Do you also hang out with your partner in the house and think “hmm what is there to do?” or are you one of those couples who are always on the move, never a dull moment for you? Don’t lie, I know you’re not.
So I was over at my boyfriend’s the other day, watching movies because the weather was horrible (it always is here, seriously I can’t go out without catching a cold every other week) and started thinking that we should find a couple more fun things to do, just have some ideas in the bank for the future you know.
So some of them are little fun challenges, well they might be fun for you and your partner, my boyfriend is very competitive, but I will still do them with him, even though he can be annoying when he’s winning but it’s fine, I have accepted him for his flaws and all. And also after he stops bragging he acts even more nice thinking that I’m mad at him so, really, I think I’m the real winner.
Anyway, I have obviously decided to share these with you, and hopefully help you make a fun date out of them.
- Dress Up Challenge
This one came from my boyfriend. He has been dying to choose an outfit for me for a while now. So basically for this challenge all you have to do is first of all decide whether you want to choose each other’s outfits just to stay in or go out in public and what the occasion would be. Then, both of you go into each other’s closets and through each other’s clothes. If you’re usually the one that does most of the cleaning and tidying, then make a mess. Seriously, pick and choose and throw all of their clothes on the floor until you finally come up with a combination you’d like your partner to wear. The next challenge will help you understand why I’m saying that but, MAKE. A. MESS. Now if it was me and we were going out, I would choose something embarrassing, not TOO embarrassing, but embarrassing nonetheless. If you think that sounds mean, no it doesn’t. It sounds fun, and that’s the whole point of this!
If you don’t like the mess, you can go out and buy each other’s outfits instead! That sounds more fun doesn’t it? Because you get new clothes!
But of course you don’t have to, if you’re like me and get stressed out about choosing outfits for yourself, then you’ll definitely get a bit stressed choosing an outfit for someone else. Even more so if they’re like my boyfriend, picky and fancy … Seriously, how am I with him?
- Chores Swap Challenge
You know how I said earlier to make a mess? Yeah this is why, thank me later.
Basically all there is to this is swap your chores. If you’re usually the one that does most of the cleaning, let them clean after your mess now. But make sure you’ve agreed to the ‘chores swap’ before even suggesting the dress up challenge otherwise they might be onto you, and that won’t be my fault. Play your cards right because I am not taking the bullet for you hun.
Also take into account your partner's chores, because you will have to fulfill your end of the bargain, not just them.
- Language Game Challenge
Okay seriously, I think this might be one of my favorites, I cannot wait to try it, I am buzzing with excitement (kidding, I like to over exaggerate so go with it).
The challenge with this is, you have to try and communicate with each other in a language of your choice but neither of you can be fluent in it! Try to go about your day while communicating with the help of Google Translate (see I can be a nice person and even made it easy for you and gave you the link like what else do you want?). Or use one of those fancy, old and bilingual dictionaries, you grandpa/grandma.
- Whisper Challenge
A simple yet fun challenge you can play with your partner so the time goes by a bit faster, but less boring.
It’s literally in the name, one of you is listening to loud music with headphones in while the other speaks a simple phrase or word so the one listening to the loud music has to guess correctly what the phrase/word is.
If you want to make it even more entertaining, you can set a time limit or a guessing limit and after both of you have gone once, the one who wins gets to spray whipped cream on the other’s face! Adjust to your liking, I’m just giving you a suggestion here.
- Do My Make-up Challenge
Will I try to bring up my boyfriend where I see fit? Yes, I will. And now I’m bringing him up again. Take this as a warning.
I had him once try and do my eyeliner. If you think it went bad, it didn’t. It went SO BAD that I didn’t know if I should cry from all the laughter I was suppressing or because it was just horrible. When he was in high school, he used to be an emo kid right? Nothing wrong with that, he kind of pulled it off actually and was so proud of him for it even though I’d never admit that to him so I was like, okay now do my eyeliner. A bad choice on my part, but I would be up for this challenge if it meant not going out.
