some of the items.
  • Play a board game. (Strip?)
  • Watch a sunrise or a sunset
  • Bake treats and ding dong ditch your friends
  • Make a fort out of couch cushions
  • Go on a bike ride or long boarding through a fancy neighborhood
  • Paint each other's portraits
  • Make mix tapes for each other.  Listen to them during a candlelit dinner.
  • Go hiking
  • Test drive a fancy car
Dates that are not free:
  • Bowling 
  • Rollerskating
  • Night swimming at a fancy resort
  • Rock climbing
  • Create a new recipe
  • Camping
  • Go to a beautiful spot.  Bring canvases and paint it.
  • Buy a video game and spend the evening playing it
  • Choose Your Own Adventure Night
  • Batting cage
  • Play pool
  • Letter Date (Choose a random letter.  Base your food, activities, dress, and conversation on that letter.)
  • Try an adventurous recipe (maybe something difficult or foreign)
  • Choose a TV series you haven't seen.  Get the DVDs and have a marathon.
  • Visit a random museum (www.museumstuff.com)
  • "Chopped" challenge
  • Go to various bakeries and sample cupcakes
  • Get your palms read
  • Movie
  • Spa night
  • Make out at a drive in
  • Go ice skating
  • Fly a kite 
  • Fondue night


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