I am always on the look out for fun date night ideas for my husband and I, so when I ran across 4LoveBirds and the Date night in a box sets they sell it was something that immediately sparked my interest. They sell five different boxes which can make a fun and exciting date night in, or even a date night out depending on how you set everything up.
We received one of their Paint date night for two boxes which comes with 2 sets of brushes, 2 blank canvas, 2 paint palettes, a pack of 100 conversation starts, 2 small wooden hearts, a set of paints and a copy of what you'll be painting together. The only thing I would add to the box is a small empty container to hold water to clean your brushes, just in case the couple wanted to take the date night box to a park or their favorite spot to paint instead of at home.
We decided to do our date night at home, we enjoyed some pizza and watched a show then I got everything set up in the kitchen so we could enjoy our paint box. I made a tiny error and ended up separating the paint into the two palettes, then realized we were going to need them for mixing colors to make others! It all worked out alright though so it didn't make an impact on our paintings.
After getting everything set up, making drinks, and grabbing some dessert we put on some music we enjoy and sat down to start painting. The painting is yours to create however you'd like, it doesn't have to match the print they provide 100%, we had thought about each of us painting half of it so we could hang them next to each other to complete the picture but we ended up just painting it how it was in the box.
The paint was a tad bit watery so we had to apply more than one layer to some spots, however it did make it easier to blend that background together. As you can see we each had a slightly different way we did our backgrounds, neither of us are professional painters and we were both honestly pretty nervous that our paintings would end up looking terrible since we aren't super artistic.
It was pretty calming just sitting and painting while chatting and listening to music. We actually ended up putting the conversation starters away, there are a lot of great cards and questions in the box, but we feel like the set would be a little better for couples who might not know each other was well. We were enjoying the activity enough that we actually ended up losing track of time, so I can't give an honest answer to how long it took to paint, I would guess an hour maybe a little longer (depending on if you need to take a bathroom break, or get a drink refill).
Our end result actually surprised us both, some aspects of the paintings might be a little wonky in spots, though we still thought we did better than expected. After we were finished we both agreed that the part we were most worried about painting were the birds, I wasn't sure how they were going to turn out and he wasn't sure either. Looking at our end results my husband had mentioned he thought mine looked more "Disney" and his looked "Tim Burton" inspired, I agree and I love how they both look. They are currently sitting near my shelf where I have all of my Stitch collection.
If painting isn't your thing they also have a game night and massage night sets (plus two other painting sets) for your to purchase, the price varies from $27-$43. My husband and I both agree it would be fun for them to offer family paint sets as well, this is something we'd love to do again both by ourselves and with our children.
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