When asking your crush out to formal the simple, “Will you go to formal with me?” has become too plain for boys today. Girls are expected to ask their crush in a creative and unique way, which can be very nerve wrecking; but have no fear, the formal guru is here. With only two simple steps you can be on your way to an amazing night, with the “man of your dreams.”
Step 1: Find their interest.
Obviously to ask out your crush you need to know a little about him, so find out interests they have such as: a hobby, a sport, a certain sports team, or even their favorite color. If you don’t know any interests they have, don’t get discouraged because there are many different ways to ask which don’t require a theme.
Step 2: Choose a method from the top ten best ways to ask your crush out!
Just ask! Catch him when he is alone, maybe walking to class, and casually ask him whether he has a date to formal yet and if he has anyone in mind. If he doesn’t, use that as your cue! If he declines, at least you were alone and it will be soon forgotten.
A simply and affective way to ask is baking a treat of your choice such as cookies, cupcakes, or even brownies, and write F-O-R-M-A-L across the top with icing. If you don’t feel comfortable writing in icing, you can write a note and set it by your treats. Of course, if you’d like to improve your treat to his liking you can always ask him what his favorite cookie or cupcake flavor is or to take the safer route, ask one of his friends to ask him instead.
If your crush is an athlete or likes a certain sport, you can attach a sticky note asking him to formal to an item of that sport and toss it to him. If your crush plays football for example, you would attach a stinky note to a football, call his name when he is relatively close, and toss it at him. Or if he played soccer you would attach it to a soccer ball and toss it at him etcetera.
If you wanted to make the big ask more public, you can always write it on a sign or banner and put it in his classroom or somewhere he will see. Although put into consideration that not every guy likes a public ask, so if you don’t know your crush very well, you might want to ask in a more private method.
A very creative way to ask is by customizing your own fortune cookie, so when he opens it, it’s your own note asking him to formal. Getting your own note inside a fortune cookie and the old note out isn’t as hard as it sounds. Heat up your fortune cookie till it’s flexible without cracking, and then take tweezers and carefully slide the old fortune out and your new slip in through the side of the cookie.
Another way to ask is with a “when pigs fly” theme. Fill a bunch of pink balloons with helium and draw pigs’ faces on them. Put those balloons in a box and put a note on the top of the box that says “When will I ask you to formal?” and a note inside the box that says “When pigs fly!” This method of asking can be changed to your own rendition, for example having the balloons already flying and then have a note set by the balloons saying “I will ask you to formal when pigs fly… will you go to formal with me?”
If you’re planning to ask out a guy who is already your boyfriend or someone who is very close to you this might just be the perfect way for you to ask. Cut out black foot prints and place a Hershey’s Kiss on each one. Make a trail from the person’s drive way into their bedroom. In their bedroom, leave a big sign that says, “Now that I have kissed the ground you’ve walked on, will you go to formal with me?”
If you aren’t great with your words, use the paper airplane method. Write the question on paper, fold it into a plane, and fly it over to him. If you have class together then this would work perfectly, just make sure to not get in trouble!
For a simple and sweet way to ask your crush out to formal, buy a stuffed animal and place it on his desk before class with a note asking him to formal. For a more classic stuffed animal, you can buy a teddy bear or even their favorite animal. A perk to this method of asking your crush out is they can keep the stuffed animal as a reminder of formal with you.
To truly light up the night set out a bunch of candles that light up and spell out “FORMAL?” on his driveway. This technique will make for picture perfect moment; just make sure you know your crush well enough to be waiting in his driveway.
There are so many ways to ask someone to a dance, and the winter formal should be one of the most exciting and memorable nights of high school. Don’t settle for going alone as a third wheel; make sure that you land the date of your dreams that you’ll happily take to the dance and have a great time with. Good luck if you do decide to ask out your crush with one of these methods!
