Cozy Fall Date Ideas for 2024

Have you ever thought of turning your home in to a haunted house? What about creating an entire hunt for your partner to complete, spooking him along the way? I might feel a tad bit goofy, but I promise, you'll get a bucket of laughs out of this. Go all out: theme the snacks, the outfits and the house to spooking heights.

Here is some inspo for the making of:

Set the tone: Dim the lights, hang up cobwebs and setup spOoKy decorations around your home. This can also include things like tax filing sheets, envelopes with NOTICE written on red on them...it's guaranteed to send chills down your spines.

The challenges: Create haunting scenarios! Some ideas could be finding hidden objects inside icky sensory boxes or navigating through a pitch black room. Or what about a macabre riddle like 'what would you do if you are dreaming that you're naked in the office...and it turns out it's not a dream?'

Costume are a must-have: Dress up in scary attire. Ripped mummy bandaged scantily covering you or firefighter pants with only suspenders for tops. Need I say more?

Get creative with the snacks: Hard boiled eggs as eyes, bat cookies and bloody punch (cherry juice, chilli, cinnamon and ginger...and booze).

Watch a scary movie: Your heart can't rest yet: cuddle up and watch a scary movie: a classic like "The Blair Witch Project" or check out the new "Beetlejuice".

This is your chance to learn how to make fancy signature cocktails and save 100s of dollars in over-priced establishments. Also, what could be more fun than getting a little tipsy with your significant other?

Here are a few cocktail ideas to include on your menu:

Pumpkin Spice Martini: Mix vodka, with pumpkin spice syrup, add a spoonful of cream and some cinnamon. Shake it over ice, serve it into a Martini glass, as an extra flavour use a tiny amount of nutmeg.

Mulled Wine: Classic fall drink! Heat red wine with spices like cinnamon, cloves, and star anise, and add a touch of honey or orange slices for sweetness. You can also try white wine for a change.

Maple Whiskey Sour: Shake together whiskey, fresh lemon juice, and maple syrup with ice, then serve into a glass over ice. Add a slice of lemon and cinnamon for decoration.

What could be more magical than to indulge in a Harry Potter themed movie night??

How to make the perfect Harry Potter movie night:

First and foremost: Set the ambiance with decorations. These can be long candlesticks around the room and branches as wands, invisibility blankets to cuddle up under.

A close second: Sort yourself in to houses (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin). Or use a Buzzfeed quiz that does it for you.

Three is a crowd: Prepare themed snacks and drinks, such as home-brew butter beer, finding some weird flavoured jelly beans, and recreating Ron's iconic scene with chicken drumsticks.

Go Fourth: Take out your dusty black tunics, top hats and house scarves, and dress up in your Hogwarts uniform. Or, just wear dorky Christmas sweaters.

Nothing screams fall like the comforting scent of cinnamon, pumpkin spice and apple pie. Going on a scented candle shopping spree is a surprisingly simple yet fun date idea. Benefit: Your home will smell amazing afterwards.

Bonus tip: Make a blind smell test and rank the scents for a fun challenge.

S'mores are the ultimate fall treat; warm, gooey and perfect for chilly nights. Outside under the stars, cuddled up in blankets around a fire, or indoors with a lighter, you're guaranteed to have a special night.

How to make it perfect:

Set the mood: If you have an outdoor fire pit, perfect. But not to worry, you can also roast the marshmallows indoors over a gas burner, or even the oven or microwave.

Get creative with your s'mores: Add peanut butter, caramel or white chocolate to your creation.

Make it a challenge: See who can curate the most delicious s'mores and feed them to each other.

Take it slow and enjoy the mess.

Baking cinnamon rolls not only gives you a new skill to learn together, but you always have a tasty snack at the end, no matter how crooked the results look.

We can recommend the recipe by Butternut Bakery.

Bonus tip: Add your own twist to the recipe by adding extras to your rolls, like chopped nuts, cream cheese filling, chocolate sprinkles or caramel pop corn on top of it.

Is there any better way to embrace the season than by curling up with your favourite person and getting lost in a good book together? It's the perfect mix of quality time and relaxation.

Make it perfect:

Create a cozy reading nook: set up a corner in your house with pillows and blankets, a warm light and even some white noise to set the mood.

Prepare warm drinks and snacks: mix up hot coco with tiny marshmallows and bake chocolate chip cookies.

Choose the right book: probably the most obvious...and important part!

Make it interactive: you could be reading the same book aloud, and saying what you think will happen in the pauses. If you are each reading your own book, make sure to bother your partner by stopping their reading with an exclamation every time something interesting happens in yours.

Our autumn reading recommendations:

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

And our absolutely 100% unbiased recommendation to play with our Out of the Box Activity Book for Couples.

Combine a quest to the outdoors with indoor creativity by making something you might hang on your fridge.

Here's how you do it:

First: Gather leaves outside.

Second: Make sure you have glue. That's all you need, although you can also experiment with markers or crayons to make your own doodles on the leaves.

Third: Play relaxing, lo-fi, chill-hop, cafe jazz music, and prepare warm drinks or wine.

Fourth: Go wild! Cut, paste, doodle away!

Fifth: Make a little art expo for each other. Display your creations and even serve white wine. Pretend to be snobby art connoisseurs and judge each other's work.

Ahhh, the relaxing art of building up a jigsaw puzzle on chilly evenings. It can also encourage teamwork, and solving one together gives you a shared goal. Unless, of course, your partner is one of those people who start building wherever and not on the borders. Then, this means war.

If you are Monica level competitive (from Friends, please tell me you got the reference, and I'm not ancient?), you could each do your own puzzle and see who finishes faster!