Red Carpet Date Night Guide
Won’t you take us to Funky Town? Below is your complete guide with full activity instructions and conversation prompts for the Red Carpet Date Night. Enjoy!
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Set the mood
Make your date night really special with some on-theme cocktails, movies, and music.
Cocktails
Enjoy these cocktails that are fit for Hollywood’s rich and famous:
Movies
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
- La La Land (2016)
- Hollywoodland (2006)
- A Star is Born (2018)
- Any award-winning film!
Playlist
What you need for this date:
- Your phones or cameras
- A computer or smart TV
- Canvas in size of your choice
- Paint kit with paints and brushes (preferably washable, kid-friendly paints that your kids can use after your date)
- (Optional) hairdryer
- (Optional) painter’s tape
- (Optional) pen and paper
Activities with full instructions
Activity 1: Do a red carpet photoshoot
Get glammed up and be each other’s paparazzi! Strut your stuff on your imaginary red carpet and enjoy the fame, at least in your partner’s eyes. In this activity, you and your partner will be getting dolled up and taking pictures of each other red carpet style.
What you need for this activity
- Your phones or cameras
- A computer or smart TV
Instructions
Get glammed up! Do you hair and makeup and put on your red carpet finest.
Play the paparazzi video on your computer screen or TV to give a more authentic paparazzi effect. The video contains a strobe effect and is not recommended if you are affected by flashing lights.
Paparazzi video
Copy the poses below if you need inspiration!
For the ladies
The Kim Kardashian
The Taylor Swift
The Zendaya
The Sofia Vergara
For the gents
The Channing Tatum
The Drake
The Michael B. Jordan
The Robert Pattinson
Activity 2: Handprint craft
You know you’ve really made it as a Hollywood icon when you’ve gotten your own star on the Hollywood walk of fame, complete with your handprints etched forever in the concrete. We thought cement work was a little extreme for our at-home date night, but we wanted a way for you and your partner to immortalize your love (aww). In this activity, you and your partner will be doing a fun craft together with your handprints!
What you need for this activity
- Canvas in size of your choice
- Paint kit with paints and brushes (preferably washable, kid-friendly paints that your kids can use after your date)
- (Optional) hairdryer
- (Optional) painter’s tape
Instructions
You will be making a painting with each of your handprints. See the examples below for inspiration.
If you want your base to be black or another color, be sure to paint that first and let it dry completely before adding your handprints. You can use a hairdryer to speed up the process.
Display your handprints of fame for all to see!
Sample 1
Paint your background black (or another color if you wish, or just leave it white) and let it dry completely. Add splatter effect if you wish and let that dry completely. Do one partner’s hand first (typically the man’s larger hand) and let it dry, then add the other partner’s hand (the woman’s) on top but slightly off center so you can see both hands. You can add an extra touch by making a heart with your fingerprints like they’ve done in this one.
Sample 2
Put a piece of painter’s tape across the middle of the canvas. Do one partner’s hand first (typically the man’s larger hand) right on top of the tape and let it dry, then add the other partner’s hand (the woman’s) on top but slightly off center so you can see both hands. Once it is fully dry, remove the tape. Use a marker or a steady hand with your paint to write the date of your anniversary or the date of your date in the middle where the tape was!
Sample 3
In this example, you use opposite hands instead of the same ones overlapping. Paint your background black (if you wish) and let it dry completely. Do one partner’s hand first (typically the man’s larger hand) and let it dry, then add the other partner’s opposite hand (the woman’s). Make sure the first hand is slightly off center and leaves room for the second hand without them overlapping too much.
Activity 3: Match the voice
Test how well you can recognize the voices of famous celebrities without seeing their faces!
What you need for this activity:
- Your computer or phone
- A pen and paper (optional)
Instructions
- Play each of the below videos – one for male and one for female voices. Each video features random clips from movies featuring 7 celebrity voices. You can play the game in 1 of 2 ways:
- Variation 1: Write down which celebrity you think is speaking for each clip without showing your partner. At the end of the videos, check your answers against the answer key and see who got the most right.
- Variation 2: Be the first person to call out who the right celebrity is in the clip. After each clip, pause the video and check in the answer key to see who was right. Keep track of points as you go.
- The winner is the partner who can correctly identify the most celebs! See your prize below. If there is a tie, you BOTH get the prize!
The voices
Male Voices
Female voices
The answers
Male voice 1
Will Smith – clip from Men in Black
Male voice 2
Kevin Hart – clip from Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Male voice 3
Jack Black – clip from School of Rock
Male voice 4
Adam Sandler – clip from Happy Gilmore
Male voice 5
Morgan Freeman – clip from The Shawshank Redemption
Male voice 6
Matthew McConaughey – clip from How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days
Male voice 7
Samuel L. Jackson – clip from Pulp Fiction
Female voice 1
Whoopi Goldberg – clip from Sister Act 2
Female voice 2
Julia Roberts – clip from Pretty Woman
Female voice 3
Betty White – clip from The Proposal
Female voice 4
Reese Witherspoon – clip from Legally Blonde
Female voice 5
Melissa McCarthy – clip from Bridesmaids
Female voice 6
Jennifer Lopez – clip from Hustlers
Female voice 7
Jennifer Aniston – clip from Just Go With It
The prize
Prize
The winner gets to pick a movie completely of their choice that their partner has to watch with them, no questions asked, and NO PHONES!
If you tied, you BOTH get to pick a movie that your partner has to see with you (take turns picking movie nights).
Activity 4: Watch move trailers
We know, we know – we advise you not to watch movies together during date night. But who said anything about movie trailers? During this activity, check out film trailers for some of the best films since the turn of the decade. Give your opinions about the ones you’ve seen and make a list of one you would like to see together!
What you need for this activity
- Computer or smart TV
Instructions
Watch the movie trailers below for the Oscar-winning best films for each year since 2000. Give your opinions about the ones you’ve seen and make a list of one you would like to see together!
2022 – Everything Everywhere All At Once
2021 – CODA
2020 – Parasite
2019 – Green Book
2018 – The Shape of Water
2017 – Moonlight
2016 – Spotlight
2015 – Birdman
2014 – 12 Years a Slave
2013 – Argo
2012 – The Artist
2011 – The King’s Speech
2010 – The Hurt Locker
2009 – Slumdog Millionaire
2008 – No Country For Old Men
2007 – The Departed
2006 – Crash
2005 – Million Dollar Baby
2004 – The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
2003 – Chicago
2002 – A Beautiful Mind
2001 – Gladiator
Conversation Prompts
Prompt 1
If you were a celebrity, what would be your “weird ask” on your rider list to have in your backstage dressing room?
Prompt 2
Which celebrity would you swap lives with for a week if you had the chance?
Prompt 3
Would you rather be rich and famous but have all of your personal details in the media or keep the life you have now and stay anonymous?
Prompt 4
If you were a rich and famous celebrity, which celebrity would you still act like a total star-struck fan with?
Prompt 5
If you were casting a movie about your life, which celebrity would you choose to play you?
Prompt 6
Which celebrity do you think is the biggest jerk in reality?
Prompt 7
If you could put together a talent show with 3 celebrities, which 3 would you pick to compete?
Prompt 8
Which high-end designer would you choose to design you a custom outfit?
Prompt 9
If you could party with any celebrity, who would you party with and where would you go?
Prompt 10
Would you rather have fame or fortune?
Enjoy your Hollywood date night!
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