Mind you, I’m no expert when it comes to make-up BUT I know I’m better than him, so I know I would definitely win this. I’m putting all my money on it. And I’m putting all my money on you too, just because I like the risk. But please be better than them. Please.
- Painting Challenge
This sounds fun and easy right? Unless, once again, you’re like me and can’t draw to save your life. But it can still be fun, just decide on something for you and your partner to paint and see who does it better. You don’t have to be an artist. Just draw like little kids do, let your imagination flow! If you want to paint a pink shark then just do it.
You can turn it into a challenge! Whoever draws best, wins, simple.
- Blindfold Kissing Challenge
In reality, there is no loser here, you both get to win if you succeed. This is to add some excitement to your relationship. This challenge needs both of you to stand at the two ends of a room, put on a blindfold and your hands behind your back and then try to find your way to each other and kiss. You can also record a video of the experience to review later on and have a laugh.
- Who Knows Who Best Challenge
Let’s see who knows each other better! Create a couple questions that you get to ask each other about yourselves, and keep a score of who can answer the most correctly. At the end, you will get to know each other better, and if you want, the winner can take (a fun) revenge on the loser, because how dare they not know you as well as you know them. Unacceptable.
A simple yet effective challenge to help bring you closer.
- Hobbies Exchange Challenge
This is your opportunity to show more interest in your hobbies! So if you can take part in your partner’s hobbies, and vice versa, then do so. My boyfriend plays guitar, so I’ve asked him to teach me before (didn’t go very well but I’m not an artistic person) and personally, I had so much fun, but that could be because I like watching him do what he loves. I believe this is a great way to bond and get closer to each other, and understand each other a little bit better. However you should both understand that your hobbies are your hobbies, it’s fun to try and do them with each other once every so often but keep in mind that your hobbies and their hobbies are your own personal time to relax and do what you like. You might be dating but you don’t have to do everything together.
- Decision-Making Swap Challenge
If you’re someone who loves to boss people around, this is your chance. Suggest that for one day, you will make all the decisions for them and they will make all the decisions for you. Just make sure you set some boundaries beforehand, you wouldn’t want anything to get out of hand. Keep it simple, decisions like what to wear, what to eat, stay in or go out etc.
- Online Gaming Challenge
Leaving the best for last (my opinion obviously), this challenge requires both of you to have access either on a laptop, or use your phone, although online games on the phone might be slightly more limited (or less fun). Personally, when I play online games on my laptop that requires other plates, my first choice will be League of Legends, my boyfriend hates it, however it’s the first ever game I’ve managed to actually get quite good at because it’s been around for a while and I spent years of watching my brother play it so I was familiar with it. However, there are other games that are actually really good to play online with your partner, most people nowadays go for Valorant (strongly suggest that one because who doesn’t like shooting others) or Among Us, that one is a hit-and-miss nowadays, and then there is Phasmophobia if you like the supernatural aspect of gaming, you can play that one at night in the dark, really give yourself a challenge. When I tried that game with a friend a couple weeks back, I couldn’t be left alone in the room during the game, but that;s because I’m a wuss so you know, up to you. You can always find a game that both of you like, Epic Games and Steam have a wide variety of games!
Believe me, an online game marathon has written guaranteed fun all over it. As long as neither of you are sore losers, no one likes that so get a grip.
The whole point is to try and find more creative and fun ways to spend your time when you can’t or don’t want to go outside, something that isn’t just cooking and watching movies and then going to bed. This way you have a chance to spend some quality time together and get closer to each other while sharing a few laughs along the way.
About the Author
Eirini Tsipou is a Content Coordinator for the Couply app. Couply was created to help couples improve their relationships. Couply has over 300,000 words of relationship quizzes, questions, couples games and date ideas and helps over 400,000 people.
Eirini Tsipou likes to watch crime documentaries for fun, and is currently studying Bachelor’s Psychology at the University of Stirling.
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