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40 Date Ideas For Summer

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Western chapter.

Whether you’re spending your summer in a relationship or not – here’s 40 date ideas for you and your beau, OR you and your BFF!

Ps. You do NOT need a boyfriend/girlfriend to go on dates – take your bestie and have the time of your lives!

1. Go to the Zoo.

2. Go to the driving range.

3. Go to an outdoor flea market/ festival.

4. Travel on a mini-roadtrip.

5. Star gaze with a bottle of wine.

6. Go to an Aquarium.

7. Attend a music festival.

8. Go for a bike ride.

9. Spend an evening at the drive-in.

10. Find a Sky-Zone…. which is basically a large room full of trampolines.

11. Go out for ice-cream.

12. Walk on the beach.

13. Play a board game.

14. Grab your friends and go play laser tag!

15. Go out somewhere and act like strangers meeting for the first time.

16. Go out for a wine or beer tasting.

17. Dance together.

18. Stay in bed, all day long.

19. Go bowling.

20. Go out for breakfast.

21. Wander a bookstore together.

22. Play catch or some sort of one on one game (Tennis, Basketball…)

23. Go swimming!

24. Go on a double date.

25. Go grocery shopping together – then make a meal together!

26. Bake a cake!

27. Go go-karting.

28. Go to an arcade – like Dave & Busters!

29. Play the penny slots at the Casino.

30. Go to an amusement park together.

31. Travel into the sky on an air balloon ride!

32. Watch the sunset.

33. Crash a wedding!

34. Attend a comedy show.

35. Go to the dollar store and buy craft supplies – then make something! (Check out the cute map board below)

36. Go out for patio drinks.

37. See fireworks together – On Canada Day or the 4th of July!

38. Go to the mall and walk around.

39. Visit each other’s extended family.

40. Volunteer for a great cause together! 

Kellie Anderson is incredibly proud and excited to be Western Ontario's Campus Correspondent for the 2015-2016 year. She is currently in her fourth year of Media Information & Technoculture, and has an overflowing passion for creative writing. While Kellie loves to get wildly creative while writing fictional short stories, she has found that her true passion is in shedding light towards hard-hitting topics like Mental Illness - she believes that writing is the best healer. Kellie has some pretty BIG plans for her future and can't wait to graduate as a Her Campus Alumni! You can contact her at kellieanderson@hercampus.com.