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No, I haven't figured out who I'm asking out yet (thanks to Julia- and I'm not being sarcastic this time, she really did save me from asking someone who is already taken- thanks again!!), much less how, but since I need to get cracking on this (two months before-that's how you know you go to Heritage), we've started hunting out ideas to ask creatively.
Personally, if I was just asked, no fanfare or funny business included, I'd have difficulty responding. Because how much of a letdown is that?! No, this time, I'm going full-blown, unforgettably awesome, for my first dance. I'm taking a date, that much is certain. I just need to figure out how... So here are some clever ideas. Enjoy!
One girl made a deal with her date’s math teacher before class and got her to distribute a fake pop-quiz. Everyone besides her date got a piece of paper that said, "This is a joke, sit tight and be quiet!" while her date got a series of difficult math equations. The last problem said, "This quiz won’t count if you go to prom with me!" How creative! How cute!
Take a white shirt and write a bunch of girls names in washable markers. Then write your name in permanent ink. The boy will then have to wash the shirt to find out who asked him!
Get a toilet plunger (unused) and fill it with almond joy candy bars, then have a note attached to it that says "I would OVERFLOW with JOY if you would go to the dance with me!"
Give the askee an untampered-with bag of flour with a note that says "Look in the flour." The next day, after he/she has searched the bag of flour with no luck, give him/her a rose (or other kind of flower) with a rolled up note in the middle: "Oops! Wrong flower! Will you go out with me anyway?"
If you have a cooperative teacher, ask them to do a class activity. Find out about your potential date and make a list of of questions. The teacher should have all the students stand up at the beginning of the game The questions should narrow out the askee: e.i. Sit down if you are a boy; remain standing if you were born in the summer; sit down if you have a dog; etc. When she's the only one standing, have the teacher give her your message.
Get a pumpkin. Laminate the message and put in the middle of the pumpkin guts. The person has to clean the pumpkin out and carve a smile for "yes" and a frown for "no".{I especially love this one, since it's, you know, close to Halloween. Even if it's two months away, might as well go with the season!}
Leave a bunch of rubber ducks floating in a bucket, small pool or in their bathtub, and a note that says: "Of all the duckies in the lake you're the one I want to take." You could also do this with frogs saying: "Of all the froggies in the lake you're the prince I want to take."
Take photographs around town of letters from businesses, road or other signs that will spell out the invitation or name of the person asking. Give the stack of photos to the person saying: "We would have a picture perfect time at the dance - will you be my date?"
Coordinate with teachers at school or friends that so during each class period the person being asked is given a word to the invitation. By the end of the day the recipient should have all the words to solve who is asking.
Hang a piñata on the porch of the person being asked. Fill with candy and letters or words that must be put together to form the invite.
Have someone dressed up like Moses deliver the invitation worded like the 10 commandments--e.g. Thou shalt have no other dates before me, Thou shalt be ready at 7 pm on the 23rd of May, 1999, etc. (To answer this invitation, you could make a pan of Red JELL-O with the answer at the bottom in the middle--so that the person would have to part the "Red Sea."){I LOVE this idea- it cracked. Me. Up!}
So there you have it. Some top-notch ideas on how I could ask Mr. Mystery to Winter Formal. Aren't these fun? They're a great idea for future dances, so I think I'll fall back on them every so often. Creativity just rocks, I think. It makes life so much more... Spontaneous.
I'll be sure to keep y'all updated on the Grate Date Search.