If the start of the school year makes you a little nostalgic about your own school days, why not take a little trip: back to your own childhood! Make a date with that special someone and act like children again. You'll soon see that this child-like fun can be just as romantic as a grown-up date (and a whole lot easier on the budget!)

* Buy some bubble gum. Have a bubble blowing contest.
* Buy your lover a stuffed animal and name it together.
* Challenge each other to a pillow fight.
* Compete in a video game.
* Cuddle on a carousel.
* Enjoy a one-day vacation doing activities you'd normal do with your kids, but this time only include each other. Visit a theme park or water park. Go to the zoo. Ride a miniature train.
* Ride your partner's favorite ride at amusement parks.
* Talk to each other in pig Latin.
* Tell each other scary stories
* Visit a playground. Swing and slide together.
* Win your partner a prize at the arcade.
* Write your names on a balloon and watch it drift off in the breeze.

Copyright: Paris Permenter and John Bigley