Ideas for a fun date http://www.ideasforafundate.com Fun date ideas that will spice up your love life! Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:08:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Spend $5 on each other at DI, Savers or other thrift store http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/spend-5-on-each-other-at-di-savers-or-other-thrift-store http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/spend-5-on-each-other-at-di-savers-or-other-thrift-store#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:45 +0000 admin http://www.ideasforafundate.com/?p=227 This one comes from my favorite sister-in-law, Jenna.

It can be pretty comical (and impressive) to see what kind of clothes you can get at a thrift store for $5. Pick out outfits for each other (or for yourself) using no more than a pre-set budget ($5 is plenty), then wear the outfits to do one of the other date ideas (bowling, ice skating, etc)

Enjoy the funny looks you will get!

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]]> http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/spend-5-on-each-other-at-di-savers-or-other-thrift-store/feed Go to a shooting range http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/go-to-a-shooting-range http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/go-to-a-shooting-range#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:13:58 +0000 admin http://www.ideasforafundate.com/?p=213 If you know someone who likes guns, you can easily convince them to take you shooting. There are usually indoor shooting ranges if you live in a place where you don’t have an outdoor range nearby. You can take it one step farther and do some sort of “gun safety” class before shooting as part of the date.

Katie and I did this recently and it was a lot of fun. Over 4th of July weekend, we were in Utah visiting family and one of my uncle’s friends offered to take us shooting. We went up in the hills behind Richfield to practice. Katie had never shot a gun (and it had been a long time since I went) and it was amazing (and scary) to see how powerful these things were. It pretty much convinced us that we never wanted to be in the military, but it was an awesome experience. You’ll have to get Katie to show you the pictures of her holding a gun.

Lock & Load

]]> http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/go-to-a-shooting-range/feed Go to the local rest home and visit http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/go-to-the-local-rest-home-and-visit http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/go-to-the-local-rest-home-and-visit#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:33:55 +0000 admin http://www.ideasforafundate.com/?p=200 Really old people love it if you come to visit them or to sing to them. They are full of amazing stories, and if they’re old enough, they won’t really care who you are or why you’re there they are just happy to see you! It will make you feel good, and give you lots to talk about. There are also lots of opportunites to help in places like these.

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]]> http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/go-to-the-local-rest-home-and-visit/feed Help the local missionaries http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/help-the-local-missionaries http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/help-the-local-missionaries#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:32:36 +0000 admin http://www.ideasforafundate.com/?p=198 Missionaries are always looking for help to do service, find people to teach or assitance with any of their volunteer activities. Get in touch with some and offer to help them — it’s very rewarding, and you can see what kind of person your date is!

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]]> http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/help-the-local-missionaries/feed Walk around a beautiful building http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/walk-around-a-beautiful-building http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/walk-around-a-beautiful-building#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:31:19 +0000 admin http://www.ideasforafundate.com/?p=196 LDS temples, cathedrals and other impressive buildings can make for a great place to walk around or to sit and talk (at night, they are often very well lit). It’s great for having conversation and talking about things that really matter.

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]]> http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/walk-around-a-beautiful-building/feed Go toiletpapering http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/go-toiletpapering http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/go-toiletpapering#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:30:04 +0000 admin http://www.ideasforafundate.com/?p=194 This is another thing that you can do MUCH better now that you’re older. In High School, we’d toiletpaper our teachers houses and people we didn’t like. But it’s a good trick even for people you do like.

I once built a “toiletpaper gun” by attaching a paint roller to the end of a leaf blower and putting a roll of TP on the paint roller. It empties the entire roll in about 5 seconds. GREAT fun.

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]]> http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/go-toiletpapering/feed Build and fly a model rocket http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/build-and-fly-a-model-rocket http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/build-and-fly-a-model-rocket#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:28:37 +0000 admin http://www.ideasforafundate.com/?p=192 This is another big hobby for a lot of people. Flying a model rocket can be done for under $20 (but obviously, some people get much more elaborate). If you are lucky enough to find an event, you can see hundreds of these of varying complexity. But if not, it’s still fun to pick up a starter kit at a hobby shop and build one together then fly it a few times.

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]]> http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/build-and-fly-a-model-rocket/feed Play with a remote control airplane (or watch others) http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/play-with-a-remote-control-airplane-or-watch-others http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/play-with-a-remote-control-airplane-or-watch-others#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:27:32 +0000 admin http://www.ideasforafundate.com/?p=190 If you don’t have access to a remote control airplane (I know I wouldn’t let you fly mine if you didn’t already know how!) you can go to mini-airports where enthusiasts gather all of the time to fly these things. It’s a pretty big hobby for some people, so it’s cool to see what they’ve done with it.

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]]> http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/play-with-a-remote-control-airplane-or-watch-others/feed Ride in a hot air balloon http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/ride-in-a-hot-air-balloon http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/ride-in-a-hot-air-balloon#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:26:22 +0000 admin http://www.ideasforafundate.com/?p=188 There’s a lot more in hot air ballooning than you would think (they’re harder to fly than an airplane) so it’s hard to get someone to take you up. But if you’re lucky, this can be a really fun adventure. If not, they have hot air balloon events where you can watch dozens of them take off at once.

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]]> http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/ride-in-a-hot-air-balloon/feed Go to the sand dunes http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/go-to-the-sand-dunes http://www.ideasforafundate.com/fun-date-ideas/go-to-the-sand-dunes#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:25:02 +0000 admin http://www.ideasforafundate.com/?p=186 Lots of people get in to riding ATVs and Motorcycles and camping for days on end at the Sand Dunes. It doesn’t hurt AS bad if you wreck on sand, so there are some pretty crazy people you can watch (or be)

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