Nearly Free

Under $5 – supplies; travel expenses

Road Trip!

Get a local, regional or long distance map.  Use it to plan a road trip!  

Once you've planned your route, embellish the experience with research about the sights along the way and in the towns and cities you'll go through.  Even if you don't have the time to actually take the trip, the planning is lots of fun!

Buy $5 fun

Set the budget no higher than $5. Take yourself to a local 'dollar store' to buy something fun to play with. 

Mix Colours

Get acrylic paint tubes in white, black, red, yellow and blue. Have a tub of rinse water, a paint brush, a colour mix grid and something you can use to get a specific (small) amount of paint.

Measure, mix and chart colours to make recipes for your favourite shades, hues and tints for future reference.

Does this sound more like a creative activity than a Artist's Date? Not so. This date idea is not about creating, as it may seem at first. Gathering input to evoke inspiration is exactly what an Artist's Date is about!

Squish it through your fingers and toes

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Mud on purpose (as opposed to when you're dressed up or on your way to work) can feel glorious to squish theough bare toes and playful fingers.

The spring, when puddles are plentiful, is an awesome time to find and play in mud – especially if you do it in the rain.  That way the mud washes off easily:)

Twinkle, twinkle …

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Walk or bus through your neighbourhood to enjoy the holiday lights

Think like a tourist

Bus around your own town to see the sights. Need some ideas of where to go? Phone, visit or browse the website of your local visitor's bureau.

People watch …

In a coffee shop / restaurant … on public transit … in a park … And make up stories about who they are: where they're from; what their name is; what they are most looking forward to; what work they do …

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