Want to know what Galentine’s Day activities you should do to grow closer to your friends? These are 21 Galentine’s Day activities for you to grow closer to your friends.
Going into the Valentines Day holiday is very exciting and if you’re anything like me, you are celebrating Galentine’s day with your best friends. As someone who loves spending time with my girlfriends, I am giving you the top Galentine’s Day activities that I swear by.
You are going to learn all about Galentine’s Day activities to celebrate with your friends from activities to ideas.
After learning about all of these Galentine’s Day activities, you are going to be well prepared for when hanging out with your friends on Galentine’s Day.
This post is all about Galentine’s Day activities for you to grow closer to your friends.
Best Galentine’s Day Activities To Grow Closer To Your Friends
1. Ice Skating
Ice skating is a great Galentine’s Day activity to do with your best friends. No matter if you are a beginner, intermediate, or expert, you are bound to have a fun time doing this festive winter activity!
Ice skating with friends is unlike other activities because you’re forced to trust each other during a time of uncertainty. You will certainly see each others true colors once on the ice.
Don’t forget to kick it up a notch and wear cute outfits so you can look as good as you feel as skating across the ice. It is also a great way to take cute and festive photos with you best friends.
2. Game Night
One of my favorite Galentine’s Day activities is staying in and playing games with my best friends! Playing games such as would you rather, never have I ever, and truth or dare can really make you learn a lot about your friends.
You should make sure to play you and your friends favorite games. If you like board games then go for board games, if you favor cards then reach for the cards. You can even add drinking into the mix as there are many fun drinking game from kings to Irish poker.
3. Hiking
Bundle up and get outside to enjoy the nature with your best friends. Hiking is a great Galentine’s Day activity because it’s free and is proven to reduce stress levels.
Besides reducing stress levels, hiking with friends are great to catch up since you can talk all about your life and aspirations for the future. Just make sure you are dressed warm because February has cold weather!
4.Get Some Margs!
Do you have a local Mexican restaurant where you and your friends splurge in margs? Back in college, my best friends and I would always go to this Mexican restaurants and get margs to celebrate events. In this picture, we were celebrating our last day of classes!
A great Galentine’s Day activity is going to a restaurant with your best friends and catching up! Margs are a great way to let loose, snack on some tacos, and let loose. If you do not feel like going out to eat but still like the margs idea, you can get your own supplies at local grocery stores, Amazon, and Target.
5. Photoshoot
An aesthetic Galentine’s Day activity is having a photoshoot with your best friends. There is something very addicting about getting dressed up all pretty and taking fun photos with your friends.
You can even make the photoshoot a Valentine’s Day theme by dressing in red, warm clothes or by posing next to Valentine’s Day items. Also, you can take photos together to celebrate your Gals on Galentine’s Day.
6. Paint And Wine Night
Another one of the Galentine’s Day activities is having a paint and wine night. You can go to a place such as Muse or you can host your own. You can find youtube videos of instructors painting and follow their footsteps.
Confession, I typically forget to drink my wine during paint and wine nights because I’m too focused on my painting! Wine would definitely help my seriousness and help me relax, but I’m just a perfectionist sometimes. Let me know below how your experience is with mixing paint and wine!
7. Visit A Cafe
Visiting cafes are an absolute must that every woman should do with her girlfriends. The teas, coffees, and desserts give feminine vibes that every female friend group needs to experience.
You should make sure to go to a cafe that is your Galentine’s Day aesthetic. Do you want to attend a more classy cafe or modern? These are factors that you and your friends should take into consideration. If you want to stay in, then you and your friends can create your own cafe experience at your home! Just get the supplies, baking items and get started.
8. Go Out To A Bar
A fun Galentine’s Day Activity is going out to a bar with your friends. It is important that because you are celebrating Galentine’s Day, you stay together and not leave each other for guys, so you can truly celebrate your friendship!
Pick a bar nearby and go out with your girlfriends! There’s karaoke bars, country line dancing bars, jazz bars, and more.
