Calling all Lost fans! If you and your spouse loved getting swept away by Flight 815, the Dharma Initiative, and all those island mysteries, why not turn a rewatch into a full-blown themed date night? This idea started as a surprise one of our contributors, Tara, put together for her husband after finals season—and it’s too fun not to share. Here’s how to throw your own “I’d Get Lost With You Any Day” date.
The best part: almost everything here is easy, inexpensive, and totally customizable. Do all of it for the full experience, or pick a couple of favorites for a low-key movie night. It works just as well as a group watch party, too!
Table of Contents
- 1. Start With a “Lost” Love Note
- 2. Hand Out Boarding Passes for Flight 815
- 3. Make Custom “Lost” T-Shirts
- 4. Bake Island “Lost” Cupcakes
- 5. Serve Dharma Initiative Snacks
- 6. Build a Cozy “Love Lifeboat”
- 7. Set the Scene With Crash-Site Decor
- 8. Press Play (and Cuddle Up)
- More Cozy At-Home Date Ideas
- Lost Themed Date FAQs
1. Start With a “Lost” Love Note
Set the tone early with a little note for your spouse to find in the morning. Tara’s simply said, “I would be LOST without you.” It’s a sweet, no-effort way to build anticipation all day before the big reveal that night.
2. Hand Out Boarding Passes for Flight 815
Welcome your sweetie aboard with two boarding passes for the infamous Oceanic Flight 815—one with each of your names on it. Set them on the table alongside a little gift and a love note explaining why you planned the night. It instantly makes the evening feel like a real event.
3. Make Custom “Lost” T-Shirts
For the gift, Tara designed matching pajama tees that read “I’d get LOST with you any day!” They’re easy to make: create your design (grab the free Lost font to match the show’s logo), print it onto iron-on transfer paper from any craft store, and press it onto a plain tee. Just remember to flip your design before printing!
4. Bake Island “Lost” Cupcakes
These little island cupcakes are adorable and simple. Frost your favorite cupcakes with chocolate, crumble graham crackers on top for “sand,” add a tiny palm tree, and finish with a printable crashing-airplane topper. Instant deserted-island dessert!
5. Serve Dharma Initiative Snacks
No Lost night is complete without Dharma Initiative food labels. Slap the iconic octagon logo on chips, drinks, and snacks to turn ordinary junk food into supplies straight off the island. Order takeout (Tara went with Greek!) so you can spend your energy on the fun stuff instead of cooking.
6. Build a Cozy “Love Lifeboat”
Here’s the showstopper: a “love lifeboat” to cuddle up in while you watch. Tara’s was actually a kiddie pool filled with pillows and blankets—close enough to a life raft, and so much comfier than the couch. Add a little printable sign and you’ve got the coziest seat in the house (your pets will approve, too).
7. Set the Scene With Crash-Site Decor
Finish the island vibe with a few easy touches: print off a stack of “Quarantine” signs to tape around the room, and tip over a suitcase with clothes spilling out to mimic the plane-crash wreckage. A little goes a long way to make your living room feel like the island.
8. Press Play (and Cuddle Up)
Now the easy part: queue up your favorite season, climb into your love lifeboat, and dig into the snacks. All six seasons of Lost are available to stream on most major services, so you can pick up right where you left off—or start a full rewatch from the beginning. If you’ve never seen it, consider this your sign; it’s wonderfully addicting.
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Whether you go all out or keep it simple, a themed night like this is a fun, low-cost way to make an ordinary evening feel special. Have a blast planning your Lost date—and enjoy getting lost together!
Lost Themed Date FAQs
Set the mood with a few easy touches: a love note, Flight 815 boarding passes, matching custom T-shirts, island cupcakes, Dharma Initiative snack labels, and a cozy “love lifeboat” (a pillow-and-blanket fort) to watch from. Then queue up your favorite season and cuddle up. Do all of it for the full experience, or pick a couple of favorites.
Lean into the island-survival theme: order takeout so you’re not stuck cooking, then dress up chips, drinks, and snacks with printable Dharma Initiative octagon labels. Finish with “island” cupcakes—chocolate frosting, crushed graham-cracker sand, and a little palm tree on top.
Absolutely! Every idea here scales up for a group watch party—just print more boarding passes, snack labels, and quarantine signs, and make a big batch of island cupcakes. It’s a fun theme whether it’s just the two of you or a whole room of Lost fans.
All six seasons of Lost are available to stream on most major streaming services. You can pick up where you left off or start a full rewatch from the pilot—perfect for a cozy date night in.
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You are so cool! What a lucky guy!
Thanks, Sandy! We sure had a lot of fun! 😉
you can also see episodes of lost on Netflix (commercial free :))…that’s how I got addicted!! love this idea
Awesome idea!!! My hubby and I love Lost as well….can I ask where you got your inflatable pool? All the ones I’ve seen have been pretty little and wouldn’t be comfortable for one adult to get into, much less two 😉
Hey Lindsay! I believe I purchased ours at Walmart. 🙂 I think they still carry this type. Good luck! XO
Love the pool/bed idea!!! May try this in a tent for camping!!!
