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Fun present for your husband

February 16, 2011 Ticia 17 Comments

Are you looking for a fun present for your husband?  One to inspire romance, and light the fires so to speak?  Or maybe you don’t have much money but you want Valentine’s Day to be special. Then you need a year of dates to make this fun present for your husband.

 

A year of mystery dates

 

A YEAR O’ DATES

Yes, that’s right.  I planned out 12 dates for him.  I went to Dating Divas, and chose some I thought we’d enjoy, and I came up with some of my own.  I assembled as much of it as I could ahead of time.

Now, to preserve some of the mystery, all he has are pictures to give him clues what they might involve, but I wanted him to have to wonder a little.  There’s a wide variety of ideas in here, some are more of the G/PG variety that you could take your kids along, some are more of the this is a good night for the kids to be elsewhere variety.  But, I think they all sound fun, and I think Jeff will enjoy all of them.
year of mystery dates

Jeff loves this idea so much his comment was “This is so cool!  You have to put it up on your blog.”

How’s that for a ringing endorsement of a successful present?

Update later on, this has been a super fun present for my husband, and I highly recommend taking the time to make this as a fun present for your husband.

 

(links marked with an * are affiliate links)

Supplies needed to make your Year ‘o’ Dates

manila envelopes*, Cotton Twine* (because it looks cool), scrapbook paper (to provide the clues)

 

Some inspiration for your own “Year ‘o’ Dates”

(some were included, some are just fun ideas):

  • Mini Golf Date Night (also works with your son), golf scrapbook paper
  • Scavenger Hunt, magnifying glass scrapbook paper
  • Treasure Hunt Date night, treasure chest

linked to Works for Me Wednesday

family life marriage, quick tip, valentine's day

Comments

  1. Joyful Learner says

    February 16, 2011 at 5:42 am

    Great gift idea and what a great site!

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  2. DannieA says

    February 16, 2011 at 5:55 am

    whahahahaha excellent….good job T!

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  3. Kylie says

    February 16, 2011 at 5:55 am

    LOL, love it!

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  4. Jenn says

    February 16, 2011 at 8:34 am

    YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!! Success! I'm so glad he was so excited! 😀

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  5. Kristi says

    February 16, 2011 at 12:12 pm

    Thats so cool. Thanks for sharing

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  6. Kristie says

    February 16, 2011 at 12:27 pm

    That is awesome!! I will definitely have to this in the future!

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  7. Christy says

    February 16, 2011 at 1:05 pm

    Great idea! I wonder what my husband would think of this.

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  8. Mama Hen says

    February 16, 2011 at 1:43 pm

    You are so creative girl!

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  9. MaryAnne says

    February 16, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    What a fantastic idea! And we have our 10-year anniversary coming up in June…

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  10. Raising a Happy Child says

    February 16, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    I love it – how fun to also make it a big mysterious. I have to think about it as a birthday present.

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  11. Amanda says

    February 16, 2011 at 10:49 pm

    I gave my hubby 12 cards for Christmas, each good for one date with me. I never thought about actually planning out the dates as well. I just figure we'll find something to do each month. 🙂 I love this idea.

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  12. Robin says

    February 17, 2011 at 1:07 am

    I am so using this idea. Thanks!

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  13. Annette {This Simple Home} says

    February 10, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    I like the variety of G/PG…and kids elsewhere!

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  14. Koogle says

    February 4, 2013 at 1:34 pm

    Can you tell me how to get an “invitation” to access the Love Actually blog so I can view the ideas? Thank you.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      February 4, 2013 at 10:59 pm

      I don’t know. Until you commented I had not known it had gone private. It used to be public, so I will need to revise the post. I will need to think on a good substitute for ideas.

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    December 18, 2012 at 11:47 pm

    […] year I made a “Year ‘O Dates” for my husband.  I had intended to repost it earlier this year so people would have a fun idea to make for their […]

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  2. date nightAdventures in Mommydom says:
    February 1, 2013 at 9:20 am

    […] it, and I’m sure that my new rendition will be just as popular.  A few years ago I gave Jeff “A Year of Dates,” and that was also a big hit, so that’s another fun Valentine’s Day date […]

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