How to surprise your long distance boyfriend, from sending a long distance relationship care package, to sending him cute formal letters and doodles tied with ribbons, to signing him up to a subscription box he'll love, to setting up a surprise movie night, here are some long distance relationship ideas for him and sweet things to do in a long distance relationship! Here is how to surprise your boyfriend online!
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How to surprise your long distance boyfriend with a visit
You could wear a disguise (this is great if he knows you're coming!), arrive with an impressive takeaway for the both of you, bring over some special foods and merch that is exclusive to your area, or ask mutual friends to help you hide and surprise him - just be sure not to scare him or freak him out!
How to surprise your long distance boyfriend on his birthday
Photoshop something funny and adorable and get it printed as a huge card or piece of wall art for him to frame and keep! You could use inside jokes between you as inspiration and photoshop any pets in, or friends you have in common. You could even put together a collage of your future together, so your boyfriend can frame it and feel excited about your future together. Making something yourself is one of the best ways to surprise your long distance boyfriend - it's special, personal and holds sentimental value and is something he'll always want to keep!
Cutest Mixtape USB to make him a playlist (the coolest!) 👈🏻
Perfect Match chocolate matches 👈🏻
'Postman told me to get out the postbox' funny card 👈🏻
Cheapest personalised socks 👈🏻
Box of pub snacks for him (the pub experience in a box!) 👈🏻
Best letterbox message cookie ever, ever! (so affordable!) 👈🏻
Pocket hug token for him to keep 👈🏻
Best Boyfriend Ever adorable badge 👈🏻
Best lowest cost and no cost long distance boyfriend gifts ideas
1. Bake him a custom cookie portrait
The perfect novelty gift! Bake and ice a custom portrait sugar cookie of their face. Nothing is cooler or more special! You could even try to make it life size, it's such a funny and creative gift idea they are sure to love! Who doesn't want an exact cookie replica of their face? You could even create a cookie couples portrait of both of you together. Even if it doesn't turn out how you expected, it will be sure to make your recipient chuckle!
You could document a story they always tell everyone - or document the story of your relationship with your recipient. You could pose them as a superhero in their own custom superhero comic!
3. Bake him a box of 'boyfriend points'
This is such a cute boyfriend gift idea that is super low cost too!
Heart sign 'boyfriend point' emoji cookie cutter 👈🏻
'One' number cookie cutter (to create '+1' cookies!) 👈🏻
Plus sign cookie cutter (to make +1 shaped cookies!) 👈🏻
4. Bake him a special heart shaped brownie 👈🏻
This is the best gift ever, the cutest surprise that will fit perfectly in the post too. You could even order one ready made if short on time!
5. Put together a secret message he has to assemble
You could bake some sugar cookies and ice a letter on each one - or use some alphabet cookie cutters to create letters that he has to assemble to figure it out!
6. Bake him a funny bento cake
You could even ice it with their favourite slogan or a funny design to make them chuckle!
7. Make him a 'one in a millions' gift 👈🏻
This is a really cute punny gift that is also super easy and low cost to DIY! If you are short on time, you could even order this gift ready made to your recipient.
8. Create a couples portrait from candy
This is such a fun and creative boyfriend gift idea that he can eat afterwards!
9. Make him a fun selection of mug cake mixes
The perfect boyfriend treat you can send through the post! This is such a fun and cute low cost - or no cost - gift idea they will love! Mug cakes are the perfect easy comforting dessert he will be able to make on a whim. Create some mug cake mixes (minus the milk or wet ingredient) in different flavours and colours and place each one in its own airtight container or zip lock sachet. Your recipient only needs to add the wet ingredient to the mixture and pop it in the microwave to create their mug cake! You could even include an adorable mug as part of the gift.
10. Bake him some 'under the same sky' themed treats
You could bake some cloud shaped sugar cookies and also include some cute messages, folded into the shape of paper airplanes. Then pop in a letterbox or postbox friendly sized box and send to him!
11. Send him some takeout or takeaway foods made from candy 👈🏻
A super cute and quirky gift - you could even attach a label reading 'the takeaways we will share together'. It's perfect for if your loved one is in to fast food, or if you have a special type of fast food that you both love to have together - give them a candy alternative and arrange in mini takeaway style food boxes!
Some amazing options for this are some candy noodles boxes or some candy tacos - fill them with some candy laces, egg shaped sweets and pink shrimps for the noodles or ramen - or candy 'salad' pieces for the tacos!
Perfect size takeout style party boxes 👈🏻
12. Gift him a mini heart shaped pinata
And fill it with cute sweets or candy and treats for him!
Ready made mini heart pinatas 👈🏻
Funny small size custom face pinata 👈🏻
DIY make your own heart pinata (just add craft materials!) 👈🏻
13. Write him a special poem or rap
So creative and special, this is the funniest way to honour your recipient and make them smile and chuckle!
14. Put together a 'let me treasure you' chocolate golden coin gift
The perfect mini cute gift for your long distance boyfriend! You could even shape and decorate a letterbox friendly box or bag to keep them in that looks like a chest or burlap sack of treasure!