OMG! How creative the LOST idea was! You went through a lot of trouble but I am so glad he was into it, too. I am on the hunt for an idea that needs to be done in 2 days. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Chary – you can just use a couple of the ideas from this post & implement them in your own date night. You definitely don’t have to use them all. A few printables, yummy food, and a cute invite written on the bathroom mirror would be perfect… and easy to throw together in two days. 🙂
I like the idea of the inflatable kiddy pool. I could do something like that for my little kiddo for a movie night. All I’d have to do is call it a nest insted of a boat. ^.^ Never would have thought of that.
Ok this is serious!!!!! Wow as a lost fan I have to say WOW!!! So awesome!
LOL – you are too cute! Thanks a bunch! We sure had a lot of fun! 😉
SOO this is the best ever. My husband has been mourning (truly) ever since this ended. I am going to do this…and yes it is a lot of work so I think I will do it for a crowd. 🙂 THANKS for all the links at the end, those are really helpful too.
We are sad it’s over, too! I think these ideas are PERFECT for a fun party of Lost fans! 🙂 Have so much fun!
My husband is a HUGE Lost fan and would absolutely love this! Thanks for the idea and help!
Carrie
@Marci- Check us out in November!!! I don't want to kill the surprise but….. we just might have a BIG Harry Potter date coming(wink)!
How freaking cute and thoughtful is this!? I LOVE it! Wow, great job! I could use some ideas for Harry Potter movie release.. Have any? And the cupcakes? Seriously CUTE!
love, love, LOVE this idea. I think I may use it for a fringe night. We watched all of Lost, but my hubby has now moved onto Fringe. Thank You for all your ideas!!
Ok- we're never seen Lost. But I'm thinking about buying the first season and becoming fans just so I can do this AWESOME date- THANK YOU!!!!!! My husband is gonna love it!
Megan – I didn't have any troubles downloading the labels…..and we have anti-virus software on our computer. I don't know any other sites that offer those. If nothing else works….you could always just right-click and copy the sign above that I used on the den/garage door, paste it into a Word document, and then resize it to whatever you need. Good Luck!
Kay Family – The large logos are from the "Lost" font I downloaded. You can either download the font OR do the same thing that I told Megan. Right-click and copy the image I have above.
Have fun, ladies! Soooo glad there are other "LOST" fans out there! 🙂
Awesome ideas!!! We didn't watch the finale yesterday, but instead, we're having a date night tonight to watch it. Where did you get your large logos of the "stations" for the doors (garage/den doors)?? Thanks!!
This is such a great idea! I'm going to do this for my husbands birthday tomorrow. But the link to the Dharma food labels said it contained malware and my computer wouldn't let me log on… did you have any problems with it? Got any other places you can get those same things??? Thanks!
such a great idea!!!!! Love it.. thanks for sharing!
Haha, so fun! Loved this idea. I've never actually watched Lost…don't kill me. But we are HUGE Scrubs fans. So I'm planning to do a little spin of my own on this date. Adam is going to have a good laugh! Wahoo!
Yay! I am glad you all liked it! 🙂
Char – it didn't take too long….but I also did it over time. For example, I grabbed the toy planes and iron-on transfer paper on one of my "errand" trips. I made the paper trees another night. I created the signs, boarding passes, and t-shirts another night, etc. The actual night of – I think I spent about three hours…..but a lot of that time was spent cleaning the den out! LOL It needed a major overhaul! If you divy everything up from now until Sunday night – you should have plenty of time to get everything ready!
Mel – Yes, I bought the raft with this date in mind. I actually have some ideas on how I can use it in future dates….so I consider it an investment. 🙂 You can also call around and ask your friends if they have a raft or kiddie pool that you can borrow! I originally did that….but none of our friends had a raft or a big enough pool. The pool worked really well because we filled it with pillows and then threw in a down comforter!
Have FUN!! 🙂
You are crazy, crazy, crazy…creative. Seriously. How in the world do you come up with these things? I think you need to start some kind of business with your creative skills.
How awesome! I love Lost too. Maybe I'll have to do this when we feel like watching Lost over again in the future since a lot of things would make more sense watching it a 2nd time.
Holy MOLY! We have watched every single episode of LOST (yes, we had to catch up a season or two years ago and haven't missed it since) and this is the PERFECT POST! THANKS GIRL!
You did such a great job planning this! I wish I was a Lost fan too, just so I could do this Date night. Hulu, here we come!
I would love to do this if we watched the dang show! 🙂 Very cute.
I LOVE all the details in this date. I bet he loved it! Did you just happen to have the pool or did you get it especially??? x
nate and i are HUGE lost fans!!!! LOVE this idea! how long does it take to put everything together???
Wow this is great! Nice job lady!
WOW Thanks so much for sharing. I love this idea.
Tara! Wow! Love this!!!
You guys are too cute. And I'm thinkin my hubby got jipped 'cause I'm not half as creative as you. Great ideas though. I have to say though, I was LOST with LOST about 3 seasons ago. Your note on the mirror- SUPER cute and love the idea about personalized tickets. Always great ideas over here.
Oh my word! This was such a creatively fun idea! I love it! I have to admit I've never seen a "Lost" episode. But, I could definitely apply these ideas to a movie or one of the other shows we watch. Thanks for sharing 🙂