150 Epic Things to Do with Your Best Friend – The Ultimate BFF Bucket List

No matter what stage of life you find yourself in, best friends can make any good time sweeter and any rough patch bearable.

Walking through life together may be one of the greatest gifts out there, so why not spice up your friendship with some new adventures?

Maybe your part of a large friend group or have one best friend who has been with you through thick and thin.

Wherever you are on the spectrum, it’s easy to take whatever you have for granted and think that you don’t really have to put effort into further deepening your friendship.

But every relationship takes work, the kind that will build lasting trust and unforgettable memories.

If you’re not sure where to start, have no fear! Below, I have compiled a list of 150 things you can do with your best friend.

Whether you enjoy outdoor adventures, arts and crafts, or have a flare for the unusual, you’ll be sure to find something both of you will enjoy!

In This Post:

• Adventure and Outdoor Activities

• Fun and Creative

• Cozy and Relaxing

• Food and Drink

• College-Specific

• Unique and Unusual

 

Adventure and Outdoor Activities

• Take a Hike

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Find a trail with a pretty view and spend the afternoon outdoors! My friend and I always hike down a certain trail together in the spring because it’s full of bluebells!

• Pool Party

Break out the water guns and pool floaties and enjoy the weather! My friends love throwing pool parties to welcome in the summer!

• Spend a Day at the Beach

I love diving into the waves and collecting seashells! There’s nothing like the fresh sea air that makes you feel alive.

• Take a Road Trip Together

This is definitely a bonding experience. Whenever my friend and I take a road trip together, we make a new playlist to sing along to in the car.

• Plan a Trip to the City

Friendship is all about trying new experiences and seeking out new adventures! My roommates and I are currently planning to take a trip to New York City together in the winter, and we can’t wait to explore the streets and try all the different foods!

• Go Zip-Lining

Indulge your inner adrenaline junkie by zip-lining with your friends! The speed and the view never cease to thrill.

• Visit an Amusement Park

One of my friends and I visit our nearest amusement park every summer. Spend the day riding rollercoasters and eating funnel cake with your best friend!

• Go Horseback Riding

Who doesn’t want to enjoy the sun and ride horses? On one horseback ride, the guide led my friends and I along the beach, and it was one of the most gorgeous sunsets I have ever seen. I highly recommend it!

• Take a Camping Trip

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Roast some s’mores and tell some ghost stories around the campfire!

• Go Bowling

Fire up your competitive spirit and go bowling with your best friend!

• Go Axe-Throwing

Out of all the strange pastimes I’ve tried, axe-throwing is by far one of the most fun and satisfying. If you’ve never tried it before, there’s no time like the present to learn!

• Host an Outdoor Barbecue

Gather your friends and throw a barbecue in the backyard! Maybe you can replicate the Coney Island Hot-Dog-Eating Contest while you’re at it!

• Visit a Trampoline House

Just because you’re not a little kid anymore doesn’t mean playtime is over! Book a trampoline house and go crazy with your friends!

• Go Ice-Skating

My friends and I love to go ice-skating at the local outdoor rink! Even if you don’t know how to skate, go out and take the risk!

• Plan a Ski Trip

Who doesn’t love heading out for the mountains? Rent a cabin with your friends and hit the slopes!

• Travel Abroad Together

Have you always wanted to visit Italy? Thailand? Hawaii? Grab your bestie and plan the vacation of a lifetime. You’re only young once!

• Go Fishing Together

If you enjoy calm, mellow pastimes, you might love fishing! Find a nice spot and set up camp with your best friend. Not only might you catch a fish, but it’s also a great time to chat and catch up on each other’s lives!

• Attend a Concert Together

Do you and your best friend have a favorite artist? Buy tickets to the next concert and make a day of it, dancing and singing to all your favorite songs!

• Spend a Weekend Away

If you don’t have the time or resources to plan a full vacation with your bestie, just take the weekend off for some escape and rejuvenation! My friend and I love going back to our hometown for quick weekend visits.

