Fun $5 date ideas from Macey’s Little Theater

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    By Malori Mitchell

    * Feed ducks at the duck pond

    * Make graham cracker houses and decorate them according to the season

    * Buy things at garage sales, then sell them on eBay to get money for another date

    * Volunteer to usher for a play and get in free

    * BYU concerts and events

    * BYU museums and exhibits

    * A “barbarian feast”-Make spaghetti, take it to a park, cover the tables with plastic wrap. Then serve the spaghetti and eat it with your hands. Jessica Scribner, 19, Orem.

    * Hiking

    * “For a double date, we went to a book store and had to find a book that described the other person,” Jessica Crystal, 19, Orem.

    * Rock skipping contest

    * Sharing picture albums

    * Watch old videos of one another”s childhood

    * Record your date with pictures and scrapbook them

    * Paper airplane contest

    * Scavenger hunt

    * Walk in the park when it”s snowing so you have to get really close

    * Watch air shows at the air force base

    * People watch

    * Buy sidewalk chalk and draw all over the sidewalks

    * Draw pictures of each other

    * Have a coloring contest

    * Paint with your toes

    * Go to an arcade

    * Go to a pet store and act like you are puppy shopping

    * Learn how to crochet

    * Knit each other scarves

    * Make snowmen

    * Have snowball fights

    * Teach your date how to change oil and tires

    * Hike to the Y, lie upside down and view the lights

    * Watch the sun set or rise

    * Make a movie

    * Dress up and buy a $5 gift, then find a wedding reception to attend

    * Go to an art museum, bring a clipboard and act like you are art critics

    * Bake cookies together

    * Cook an inexpensive meal

    * Have an un-birthday party. Make a cake, go to a nickel arcade and with the tickets you earn, cash them in for gifts and give them to the person who is having the un-birthday. Tiffani Nichlos, 20, BYU student.

    * Play tennis

    * Snowshoeing

    * Write a song

    * Go to DI, then choose clothing for each other to wear around town

    * Volunteer at the animal shelter

    * Volunteer at BYU”s Center for Service and Learning

    * Volunteer at a soup kitchen

    * Go to Macey”s Little Theater date night.

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