Birthday Date Ideas
Your partner’s birthday is a time to show them love and appreciation for all they do and who they are as a person. It’s their special day meant to be celebrated and remembered. Instead of getting them a big gift for their birthday, try geting them a small date night gift and choose one of the birthday date ideas below to mark the special occasion with a birthday date night.
Best Birthday Date Ideas
Sign Up for a Local Cooking Classes
Channel your inner foodie while supporting local businesses with this foodie date idea.
Dine at a Meaningful Restaurant
It’s a special occasion! Find a restaurant they love and schedule a reservation ahead of time!
Visit a Bar & Arcade (a.k.a BarCade)
Read out blog post on how to have a fun arcade date night!
Foodie Birthday Date Ideas
These all would be considered foodie date ideas!
Visit Your City’s Food Trucks
Treat them during lunch by finding a food truck near their work.
Go on a Food Tour or Find a Food Festival
Use EventBrite or ask around for any local food tours of festivals near you.
Go Out or Cook Breakfast For Them
Virtual Beverage Tastings
Whether you’re looking for long-distance date ideas or want to expand your drinking pallate with an at-home date idea, a virtual beverage tasting is a great date idea.
Spend a Day Wine Tasting or Brewery Touring
Host a Picnic and Wine tasting at Home or in a Park
Relax With Paint and Sip
Active Birthday Date Ideas
These all would be considered active date ideas!
Buy Tickets to Their Favorite Team’s Game
Buying tickets to a favorite team’s game is a great way to show you care about their interests and enjoy spending time together.
Go Camping or Glamping
Camping or glamping is a fun outdoor adventure that can be enjoyed together.
Find a Race Around Their Birthday
Finding a race around their birthday is a unique way to celebrate and also promotes fitness.
Go on a Day Trip in a Fancy Car
Don’t have a fancy car? Use a peer-to-peer car sharing app (e.g., Turo/GetAround) or a standard rent-a-car company. This also makes a good car date idea.
Go for a Hike
Use this active date idea to get outdoors on their birthday.
Day Trip Somewhere You Both Haven’t Been!
A day trip to a new location is a great way to explore and create new memories together
Visit an Escape Room
An escape room is a fun and challenging activity promoting teamwork.
Enjoy a Couple’s Massage (or Gust Get Pedicures)
A couple’s massage or pedicures is a relaxing and indulgent way to celebrate.
Go Rollerblading or Rollerskating
Rollerblading or rollerskating is a fun and active way to spend time together for a birthday date night.
Go Stargazing
Stargazing is a romantic and peaceful way to end their birthday.
Explore an Amusement Park or Zoo
Artsy Birthday Date Ideas
These all would be considered artsy date ideas!
Attend a Pottery Class or Do Paint-Your-Pottery
Pottery classes are considered an expensive date idea; however, those paint-your-pottery places only cost $20-30/each for renting a table and selecting a ceramic to paint.
Go to their Favorite Band’s Concert
Whether it’s their favorite band or favorite music venue, this will guarantee a good night out.
Visit Different Museums
See if your city has one of those all-access passes or use your local library for museum passes!
Have a DIY Painting Night at Home
Read our blog post for how to have a painting date idea at home.
Expensive Birthday Date Ideas
Whether this is for your boyfriend or girlfriend these birthdate date night ideas would be considered expensive date ideas!
Hang Out at TopGolf
Go helicopter ride, bungee jumping, or indoor/outdoor skydiving
Other Birthday Date Ideas
Watch your favorite movies and order take out
Watching favorite movies and ordering takeout is a great way to spend a cozy night in together on their birthday.
Dream Up a Shared Bucket List
Dreaming up a shared bucket list allows you both to think about what you want to experience together in the future.
Relax With Movies and Takeout
Relaxing with movies and takeout is a great way to unwind and spend quality time together.
Go on a Shopping Spree
It’s their birthday after all! A shopping spree is a fun way to treat yourself and buy something you’ve been wanting
Create a Time Capsule Together
Creating a time capsule together is a fun way to celebrate your time together and have a physical memento of your relationship.
Make a bucket list and plan your next outing
Making a bucket list and planning your next vacation/escape is a great way to create excitement for future adventures together.
Recreate A Memory
Recreating a memory allows you both to look back on a special moment and relive it together.
