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BBQ on the beach; in your back yard; at your local park; during winter; pick a place on a map and drive there to BBQ; BBQ at a conservation area; have a BBQ potluck; create your own BBQ sauce.

Carve a watermelon into tiny sculptures; have a seed-spitting contest; have a watermelon party.

Walk down every street in your neighbourhood and record it on a map; walk through every local park trail you can get to and complete in less thn two hours; walk by the full moon; take a walk at sunrise; take a walk barefoot; walk in the rain; walk the Trans Canada Trail.

Have a bubble gum chewing contest; Write your own poetry; read old and modern poetry to each other; read your favourite book to each other; read the daily news to each other; draw a picture together.

Volunteer together at an animal shelter and walk dogs together; go bird watching together; teach your dog a new trick; build a bird feeder together; build a model toy together; do a crossword puzzle together; play cards; play board games; play video games together; play Charades; play basketball; throw darts; play touch tag; hide and seek.

Make your own post cards; bake bread together; cook a meal for your parents together; make your own pizza; dedicate a song on radio; visit a different shopping mall every week; wander through old cemeteries together; do spring cleaning for a senior; plant an indoor herb garden together; borrow books, videos from local library; go on a picnic in a park, or at the beach, on top of a building, on a downtown bench, in your back yard, or in the wilderness.

Go to a parade; local rally; help build a float. play frisbee; play horseshoes together; play street hockey.

Make  a list of the top ten things you would like to do and exchange your list with your date; build a sand sculpture; build an ice sculpture or with snow; pick up garbage at a local park or along a road; go outdoor ice skating; build a snow fort; Learn sign language or another language.

Visit the children's ward at your local hospital; serve together in a soup kitchen; help at a food bank; visit a shut-in; exercise together; visit all your coffee shops in your neighbourhood; skip rocks across still waters; start a collection together such as coins, stamps, cards, pins.

Light candles and float them in your pool or local river; blow soap bubbles from your balcony, in the park or on the main street of your town; go people watching at an airport, bus station, shopping malls, park bench, boardwalks, train station, city center, beach, hotel lobby, college or university campus.

Have a camp fire; study the stars together; collect bottles and cans to save money fora special date; make each other laugh at least 10 times on a date (children laugh 400 times a day).