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Get a “yes” and make prom a night your partner (or crush) won’t forget
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In many high schools, prom is a huge deal. Before the extravagant dresses, limousines, and afterparties, who can forget all the promposals leading up to the big event? Couples and crushes across the country prepare posters with cheesy lines or over-the-top romantic gestures to ask the person they like if they want to go to prom with them. However, try not to get too caught up in trying to go viral—the best promposals match the other person’s interests and personality. Keep reading for our full list of all the best promposal ideas!
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Section 1 of 5:
Cute Promposal Ideas
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Dress up like your significant other’s favorite movie or TV show. Whether your SO loves Grey’s Anatomy , Euphoria, or Outer Banks, dressing up or holding up a punny sign can be a great way to ask them to go to prom with you. Try searching for famous phrases from their favorite TV show or movie and let them inspire your epic promposal.
- If they’re a huge Grey’s Anatomy fan, try something like “Pick me, choose me, to go to prom with you!”
- For Stranger Things , you could write “On a scale of 1 to 10, you’re an Eleven. Will you go to prom with me?”
- If their favorite movie is Mean Girls , write something like “You’re so fetch. Prom?”
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2Give your partner a gift they’d love and create a sign based on it. This option is great for any budget. You could get them a stuffed rabbit and write “There’s no bunny else like you. Prom?” on it, or buy them a new pair of Nike sneakers and write something like “Love is in the Air. Will you go to prom with me?”
- You can also get them tickets to a basketball game and hold a sign that says “I swish you would go to prom with me, you’re a slam dunk!”
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3Create a poster with the lyrics of a song that reminds you of them. If music is the food of love, then use it to create a cute promposal! Choose a song that reminds you of your relationship (or just one that they absolutely love) and write it on a poster, then surprise them. Make sure to give them a bouquet of flowers or candy to go with it!
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4Get your pets to spell out “PROM?” If you or your SO have pets, try getting them in on your promposal! Go simple and put a loose sign around their dog or cat’s collar with your question or assemble a team of pets to spell out “PROM?” [1] X Research source If they have a fish, bird, or reptile, put a sign on their tank or cage!
- Dogs: “I dig you fur real, will you go to prom with me?” or “Prom would be ruff without you!”
- Cats: “It would be purrfect if we went to prom together!” or “You’re all I knead, go to prom with me?”
- Fish: “There are plenty of fish in the sea, but I only want you to go to prom with me”
- Birds: “It would be a tweet if you went to prom with me!”
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Send them a pizza or cupcakes with “PROM?” spelled out in toppings. Ask your local pizza place to spell out “PROM?” using their favorite toppings and have them deliver it to their door. If your partner isn’t a fan of pizza, bake their favorite cupcakes and use sprinkles to ask them to go to prom with you.
- Alternatively, you could buy the pizza from a shop, then dress up as a delivery person and deliver it right to their door!
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6Dress up as their favorite superhero or Disney character. If your partner is obsessed with a certain Disney movie or a comic book superhero, dress up as their favorite character and hold a unique sign based on it. You can also get your friends in on it and have them dress up as other characters.
- Batman : “It would be a Dark Knight without you at prom”
- Superman : “It’d be super if you went to prom with me!”
- Frozen : “You’re worth melting for. Will you go to prom with me?”
- The Little Mermaid : “We mermaid to go to prom together!”
- Moana : “You’re welcome… to go to prom with me!”
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7Give them a beautiful plant and ask them to “grow” to prom with you. Whether your partner has a green thumb or aspires to have an army of houseplants, try giving them a promposal full of life. You can also make a cute poster based on the type of plant you buy for them.
- If you give them a succulent, you might write “Prom would succ without you!” If you buy them an ivy plant, try something like “Ivy-lieve you and I were meant to be. Will you go to prom with me?”
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8Fill a box with their favorite things and write “PROM?” on the lid. Handmade crafts can add a personal touch to your romantic promposal. If you have an empty box on hand, decorate the inside with construction paper and fill it with your SO’s favorite candy, confetti , and any other gifts you think they’d like.
