We don’t envy those entrusted with the monumental task of making plans for Valentine’s Day. One-upping your previous dates is tough, but do your due diligence and you’ll find that there’s still a treasure trove of Valentine’s Day events and activities in 2025 to swing by.
However, if you both have been there and done that on Singapore soil, perhaps our neighbours across the border have all the answers yet again. From soft launching your beau at a late-night carnival to working on personalised rugs to decorate your freshly minted BTOs with, here are some JB date ideas to consider this Valentine’s Day.
The current exchange rate is RM1 = ~S$0.30 as of 11th February 2025.
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We all know how unbearable the Q1 workload is after the CNY break, so take a dip in Y Spa & Wellness’ intimate herbal spas to ease yourself into the groove of things. For RM244/pax, couples can soothe their weary bones with a 2.5 hour-long massage and spa session.
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Firstly, you’ll be brought to a private room equipped with 2 wooden tubs, where you can take a medicinal bath that’s formulated with a whopping 38 different Chinese herbs. Aside from setting the stage for a legendary yap sesh, it is said that a 20-minute dip in their herbal spas is akin to running 10km, as it helps with slimming, blood circulation, and fatigue elimination.
After your soak, lay back and relax as you indulge in a 2-hour-long deep tissue massage. The spa even uses state-of-the-art spectrometers to target those gnawing knots that traditional hand massages can’t undo.
For those with a green thumb, Naug Studio Southkey’s terrarium workshops will be just the thing for you. For RM75, participants will be given a 12.5cm by 6.5cm glass container to put together a living, breathing terrarium.
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All materials will be provided, and these workshops will take around 30 to 60 minutes to complete. You’ll be filling up your containers with stones, plants, moss, and succulents. The studio has even ensured that the terrariums you’ll be going home with are completely soil-free, so you won’t be stopped at the customs for bringing back prohibited items from JB.
Of course, you can also opt for larger containers to decorate. They’ve even got an impressive bonsai terrarium (RM380) that you both can work on together for a stunning Ghibli-like centrepiece for your home.
The baking studio even provides phone stands for you to capture your whole experience.
If posting candid timelapses of you and your SO cooking up a storm in the kitchen is your thing, swing by Good Times DIY Baking Studio. Like their name suggests, they’re a DIY baking studio that hosts self-guided baking sessions, plus they’re suitable for cooks of all skill levels.
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That’s because their baking sessions are split up into 3 difficulty levels; easy (RM95), intermediate (RM140), and advanced (RM190).
Novices who’ve not been anywhere near an oven can go for their easy recipes, which includes baking tasty batches of Hokkaido vanilla cupcakes and Nutella tarts. Those who’ve got a couple of hours under their belt can have a go at their cakes instead, such as marble cheese cakes and black forest cakes.
Toppen’s rooftop garden is a nice place to chill at while you wait for your kitchen timers to go off.
They’ve got 2 pretty convenient locations in JB, with one outlet housed in Paradigm Mall and the other in Toppen Shopping Centre. You’ll have some time on your hands after popping your bakes into the oven, so take this time to explore those malls while you wait. After your final touches, you even get to pack everything up into a pretty box to bring home.
Here’s one for fashion-loving pairs; head to Work in Progress Studio over at Eco Palladium mall, which is located right across the picturesque Eco Spring Labs. Visitors to this quaint store can customise their own bag charms called Moru dolls, which are lil companions made from twisting and molding yarn.
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Imagine toting around a pint-sized, furrier version of your partner on your everyday bag. Well, that’s what you can do at Work in Progress Studio by modelling them after your special someone. There are over 550 trinkets you can bling your dolls out with, from miniature clothes to accessories such as bows and hats.
When you’re all done, the studio also has a photoshoot area where they’ve prepared adorable sets for your dolls to pose in for even more memories of your date.
We all know how expensive rug tufting can get in Singapore, with sessions easily soaring into the hundreds. But, if you don’t mind hopping over the border, you’ll find that you have much more affordable options when it comes to designing a personalised welcome mat for your love nest.
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Located in the ever-popular Mount Austin, Tufting Nuts is one of them. For RM199/pax, you’ve got 3 hours to go ham with a tufting gun on a sprawling 50cm by 50cm canvas. You can virtually make customised rugs with any design of your choosing; from popular video game characters to fuzzy renditions of furbabies, nothing is off the table.
