Marriage Proposal Ideas…

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Public Marriage Proposal Ideas
1. Choose a favorite place—whether it’s a fountain, hotel rooftop, monument or national park—that has personal significance to the two of you. Once you’re there, ask someone nearby to take a picture of you together, and instead of posing, drop down on one knee.
2. Have a flash mob show up for a surprise performance to your fiance-to-be’s favorite love song in a park or public location for your proposal.
3. Get in touch with the stage manager of your favorite production see if you can have a special note or ad placement added into the playbill, so you have a keepsake of the proposal.
4. Arrange a surprise proposal with a street caricaturist. Have the caricaturist sketch a picture of you two with word bubbles that say, “Will you marry me?” and “Yes!”
5. Send your unsuspecting fiance-to-be on a treasure hunt that ends with your proposal. Start with a clue at home (a handwritten note or text message) that leads to a tour of your favorite spots all over town.
6. Take out a full-page ad in a newspaper, and then pick the perfect spot to have a relaxing morning of catching up on current events. Another twist on this idea is to call into a radio station and then make sure your fiance-to-be is listening when your proposal is on the air.

Homemade Marriage Proposal Ideas
7. Gather a bunch of your friends and family for a party and have everyone put on a T-shirt bearing one of the letters in the phrase, “Will you marry me?” Then during the party suggest a group picture to reveal the message.
8. Throwback to your childhood with a proposal written in sidewalk chalk on your street or driveway.
9. Create makeshift letters that spell out, “Will you marry me?” using anything from colored duct tape (against a wall or a piece of poster board) to scrapbooking materials. Surprise your partner with your creation at work, home or the park. (Not crafty? Hire a graffiti artist to write out an artistic marriage proposal in huge letters!)
10. Fill a favorite room in your home with photos memories from your relationship; you can hang them from balloons or cover the walls with them for a jaw-dropping surprise.
11. Turn off all the lights in your apartment and make a trail of candles that leads to a circle of votives positioned around the ring.
12. Tie a red velvet ribbon from one spot in your home to another. Attach little notes recalling perfect moments in your relationship along the way. Wait for your partner at the end of the ribbon with the ring in hand.
13. Have a custom jigsaw puzzle made with your picture and the words “Marry me?” On a rainy day, suggest this activity, and when you’ve finished enough that you can clearly see the photo and read the words, it’s time to propose! (Hint: This works well with Scrabble too.)

Techie Proposals
14. Add a custom proposal “song” to her go-to playlist on iTunes, or record an unexpected proposal podcast.
15. Have a friend take photos of you with posters that say, “will,” “you,” “marry” and “me?” Then make plans to meet up in a special spot, and before you arrive, text the photos in order. When the last message goes through, show up and get down on one knee.
16. Create a web page declaring your love and proposal, and leave a clue with the web address written on it—don’t say a word. After the proposal, announce the good news by sending the link to family and friends.
17. Make a short movie where you show your girl how much you love her. End the movie with the proposal. Arrange a romantic movie night and when the time is right, slip your proposal movie in.

Best Foodie Marriage Proposal Ideas                                                                                                                       18. Put together a gift basket of yummy treats–like dark chocolate, fresh fruit—and hide the ring among the presents (in its box, so it doesn’t get lost in the goodies).
19. Ask the pastry chef to write, “Will you marry me?” in chocolate sauce around the rim of a dessert plate.
20. Ask a baker to make a custom cake with the proposal written in frosting. Then, have the cake displayed in the storefront and take your partner window-shopping. Bring the cake home to share and celebrate afterward!

At-Work Marriage Proposal Ideas
21. Sneak into your soon-to-be fiance’s office or classroom before they arrive in the morning and write your proposal on their desk or blackboard. Stay hidden from sight until they show up.
22. Before your partner leaves for work, offer to heat up their car and scrape the ice and snow off their windows. Then scratch your proposal into the ice.
23. With the help of your soon-to-be fiance’s coworkers, schedule a last-minute meeting toward the end of the day. Then whisk them away to a romantic spot to propose.

