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Distance definitely makes things a bit more challenging, but there are so many fun ideas to make long-distance relationships more exciting! We found some of the absolute coolest long distance relationship gifts to learn more about each other, plan adventures together and make them smile.
Our goal with these creative gift ideas was to find entertaining ways to make each long-distance phone call sound more exciting other than “how was your day”. While we think that’s still an important question to always ask each other, check out these clever ways to make your partner giddy with excitement!
Long Distance Touch Bracelets
Let your partner know you’re there with these long-distance touch bracelets. Whenever either person touches their bracelet, the other can feel the taps. A fun way of interacting with your significant others over any distance, and feel them next to you. Create secret morse code taps, and fun signals for the other.
Long Distance Friendship Lamp (Wood)
A different, but fun design of long-distance connected lamps. Your partner will know you’re thinking of them whenever you turn on your lamp and their lamp illuminates anywhere in the world via the internet. Plus we think the cool design will fit into any room décor.
Long Distance Touch Lamps
Admit it, when you read the title you immediately thought how fun it would be to turn your partner’s light off and on randomly throughout the day. That alone is a great reason to get these lamps. Otherwise, these are a great gift that lets your significant other know you’re thinking of them! These types of gifts make great holiday gifts, especially on Valentine’s Day.
Digital Frame to Upload Photos From Wherever You Are
This digital picture frame one of the perfect long distance relationship gifts because you can update the photos anywhere in the world! Better than social media, stay in the lives of your significant other and update their desk aesthetic with new photos from your adventures across the world!
Super Comfy Weighted Blanket
Simply weighted blankets are one of the most comfortable blankets ever! We included it on this list because your significant other will sleep just a little easier when you’re not there if they get this awesome sleeping aid.
Long Distance Coffee Mug – Customize States
These are super cute customizable mugs that show two states with a watercolor flare that’s perfect to remind your partner that your close. If you and your partner are separated in different states, consider this as one of the best long distance relationship gifts to show them as it’s unique as your own relationship. Just pick your two states and send them this quick reminder you care. We suggest the largest size coffee cup.
Personalized Socks With Your Face
How hilarious would it be to give your significant other a pair of socks with your face on them? These personalized socks are one of the most hilarious long distance relationship gifts because it’s pure genius. It is both goofy and thoughtful. These socks come in a wide selection of colors and allow both graphics and messages. You can go kind of all out with this gift!
Travel Bag Set For Weekend Meet Up
Have a bag packed when you want to surprise your significant other with a weekend trip to visit. Having a dedicated weekend bag can be perfect to remember the essentials (Toiletries, book, clothes and extra changing cords). Many couples have these bags ready to make a quick trip whenever the other needs to see them the most. Consider having your own weekend travel bag ready to go!
Letters To Open When (Colorful)
These are twelve letters to write words of encouragement and fun inside jokes for your significant other to open when they need to hear your words. Texts are of course nice, but physical letters have an extra layer of effort to show you care. These can be wonderful reminders of your words when your partner needs to hear them the most when you’re away.
Hug This Pillow Until You Can Hug Me
Make sleeping apart a little easier with this “Hug This Pillow Until You Can Hug Me” pillow. A pillow and powerful comforting tool can be hugely supportive and more relaxing for sleep for your partner. However let’s face it, can you have too many pillows on the bed? Along with the weighted blanket, this is one of the more comfy long distance relationship gifts.
Personalized Star Map of A Special Date
Get a map of the exact position the stars were in on a specific day important to you and your significant other! This can be the day you met, an important anniversary, the first kiss, or the day you said: “I Love You”. These long distance relationship gifts have been super popular for couples that enjoy memorable artwork.
Dinosaur Plants To Grow Together
Get dinosaur plants for both you and your partner to grow together. You each will have one of these adorable succulent plant holders to decorate your rooms (everything from Triceratops to T-Rex). Plus succulents are SUPER easy to grow. Both of you will have one more fun thing to talk about in your nightly chats! Oh and all the actual benefits of plants in your house!
