Now I Know My ABCs

Creative Date Ideas
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Couple Climbing a Tree on their Creative Alphabet Date!

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"L" is in the middle of the alphabet, which makes it a good time to break for Lunch.

Date Description

Are you imaginative? Great! You'll need to be as you work your way through 26 spontaneous, fun, and silly activities all on one date! Why 26, you ask? Well, that's the number of letters in the alphabet and your job is to figure out something to do for each one!

So this is how it works, over the course of the date you'll each take turns picking things to do for the letters A thru Z. For example, if you pick being Acrobatic for "A", then it's your date's turn to choose something for "B" like Breakdancing or a water Balloon fight. Get it? Besides that there aren't really any rules to this thing, you can go anywhere and do anything, be it a simple Hug for "H" or trying to sneak onto a Rooftop for "R". Which brings up a good point, not every letter has to be a big, spectacular event, you won't have time for that anyway. No, some of the best ones can simply be Holding Hands or talking about your Dreams for the future. Here are some random examples for the first few letters:

  • A = be Acrobatic, make some Art, pet an Animal, look at a photograph by Ansel Adams, drink Apple juice, act like Apes.
  • B = Breakdance, ride Bikes, Boil an egg, Build a fort, Blow up a Balloon, play Basketball, see who can Bark like a dog.
  • C = Climb a tree, bake Cookies, make a Crank Call, sing Christmas Carols, Clap your hands, play Cards.
  • D = name the 7 Dwarves, play Darts, kiss behind the Drapes, take a Dip in the pool, talk about your Dreams, take a Door off its hinges.
  • E = ride in an Elevator, read an Excerpt from your favorite book, Enter a contest, see who can list the most famous people whose name starts with an "E", learn how to say "Hello" in Egyptian.
  • If you get stumped think of general activities like music (listen to or sing favorite songs), travel (to streets or stores), eating, and playing sports.

There are also some fun variations to the game, one being that the person who doesn't pick the activity has to do it, which can make for some interesting situations. And then there's the one I like where you still work together, but each get 3 passes for activities you don't want to do. What happens is that you still alternate letters, but after the activity is picked you each have the option of saying "Pass!" which means the other person has to do that one by themselves. It's fun when one person says "For the letter S I choose Striptease" (it'll be the guy), and you see who can "Pass!" the fastest because only one person can pass on each letter. But remember, you only get 3 Passes for the entire alphabet, so don't waste them cuz I'd hate to see you end the date trying to pet a Zebra!

I've also heard that the sexy version of this game can be a lot of fun, but I won't get into that.

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Mandy posted on October 14, 2009

Best part of the date was when my boyfriend said "Keebler Elf cookies!" for K and we had to go to like 3 stores to find them. We were so happy when we did that we were jumping up and down celebrating and this old woman looked at us like we were nuts and it made me laugh so hard I fell down which made my boyfriend lose it too. I laughed until I cried! I cut out the EL Fudge wrapper and put it in my scrapbook. Best silly moment ever!
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Xtinasf posted on January 8, 2010

Ok, so this is the cutest idea ever! I'm actually very excited to play around this idea.

And better yet... The reason why I searched for this article was not only to share with others, but it was cause I heard it from someone else who just got engaged as they where -learning their ABC's- .. How cute is that?!!

D is for what ladies??.. you guess it!, D is for Diamonds! That's when the guy popped the question! very nice and very romantic, right?!

Here's their story told by the lucky gal herself. I found about their story on a photo contest that they won for best couple photo shoot- Here's the article/story about them from ilovelolliblog:

http://www.ilovelolliblog.com/2009/12/the-winner-of-the-jessica-claire-photoshoot-contest-are/

Everyone have fun planning your dates, can't wait for mine! ;-]
(I'm starting on this, so I'm thinking for the letter I'm picking A for A-nimals!= a trip to the zoo to see A-pes! or I'm thinking head out to the musuem to see some A-rt! .. or another idea that I have is A for A-stronomy!, and take my man to the Planetarium to see some stars.. ahhww.. how romantic is that?! Whatever we end up doing, this sounds like a fun project to plan!)


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J posted on November 27, 2009

I love this idea!My boyfriend and I had a blast! it was a great way to get to silly creative and have fun. I added a few things to make it my own.. we put the letters in a hat and took turns choosing; that way we werent able to think ahead and plan.. it kept things that much more spontaneous. Also both being students we put a budget on the night, so it was that much more challenging too. Also we took pics for each letter.. great for the scrapbook!
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Jennifer posted on April 25, 2010

This was an amazing idea! My boyfriend and I had so much fun doing everything from having and Aligator fight with the lids off tuperware containers to making food with lemon Zest. We even Yodeled. Thanks for the awesome idea!
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Melissa posted on June 1, 2010

My boyfriend and I have just started playing this game and so far it has been fun!!! It's been helping our relationship stay fun! I highly recommend this, it's cheap, fast, and easy!
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