• Visit a National Landmark

Whether it’s a monument in the middle of the city or a national park, a trip with your bestie will be an amazing memory for the future!

• Book a Bike Tour

I once got to take a bike tour around the Grand Canyon. Not only is it great exercise, but the view was absolutely unforgettable!

• Visit the Zoo

Take the time to admire the wonders of wildlife!

• Go Kayaking

I remember going kayaking with a few of my friends! The guide led us through some caves, and it was one of the coolest experiences ever.

• Go Skydiving

If you and your best friend live for the thrill, what better activity is there than jumping out of a plane at unimaginable altitudes?

• Go Scuba-Diving

Catch a glimpse of some beautiful under-the-sea wildlife with your bestie! It’s a whole new world down there!

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Fun and Creative

• Go Thrifting

Thrifting is such an underrated pastime! Make a day of it with your best friend at your local thrift store!

• Visit the Bookstore

My friends and I love browsing the stacks and picking new reads that catch our eyes! Afterwards, we read in the adjoining coffee shop.

• Paint Together

Spend a quiet afternoon painting together! My friends and I like to put on a movie while we make watercolor paintings!

• Start a Scrapbook Together

Over the summer, my friends and I took up scrapbooking our favorite high school memories! All you need is some paper, a few pictures, and lots of cute markers and stickers!

• Make Pottery

When I was younger, my favorite activity to do with my friends was visiting the local pottery studio and picking out a mug or a plate to paint. Sitting down to paint and chat is still one of my favorite memories! 

• Have a Karaoke Night

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Hook up a karaoke machine to the TV or rent a room at a karaoke studio to belt out some classics!

• Plan an Aesthetic Photoshoot

Whether your vibe is flowers, sunset, beach, or whatever, a photoshoot is always an amazing way to preserve memories for years to come!

• Have an Arts and Crafts Night

Paint, sketch, make jewelry, mold sculptures — the sky’s the limit! 

• Learn How to Do Nail Art

Find some inspiration on Pinterest and decorate each other’s nails with cute designs!

• Solve Puzzles Together

My friends and family love completing puzzles! Once we get familiar with one, we take it apart and then time ourselves to see how fast we can complete it!

• Have a PowerPoint Night

Pick a fun, random topic and present your creative PowerPoint to each other!

• Learn Woodcarving Together

If you’ve always wanted to try your hand at woodcarving, pick up the hobby with your best friend! When I used to do woodcarving, I would make relief carvings of my favorite cartoon characters.

• Play Music Together

One of my favorite things to do with my friends is play songs together! I play the electric bass in a praise band, and it’s so much fun!

• Make Friendship Bracelets Together

Whether you like stringing beads together, Rainbow Loom, or the woven bracelet variety, making friendship bracelets is a fun and fashionable pastime. My best friend and I like making bracelets and then swapping them the next time we hang out.

• Make Your Own Slime

It sounds crazy, but this 2016 trend is already nine years old. I remember adding different food dyes, beads, and charms in my homemade slime with my friends.

• Make Collages Together

During one sleepover, two of my friends and I made collages of our favorite movie characters on small canvases. Get creative with your artistic visions!

• Make Tie-Dye Shirts

It doesn’t just have to be shirts either! My best friend and I once tie-dyed tote bags to bring to the beach!

• Photoshop Posters for Each Other

For our friend’s birthday, we photoshopped a bunch of pictures of her onto one template and then printed it out on a giant poster to hang in her apartment. It definitely got some laughs!

• Visit an Art Museum

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Some people may find it boring, but I love walking through all kinds of different art museum exhibits to admire the skill and creativity it takes to bring a canvas or a statue to life.

• Dye Each Other’s Hair

The first time I dyed my hair was with one of my best friends when I was thirteen. Braving the box dye from the drugstore is truly some kind of rite of passage. 

