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A Sporty Date for March Madness Fans

Is your spouse a sports fanatic? Well, my husband and I are both BIG basketball fans. March is truly the ultimate month for basketball. The playoffs are looming for NBA teams and college basketball has MARCH MADNESS. Unfortunately, getting tickets to a game, finding a babysitter, getting dinner, and parking prevent us from going to actual games. However, I started thinking… why not bring the game to us… at home? I checked the games scheduled to be broadcast on our local stations and found a night/game that I knew would work with our schedule. I prepared everything throughout the day, so once the kiddos were in bed… we were off to the game… in the family room! 🙂

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I surprised my husband with tickets in his shoes the morning of our date. I wanted him to be excited throughout the day about the upcoming game and our date night! {These tickets are generic for any sporting event.}

While the game was our entertainment for most of the night, I wanted to have something to do during half-time since we couldn’t watch the performances at the actual game.

I decided to stop by the store to grab Oreos for the TASTIEST half-time contest ever, an Oreo Slam Dunk Contest!

One of my favorite things about going to an actual game is watching players dunk the ball. My husband and I did our own version of a “dunk.”  We enjoyed dunking Oreo’s in milk – but I wanted to add a little challenge. We have different challenge cards you and your spouse can draw to see what type of dunk you are required to complete… or at least attempt.

  I think this is my new favorite type of dunk!

We also did a Half-Time Hoop-Shoot. Grab a trash can/laundry basket (or this basketball hoop laundry basket if you want to go all out) and a pair of socks that’s been balled up. Place your “hoop” in an open area of the room. Use your location labels (1 point, 2 points, 3 points) to select areas in the room from which you have to shoot.

You have three rounds to get as many points as possible. This can be accomplished a few ways. We liked to set a 1-minute timer and try to get as many points as we could {from any point location} during that 60 seconds. You could also use 1 point location for each round and see how many shots you can each get during a certain time limit.

Sporting events don’t necessarily have a reputation for being super romantic… but they do have KISS CAM!

I knew we needed to have a Kiss Cam too. {We suggest printing this out on cardstock to give it a little strength} Before the game started, I told my husband each time a player made a three-point shot, he had to give me a kiss!  Even though we didn’t make the arena jumbotron, each kiss was just as good!

Well, let me tell you… this date was easy, budget-friendly and fun.  Surprise your spouse with the sporting event of their choice for your next date night!  You can’t go wrong turning a March Madness game into one unforgettable night! Save this date idea on Pinterest now, before you forget!

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