Personalized Voice Wave Art
Art of an actual sound wave, these can be of your voice, your partner’s voice, a favorite song, or sounds at that hiking spot where you proposed. Either way, it’s incredibly impressive artwork that tells an interesting story. Consider this beautiful art piece as a way for your partner to “hear” your voice every day in your long-term relationship!
Personalized Wine Tumblers with States
Drink wine in matching tumblers personalized with each of your states! These are perfect for virtual date nights. They come in different colors and come with a lid which is perfect for those nights where you fall asleep talking! Plus they’re one of the more durable long distance relationship gifts.
Matching Kissing Whale Couple Keychains
These are simply too adorable not to include as one of the cutest long distance relationship gifts. Keys are one of those accessories everyone has at all times. While a little silly, these are a wonderful gift that your partner will have with them at all times! Plus they come as a set and magnetically connect in a kiss.
Homesick Scented Candle of Your State
While we never thought about what our state smelled like, luckily other’s have (now we’re curious). Remind your significant other how your state smells to cure their homesick heartache. A fun reminder of home could be a wonderful surprise for those who live far away. Give them one of these long distance relationship gifts to invigerate their sense of smell, one of the more powerful sense.
Personalized Couple Bobbleheads
The answer is always yes to bobble heads! Bobble heads are great gifts especially when they have you or your partner’s face on them! To create a bobble head for your partner, all you need 2 photos of their face (front & side). Then you can select a number of different poses and setting for your bobblehead. This makes one of the greatest long distance relationship gifts due to its personalization, and whimsical fun of having a little you on your desk!
Scratch Off World Map – Travel Together
Keep track of all the wonderful places that you and your travel loving partner have visited! This scratch off map features the entire world to open up all the possibilities. Even if you haven’t traveled much, it can be fun to plan together all the amazing places to visit together. Remember with long-distance you don’t have to meet each other in your own towns, but anywhere in the world!
Lovebox Spinning Heart – Digital Message Box
Get away from the traditional text messages, and send your messages in a different creative way. The Lovebox Spinning Heart is a box with a digital screen to display secret messages to your partner’s location. The heart spins every time there’s a new message and becomes a secret way you and your significant other can communicate. One of our more whimsical and secretive long distance relationship gifts.
Personalized State Puzzle Art for Couples
Creative wall art that uses puzzle shapes to connect the cities of you and your partner. Every artwork is customized with the places of you and your partner and can become one of the perfect long distance relationship gifts that reminds your partner you’re closer than you think. A fun reminder that a plane ride away can connect anyone!
I Think Of You Always Couple Mug Set
Incredibly cute mugs are individually unique, but combined show a story of long-distance lovers staying connected through love. However forget that because they are simply adorable and a matching gift that most partners will appreciate. Oh and did we already mention they’re coffee mugs. Who doesn’t love coffee?
Morse Code – I Love You Bracelets
At first glance, these seem like simple bead bracelets but they’re actually lined in a pattern to display “I Love You” in morse code. These are perfect for couples that like inside jokes, and math. A great and cheap gift that your partner will wear with them all the time. It’s not fancy, but it is fun and a conversation starter!
Funny Long Distance, Big Wick Candle
This is 100% a gag gift, but it’s also a great gag gift that will spark some conversations. A cheap laugh that will be memorable for years to come. Even while the initial joke may wear off, it’s a Lavender candle to be appreciated in any light.
Engraved Compass, I’ll Always Find You (Personalized)
Perfect for the traveler or outdoor enthusiast, a personalized compass has a classical gift nature that anyone will appreciate. Something about it puts this gift on the same level of rich leather books, mahogany desks and expensive cigars. Choose any style of engraving and personalize it with your own message for your partner.
Long Distance Matching Couple Pillowcases
Long-Distance Relationships are all about finding little ways to remember the spark you and your partner have. These pillowcases are a fun way to add little reminders in the bedroom that you’re apart of their life while you’re far away. Plus it comes in a set, so each of you could have one for your virtual dates!
Long Distance Relationship Classic Photo Frame
A none-digital photo frame that adds fun message for your favorite photo together. Sometimes a low-tech option that doesn’t need batteries or a charging cord is perfect. This simple picture frame is a wonderful gift for your long-distance partner to put on their nightstand.
