- Shared-controller video gaming: each participant gets only partial control of the character (usually one person takes the left hand on a controller the other person takes the right hand)
- If you’re in the area where one or both of you grew up, spend a day visiting places that were landmarks of your childhood
- Tie-dye shirts together, but make your partner’s shirt
- Carve a watermelon into a jack-o-lantern
- Cook dinner together
- Get a black cloth and cut small holes in it. Pin it over the light. Pretend you are astronauts/aliens/settlers on another planet.
- Gaze at actual stars. Make up new constellations. Cuddle if you’re cold/a cuddler
- Build a miniature town out of cardboard boxes. Become the mayors of Box Town
- Do each other’s make up (or paint each other’s faces)
And one for long-distance:
- Crochet or knit the squares of a granny square blanket. Sew them together the next time you see each other.