15 Cute and Romantic Ways to Surprise Your Girlfriend

Sweet and Simple Ways to Surprise Your Girlfriend

When it comes to keeping a girlfriend happy, it is often the little things that matter the most. Most women love it when their guy takes the time to show they care. Here are 15 cute ideas for romantic ways you can surprise your girlfriend or wife. Always remember, it is the thought that counts!

Also, keep in mind that you don't want to do this stuff all the time, especially some of the more time-intensive things I have listed. Doing these things every day will make you seem too eager and needy, as if you're constantly trying to impress her. All that will do is make her less attracted to you and turn her off.

15 Cute Ideas for Surprising Your Girlfriend

1. Wake her up to her favorite song (or learn how to play it)
2. Change your cell phone's wallpaper to a picture of her
3. Give her flowers
4. Help her with chores and projects
5. Send her a handwritten love letter
6. Pamper her for a night
7. Plan an evening full of her favorite things
8. Make her a photo album
9. Get her favorite treat
10. Let her know you're thinking about her while you're at work
11. Make her dinner
12. Take her on a picnic
13. Take her to a dance class
14. Take her to a concert
15. Go on a weekend getaway with her

Each of these is explained in detail below.

1) Wake Her Up With Her Favorite Song

If you two have a “special song,” then set her alarm clock to play that song one morning. Hide little notes in places she will see during the day that have lyrics from the song. You could put one by her toothbrush, one lying on her shoe, one taped to her steering wheel, etc.

You can also learn how to play her favorite song, and put on a surprise cover of it when the two of you are lounging around the house.

2) Change Your Cell Phone's Wallpaper

Set the wallpaper on your cell phone to a picture of her. Don't mention it. Allow her to notice it on her own and when she does, tell her you like being able to see her smile all the time even when you are apart.

3) Give Her Flowers

Giving your girlfriend a bouquet is a timeless and lovely thing to do. Flowers are elegant and beautiful to look at, so your girlfriend will be overjoyed that you got them for her. Figure out what her favorite flowers are and get a specialized bouquet made of them to give to her. If you can't figure out what her favorite flowers are, you can't go wrong with roses.

4) Help With Her Chores

Do a chore for her. For example, if she usually washes dishes, surprise her one day and wash them before she gets home. If she has to wake up early to get the kids ready for school, reset her alarm and let her sleep in while you get them on the bus. Use creativity here, because I am sure there are many things your wife/girlfriend does for you every single day. Try to make sure you aren't taking advantage of them!

You can also help her with household projects and other activities.

5) Send Her a Love Letter

Sit down and handwrite her a romantic letter. Tell her what you love about her and what she means to you. Send it to her in the mail. She will be pleasantly surprised when she opens the envelope to see your thoughtful letter instead of a bill!

6) Pamper Her

After she has had a long day, tell her to sit on the couch. Pamper her for a night. Bring her a drink and massage her feet. Tell her it is her night to just relax. Continue to do nice things for her throughout the evening, and if you are feeling bold, you can make her a scented bubble bath or a fancy cocktail, both are good options. If you are feeling confident enough, you can try giving her a full body massage, though keep in mind that you have to be careful with your touch.

The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves

— Yves Saint Laurent

7) Plan a Night Filled With Her Favorite Things

Prepare a night all about her favorite things to show her how well you know her. Prepare her favorite meal on her favorite colored dishes. Follow up with snuggling on the couch and enjoying her favorite movie.

Or take her to her favorite restaurant followed by her favorite activity (whether it be going to a club to dance or going shopping at the mall). Customize the entire night for your special lady.

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8) Make Her a Photo Album

Gather up all the sweet photos of you two and put them all in a photo album to give her. Have the last page have a special message from you saying, “The days I have spent with you have been the best days of my life. I can’t wait to add to this photo album for the rest of my years.” Leave several of the pages blank to symbolize all of the future memories you want to make with her.

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

— George Jean Nathan

9) Get Her Favorite Treat

Stop on your way home from work and pick up her favorite treat (whatever she loves, be it a candy bar or coffee) without being asked.

10) Do Things to Show You're Thinking of Her While at Work

After you leave for the day, take a picture of yourself and send it to her phone. Send a text explaining, "I wish I could be with you every second of the day. But since I can't, this picture will have to do until I can come home to have you in my arms again."

You can also send funny and cute photos of yourself being bored at work. Keeping things light and cute during the most boring parts of the workday is a great way to let her know that you are thinking of her.

11) Make Her Dinner

This can be challenging if you are a man who struggles with cooking, but if you brush up on your skills, this can be an amazing thing to do for your girlfriend. You can make her a fancy dinner from scratch, or you can make her favorite dish for dinner. If she is a high-class lady, this may be difficult, but it's still doable.

Get fresh ingredients and get started on making dinner. Then, when she comes home from work, you can have a fancy meal all ready to go.

