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A gift box of surprise date ideas that helps couples spend more quality time together and rekindle that special spark.
52 sealed date cards, colour-coded for easy planning - colour-coded for - home, out, or full-day – plus special surprises
Skip the "what should we do?" debate – just pick a card and go
Flexible schedule & budget-friendly activities, plus 5 blank cards for your own ideas
Personalisation options are available
“Lovely item and such a different idea as a gift, cant wait to see what dates we have. Added the book, was definitely worth adding to the order, a great keepsake for all those future memories.”
Sharee Smith
Choose your date box and add optional personalisation. Free UK delivery on all orders.
Choose from colour-coded envelopes - blue for nights in, orange for a surprise, green for evenings out or yellow for day adventures
We're all busy juggling life, work, and everything in between. Sometimes the spark of romance gets lost in the daily rush. Our box of date night ideas gives you simple ways to pause, reconnect, and make special moments
Enjoy each other's company
Contains 52 fun surprise, sealed activities to do with a loved one, plus 5 blank cards
Many date ideas can be done at home – you don’t have to leave the house to date
A lifetime of memories starts with simple moments together. These cards help you create more of them.
Keep talking
Keep laughing
Keep loving
Keep dating
Because every shared smile and laugh builds a stronger connection.
Break out of your routine with fresh ideasactivities that take minutes to plan but create hours of connection
A full year of sealed date ideas, colour-coded for home dates, nights out, daytime adventures and spontaneous surprises.
Each card becomes a story to tell - from cosy movie marathons to spontaneous road trips.
Make it yours by adding the dates that mean something special to just the two of you.
Look up and gaze at the cosmos. Watch out for shooting stars, constellations and UFOs…
Then go for a well deserved breakfast.
Watch someone or something to make you both laugh til your side hurt. Smile all night long.
Watch a band at a bar,
find an orchestra performance or maybe go to karaoke!
We're Kate and John, creators of A Year of Dates. It started with a Christmas gift in 2014 – John gave Kate 72 envelopes filled with date ideas. Every Monday, they'd open one and make it happen, no excuses.
What began as a way to keep their spark alive through busy weeks became something bigger. Friends loved the idea, but never had time to create their own. So in 2016, we launched A Year of Dates, turning our personal solution for making time together into a gift that helps other couples do the same.
A great fun way to add a little extra to your relationship. We look forward to spending time exploring our adventures together. Dating more than we ever have.
Adele Mccandlish
Great quality, fast delivery. Partner loved it Can't wait to see what dates we have in store. Purchased the book with this as well and such great quality as well, definitely worth adding to the order
Sharee Smith
We love this ❤ what a great idea you have come up with. We added the journal to the order so we could build up a little book memories.
Leah Palmer
We have had the best year ❤️ So many amazing memories made thanks to you!! Will be starting our movie box in the New Year. Thank you ☺️
Luke and Kelly Davies
This special edition Valentines design A Year of Dates box is only available at this time of year – making it a future collectors item! Based on our original date box, inside there are 52 sealed cards, each with a date idea inside, encouraging you to spend time together long after the chocolates are eaten on February 14th!
Included within the heart covered box are 5 blank cards with unsealed cards, these are to be filled in together with your favourite, more personal suggestions.
All suggestions in the box are suitable for any couple, regardless of gender, and are designed to be achievable around work and life. Dating shouldn’t be hard work. The activities are kept simple in their description and can interpreted to suit any lifestyle, the cards are a prompt for those days, or nights, when no-one can make a decision.
The date night cards include everything from going for a picnic to a night with no technology; star gazing to taking a train trip. There is also sports day (play or watch), round the world and bingo night to encourage you to try new things.
The colours of the envelopes are colour coded: choose to go out for the evening, stay in, or have a day out. There are also a few surprises included. This makes it perfect for all couples including parents, people on a budget or those who like to keep a bit of control.
To help with the ‘tricky’ decisions (like who chooses the film/restaurant/makes breakfast in bed) some cards suggest you flip a coin, but don’t worry there is a leaflet included to explain it all.
Make this gift extra special by personalising the box – we’ll print your names at the top of the box then choose a short message to sit within the hearts to make it truly unique
Please note that we replace the word ‘and’ with &, and sometimes rearrange names to fit on the box. All names are capitalised and we do not print the whole name in capital letters, even if it is entered that way. We can’t print emoji’s.
If you have any specific requirements for the personalisation please get in touch, and we’ll see what we can do.
Why not include a Making Memories journal to record the dating journey.
The journal gives a place to save the date cards, with space to include photos, tickets and write your highlights to look back at as the year goes on.
We aim to produce gifts that are 100% recyclable, and we encourage all those enjoying opening envelopes to recycle them after they’ve completed their activities.
Our boxes are 100% recyclable, and are constructed from ‘greyboard’ which is made from a mix of recycled and waste paper. The outer wrap paper is also recyclable.
Where possible, the paper we use for our card and envelopes is sourced from FSC-certified suppliers.
We offer free Royal Mail Tracked 48 delivery on orders to the mainland UK over £10. These are usually delivered within 3 working day, but this is not guaranteed.
Express orders are sent using Royal Mail Special Delivery.
We also offer free international shipping on orders over £60 to most countries.
Our international orders are sent via Royal Mail International, and tracked depending on the destination.
Tracking is provided on all orders once dispatched and will be shown in your dispatch email.
We aim to send your order within 1 working day of receiving your payment. Orders received before 1pm UK time will be shipped the same day (excluding weekends and bank holidays).
*Shipping will be calculated at checkout, and any delivery costs required will be added at this point.
From: £32.00
Presented in a luxury, branded black gift box with our new limited edition heart design the gift is personalised with names, or a short message, below the names you have a choice of three romantic phrases.
Each date night box contains weekly date cards sealed inside coloured envelopes, plus 5 blank cards to add your own personal dates.
This is the perfect Valentines gift that will keep you laughing and making memories together long after the 14th February. Everyone has busy lives and the dates are here to help you keep the romance alive all year, not just on one day!
Each colour indicates a different type of date and comes in 4 colours:
Blue – Staying home
Yellow – Going out
Orange – A surprise
Green – A day out
2024 update – we used to offer a "Surprise Edition" as alternative to the Categorised Edition, which was more of a lucky dip. This contains purple envelopes and the colour code doesn’t apply to this set. As it was less popular we decided to simplify the offering with just one set of cards.
There is no mention of gender on the cards so they can be used by everyone.
If a decision needs to be made the person opening the envelope will be asked to flip a coin and choose heads or tails.
We obviously can’t reveal ALL our of secrets! There is some cross over between the different products with some of the most popular ideas appearing in all of the sets.
The activities are a range of things to do at home, nights out and days out. Some you might have thought of yourself, or be things you do regularly, but how you interpret the card is up to you. All of the envelopes are sealed so you get a surprise each time, if you don’t like what the card says you don’t have to do it, it’s about having fun, but it is also good to try things so don’t just dismiss it.
We haven’t suggested anything dangerous, illegal or scary – there are blank cards in some sets so if you want to swim with sharks or jump out of an aeroplane you can add these yourself.
We know you are busy; a lot of the cards can be done at home in an evening or can fit in with your lifestyle. You also don’t have to open one every week, make it work for you, if just takes a bit of effort.
A beautiful box of 52 date cards that bring couples closer together, one surprise at a time.
Spark deeper connections with inventive date ideas
Create new shared memories and stories to tell
Keep romance alive without the pressure of planning
Personalisation options are available
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The ideal companion to any of our A Year of Dates gift boxes, the Making Memories Journal is the perfect place to keep the date cards and memories you’ve created.