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A date with a touch of Niger.

For Niger, relaxed plans at home with food, music, crafts and stories are a better starting point than a travel suggestion.

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4 plans you can actually try.

Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.

Combine two local ideas

Choose a combination. Are both ideas out of the question? Find places close to each other or spread the two ideas over two days.

A date at home

  1. Make a millet dish together

    Find a recipe for a millet dish eaten in Niger and make a small version at home with one savoury side dish.

  2. Music with three choices

    Find three songs by artists from Niger and give each other one word after each song that sums up the listening experience.

Things to do together anywhere

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You can also try these ideas in Niger. Choose a place that suits you and check what's available locally.

Indoors
ALSO FUN HERE Cookbook rouletteOpen a cookbook at random and adapt the recipe you find to your tastes.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Stop-motion at the kitchen tableMake a ten-second video using everyday objects.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Your own stencil on a bagCreate a simple symbol and print it on a reusable bag.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Shadow theaterPut on a three-minute show using a lamp and paper figures.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Take turns drawing a comicDraw a comic, taking turns to come up with the next panel.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A photo with one sentenceChoose an existing photo and each write a completely different caption for it.View the idea
Outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE A team photo scavenger huntIn pairs, look for six everyday details in the same neighbourhood.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Concert on the grassFind an outdoor concert and listen from somewhere you can sit comfortably.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A sculpture trailFind three public sculptures and imagine what they could mean without reading their plaques.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Park games and a picnicBring two simple games and something to eat to a park.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE One-page outdoor reading clubEach bring a short text and read your favourite sentences aloud outdoors.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Sketching outdoors togetherBring paper and each draw the same view in ten minutes.View the idea
Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Leaf printsCollect fallen leaves and use them to make prints on paper.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Tracking down an old photoFind a historical photo of your neighborhood and visit the same spot today.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Build and test a kiteMake a simple kite together and try it out in a suitable open space.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Outdoor cookingMake a simple meal together that you can eat outdoors.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Digital postcard chainSend each other three photos that together tell a mini story of your day.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Golden hour portraitsTake turns making portraits of each other in the late afternoon.View the idea
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