She will undoubtedly be impressed with your cooking skills if the food tastes good, of course!

12) Take Her on a Picnic

Weather permitting, taking her out on a weekend day to go on a picnic is a super romantic idea that she will love. Get together some quality foods that the two of you enjoy and bring a bottle of wine along with you. Pick out a pretty park with lots of beautiful scenery and make a day out of it.

She will enjoy spending some quality time with you out in nature, and it is a nice way to break up the monotony of everyday activities.

13) Go to a Dance Class Together

Dancing with another person is an intimate and romantic experience, so surprising her with a dance class is a great way to change things up. Tango and salsa classes are great places to start as they are challenging but rewarding dances that are all based on close physical intimacy.

Find a local class and sign the two of you up for a night and see what happens. You two may even find you like dancing together in that setting and that becomes another normal thing for you to do.

14) Take Her to a Concert

This one takes some planning and some good timing, but if you pull it off, it can be a great and super romantic surprise. You have a few options: you can either take your girlfriend to any kind of concert, or you can see if one of her favorite acts is coming through the area. Just the act of going to a live show can be fun and exciting, but going to see one of her favorite artists would be a huge surprise for her.

You will need to get the tickets in advance though, especially if it is a big name artist, otherwise, they will be sold out by the time you want to buy them.

15) Take Her on a Fun Weekend Getaway

Find a cool place to go to that is in driving distance of where the two of you live and plan a trip there. Make sure to keep her in suspense and don't tell her where the two of you are going. She will love the gesture and the fact that you two are going out of town. Even if it's only a few hours away, it's still a break from the daily grind of life.

This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional.

© 2012 Amber522

Comments

Success on August 14, 2020:

Impressive performance

Esanyu stephen on May 11, 2020:

itz agrate idea to share this information with others because we are not the same and many dont know what to do to suprise a wife and how much it contributes in love.so thanks so very much.

Nitin Chandran on June 05, 2019:

Hi. I really like your article on surprising gf on her birthday. The points you shared is truly very thoughtful and have taken into deep consideration. That being the reason, i need your suggestion to celebrate one such spl evening for my girl too.

We both are just seeing each other as of now. She hasn't committed anything now, reason being she needs time to sort out certain things (she just broke up from her ex, who ditched her at the most crucial point of her life- when she lost her mother due to cancer) before going into a full serious bf-gf relationship.

So I m just waiting for her to give me a yes, to celebrate my first relationship with her. So, coming to the point, next month July 27 is her birthday. Taking few ideas from your article, I have some plans in my mind, still wanted to know a special recommendation from your side, taking my case into spl consideration.

Eagerly awaiting your response!!

Amber522 (author) on May 09, 2019:

Thank you for all the kind words!

jansi on March 21, 2019:

3 and 8 are the best I think. thank you for sharing. good

u dont need to know on October 22, 2018:

this is not helpful for a child at ten yrs old

Juancho on June 09, 2018:

What about a poem like this:

Tactic and strategy

by Mario Benedetti

My tactic is

to look at you

to learn how you are

to love you as you are

My tactic is

to talk to you

and listen to you

and construct with words

an indestructible bridge

My tactic is

to remain in your memory

I don't know how

nor on what pretext

but to remain in you

My tactic is

to be honest

and to know that you are honest

and that we don't sell

each other fakes

so between the two of us

there’s neither a curtain

nor an abyss

My strategy is

by contrast

more profound and more

simple

My strategy is

that one fine day

I don't know how

nor on what pretext

you'll finally need me.

Akbar on May 12, 2018:

Deer

jamina

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JJ on March 23, 2018:

For number one I wouldn't dare wake up my girlfriend. Try letting her skeep in and make her a nice breakfast

Wai Yan Min on March 12, 2018:

3 and 8 is the best i think

samaira singh on January 12, 2017:

it was nonsense

ganesh on October 03, 2016:

wish you many more happy returns of the day

Anne on August 25, 2016:

Ilove adventure, esp touring new places

jay-r on February 17, 2016:

very nice suggestions ,i learn many ways how to surprise and to make your loved ones smile ,,

Shinkicker from Scotland on February 04, 2015:

No.3 Yeah I agree that's a great idea and very original. But many great ideas here.

Nice Hub.

BERNARD LEVINE from RUIMSIG, SOUTH AFRICA on January 21, 2012:

HOW TO PLEASE YOUR LOVED ONE

Imagine the look on your loved one's face

discovering a secret love-note

hidden in the fridge

or when they find an apple

that has a ribbon tied all-around it

placed under a pillow.

For a very exciting reaction, leave flower-petals

floating in the bathwater.

Do something special for your loved one today

trying different pleasant ‘surprises'

and the flame of love will burn forever brightly.

Motown2Chitown on January 17, 2012:

I absolutely LOVE the idea about the roses and I am the least romantic woman in the world. Very nice hub. :)