Winter 2026
45 cozy winter date ideas
Every one of these winter ideas is better with someone else, whether that's a date, your best friend or a few people from the group chat. Pick one, send it to them, and you've got a plan.
Go ice skatingan evening · outdoors · under $20
Go sleddinga half-day · outdoors · free
Build a snowman10 minutes · outdoors · free
Have a snowball fight10 minutes · outdoors · free
Go snowshoeinga half-day · outdoors · under $20
Try cross-country skiinga half-day · outdoors · a small treat
Take a ski or snowboard lessona half-day · outdoors · a small treat
Take a horse-drawn carriage ridean evening · outdoors · a small treat
Go to a sauna or bathhousean evening · cozy inside · a small treat
Go on a winter hikea half-day · outdoors · free
Join the Christmas Bird Counta half-day · outdoors · free
Have a winter picnic with a thermosan evening · outdoors · under $20
Visit a botanical garden greenhousea half-day · cozy inside · under $20
Go to the beach in winteran evening · outdoors · free
Go on a full-moon walkan evening · outdoors · free
Pick a Christmas tree at a tree farma half-day · outdoors · a small treat
Decorate a Christmas treean evening · cozy inside · free
Go to a Christmas marketan evening · outdoors · under $20
Drive around to see the Christmas lightsan evening · outdoors · free
See The Nutcrackeran evening · cozy inside · a small treat
Go carolingan evening · outdoors · free
Host a holiday movie nightan evening · cozy inside · under $20
Do a Secret Santa with friendsan evening · cozy inside · under $20
Go to a Hanukkah menorah lightingan evening · outdoors · free
Throw an ugly-sweater partyan evening · cozy inside · under $20
Volunteer at a holiday food drivea half-day · cozy inside · free
Ring in the New Year with friendsan evening · cozy inside · under $20
Do a New Year's polar plunge10 minutes · outdoors · free
Celebrate Lunar New Yearan evening · cozy inside · under $20
Host a Galentine's Dayan evening · cozy inside · under $20
Go to a winter festival or ice-sculpture showa half-day · outdoors · under $20
Go to a basketball gamean evening · cozy inside · a small treat
Host a fondue nightan evening · cozy inside · under $20
Host a game nightan evening · cozy inside · free
Throw a Super Bowl partyan evening · cozy inside · under $20
Build a gingerbread housean evening · cozy inside · under $20
Bake and decorate sugar cookiesan evening · cozy inside · under $20
Host a cookie swapan evening · cozy inside · under $20
Make dumplingsan evening · cozy inside · under $20
Make latkesan evening · cozy inside · under $20
Make a big pot of chilian evening · cozy inside · under $20
Make your own ornamentsan evening · cozy inside · under $20
Have a Harry Potter movie marathona half-day · cozy inside · free
Spend a cold afternoon in a museuma half-day · cozy inside · under $20
Build a blanket fortan evening · cozy inside · free
Keep a stamp for every one you do.
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