Printable Mother Daughter Date Idea Cards
3 letter-size pages, free, no sign-up. Twenty-four cut-apart cards: at-home nights, outings in town and bigger days.
How to print it
- Open the PDF, or print this page from your browser (Ctrl+P, or Share then Print on a phone). Choose letter size, 100% scale, no margins if your printer offers it.
- Plain copy paper is fine for game sheets. Card stock holds up better for cards you will keep.
- Everything prints in black ink. Color printing is optional.
What is inside
- Date Cards: At Home
- Date Cards: Out in Town
- Date Cards: A Bigger Day
Made by Katy & June, published by Island Fox, LLC. Free for personal use at your own party; please do not resell it.
The printable pages
Date Cards: At home
Cut along the lines. Draw one card a month and put a date on the calendar.
At home
Bake from her recipe box
Pick one recipe from the family file and make it together, start to finish.
At home
Movie from the year she was born
She picks the snacks. You pick the film.
At home
Paint-along night
Two canvases, one video tutorial, no judging.
At home
Old photos, new stories
Go through one album and write a caption for every page.
At home
Puzzle night
A 500-piece puzzle and a promise to finish it before bed.
At home
Teach me something
Each of you teaches the other one skill in 20 minutes.
At home
Garden or windowsill day
Plant something you can both check on for a month.
At home
Write letters to future you
Seal them and agree on the year you will open them.
Date Cards: Out in town
Cut along the lines. Draw one card a month and put a date on the calendar.
Out in town
Pottery class
Make two of something, one for each house.
Out in town
Library and lunch
Each picks a book for the other, then talk about why over lunch.
Out in town
Farmers market breakfast
Ten dollars each to spend on the best thing you find.
Out in town
Museum, one room only
Pick one gallery and stay until you each choose a favorite piece.
Out in town
Manicure and a walk
Same color, or opposite colors. Your call.
Out in town
Thrift store challenge
Fifteen dollars to find each other an outfit.
Out in town
Cooking class
A class neither of you has taken, in a cuisine neither of you cooks.
Out in town
Sunrise or sunset
Find the best view in town and get there early.
Date Cards: A bigger day
Cut along the lines. Draw one card a month and put a date on the calendar.
A bigger day
Day trip with no plan
Drive an hour in one direction and see what is there.
A bigger day
Tea and dress-up
Afternoon tea somewhere a little fancy, dressed up for it.
A bigger day
A show or a concert
Her pick this year, yours next year.
A bigger day
Hike to a view
Pack lunch and take a picture at the top in the same pose every year.
A bigger day
Volunteer together
A morning at a shelter, food bank or park clean-up.
A bigger day
The hometown tour
Show each other the places from when you were her age.
A bigger day
A weekend away
One night somewhere new, one shared room, no phones at dinner.
A bigger day
Learn something hard
Sign up for a class that takes a few weeks: dance, sewing, a language.