15. Make him a sugar cookie medal
You could bake this yourself or even order one if you are short on time. It's the best ever way to let someone know how much they mean to you - they could have a photo taken wearing their medal and then eat it afterwards!
Chocolate 'best person ever' edible medal 👈🏻
Best unique creative long distance boyfriend gifts ideas
1. Make him a long distance care package
Ideas could include a themed box pertaining to his favourite pokemon or tv series, you could fill it with cute things like a special character cookie, character keyrings, even a piece of clothing or accessory like a hat, that you adorned and personalised with iron on patches. Themed sweets, themed or personalised socks and a themed mug are also cute and thoughtful ideas and make the most special romantic care package ideas for your boyfriend!
2. Gift him some adorable edible photo cookies 👈🏻
This is the best gift ever, the cutest surprise that will fit perfectly in the post too.
3. Make a bouquet arrangement of all his favourite sweets
Candy and snacks!
4. Bake some couples cookies of you together 👈🏻
Then ice them to bring them to life and arrange in a pretty box for your recipient. He will be sure to love them!
5. A box of sugar cookies that look like their pet
You could even make a giant life size cookie version of their pet's face! This would be such an adorable DIY gift idea for your best friend, almost too cute to eat!
Personalised pet sugar cookie cutter 👈🏻
6. Make him a set of some shower steamers 👈🏻
These are really fun and easy to make! These are so affordable and you can even DIY them from ingredients such as essential oils, baking soda and constarch. There are so many varieties and scents to choose from and they make your shower smell amazing, the shower equivalent of bath bombs for the busy person on the go!
7. Make use of inside jokes
And interpret them as creatively as you can to create a super special surprise. You could get crafty and recreate funny things you encountered on your dates, there are so many creative options to explore.
8. Write a romantic letter and include physical pictures
Reenact the romantic tradition of sending old fashioned letters you could even seal it with wax and your own seal! Spray perfume on your letters like Marty in Grease, to make them irresistable.
9. Make some 'we go together' tetris sugar cookies 👈🏻
This is a super cute and creative DIY low cost gift idea and is perfect for the retro game lover!
9. Gift him a hamper of bizarre and interesting foods
Tons of foods they have never tried before! You could even set up a blind food tasting game - or a game of foodie dares - and get them trying all kinds of crazy food combinations they would never normally!
10. Send him little mementos of you
One of your t shirts or dresses, a little vial of your perfume, kiss a napkin wearing lipstick so he has the imprint of your kiss, a piece of jewellery you wear, a bobble you used, a pair of your socks.
11. Gift him a funny girlfriend tshirt 👈🏻
Hilarious personalised girlfriend customisable shirt 👈🏻
12. Put together a movie night box for both of you
You could fill it with items such as dvds, marshmallows, smores, blankets, glow sticks, different flavours of popcorn and snacks, all the essentials!
13. Play a game where each of you go to the beach
And find a pebble that looks like each others eyes.
14. Send five photos a day
It can be of anything, to tell each other what your day is like.
15. Send a gift every day
So they will receive a treat every day for a week. They don't have to be big gifts, you can even send a letter every day - the fun is receiving something new every day! An amazing and adorable idea is to gift him some 'open when' letters, tons of ideas are here!
16. Send a box of photos
Photos of you that you have never put on social media or that no one else has ever seen, photos from times of you together, or special moments you wanted to share. Pictures in physical form, that you can hold, are extra special keepsakes as they are a rarity these days.
17. Gift him a 'distance got nothing on us' keyring 👈🏻
The cutest long distance boyfriend gift that will make him think of you every time he sees it!
18. Gift him a cute promise keyring 👈🏻
19. Send a disguised message
Or a coded message, for him to figure out!
20. Give him a one of a kind self customised gift
It could be a hoodie, a hat, slippers... there are so many options! You can personalise them yourself and make them extra special by decorating a plain piece of clothing and adorning them with iron on patches, sew on patches or pins.
21. Set up a surprise movie night
Buy his favourite box set on Amazon - or some films for you both to watch and send an assortment of popcorn and cute snacks through the post, with a letter announcing the movie night. One of the cutest long distance date ideas or long distance relationship activities!
22. Send a small gift in disguise
Disguise it as a much bigger gift with multiple layers of packaging, so that when your boyfriend unwraps each layer, there is another layer underneath! He will never be able to guess what you sent him.
23. Order him a box of unusual foods
Or foods from a different culture, edibles he has never tried before! This is such a fun gift idea and you could even order identical foods for both of you to try at the same time and compare via Facetime or Skype. A great way to keep things interesting in a long distance relationship is to try new things - from new activities to brand new foods!
24. Sign him up to a subscription box
He will love, or something he's never tried before! Be sure he'll know it's from you though, there is often an option to leave a note or cute message.
25. Make a special relationship album
Of your times together. Glue in little mementos of your dates, such as travel tickets, tissues you used to mop up ice cream, fill it with drawings and doodles, little bits and bobs you bought in shops together, things you bought each other and cute photos of you two together. You can send it to each other in the mail or the post, to each fill in a page for the other.
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