Dating through the Alphabet Challenge (Free Printable)

A friend of mine recently told me she and her husband are dating through the alphabet. Doesn’t that sound fun? I think it’s such a brilliant idea, I decided to take up the challenge with my own husband this year.

Twenty-six letters, twenty-six dates: That’s 26 in ’26. What could be more perfect? If we can manage one date every other week, we’ should’ll get through the entire alphabet in a year.

I even created a cute little printable to keep us on schedule:

click to print Dating through the Alphabet Challenge

Want to join in the fun? Print a copy to use with your beloved. (NOTE: File will print in black and white, so if you want to make this list look brighter, just print it on colored copy paper)

My friend and her hubby are taking them in order — which makes it more of a challenge and requires a lot of creativity! I’ve included several suggestions for each letter–you can pick one of those or come up with your own.

Dating through the Alphabet Challenge

A: Arboretum, Art Museum, Axe-Throwing, Archery, Arcade
B: Biking, Bowling, Birding, Bookstore, Beach, Bananagrams
C: Concert, Crafts, Chess, Coffee Shop, Camping, Cook Together
D: Dinner Out, Dancing, Double Date, Disc Golf, Documentary
E: Exercise, Enchiladas, Escape Room, Eight-Ball, Eggnog, Eclairs
F: Farmers Market, Foreign Film Festival, Fishing, Football, Fair
G: Gardening, Golf, Garage Sales, Go-Karts, Geocaching, Gelato
H: Hiking, Horseback Riding, Hammocks, Hibachi, Handcrafts
I: Ice Skating, Indoor Skydiving, Italian Food, i-Jump, Ice Cream
J: Jet Skis, Jogging, Jigsaw Puzzle, Jump Rope, Juggling, Jenga
K: Kayaking, Kite-Flying, Kissing, Karaoke, Kebabs, Kickboxing
L: Library, Lake, Line Dancing, Laser Tag, Lasagna, Letter Writing
M: Movie, Museum, Mall, Mosaic Making, Magic Show, Marathon
N: Ninja Course, Nature Walk, NASCAR, Netflix, Nertz, Noodles
O: Opera, Oatmeal Cookies, Open-Water Swim, Obstacle Course
P: Picnic, Ping-Pong, Paint, Pickleball, Pancakes, Paddle Board
Q: Quilt Show, Quiche, Queso, Quinoa, Quiz Night, Quest, Quilling
R: Read Aloud, Rock Climb, Restaurant, Road Trip, Race, Ravioli
S: Swim, Shop, Sushi, Symphony, Sight Seeing, Star Gazing, Sorbet
T: Tacos, Theater, Thrifting, Trampoline, Tomato Soup, Trader Joe’s
U: Ultimate Frisbee, Upcycling, U-Pick Farm, Ukulele Playing
V: Vintage Shopping, Volleyball, Videos, Visit a Vineyard, Vote
W: Walking, Window-Shopping, Wash Car, Waltz, Weekend Away
X: X-mas Market, X-country Skiing, Xylography, Xeriscaping
Y: Yogurt, Yodeling, Yahtzee, Yo-Yoing, Yarn Crafting, Yachting
Z: Zoo, Zumba, Zip Line, Zorbing, Zuppa Toscana, Zucchini Bread

Either way, whether you use an idea from the list or come up with one of your own, check the box for that particular letter off at the end of your date, and write what you did on the line provided. You can take them in order or skip around — make the concept work for you!