No matter if this is your 50th anniversary or your 1st, there is no doubt that this is a very special occasion. The good news is that you’ll never run out of things to do together! However, If you need a little inspiration for plans, we’ve got a whole list of them below for you. Here are some fun things to do on your anniversary.
Going Out
Staying in and celebrating is nice, but getting out and doing new things together can help keep that spark alive. And we all live busy lives, with work, parenting, and other responsibilities, getting out helps us reconnect and get out of the usual routine.
- Have dinner at a new restaurant
- Have a picnic at the park
- Take a dance class together
- Have dinner at a chef’s table
- Go to a rooftop bar
- Have a beach day
- Book a spa day together
- Go to a museum
- Go to a garden or arboretum
- Plan a photoshoot with just the two of you
- Go to a drive in theater
- Go roller skating
- Go ice skating
- Go bowling for a little friendly competition
- Go to an arcade and play old school games
- Go to a u-pick farm and pick fresh seasonal produce
- Go horseback riding – beach rides and sunsets are the best!
- Visit a vineyard and enjoy a wine tasting
- Take a cooking class together
- Join a trivia night
- Go to karaoke
- Go to an animal shelter
- Go to a night market
- Get tattoos together
- Go to a zoo or an aquarium
- Go to the movies
- Renew your vows
- Go to a farmers market and get goods to make a romantic dinner
- Take an art class
- Go to a stand up show
- Visit an amusement park
- Go skydiving
- Go to an escape room
- Take a hot air balloon ride
- Rent a tandem bike and pedal down the beach path
- Visit your favorite bakery together
- Go on a factory tour
- Visit a lake that’s nearby
- Take a hike together
- Go stargazing in a field together
- Create a scavenger hunt to go on together
- Take surfing lessons
- Find somewhere to watch the sunrise (or set) together
- Take a yoga class (try goat yoga!)
- Attend a concert
- Take a boat ride together
- Go whale watching
- Go zip lining
- Go play laser tag together
- Go go-karting
- Explore another city nearby
- Make a build-a-bear bear together
- Go to a waterpark
- Go to Great Wolf Lodge
- Take a Dinner cruise
- Do your partners favorite activity
- Do a themed photoshoot
- Go skiing
- Do something on your bucket list
- Go Miniature golfing
- Pick a course to play regular golf
- Go scuba diving or snorkeling
- Visit a board game café
- Go to a play or musical
- Go to color-me-mine
- Go fishing
- Go to a bed and breakfast
- Volunteer together
- Go to a thrift shop and choose outfits for each other
- Attend a mixology class and create a signature drink
- Go to brunch together
Staying In
If you want to stay in so that you can be cozy and spend some much needed time catching up and cuddling, here are some ideas to add a fun at-home experience on your anniversary.
- Cook dinner together – pick your favorite, or try a new recipe
- Bake your favorite desserts together
- Make a pillow fort
- Have a movie night
- Take an online cooking class
- Camp in the backyard or living room
- Have a game night together
- Make an at-home spa
- Try a new craft together
- Enjoy afternoon tea at home
- Make fondue at home
- Have a campfire, complete with smores
- Make a garden together
- Have a wine painting night
- Read a book to each other
- Order take out and make a fancy looking spread
- Create a charcuterie board together
- Have a cook off or a bake off
- Make a candle together
- Make a scrapbook
- Play video games together
- Listen to each other’s favorite albums together
- Set up a candle lit dinner
- Make breakfast in bed for your partner
- Redecorate a room together
- Build a Lego set together
- Create your own time capsule to open on another anniversary
- Do a hand casting kit
- Make DIY matching sweatshirts
- Make pizzas together
- Recreate your first date
- Recreate your proposal
- Do a virtual wine tasting
- Don’t do anything and just enjoy each others company
- Plan a vacation together
- Plan an anniversary party
- Try to remake your wedding cake
- Order a date night in a box
- Plant a tree in your backyard
Long Distance Relationship Ideas
If you can’t be together physically, there are still great ways to connect on your special occasion.
