99 Fresh Fall LDR Dates for Long-Distance Couples
Looking for a way to add a little bit of pumpkin spice to your LDR dates this Fall? These ideas are warm and cozy and are all long-distance compatible. Everything here can be done over a video call or done remotely but together. We know the challenges of having LDR dates while being so far apart from each other- but hopefully, these creative and fresh fall LDR Dates will bring a little love to your season!
Please let us know if you try any of these ideas. If you have an idea that’s not listed, please send us an email; we’d love to share your LDR dates with the community. We have included links to a few of our affiliate partners that we think would be beneficial to other long-distance couples! We receive a small compensation if you choose to purchase from them.
What is your favorite Fall tradition? How are you going to make this season spectacular?
1. Facetime from a Farmer’s Market
2. Carve pumpkins on a video call
2. Paint each other surprise paintings and mail them to each other
4. Buy the same scented candle for ultimate cozy vibes
5. Make hot chocolate together
6. Watch your favorite Disney movies on Disney+
7. Order each other candles that match your personalities on Etsy
8. Make each other a playlist full of songs that make you think of fall
9. Try making your own pumpkin spice lattes
10. Write gratitude lists together
11. Do a baking challenge to see who can bake the best apple pie (don’t forget ice cream!)
12. Plan your Halloween costumes
13. Read each other ghost stories or scary camp tales over a video call
14. Order magnetic matching bracelets to wear while you’re apart.
15. Listen to a True Crime Podcast together
16. Make a joint playlist together with songs from your relationship
17. Press some fall leaves and mail them
18. Send a letter with a sample of your favorite tea
19. Watch a scary movie together
20. Bingewatch Stranger Things on Netflix
21. Build a blanket fort together
22. Set up a Virtual Paint Night
23. Do a cheesy movie marathon
24. Do a virtual Haunted House – especially ones that are designed for LDR dates.
25. Play a video game together (horror game if you’re brave!)
26. Do an online date from DoveyDates.com (They’ve released a Halloween Maze for free!)
27. Make some apple cider or mulled wine to enjoy on a cozy video call
28. Do an online course together (Masterclass, Coursera, or Youtube)
29. Make a craft together
30. Do some online shopping for your Christmas list
31. Do a virtual escape room (Here are some from The Escape Game!)
32. Paint pet rocks together to keep company while you’re apart
33. Make caramel apples together
34. Buy both of your favorite candies and compare flavors
35. Make a couple’s Instagram together
36. Make lists of why you’re thankful for each other
37. Try making your own caramel or fudge
38. Learn how to knit
39. Make each other handmade cards
40. Go on separate walks around your neighborhoods and send photos of what you find
41. Spice up your typical Netflix date with some of these games & ideas
42. Do an Autumn picnic
43. Make a lego set together
45. Both get a deck of cards and see who can build the tallest card tower
46. Play board games together using Tabletop Simulator, Board Game Arena, or Tabletopia.
47. Do a Halloween themed dress-up date night with costumes
48. Watch an online magic show
49. Read a book together and discuss it every week
50. Make breakfast and eat it together in bed with a video call
51. Take an online cooking class together
52. Order takeout and put on a vintage movie
53. Play a game of poker online – winner gets a prize!
54. Start planning your next visit together
55. Make up your own board game (Uno with new rules, Jenga with custom blocks, make your own game board)
56. Do a beer tasting night
57. Make your own pretzels
58. Movie marathon all the Lord of the Rings movies
59. Make fondue together for a cheesy & delicious video call
60. Visit here.fm and make your own custom date night board.
61. Make a group Pinterest board together
62. Do separate trips to book stores and pick out a book for your partner that you think they’d like
63. Play Truth or Dare together
64. Write a short story together by writing one sentence each.
65. Do a “Pajama Day” video call
65. Make “Open When” letters for your partner
66. Watch a movie neither of you have ever heard of.
67. Make pumpkin spice kettle corn popcorn
68. Use Google Maps to go on a walk through a park filled with fall leaves. (Click here for some beautiful options from Google Earth)
69. Make a quiz for your partner about your likes and dislikes
70. Compare photos of your Halloween costumes from previous years
71. Try to find your way through a virtual corn maze (Try this one from the Edmonton Corn Maze)
72. Roast some pumpkin seeds
73. Do face painting on a video call and compete to see who can create the best look
74. Visit a virtual museum together (Here are 12 options!)
75. Make s’mores and eat them on your video call – or try roasting marshmallows!
76. Create a memory box or scrapbook of your times together
77. Look back through photos from Summer
78. Make hand casts to send each other so you can hold hands while apart. (Try this hand-casting kit!)
79. Create a countdown calendar for your next visit (or purchase a letter board to keep one like this!)
80. Bake pumpkin bread together
81. Decorate your doorways for Halloween
82. Surprise your partner by ordering them an Autumn Bouquet
83. Take your partner to a virtual aquarium date on DoveyDates.com!
84. Put on your coziest clothes and have hot cocoa together
85. Order a Paper Pigeon Journal to mail back and forth with fun activities.
86. Put on a fireplace video to watch together and have a cozy video call to chat about your dreams
87. Play 20 questions together
88. Make your favorite hearty soup together on a call
89. Ask family members for their favorite family secret recipes and attempt the recipe together
90. Print out ‘coloring therapy book’ pages online and have a coloring contest
92. Listen to some romantic stories from an LDR podcast (like International Love Stories or Love is in the Air)
93. Plan out how you would each spend a million dollars – compare your dreams
94. Order appetizers from your favorite restaurants to be delivered
95. Do puzzles together on a video call. If they have the same amount of pieces you can race!
96. Watch a Youtube concert together from your favorite artist
97. Plan an imaginary road trip together – What stops do you visit? What food do you try along the way? What route do you take? What landmarks do you see?
98. Use Aggie.io to draw, paint, and create together in realtime to add some creativity and chaos to your ldr dates
99. Start an official Fall tradition together as a couple and make plans for next Fall together
We hope you enjoyed this list of fall activities for long-distance couples. Please let us know how your Fall LDR dates go and what challenges we can help you face by sending us a message on social media anytime!