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Simply send the image you’d like to tuft to them 3 days before your scheduled session, and the staff on-site will do their best to assist you in making your ideas come to life. There’s also no limit on how many colours you can incorporate into your designs, so pick as many as you’d like from their wide selection of yarns.
Do note that you’ll have to wait 3 to 4 weeks before you can pick up your completed rugs, as the staff will need some time to cut and glue everything together. If you’d rather not make another trip down, you can also opt for delivery to your doorstep in Singapore, for a small fee.
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You can’t go wrong with a carnival date, and thankfully the roving Euro Fun Park has conveniently set up shop at Sutera Mall, just 20 minutes from the JB customs. From now till 24th March 2025, lovebirds can swing by this retro pop-up carnival for some heart-pounding thrills.
Entry is just RM6 for adults and RM4 for kids, in case the little one’s third-wheeling for the day. Prices for the rides are on a per ride basis, which can range from RM4 to RM12. Some rides that you can’t miss out on include the Euro Wheel for scenic smooches, while the Wave Swinger will have even the most gung-ho dudes screaming as loud as their missus.
To redeem themselves, they can try to win a huggable plush at the game booths, if they’ve got a good aim to flaunt at stalls like Balloon Darts. By the way, the carnival opens from 7pm till 12am daily, so there’s always time for round 2 for any of the 16 rides here.
Admission: RM6/adult, RM4/child
Address: Sutera Mall, 1, Jalan Sutera Tanjung 8/4, Taman Sutera Utama, 81300 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
Date: 8th February-24th March 2025
Time: 7pm-12am, Daily
Contact: +60 16-732 -030 | Euro Fun Park website
Outdoorsy couples who love to hit up the hiking trails in Singapore can give their stompers a rest, because you’ll be saddling up to go horseback riding at Amigos Horse Riding Leisure Farm.
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It’s a fully-functioning horse stable that’s a 15-minute drive from the CIQ 2nd link across the Tuas checkpoint. Prices start at RM110 for a horseback ride, during which you’ll first trot around a fenced enclosure guided by the staff to get familiar with your steed. Afterwards, you’ll be headed down a jungle trail for a trip down the wild side.
Should gallivanting amongst the shrubbery not suffice, then opt for the farm’s ATV rides (from RM120/ride) where you’ll get to steer your own ATVs to conquer the forest floor. You don’t need to have a driving licence to sit behind the wheel, so even the most seasoned passenger princesses can get in on the mud-splattering fun.
On the other hand, if animal cafes are your nirvana, then hang out with the peculiar inhabitants of Capyba Cafe. No prizes for guessing which laidback critter you can find here; the cafe has 2 resident capybaras to spend your lazy afternoons with. That’s not all, as there are also 5 fluffy alpacas to pet and feed within the premises.
Although entry is FOC, you’ll have to order at least 1 food item from their menu. Of course, they’ve got a slew of capybara-themed goodies such as a jiggly capybara pudding (RM16), as well as hearty mains like chicken katsu curry (RM23.90) and mentaiko pasta (RM29.90).
After satisfying your bellies, you’ll get the chance to return the favour by feeding the capybaras and alpacas with complimentary cups of carrots and other greens. But be warned, visitors have noted that the alpacas especially will go crazy for carrots, so luring them in for pics shouldn’t pose a problem at all.
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Skittish lovers, you’ll want to cling onto bb for this one. LOST in JB (from RM48/session) is an escape room facility with 3 outlets in JB. They’ve got escape rooms that can be played with as little as 2 people, so you can rest assured that only your beloved will hear your blood-curdling screams.
Speaking of which, horror fans will want to plan a visit to the one near Sutera Mall, as the rooms there all revolve around grisly and ghastly themes such as murder mysteries and the paranormal.
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Meanwhile, visitors to their Eco Galleria branch get to participate in a full-on Money Heist, minus the red jumpsuits and masks. You’ll have to gather clues to break into a top-secret vault owned by a mafia kingpin containing gold bars, priceless jewellery, and sacks of cash. Perhaps now you’ll have enough moolah to splurge on a Grab back to Singapore after your date.
They say Valentine’s Day is a marketing ploy to get the attached to part with their money, but an easy loophole for us Singaporeans is to head to JB for affordable outings because of the favourable exchange rate. As such, bookmark these JB date ideas as we inch closer to the big day so your wallet can leave relatively unscathed.
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