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9Create a Broadway-themed promposal poster. Try a musical-inspired poster with phrases from your partner’s favorite Broadway shows. [2] X Research source If you’re both super into theater, you might even serenade them or perform your perfect promposal during practice for your school’s show.
- If they love Hamilton , try something like “I will send a fully armed battalion to ask you to prom!” If they’re super into Wicked , write “Let’s keep dancing through life. Prom?”
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Hand-deliver their favorite food with a punny promposal sign. Whether your SO loves sushi, donuts, chocolate-covered strawberries, or that super specific candy, there are tons of promposal signs you can make to show your love. Just make sure you bring enough to share!
- Chicken nuggets: “I’d nugget if you went to prom with me!”
- Sushi: “It would be rice if you’d roll with me to prom!”
- Tacos: “Let’s taco ‘bout going to prom together!”
- Pasta: “Is there any pasta-bility you’d go to prom with me?”
- Sour Patch Kids: “You’re sweet, and prom would be sour without you!”
- Lollipops: “It would suck if you didn’t go to prom with me!”
- Swedish Fish: “You’re the best fish in the sea, would you go to prom with me?”
- SweeTARTS: “Would you be a SweetTART and go to prom with me?”
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11Spell “Will you go to prom with me?” in rose petals. This is a classic promposal that never goes out of style—and the best part is that you can do it anywhere. Arrange rose petals on the floor by their locker, on their desk, or in front of their house to make them smile.
- If you’re looking for something bigger, try setting up balloons , getting a bouquet of live roses, or making a gift basket filled with their favorite candy to go along with it.
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12Meet your date on the beach and write “PROM?” in the sand. If you live somewhere near the ocean or a lake, draw your question in the sand and meet your date there for a romantic promposal. If you don’t have a body of water nearby, use rocks or sticks to write your message.
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Section 2 of 5:
Fun Promposal Ideas
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Send your partner on a scavenger hunt around the school. Make a scavenger hunt where your SO goes through places around the school that remind them of your relationship. At each stop, you can have a friend hand them a flower or a special treat. You’ll be at the end with the final poster asking them to go to prom with you!
- Try making each clue a rhyme, like “To see your surprise, follow these clues. Go to the place where I first fell for you.”
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2Draw a hopscotch board down the sidewalk to your promposal. Use chalk to draw a hopscotch board down the sidewalk from the front of the school or to that special someone’s house. Pick a nice spot nearby, like a local park or in front of a business, and stand with your promposal poster until they hop their way to you!
- If you live near your partner, draw the hopscotch board to your house.
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3Spell out your question on a Scrabble board. This might be a great idea for couples who love playing board games together. Find a used Scrabble board at a thrift shop and use the pieces to spell out “Will you go to prom with me?” Use super glue to stick the pieces firmly to the board, then present it to them with some flowers or candy! [3] X Research source
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Interrupt their sports practice with an on-theme promposal. If that special someone plays a sport, ask the leader if you could interrupt their practice for a few minutes near the end to pop the question. You could even get other members of the team to join in by wearing shirts that spell out “PROM?”
- If you’re on a team, get your teammates to help you choreograph a promposal, invite your SO to come during practice, and then ask them to go to prom with you!
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5Buy them their favorite books and circle letters that spell out “PROM?” Book-themed promposals are great for that special bookworm in your life. Buy a few of their favorite books and highlight one letter in each one to spell out “PROM?” Not only will you have a date, but they’ll have a brand new set of books to remind them of you!
- You can also highlight a word in each book to spell out “Will you go to prom with me?”
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6Give your partner a coded message with your promposal. Ciphers are coded messages that have known answers, making them perfect for grand romantic gestures. [4] X Research source Create your own secret code or split the alphabet in half and replace each letter in “Will you go to prom with me?” with its opposite.
- This would make the message: “Zuyy lbh tb gb cebz jvgu zr?”
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Prompose to your significant other at your favorite hangout spot. If you and your partner have been dating for a while, try basing your promposal around the places you both like to hang out together, like your local coffee shop or the skate park. You can also lead them to the place where you first met and surprise them with flowers or a special present.