- Do an online escape room
- Go on a virtual vacation with Google earth
- Create an online cookbook
- Have an animal crossing date
- Play Minecraft together
- Take buzzfeed quizzes together
- Make a virtual farm in stardew valley
- Watch a movie together
- Mail each other your favorite books
- Have a virtual game night
- Order the same take out and eat together on Skype or Zoom
- Make “open when” letters to send to them
- Get them something from Ubereats
- Fly to them to surprise them
- Send each other love letters
- Send them a care package
- Cook the same meal together on skype
- Call each other outside and go stargazing together
- Make a joint anniversary playlist
- Go on a virtual museum tour
- Create a bucket list together
- Surprise them with a flight to you
Trips To Take
Get away from the daily grind and reconnect in a new place. Going on new adventures together is a great way to keep the romance alive.
- Rent a cabin in the mountains together
- Find a hotel near the beach
- Take a weekend vacation out of the country
- Go on a cruise
- Go to an all-inclusive resort
- Reserve a night at a hotel nearby
- Go to Big Bear or Lake Arrowhead
- Go back to where your honeymoon was
- Go to Catalina Island
- Put a few destinations into a randomizer and let it choose where you go
- Go on a road trip
- Go to Hawaii
- Go to Paris
- Go to Italy
- Go to Greece
- Go To Cabo San Lucas
- Go on a river cruise
- Visit Barcelona
- Go to Palm Springs and enjoy the hot springs
- Go to San Francisco together
- Visit the Grand Canyon
- Go to Las Vegas
Gift Ideas
Gifts shouldn’t be essential on our anniversary, but they are pretty traditional. Show the one you love with something special.
- Make a slideshow or photo album
- Create a coupon book
- Cook their favorite meal
- Make them a cookbook of your favorite recipes
- Get them concert tickets to their favorite band or artist
- Take them on a shopping spree
- Get them a personalized blanket
- Buy them a nice bathrobe
- Buy them a poster of what the sky looked like when you got married
- Write a journal about your relationship for a year and gift it to them
- Give them an engraved wine bottle
- Buy them a subscription box
- Buy them preserved roses
- Buy them a custom puzzle with their favorite photo of the two of you
- Get them a foreign snack pack
- Get them a personalized cutting board
- Get them a bracelet with the sounds waves of you saying “I love you”
- Make them a pamper kit with their favorite bath products
- Make them a custom flower bouquet
- Buy their favorite chocolates
- Make them a playlist of songs that remind you of them
Budget Friendly Ideas
Sure it’s a special occasion, but that doesn’t mean you need to go broke. Here are some great ideas that won’t break the bank.
- Sketch each other
- Take a walk around the neighborhood
- Have a homemade pizza dinner
- Revisit memorable places from your relationship around your town or city
- Go to a coffee shop instead of dinner
- Have your own photoshoot and take photos of each other
- Spend time at your local park
- Binge watch a series together
- Have an indoor picnic
- Check groupon for deals on experiences
- Look through old photos together
- Find an outdoor free concert or movie in the park
- Have an unplugged night at home
- Throw a potluck with family and friends
- Do an online workout together
- Go camping at a nearby National Park
- Go bird watching
- Go cloud watching
- Throw a virtual anniversary party
- Learn a new language together
- Have a youtube karaoke party
- Find a puzzle to do together
- Go to an antique shop and browse
- Go window shopping
- Reminisce about your wedding night and what you both remember
- Swap hobbies for the day
- Go to the library and borrow a book for each other
- Find a cheap diner to visit (bonus points if you dress up fancy for it)
- Act like tourists for a day
- Drive around your city and sightsee
- Watch a movie from the year you started dating
- Test drive an expensive car
- Visit a public garden
- Feed ducks at a pond or lake
- Get just dessert from your favorite restaurant
- Rent a redbox movie and make popcorn
- Build something together
- Teach each other something new
- Try to break a record
- Visit open houses
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