• Make Jewelry Together

My best friend and I sometimes like to make beaded necklaces and bracelets while catching up and watching a movie. 

• Make Shrink-a-Dinks Together

This is a classic craft for all ages! All you have to do is color the picture you want, stick the Shrink-a-Dinks in the oven, and watch your creations shrink and harden into cute charms or key chains!

• Mold Clay Sculptures

Buy some clay at the local craft store and mold cute key chains or kitchen magnets! Once you bake them in the oven, you have a colorful charm to remember the fun time you spent with your friends!

• Draw Each Other’s Portraits

It doesn’t matter if you’re a talented artist or a complete beginner. Drawing each other’s portraits is always a fun task to attempt.

• Draw Each Other’s Henna Tattoos

One night in college, one of my friends gave all of us henna tattoos from inspiration we found on Pinterest. It’s simple, temporary, and so much fun!

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Cozy and Relaxing

• Binge Movies Together

This is a classic for a reason! Bond with your best friend by having a movie marathon through the night!

• Have a Sleepover

In my opinion, having sleepovers is a staple in every friendship. They never get old!

• Go on a Spa Day

For my best friend’s birthday, we got to spend an entire morning at the spa! Treat yourself and your best friend to a day of rest and relaxation.

• Have a Game Night

My roommates and I love playing a new card game we found called “Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza.” We can play for hours. We even got all of our other friends to play with us!

• Have a Reading Day

If you and your best friend feel like you need some time to relax and decompress, dive into a new book and enjoy the peace and quiet.

• Visit a Luxury Resort

Escape everyday life with your bestie and book a vacation at a luxury resort! Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it sure can get you a beachside view!

• Go on a Mall Trip

Take a nice stroll around the mall to window shop or try on clothes! Every time my best friend and I go to the local mall, we always stop by the boba kiosk.

• Have a Pajama Party

Bust out your comfiest pajamas and spend the day watching movies, reading books, and eating fun snacks. Whenever my friends and I hang out at one of our houses, it’s always a pajama party.

• Go Stargazing

Find the constellations in the sky! My favorite star app for this activity is called Stellarium!

• Have a Video Game Night

My friends love playing Mario Kart or Brawl Stars. Immerse yourself in a fun video game and play with your friends!

• Build a Pillow Fort

Use blankets and throw pillows to construct a killer pillow fort with your bestie! My friends and I like to drag our sleeping bags into our pillow fort and watch a movie through the opening.

• Book a Pilates Class

Sometimes, the best way to relax your mind is to move your body! Book a class at a gym for some refreshing exercise, whether you choose Pilates, Zumba, yoga, or whatever else that looks fun!

• Swap Books with Each Other

Gift your best friend a book you think they’ll enjoy! My friends and I love swapping book recommendations whenever we meet up!

• Crochet Together

My mom once bought me an instructional crocheting kit that taught me how to crochet mini dolls from popular movies. Get creative with your crocheting projects!

• Have a Backyard Campfire Night

Sing campfire songs, roast s’mores, and play music in your backyard on a cool, starry night.

• Build a Trampoline Hideout

If you or your best friend owns a backyard trampoline, cover it with blankets and have a sleepover outdoors! 

• Go on a Cruise

Book a cruise with your best friend for some well-deserved revitalization!

• Make Bouquets

Buy bunches of different flowers and arrange them into beautiful bouquets for your friends!

• Make Hand-Made Cards

Hand-making cards for your loved ones is something so genuine and personal. Design your own for your best friend or search for inspiration on Pinterest!

• Go Plant-Shopping

If your apartment needs some life and greenery, head down to the local greenhouse and purchase some cute plant decor! My personal favorites are the tiny cacti.

• Embroider Tote Bags

One of my friends embroidered tiny flowers all over our tote bags for us! She transformed a simple canvas bag into a cherished keepsake!

• Make Candles Together

My friends and I once made DIY candles with colored wax beads. We poured the beads in certain ways, so that when they melted, the wax created cool patterns!