Proposals Caught on Camera
24. Hire a photographer to capture your proposal, but tell your partner you’ve won a romantic couple’s photo shoot. Get dressed up and then propose mid-shoot, and follow it up with a romantic engagement shoot.
25. Pick the perfect spot to propose and have a photographer hide somewhere discreet. After your proposal, your photographer can snap some posed photos too.

Playful Marriage Proposal Ideas
26. Cut out the bottom of a huge refrigerator box, wrap it with pretty paper and ribbon, and attach a card that says, “What’s inside the box is a gift to last a lifetime.” Then, “deliver” yourself to your soon-to-be fiance’s doorstep.
27. Make the ring the surprise in a box of Cracker Jack or in a Kinder Egg.
28. Reenact the scene of their favorite romantic movie. If it’s Pretty Woman, go for the ending of the movie: Rent a white limo and climb through the sunroof with flowers in hand to proclaim your love as you arrive at her place.
29. Invite your friends over for a wacky party where a magician will be featured. Arrange for the magician to do the standard rabbit-out-of-the-hat trick, but instead of pulling a rabbit out of a hat, have him pull out a diamond ring. Then propose to her! She’ll never forget that magic trick!

Fall and Winter Marriage Proposal Ideas
30. Rake the leaves in his or her yard to spell out your proposal.
31. During the holiday season, use outdoor string lights to write out, “Will you marry me?” on the front of your house, apartment or lawn. Station your friends and family secretly inside and come up with an excuse to linger out front. Then have someone flip the switch to reveal the message.
32. Build a scene of a snowman proposing, and then tell your soon-to-be-fiance to look outside. When they see the snowman, get down on one knee.
33. Write, “Will you marry me?” on the underside of a kite and take flight on a breezy afternoon.

Spring and Summer Marriage Proposal Ideas
34. Propose in a flower or botanical garden when everything is in bloom.
35. Have a friend or family member set up a picnic—complete with wine and cheese, of course—for you in a park. Then come up with an excuse for taking a hike where you’ll stumble upon this surprise proposal picnic.
36. Pick a spot for some summer stargazing (it’s even more perfect if there’s a meteor shower or lunar eclipse expected) and propose under the night sky.
37. Write ‘Will you marry me?’ in luminaries on a hilly road that you can drive up and
38. Suggest a berry-picking excursion to make some fresh summer pies. Once you’re out there, tell your partner you’ve found the most perfect berry they have to see. Instead of ripe fruit, they’ll find you and the ring.
39. On the night before a beach day you’ve planned, write a love poem on a piece of parchment paper, roll it into an antique bottle with a cork and bury it in a well-marked spot in the sand near your towels. Be sure you “find” the bottle as you dig together—and be ready with the ring.

Marriage Proposal Ideas With Surprise Parties
40. On your partner’s birthday, plan a “surprise party,” and then pretend to ruin the surprise by having her get there early. The real shock will be when you propose and all of your friends and family show up afterward to celebrate.
41. Have your proposal in a park, with friends and family a safe distance away. Once you’ve proposed, have everyone show up for an impromptu celebration.

Holiday Marriage Proposal Ideas
42. On New Year’s Eve, sneak away to a romantic spot just before midnight and propose as the perfect start to the New Year. Then celebrate with a kiss.
43. Surprise your fiance with a pet you’ve always wanted to get together (bunny, kitten, puppy) under the Christmas tree and tie the ring around its neck. Or substitute a stuffed animal—still cute, but less maintenance!
44. On the days leading up to February 14, plant Valentine’s Day cards (like the ones you used to give out to classmates in third grade) with sweet messages written inside around the house. Then on Valentine’s Day, present them with a box of chocolates containing, you guessed it, the ring.
45. Propose during your local fireworks show on the Fourth of July. Work with a professional to set up a private message in sparklers that spells out “Marry me?”
46. Throw a Halloween jack-o’-lantern carving contest for friends and family where everyone reveals their designs. Unveil your pumpkin carved with your proposal last.
47. For Easter proposals, hide the ring inside a very special Easter egg