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8Hang your promposal sign in a photo booth. Pretend to spontaneously decide to take a photo with them in a photo booth, then when you both sit down to look at the camera, they’ll see the sign asking them to go to prom with you! Not only do you have a cute promposal story to tell, but you can show others the photobooth pictures of their reaction.
- You could write something like “You make me SMILE, would you go to prom with me?” or “Before you say “cheese,” will you go to prom with me?”
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9Cover your partner’s car in sticky notes, balloons, or streamers. If the person you’re asking doesn’t mind their car turning into the promposal, try covering their vehicle in colorful sticky notes , balloons, or streamers . You can have one color spell out “PROM?” or place your promposal poster on the window.
- Write something like “I would drive me crazy if you didn’t go to prom with me!” or “You make my heart race. Prom?”
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Section 3 of 5:
Funny Promposal Ideas
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Use your teacher’s class lesson to ask your partner out. Do you and your partner share a class together? Try incorporating what you’re learning about into your promposal. For example, if you’re both in math, you might create a problem where the solution is “PROM” and ask your teacher if you could do it up on the board as an example.
- If you have a music class together, you could write a song and ask your teacher if you could perform it with the class.
- Make sure to ask your teacher before interrupting class to do your promposal.
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2Make a TikTok with them and end it with a surprise promposal. Ask that special someone to try a viral dance routine or a trend with you. Then, while their back is turned, whip out your promposal sign (and maybe a bouquet of flowers or a small present) to surprise them!
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Create a fake murder scene where they’re the detective. If you and your SO are super into crime documentaries and murder mysteries, this might be the promposal for you. Use masking tape to create an outline of a person on the floor, surround it with fake caution tape , and then hold up your poster board!
- Your board might say something like “I’m dying to go to prom with you” or “It would be a crime to go without you. Prom?”
- You can even incorporate this into a scavenger hunt where your partner has to solve clues to find out where you are.
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4Fill their locker with balloons or ping pong balls. Write “PROM?” on every balloon or ping pong ball , then place it all into the other person’s locker for a sneaky surprise! You can also put other items inside like candy, confetti, or photos of the two of you together (if you’re already a couple) to make their promposal a little bit sweeter.
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5Make a t-shirt where they can check “yes” or “no.” Have a t-shirt made with your promposal slogan on it and include two boxes labeled “yes” and “no” so they can check off their response. Bring flowers, candy, balloons, or other treats for an extra sweet surprise.
- You can also write your promposal on a plain white t-shirt with a fabric marker .
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Create a short film with your promposal at the end. Use your filmmaking or acting skills to make that special someone smile. You could write a script based on how you and your SO met, reenact a famous Hollywood love-confession scene, or prepare a romantic monologue asking the other person to go to prom with you.
- Send the video straight to them, or invite them over to watch a movie and play your short film afterward.
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7Let the spirits help you pop the question with a Ouija board. Sit by a Ouija board with that special someone and place both your hands on the heart-shaped planchette. Ask a question like “What’s coming up that we should watch out for?” Then, direct the planchette to spell out “Prom?”
- You can also make a promposal poster that looks like a Ouija board and says “Will you go to prom with me?” with the “Yes” and “No” at the bottom for the other person to circle.
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Section 4 of 5:
Public Promposal Ideas
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Ask your partner to go to prom over the morning announcements. If you do the school announcements each morning or if you can submit your own, ask your date to prom over the loudspeaker. Not only is this a cute public way to show your love, it can give your date something to smile about all day.
- Make sure to ask the principal or whoever is in charge of the morning announcements if it’s okay first.
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2Create a choreographed dance with a group of your friends. Take inspiration from music videos you love or create your own dance moves to ask your date to prom. For the finale, you could hold up umbrellas, take off your shirt (revealing a second shirt underneath), or hold up posters with your question on it.
- Try to perform your dance at lunch or after school when it won’t disturb any classes.
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3Spell your promposal out in lights or candles in front of their house. Looking for a more romantic promposal? Write out “PROM?” in string lights or candles in front of their house or in a place special to you. [5] X Research source You can also hold up a sign, play music they love, or give them a bouquet of their favorite flowers.
