Girls Night ~ 10 Fun Frugal Ideas

When Was Your Last Girls Night?

If you’re like most moms it has been a while. With family responsibilities, work and finding a few moments to yourself. Finding a whole night to hang with your friends doesn’t happen that often.

Girls Night

Finding time to hang with your friends, your sisters or your group is important. It lets you relax, mellow and have a bit of fun. It also gives you people to talk to who understand.

Girls Night Ideas

Time away from the family to hang with your friends. Some great evening girls night ideas include cocktails and dessert, museum or art tours, coffee shop paint nights or a spa evening.

Fun Girls Night Out Ideas

If you are looking for a bit more of an adventurous evening dancing, sports, a scavenger hunt, wine or beer tours or sightseeing are great girls night out ideas.

Girls Day Out Ideas

If you can’t plan a girls night out a girls day out with friends is the perfect solution. Brunch and a spa day. Or wine and appetizers following a walk and browse of the local farmers market. Including a local wine and cheese tour could be fun.

Fun Night Out Ideas

Depending on where you are located a fun night out could include a great dinner and dessert. Or a theatre show and cocktails. See what your city has to offer and pair it up with a meal. Food is better when shared.

Things To Do For Girls Night

Activities and ideas, below we have a great list of girls night activities. But if you are looking to save money and plan a cheap girls night or girls day you can take some ideas from our 50 No Spend Fun Activities For Girls Weekend. You can still do a girls night with great food, good wine, great friendships and a manicure on a tight budget.

Let’s Talk Making Time

The guys can make time to go camping or fishing, so the girls should be able to take the time too. It doesn’t have to be a night or a weekend.

Girl Time

Get the girls together while the kids are at school and plan an afternoon. Or let the husbands know their on duty, you’re taking the whole day to relax and refresh.

Mom Time

Honestly, the whole family will benefit from mommy having some down time. Relax, unwind, let the stress go and face life renewed.

Girls Night Doesn’t Have To Break The Bank

I’m sure we have all heard stories about a group of friends heading off for an expensive weekend away and someone opted out because they couldn’t afford it.

Girls Night Activities On A Budget

Below you will find some great frugal and fun girls night activities that won’t break the bank. Who said a spa day, appetizers and wine can’t be done on a budget?

Cheap Girls Night Ideas:

At Home Spa Day

Spa time doesn’t have to be in the hundreds or even in the fifties. You can have a great spa night with friends.

All you need is a few pedicure kits, some facial masks, chocolate and maybe some martinis or cucumber and mint spa inspired water.

Movies, Popcorn and Potluck

Get your friends together. Everyone brings their favorite dinner dish and host a potluck and movie night.

Pop the popcorn and order a great movie or maybe binge watch the last three episodes of your favorite DIY show.

Enjoy the chance to sit down and eat with adults and actually watch a show from beginning to end.

Game Night, Appetizers & Wine

Prepare your favorite appetizer platter, maybe it is meat and cheese or a selection of small bites. Grab a cheap bottle of wine or your favorite non alcoholic go to.

Set up a few different games depending on your party guests. Maybe Pictionary, Scrabble or a card game. Relax, unwind and have fun.

Book Club, Coffee & Chocolate

There is something about a good book, coffee, chocolate and great friends that just makes an amazing night. Brew up your favorite coffee, pull out a box of chocolates or bake something yummy.

Gather up a few friends and read one of these best selling books.

Crafting DIY Fun

There is something about crafting and being a mom. We aren’t talking popsicle sticks and white school glue.

Get your girls together and plan a scrap booking night or maybe someone has an event coming up and some DIY centerpieces are needed.

Foodie Fun

It’s a foodie fun night. Whether it is appetizers, main course or just dessert and coffee amp it up a bit.

Who says you can’t cook maple infused carrots to have with your peppercorn roast that you have been cooking in the slow cooker.

Or if you and the girls only have time for triple chocolate cheesecake and lattes, grab your milk frother and make it memorable.

Out & About

Get out and enjoy nature. Grab your friends and your favorite running shoes, go for a hike or a walk through the park. Maybe an afternoon game of tennis is what you need.

Coffee, Conversation and Yummy Desserts

This combination of fun is great for an afternoon or evening with friends and won’t break the bank. Pick your favorite local coffee shop, grab a coffee and catch up with friends.

Or host coffee and dessert at your place. There is something about good coffee and great friends.

Who Says The Girls Can’t Go Camping

Grab the girls and the camping gear and head out for the night or the weekend. There is just something relaxing about being in the woods away from it all. Girls weekend activities.

Cooking & Planning

Have you ever hosted a cooking night? The idea is to get a bunch of people together and make a bunch of freezer meals or casseroles for the weeks to come.

The idea kind of follows a cookie exchange. A bunch of meals are made and everyone involved takes home several meals for their family.

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Planning Your Next Girls Night

Send out an email, note the nights or days you are available and get the ideas and suggestions rolling.

Maybe you want to host the next girls evening and it’s a wine and appetizer night for your book club.

Or an afternoon out with your girls, window shopping antiques with a coffee and chocolate stop. Set the date, plan the activity, keep it on budget and have fun.

Whether you are planning a girls weekend, ladies night or girls brunch it can all be done on a budget and full of fun frugal activities.

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Updated June 13, 2023