• Annotate Books for Each Other

An annotated book is probably one of the greatest gifts you could ever give your best friend if they’re a literature nerd. Dog-eared pages, scribbled margins, long notes — annotated books are a window into the mind!

• Learn Calligraphy

Have you ever wondered how the Medieval monks did it? Watch a few YouTube tutorials with your best friend and try your hand at some fancy cursives!

• Spend a Day Sun-Tanning

Feeling like you need to participate in some photosynthesis? Grab some blankets or beach towels and spend a few hours lounging in the sun!

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Food and Drink

• Make Ice Cream from Scratch

Find a recipe on Google or social media to try out! My sister once made us cinnamon blueberry ice cream from scratch, and it was absolutely delicious.

• Go Out for Dinner

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Search for a new restaurant you haven’t tried yet! Then have fun dressing up and going out to a nice dinner with your bestie!

• Have a Cooking Night

Pick one of your all-time favorite dinner recipes and get cooking with your best friend! My roommates and I love cooking up different Korean dishes, especially Korean barbecue!

• Have a Baking Night

Celebrate a birthday or other special event with a homemade dessert, whether it’s cake, cookies, cupcakes, or any other type of sweet treat! For my brother’s birthday, we baked him a lemon bundt cake at his request.

• Have a Charcuterie Board Night

Arrange different cheeses, crackers, and deli meats on a board for a classy, timeless treat!

• Go on a Picnic

Every spring, my friends and I cannot wait to bring our study sessions outdoors! We pack lunches and lay out all our books and notebooks on the grass to enjoy the weather while doing our work!

• Go on a Coffee Date

My friend and I love going on little coffee dates to chat or study. My go-to order is an iced mocha.

• Learn a New Dish

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My friends and I once made budae-jiggae, which is a Korean stew that we’ve never made together before.

• Try Different International Cuisines

Is there a particular cuisine you’ve been dying to try? Leap outside your comfort zone and visit a restaurant with your best friend!

• Go on a Dessert Tour

My friends and I love to ride around town to sample different dessert places. In one day, I had an ice cream, boba, matcha limeade, and a slice of fruit cake.

• Visit the Farmer’s Market

Nothing beats fresh produce. Support your local farmers’ market by buying local!

• Go on a Food Tour

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Visit a new city and try all the best local foods! My friends and I went to New York and absolutely had to sample so many amazing restaurants!

• Have a Home-Made Pizza Party

One of my best friends and I made small, single-serving pizzas at her house. Rolling out the dough was a little difficult, but the results were mouthwatering.

• Host a Potluck

Gather your closest friends for a cozy potluck! Have people sign up to bring different dishes, desserts, and appetizers, and tuck in!

• Cook a Culture Feast

My friends and I once cooked food from all of our different cultures and backgrounds and then got together to try out everyone’s dishes! It was so much fun and so delicious!

• Have a Home-Made Chipotle Night

Craving Chipotle but don’t want to spend money on fast food? Make it yourself at home!

• Host a Kitchen Competition

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to participate in a cooking show like Chopped? Compete in the kitchen and see who can make the tastiest dish with a set number of ingredients!

• Have a Blindfolded Baking Challenge

Have one friend wear a blindfold while baking, while the other is only allowed to relay instructions and cannot touch the ingredients!

• Build a Gingerbread House

Every year, my friends and I have a gingerbread house building competition! One year, we did it blindfolded. Put your creative spin on this activity!

• Make Fruit Salad Together

My roommates and I love cutting up all the fruit we have in the fridge and mixing it in a huge salad bowl. It’s the perfect healthy, refreshing treat!

• Rank Similar Restaurants

Does your town boast several competing restaurants? Order from each one of them and decide once and for all, how they rank against each other.

• Host a Tea Party

Have fun dressing up and having tea with little snacks and pastries to brighten the occasion!