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Buy tickets to see their favorite band in concert. Go all out and buy 2 tickets to their favorite music artist as a cute date. [6] X Research source When you’re there, hold up a sign with your promposal! To really seal the deal, buy them a t-shirt or another piece of band merch afterward.
- If you hold it up towards the band, they might even read it out loud!
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5Ask your date out on the big screen at your favorite sports game. Some sports stadiums allow you to pay or donate $100 or more to broadcast your message on the big screen. [7] X Research source If your date is a huge sports fan, this might be the perfect idea to sweep them off their feet!
- As a cheaper option, bring your promposal poster to the event and ask them when the moment is right. If the camera crew catches you, you might end up on the jumbotron anyway!
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6Serenade your partner with their favorite song. If you love to sing and put on a show, set up a microphone and a musical instrument (if you play one) or a speaker and sing along to a song that reminds you of them. [8] X Research source
- Place your promposal poster near your performance or ask them right after you finish singing!
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Ask their favorite fast-food place to put your question on their sign. If you have pull at your favorite fast food joint, ask the manager if you could spell out your promposal on their marquee board. [9] X Research source Ask your date to go with you to get a snack, and as you pull up, they’ll see your message written in lights.
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8Announce your promposal at an all-school assembly. Assemblies are always a classic opportunity to sweep the person you like off their feet. Ask the principal or whoever is in charge of the event if you could pop the question, then go out there with a sign and flowers and prompose! [10] X Research source
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9Ask your friends to give them a presidential escort to your promposal. Have your friends dress up in suits, ties, and sunglasses and guide your sweetheart to you. You can dress up as another Secret Service officer (or the First Lady), pretend they’re the president, and hold up their promposal poster for all to see.
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Section 5 of 5:
Low-Key Promposal Ideas
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Ask their favorite restaurant to spell out “Prom?” on their dessert. After you enjoy a meal at your date’s favorite restaurant, ask the waitstaff to write “Prom?” or “Will you go to prom with me” on your dessert with chocolate syrup or frosting.
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2Pay your significant other’s favorite celebrity to give your promposal. Use an app like Cameo to buy a promposal message from an actor, athlete, comedian, musician, or reality TV star that your special someone loves.
- You can also try Tweeting or messaging a celebrity on social media and ask them to ask the person you’d like to take to prom for you.
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3Change your name on their phone to “Will you go to prom with me?” This is a subtle and creative way to ask the person you like to go to prom with you. If you have access (and permission!) to use their phone, go into your contact profile and change your name to “Will you go to prom with me?” Then, when the moment is right, call them up! [11] X Research source
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4Create a custom-made necklace or bracelet out of letter beads. Buy a bag of letter beads in a color that your special someone likes and a roll of elastic string . Then, string the letters onto the elastic to create a handmade necklace or bracelet with your question on it. [12] X Research source
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Make homemade fortune cookies with a secret promposal inside. Enjoy a night in with Chinese food and finish the night by cracking open a homemade fortune cookie with your partner. Once they open it up, they’ll see “Will you go to prom with me?” written inside. [13] X Research source
- You can also fill the other fortune cookies with compliments about your partner and give them the one that contains the promposal question after they open a couple of other ones.
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6Ask them out to prom using their favorite video game. If you and the person you’d like to ask out play video games together regularly, try hiding your question in a portion of the game where you know they’ll find it.
- If you play Minecraft together, you might write “Prom?” out in blocks near their house. If you play Fortnight, write it out in the chat or build the letters using wooden walls.
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7Send your partner a bouquet of flowers or an edible arrangement. A bouquet of their favorite flowers or a fruit or chocolate garland can be a great way to ask your sweetheart to go to prom with you. You can write your message on the card, or deliver the goods yourself along with a classic promposal poster.
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Get them their favorite coffee order and write “PROM?” on the cup. If the person you like is a caffeine fiend, buy their regular coffee order at their favorite cafe. Write your message on the cup yourself, or you can have the barista write it for you. [14] X Research source
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