DIY Alphabet Dating Book - A Cheap, Easy and Homemade Gift Idea!

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I love my husband, I really do. He's awesome in so many ways and great at so many things... but there's one things he tends to be pretty hopeless at... deciding what to do. 

Whether we're heading out on a date night or just looking for something to do on the weekend, Jesse almost always makes me choose. 

Up until recently, we had our DIY Date Night Jar which has been so popular on the blog, however, we'd done all of those dates and I decided I needed to come up with something even better - and that's where this Alphabet Dating Book came in! 

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For Christmas, I gave Jesse this book along with a challenge - to see if we could fit at least half of the dates into 2017. 

I thought it was going to be something he'd like but, let's be honest, it was also kind of a gift for me... 

Little did I know, Jesse loved it - and thus I decided I really needed to share it with you too! It's a super simple DIY gift idea that can be made in a million different ways - and it doesn't even need to cost a penny. 

So, let me tell you all about it! >> 

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The idea is pretty simple. You create a book with date ideas for every letter of the alphabet. 

Since we already have a bunch of scrapbook style books, I decided to get this one printed. It ended up costing me less than $15, including postage (I used Kmart's print service but Vistaprint also have really great global prices) as I went for a small soft cover photo book. 

As you can see, the date ideas each have a check box next to them and a date spot so we can tick them off and mark down the date we completed them. Both Jesse and I are the type of people who LOVE crossing off to do lists so he's excited to tick them all off and look at what we've achieved. 

The date ideas can be tweaked and changed to suit your interests, however, I thought I'd share our dates to help inspire you in creating your book! 

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A - 

Aquarium
Art Gallery 

Arcade 

B - 

Botanical Gardens

Bowling 

Bake Something 

Bike Ride 

C - 

Comedy Show 

Concert 

Coffee Date 

D -

Drive In 

Double Date 

Disney Movie Marathon 

Dinner Party for Two 

E - 

Exercise Together

Explore Somewhere New 

Education (Learn Something New Together)

F - 

Farmer's Market

Frisbee Game 

Fishing 

G - 

Golf 

Gift Hunt ($5 Budget!)

Gardening Day 

Game Night 

H -

Hike 

Help Someone in Need 

Horse Riding 

I - 

Indoor Rock Climbing

Italian Night 

Ice Cream Date 

J - 

Jigsaw Puzzles

Jump at a Trampoline Park

Jammies and Junk Food Night

K - 

Kitchen Date (cook something together)

Kayaking 

Korean Style Feast

L - 

Lunch Date 

Lazy Day 

Limbo Challenge 

M - 

Movie Date

Museum Trip 

Mini Dessert Buffet 

N - 

Night Markets

New Hobby 

Nerdy Date (I have no clue what this will be, ha!) 

O - 

Observatory 

Dinner by the Ocean 

Outdoor Adventure 

P - 

Pinterest Project 

Putt Putt Golf 

Picnic 

Q - 

Quality Time 

Questions Game 

Quadruple Date Night 

R -  

Random Act of Kindness 

Road Trip 

S - 

Swimming at the Beach 

Staycation 

Shopping Day 

T - 

Train Trip 

Theatre Show 

Tennis 

U - 

USA Themed Dinner

V - 

Volunteer Together

Vacation Planning 

W - 

Walk 

X - 

(E)xplore Somewhere New 

Y - 

Yum! (Menu with all of our favourite foods)

Z - 

Zoo 

But tell me, what are some of your favourite date ideas?

And what would your dream date look like? 

I feel like mine would be more of a date day (I'm all about that quality time!) spent just hanging out and doing whatever... especially if it was outdoors in the sunshine!

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