Free Dates

If you're on a budget that requires free dating options, don't worry. Below we've got a list of date ideas and short descriptions of each, click on the title of each date to follow the link to the blog post that gives more detail. If you've got other ideas, feel free to share them with us in the comments!

Dates ideas On the Blog:

Starry Night: Get out of the city to star gaze while working on your communication skills. 

Twilight Light Show: Watch carefully composed light sequences at either sunrise or sunset and musical performances.

Menil and Tacos: Visit the Menil collection, just skip the tacos if your goal is free! 

Simplify: Visit a local park and just relax outdoors with each other.

Korean Festival: Help bridge cultural gaps by attending this fun filled annual event.

Let’s Time Travel: Spend the evening learning about your spouse from the past. 

Library Date: Visit a local library to learn, laugh or explore new genres together.

Airplanes and Catching Up: Visit a nearby airport to just watch the planes taking off and landing while you catch up with each other.

Relaxing Night Out: Head to Miller Outdoor Theatre for high quality, outdoor performances.

Star Gazing Night: Another take on star gazing, this time focusing on the constellations and the stories behind them.

Trails of Exploration: Choose from nine trails at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center to spend some time in nature reconnecting. 

Being a Grown Up Can Be Tricky: Relieve a little of the pressure of an important conversation by making homemade playdough to work with while you talk to each other.

Homemade Body Paint: Lighten up a bit with some body paint, taking turns doodling on each other.

Walk Below the City: Window shop in the underground tunnels of Downtown Houston.

Photo Scavenger Hunt-Alphabet Style: This post includes variations of the standard scavenger hunt for you to try out!

Couples that Read Together: Enjoy reading aloud to each other and discuss it.

It’s Time for a Picnic: Picnic together, post includes a link to some ideas for picnic locations.

I’m Dreaming of a Book! Come up with your dream home library together.

Future Home: Drive around together looking for the types of homes that you would love to own in the future.

A Walk in the Park: Reconnect while walking through Hermann Park’s Japanese Gardens.

Jesse H Jones Park and Nature Center: Enjoy the scenery or get moving at this park.

Concert in the Park: During spring and fall visit North Shore Park to enjoy free outdoor concerts.

Bat Colony: Visit the Waugh Drive Bat Colony which sticks around all year.

Williams Water Wall: Go check out this eight story wall of water.

Art Car Museum: Take some time to marvel at some incredible pieces of art, in the form of cars!