Sometimes it is fun to find unusual ways to portray special news in life, and sometimes simply being able to lighten the mood is an effectual ice breaker for special moments to take place.
Silly string is an excellent way to accomplish this and can be used in numerous ways in doing so.
You could use silly string to celebrate a new job or promotion for a family member, lining up and spraying silly string when the newly hired enter to commemorate their new position.
You could also spray blue and pink string to let your husband know a new addition is underway, and then again use pink or blue (depending on the newly discovered gender) to let the family know whether it's a he or a she.
Silly string can also be used in preparing for occasions.
Anyone who has observed the growing trend over the years of how people ask, and respond, to invitations to high school proms knows that there is a lot of pressure and pleasure involved with asking and responding in clever ways.
Once again the string fits the bill as a clever vehicle for asking or responding.
One popular method of asking, and responding, is to encode your message.
Using different colors of cans, have each color represent a few letters of the alphabet.
Label all the colored cans with a number representing its color and then spray paint all of the cans and their lids black so that the recipient does not know what colors go to each can until they actually spray them.
Disperse the cans either among their family or friends nearby and give them a code showing which letters each color represents.
Have them simply find the people on your given list and have those individuals both gleefully spray some of the silly string on your hopeful date as well as give them another number.
This number is meant to tell them which of the letters going with a certain color of silly string is meant to be inserted into the code.
For example, if your red can of string represents alphabet letters a, b, and c, then if they are sprayed by a red can and given the number 3 then they know the letter b goes next in the code.
The important thing to keep in mind is that silly string is a tool in your hands, and if you think a little outside its conventional uses you'll likely have a more enjoyable time make wonderful memories in the process.
Silly string is an excellent way to accomplish this and can be used in numerous ways in doing so.
You could use silly string to celebrate a new job or promotion for a family member, lining up and spraying silly string when the newly hired enter to commemorate their new position.
You could also spray blue and pink string to let your husband know a new addition is underway, and then again use pink or blue (depending on the newly discovered gender) to let the family know whether it's a he or a she.
Silly string can also be used in preparing for occasions.
Anyone who has observed the growing trend over the years of how people ask, and respond, to invitations to high school proms knows that there is a lot of pressure and pleasure involved with asking and responding in clever ways.
Once again the string fits the bill as a clever vehicle for asking or responding.
One popular method of asking, and responding, is to encode your message.
Using different colors of cans, have each color represent a few letters of the alphabet.
Label all the colored cans with a number representing its color and then spray paint all of the cans and their lids black so that the recipient does not know what colors go to each can until they actually spray them.
Disperse the cans either among their family or friends nearby and give them a code showing which letters each color represents.
Have them simply find the people on your given list and have those individuals both gleefully spray some of the silly string on your hopeful date as well as give them another number.
This number is meant to tell them which of the letters going with a certain color of silly string is meant to be inserted into the code.
For example, if your red can of string represents alphabet letters a, b, and c, then if they are sprayed by a red can and given the number 3 then they know the letter b goes next in the code.
The important thing to keep in mind is that silly string is a tool in your hands, and if you think a little outside its conventional uses you'll likely have a more enjoyable time make wonderful memories in the process.