9.Drive In Movie Theater
Drive in movies are sooo much fun and an excellent idea to do on Galentine’s Day. Grab your best friends, some snacks, blankets, pillows, and go to your nearest drive in movie theater! Drive in movie theaters are a great way to reminisce the past as they were most popular in the 1950s and 1960s, particularly in rural areas.
Is there not a drive in movie theater near you? Go to your local movie theater and catch the latest movies in the theaters. Don’t forget your popcorn!
10. Bake Desserts
What’s better than dessert? I can’t think of anything, honestly. Baking desserts with friends is super fun because you can work together to make a tasty treat. Kick it up a notch and make the desserts cute by turning them into hearts!
Besides turning your desserts into hearts, there are many other ways to “cutify” your Galentines day dessert. You can add sprinkles, icing, fruit, and fondu to make the desserts Valentine’s Day aesthetic.
The most rewarding part is eating the desserts at the end, so make sure you bake your favorite desserts and have a sugar rush with your best friends.
11. Go To A City
Grab your best friends and spend the day adventuring in your closest big city. Typically cities have museums, good food, great music, stores, and more to keep you entertained.
Exploring the different atmosphere is intriguing and making friends with locals is always a must. Don’t forget to dress cute and take cute photos!
12. Attend A Winter Show
Valentine’s Day is the perfect season to see a winter show with your best friends. With the cold weather and less daylight, being indoors enjoying the high value entertainment is one of the best things to do.
You should make sure you watch a show that you and your friends enjoy. There are many types: musicals, operas, ballets, plays, and orchestras. Pick your favorite and enjoy!
13. Have A Classy Tea Party
One of my absolute favorite Galentine’s Day activities to do with my girlfriends are to make them tea and desserts! Kick it up a notch by dressing super cute and using cute plates and cups (don’t forget the tea pot!).
Surprise your friends with a classy tea party and I guarantee they will never forget the gesture.
14. Spa Day
One of the most relaxing Galentine’s Day activities is having a spa day with your best friends. There are many ways to have a spa day with your friends. You can go out to a Spa place, or you can create your own.
Make sure you grab your face masks, nail polish, lotion, essential oils, self tanners, and more to have a fantastic spa day with your friends.
15. Take A Cooking Class
Do you and your friends love cooking? Take a cooking class to up your game. This is one of the great Galentine’s Day activities where you can bond with your friends while gaining new skills.
Don’t feel like paying for a class? Get the supplies yourself and prepare the meal at home. There are many free resources on youtube and the internet to show you how to cook meals.
16. Karaoke
Grab a mic and get your singing on! This Galentines Day activity is full of jams and laughter. Introduce your friends to your favorite songs or sing a duet to grow closer to your friends.
You can go to a bar or have it at your house but singing karaoke is a great way to bond with your fiends.
17. Bike Ride
Go on a peaceful bike ride or a tetras mountain bike ride with your best friends. This is one of the wonderful Galentine’s Day activities to get some exercise while enjoying the outdoors.
Make sure you pick a place to bike that correlates in the intenseness you will want to ride. The more hills the harder.
18. Make Charcuterie Boards
Combine your favorite foods for this Galentine’s Day activity and make a Charcuterie board. These are a great way to make the food you consume artsy.
You can also have every friend make a charcuterie board of different items such as a dessert charcuterie board, cheese charcuterie board, or a vegetable charcuterie board.
19. Shopping
Shopping is one of the most classic Galentine’s Day activities to do with your girlfriends. There is nothing better than going shopping with your girlfriends because you all can bounce off each other in ideas with style.
Don’t forget you can also get clothes and accessories online and dress up at home to show off your new clothes to your friends.
20. Yoga
Are you and your friends needing some relaxing time in the midst of your chaotic life? Try yoga!
After yoga you can make healthy smoothies for a dessert and chat about your lives. This is a great way to get your workout in for the day as well as socialize with your best friends.
21. Book Exchange
Are you and your girlfriends obsessed with books? Book exchange your favorite books and have a book party! My favorite book series is A Court Of Thorn And Roses and I swear you’ll love it too.
You could even wrap your books and do a white elephant book exchange with your friends to add to the excitement.