Digital Count Down Clock Till In-Person
Impress your significant other with the exact day, hour, minute and second until you see each other again. You can set this digital countdown clock with a specific future date, like your next get-together, and it’ll keep a count down the second. This is a fun reminder for big vacations, weddings, and general big events.
Matching Puzzle Couple Keychains
These are simply too adorable not to include as one of our long distance relationship gifts. Keys are one of those accessories everyone has at all times. While a little silly, these are a wonderful gift that your partner will have with them at all times! Plus they come as a set and magnetically connect in a kiss.
Love Language Couple Card Game
Spice up your partner’s conversations by learning about them on a new level. The Love Language Card Game has 150 conversation starter questions that to spark interesting conversations with your partner and know them in a whole new way. These questions are inspired by psychologists that show intimacy can be accelerated between strangers when asking each other specific questions. There is an entire episode on The Big Bang about the experiment!
Create A Couple Bucket List – Fun Journal
A bucket list is everything you want to accomplish before you die, but creating a bucket list with your partner is a super fun way of finding new adventures you could do together! Spend a night creating a list of all the cool things you want to do as a couple and make a plan to do all of them!
Personalized Special Song – Acrylic Album Cover
Songs resonate special moments in our lives. This Acrylic Album Cover can be personalized with a special song that means something significant to you and your partner. One of the more thoughtful long distance relationship gifts to remind your partner of a big moment in your life!
Our Moments – Couple Conversation Starters
Conversations asking your partner “How Was Your Day” are super important, but get stale after awhile. The game Our Moments are 100 thought provoking conversation starters to help learn about your partner on a new level. A great date night activity and powerful tool to learn about your partner in a fun way!
Reminder Them You Love Them
Quotes are a fun way to decorate your home, and some people add quotes to every part of their home. However this quote is perfect for anyone in a relationship. We’ve read it about 2,000 times and we still think it’s great!
Long Distance His & Her Drinking Glasses
We immediately think of these as whiskey glasses, but they can really be applied to any drinking glass. It’s the extra touch of matching graphics that make each glass unique, but wonderfully paired together. Get a set for you and your partner to enjoy virtual drinks together!
Catana Comics About Being In Love & Pajamas
These are probably the most adorable and relatable comics we’ve ever seen. One read through and you’ll instantly connect with these lovable character and see yourselves in every comic strip. They are absolutely worth a read to find your partner smiling from ear to ear.
Top 100 Movies Scratch Off Poster
Make a game of watching all 100 of the top movies in this scratch off poster. For each movie watched, scratch off the box to reveal a fun icon from the movie. It’s a little silly, but provides a little sense of accomplishment after watching each movie together!
Open When… Envelopes & Note Cards (Classic Style)
Super cute cards to store fun notes to not be opened until a later date. Each letter has an initial prompt for you to write your message like “Open When You Can’t Sleep”, to not be opened until your partner can’t sleep. These letters are incredibly more personal than a text, and your words are treasured forever in one of the more personalized long distance relationship gifts!
Create Your Own Cute Reel Viewer
Bring back your childhood with these personalized Reel Viewers! The nostalgia is all over this gift, with a dash of personalization. While we think it’ll be perfect for reminiscing in your favorite couple photos, it’s a great coffee table toy and overall fun gift for anyone!
Write Your Own Love Notes Capsule Letters
In each of these pills are tiny notes of paper to write inside jokes, fun phrases, inspiration and memories together to be opened in the future. While we think this would be a great gift to give to your partner, it may be a better gift to do together! You never know when one of these tiny messages in a capsule will make your day!
Personalized Couple Whiskey Barrel
We live in an age where both men and women love whisky. That’s simply a fun fact and this personalized whiskey barrel is a great gift idea for both of you as a couple. Perfect for hosting parties, or as a fun addition to your countertop. It’s functional art that can add any personalized message you want, including you and your partner’s names!
