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Date night ideas for the couple
The date night jar, without the jar. Every guest suggests a date for the couple, cheap or fancy, at home or away. The couple ends up with a year of ideas, each with the name of the friend who suggested it.
Play it live
Questions on the TV, guests answer from their phones, the reveal and the scores are automatic. Free for up to 15 guests.
Set up a live gameFree printable
A print-ready PDF in US Letter or A4, plus matching signs for the gifts, cards, favors and drinks.
How to play
- 1Hand every guest a card, or let them write on their phone.
- 2Read the prompt aloud.
- 3Guests write a prediction or a piece of advice, or bet some of their 100 chips on an outcome.
- 4When a bet is decided (who cried first, the baby's hair colour), the host settles it. A right bet wins its chips back doubled.
- 5Share the best advice out loud and keep every card for the guest of honor.
Running it for your group
- A small group
- Read every card aloud at the end. With a small group, there's time.
- A big room
- Put the cards or the QR code out as guests arrive, then read out the five best. Open the bets early so they can settle during the party.
- Guests on a video call
- Remote guests write and bet on their phones, and their answers go on the wall with everyone else's.
The prompts
1.A date night idea that costs nothing
2.A date night idea for a rainy day
3.A date night idea for your first anniversary
4.A restaurant the bride and the groom have to try
5.A weekend trip they should take
6.Something they should learn to do together
Questions people ask
- How many date night ideas do you need?
- Fifty-two makes one a week for a year, but any number works. Every guest writes one, and a few will write more.
- Can the couple keep the ideas?
- Yes. On paper, drop the cards in a jar. Live, the ideas go into a keepsake page they can print.
- Can we play this live instead of on paper?
- Yes. Put the questions on a TV or laptop, guests join from their phones with a QR code, and the answers are revealed on the big screen with scores kept for you. It's free for up to 15 guests.