• Travel Back in Time

Once, my friends and I threw a Medieval feast, dressing up as nobility with a spread of food that would have been popular in ye olden days.

• Blind Taste-Test Challenge

Test your bravery (and your trust in your best friend)!

• Decorate Cookies Together

It doesn’t have to be Christmas to decorate cookies! My friends and I love frosting little homemade treats with cute designs!

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College-Specific

• Go on College Visits Together

When my best friend and I first got into our dream university, we took a road trip down to the campus for a day visit!

• Attend Sports Games Together

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My friends and I love going out to football games together! Cheer on your school teams with your besties!

• Go to the Semi-Formals Together

Dance the night away with your friends at one of your university semi-formals! For our freshman formal, a bunch of our friends met up to get ready and take pictures before the dance, and then afterwards, we got pizza.

• Go on Study Dates

If you’re busy but would still love to hang out, a study date is the perfect activity for you!

• Attend Each Other’s Classes

Curious about your best friend’s daily schedule? Spend a day shadowing their classes! I once went to my friend’s physics lecture, and my respect for her increased by one thousand percent.

• Join a Club Together

One of my friends and I used to do taekwondo together as little kids, and then both joined the college taekwondo club!

• Attend Career Fairs or Networking Events

Sometimes these events can be overwhelming, but bringing your best friend can make anything more manageable!

• Study Abroad Together

My best friend and I are planning on studying abroad in Belgium together for some international adventures!

• Run Errands Together

Being best friends means learning how to adult together! My best friend and I like grocery shopping together at Food Lion or Wegmans late at night.

• Decorate Your Dorm Together

For our freshman dorm, my roommate and I strung fairy lights all around our walls. Some cute decor can really make a dorm room feel like home!

• Make Cleaning Fun Together

Every so often, my roommates and I will blast music and deep-clean our entire apartment! Trust me, it’s weirdly satisfying.

• Go Back-to-School Shopping

Welcome to a new semester by going back-to-school shopping with your bestie!

• Take a Recreational Class Together

Once, my friends and I signed up for a pilates class together at our university rec center!

• Go on Late-Night Food Runs

My friends and I love driving to the nearest Wawa or Taco Bell for a delicious 2 am treat!

• Study at a Local Coffee Shop

My roommate and I often go to our university coffee shop or one just a couple of miles away for some quality study sessions.

• Rank your School’s Dining Halls

Rank the dining halls from Michelin Star-Worthy to Prison-Food-Reject!

• Take Pictures at Your University’s Most Iconic Locations

 

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Does your university have stories behind some of its locations?

• Take Professional Headshots for Each Other

Applying for jobs or internships? Every budding professional needs a glossy headshot! Grab your best friend and a camera to get the job done!

• Buy Each Other University Merch

Gift your bestie a sweatshirt with your university logo! If you go to different schools, this could be the perfect long-distance present!

• Explore Your College Town

It can be easy to forget that there’s so much more to life than the bubble of your university. Go explore the surrounding town with your friends!

• Take a Walk around School

Sometimes, you just need to take a walk without a destination in mind. My friends and I like to take a nice stroll around campus for some light exercise and fresh air.

• Rank Your School’s Libraries

Spend a night studying in each of your school’s libraries and rank them afterwards! Get creative with your library criteria!

• Ride Electric Scooters Together

Nothing screams college like rocketing down the streets on the most ridiculous vehicles to ever exist. You haven’t lived until you’ve tried it!

• Play Ultimate Frisbee

My friends and I love enjoying the nice weather with some casual ultimate frisbee!

• Take Grad Photos Together

Commemorate your college years together by having a graduation photoshoot! I can’t wait to dress up in caps and gowns with my best friends and celebrate how far we’ve come!

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Unique and Unusual

• Go Laser Tagging

My friends and I once went laser-tagging together and ended up in a battle against another visiting friend group. It was probably one of the most fun group activities I’ve ever tried!

• Visit the Arcade

My friends and I love hitting up the local Dave and Busters for a couple of hours of fun arcade games.