Personalized Champagne Flutes (2)
These champagne flutes are perfect for long-distance date nights while decorated as initials carved into a tree, the stereotype of early romance novels. Actually, these are better than carving your name in a tree because they don’t ever damage a tree, there personalized with your initials & date and these long distance relationship gifts hold champagne!
Matching Couple Pizza Shirts
The simplicity of these two shirts are genius and we can immediately see why it’s such a popular gift idea! A brilliant way to coordinate outfits and represent 99% of the world’s favorite food. This shirt idea while get all compliments when you go out together!
Long Distance Massage Assistant
While you won’t be there to rub your partner’s shoulders, you can still give them a wonderful massage! Simply lay this massager over your shoulders and loop your arms through to relax. The pressure will give an amazing deep kneading massage for your partner after their long day. It’s a great way to be supportive and help them relax until you can be with them again.
100 Date Ideas Scratch Off Poster
Be spontaneous and let this poster pick date night ideas for you and your partner! Each new date allows you to scratch off a date night to help you keep track and reach all 100 date night ideas. A fun twist in a long-distance relationship will be to put a unique spin on each date night idea in a way to do it over a long distance!
Extra Large Picnic Blanket For Couple Meet Ups
In a long-distance relationship you need to make the time you two spend together extra special. This extra large picnic blanket is perfect for you and your partner to spend at the park, beach, concerts and more. Don’t sit in the grass like a chump, make your area extra nice with this extra nice blanket that’s ready to go whenever you are!
Personalized Couple Art Print
Forget photos, turn you and your partner in a work of art with this fun personalized print of you two looking out into the distance. Whether you’re wondering the meaning of the universe or bird watching. This is one of those long distance relationship gifts to be remember and will get all the compliments when friends come over!
Personalized Mixtape Pillow
Used to be a time when you liked someone, you gave them a mixtape of all your favorite songs. While it’s now likely forwarding them a link to your customized Spotify playlist, it’s not the same. Bring back the simple nostalgia of the perfect couple mixtape with this personalized mixtape pillow to put both your names!
Around the World Coffee and Chocolate Sampler
Nearly everyone loves chocolate and coffee. If you’re someone who doesn’t like these, you probably just haven’t sampled enough to find one you like. Mix up your tastebuds and create a fun date night sampling different coffees and chocolates from around the world. This is one of those long distance relationship gifts that will inspire lots of food nights!
Picnic Backpack For Meeting Up
Keep a backpack stocked with picnic supplies for those days when the sun is suddenly perfect! Going on picnics is ALWAYS easier when everything is set and ready for you. This backpack has a blanket, glasses, flatware, knife, corkscrew, chopping board and salt/pepper shakers for up to 4 people. Make your picnic, concert, and beach day extra special with this easy to-go picnic set!
Long Distance Relationship Gifts For Date Night
We know long-distance relationships are tough being so far away, so it’s important to utilize the best technology to stay connected. Here is are our recommendations to get the best video and sound quality to feel like you’re in the same room. Phones are incredibly convenient since you always have them on you, but if you want to reach the next level of connected, this is what we find works!
Logitech Streamcam for Creators
This is one of the best webcams right now and proven choice of many YouTube stars. If it’s good enough for the YouTuber’s making boatloads of money, it’ll be perfect for date night to connect you and your partner over Zoom. Our camera enthusiasts find the auto-focusing/auto-lighting feature on this webcam to be one of the best and will be ideal for the crisp video quality!
HyperX USB Microphone For Date Night Chats
Not only is this perfect for work and podcasting, it’ll make your voice super smooth while chatting with your special someone. We like it because it’s a convient USB connector unlike other fancy microphones, and it has an insanely cool color-changing element to make your calls a bit more dynamic. You’re sure to notice a whole new level of sound quality once you go from your phone to a professional microphone like this!
LED Desk Mounted Lights
The number #1 way to make yourself look better over zoom date nights is lighting. These desk-mounted lights provide a soft light that easily adjustable to make you look as good as YouTube make-up artists (they look great). Plus there are plenty of other uses for these lights like work. We like this 2-pack because it’ll hit both sides of your face to reduce shadows and lines.