• Visit an Escape Room

Channel your inner detective and solve an escape room with your best friend!

• Pick Up a New Hobby

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Try something out that you’ve never done before!

• Visit Strange Locations

Does your town have an infamous location? Eerie woods or a mysterious tunnel? Go exploring with your best friend!

• Digital Detox Day

Spend an entire day with your best friend without either of your phones! Can you pull it off?

• Visit a Rage Room

Do you and your best friend have a lot of suppressed emotions? A visit to the rage room could be the perfect adventure for you!

• Flip Clothes Together

Maybe you have a lot of clothes or just random objects around your house that you don’t use anymore. Make the old into something new by tearing it up, sewing it back together, and giving it your own unique design!

• Go Paintballing Together

Sort of like laser-tagging, but a lot messier and more colorful. Go crazy!

• Try the Buldak x2 Challenge

Do you and your bestie have a high spice tolerance? Put your strength to the test with the Buldak x2 Challenge! I remember my friends and I all tried to eat an entire pot of those extra-spicy noodles.

Needless to say, that night was one for the history books.

• Go on a Duck Boat Tour

My mom once took me to Boston, and we went on a Duck Boat Tour. This unique vehicle takes you on land and in the water to tour the city!

• Make Spotify Playlists for Each Other

Create a playlist for your best friend with songs that you think describe her or your friendship together! Sharing songs is one of the sweetest love languages there is. When my best friend and I lived far apart, we used to send each other playlists like letters.

• Try the Hear-Me-Out Cake Trend

You’ve probably heard of this viral TikTok trend. Put your own creative spin on it with your best friend!

• Make a Short Film Together

Whenever my best friend and I get together, we like to film silly videos. Do one better and write and shoot an entire short film together! It can be LEGO stop motion, live action, whatever your heart desires!

• Host a Podcast Together

Sit down with your bestie, pick a topic, and start talking into the mic! The world needs to hear your thoughts and laugh along with your sense of humor!

• Make March Madness Brackets

Whether you participate with a friend group or just your best friend, March Madness brackets are always fun! Invent clever rewards and punishments for first and last place! One of the rewards for my friend group was that the winner could choose which restaurant we would all go to eat.

• Try a Caffeine Cleanse

As someone who has never had an energy drink, watching my friends do a caffeine cleanse is always entertaining (and sometimes a little concerning).

• Have a Dress Up as Your Type Night

Do you and/or your best friend have questionable taste? Prove or disprove this fact by dressing up as your type for a night!

• Make the Best Breakup Playlist

If one (or both) of you has recently gone through a breakup, create a playlist based on the experience to get those feels out.

My best friend and I send each other songs based on whatever the other is going through, and it really shows that nobody knows you better than your best friend.

• Write Poems for Each Other

Who says that you can’t write poems for your platonic soulmate? It’s a timeless love language!

• Learn the Choreography of Your Favorite Song

Whether it comes from a music video or a movie clip, dancing is a great way to express yourself! My friends and I once held a dance battle, with the winners earning a free breakfast!

• Invent a New Language

My cousin and I used to play around with devising new methods of communication for just the two of us. Channel your inner Tolkien and invent an entirely new language that only the two of you know!

• Invent a New Sport

Get your gears turning by coming up with an entirely new sport! Who knows? It could become the next basketball.

• Make Your Own Board Game

You can either invent an entirely new concept or put a creative spin on one of the classics! My friend and I once designed a Monopoly board based off of locations on our college campus!

• Learn a New Language

Learning a new language by yourself is hard, but learning with a friend makes the experience so much fun!

 

Let the Good Times Roll!

At her 22nd birthday party, one of my friends said that her greatest achievement in life was the people standing in the room with her.

(And this was someone who had just gotten into law school.) Remember that honors and awards come and go, but your friends are there for you no matter what.

Start checking items off this list with your best friend and comment on your favorite activity down below!

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