#HePutARingOnIt: The Coolest Ideas for Proposing To Your Girl On a Tight Budget! (Cheap And Best!!!)

Worried that your bank balance can’t stretch to the cost of a romantic proposal? Think again! We found you some romantic yet affordable ways to propose!

Backyard Bait

Image Source via Kamana's Real Proposal 

It's really nice to create a sweet setting. That's most important when it comes to a dreamy proposal. So first up, know what your girl would love - is she a game of thrones fan? A sex and the city fan? But whatever the theme is, girls love specific things - candles, roses, champagne and of course, great music. And fairy lights need to be part of this setting! It's budget-friendly and sweet and you can enact her favourite proposal scene from a film or sitcom and a garden, backyard thing will always get her vote!

Circle of life

Try taking her to the place you first met and proposing to her there. This won’t cost much, presuming that you didn’t meet on holiday somewhere exotic, and will show her how thoughtful and attentive you are. Make it come full circle by transforming her from girlfriend to fiancée on the very same spot where you transformed yourself from friends to lovers!

Home Sweet Home

Image Source via Nilma's Real Proposal  Does she or he like romantic dinners? You could propose over dinner in a fancy restaurant, but that costs a pretty penny, so why not do it at home instead? Get your friends involved and create a beautiful, romantic environment with candles and all the trimmings. You can splurge on a good bottle of wine and toss some pasta and have some cold cuts as appetizers. It’s more intimate and you don’t have to worry about the bill the whole time!

Online Fun

No, we don’t mean on Facebook. Make her a beautiful video creating a collage of scenes, all leading up to the vital question and post it on YouTube. Then, send her the link telling her you’ve found something funny on YT, and then let the story unfold. Priceless, romantic and it doesn’t cost anything. Remember to keep the video private under your settings bar!

Make a painting of your time

Image Source via Masoom Minawala's Real Proposal 

We loved how amazing Masoom's proposal was. Her fiance got a caricature artist  to approach them who asked the girl if she would like him to sketch them. They sat for a bit on the seaside while being ‘sketched’ and when the artist claimed he was done and asked the girl to come see what he had painted  - it was a surprise. Here was a picture of the London Eye (this is where the boy asked Masoom to be his girlfriend 3 and a half years ago) and a boy kneeling with a ring in his hand in front of a girl. Simple and cute!

Scavenger Hunt

This requires lot of planning, help and very little money! Think of a few places that are meaningful to your relationship and make these a part of a game. Have few friends and relatives posted at each of the places to give her clues to the next one. Have creative and fun clues describing your feeling or what that place or moment meant for you.  At the end of the scavenger hunt, propose with a romantic view in the background like a beach during sunset and have all the friends and family involved in planning the day there to celebrate after!

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Hike it

What better place to propose than at the end of the trail? It’s symbolic of your journey and chances are, the view at the top will be breath taking.

Beach Happy

Write your proposal on the sand, take a friend there to guard your work. Then drive your girl up to a cliff and show her the best proposal ever?

Book Lover

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This one requires a lot of efforts! If you’ve got a bookworm on your hands, ask her favourite author to sign her favourite book with “Will You Marry, ____ (your name)” on the inside. If contacting the author is difficult – you can do that yourself in a new copy of her favourite book. Take her to dinner or a picnic and give her the book as a gift. You can even carve out the book and put the ring in the middle. Not only is this a creative way to propose, but its extra great because you’ll have the signed book as a physical memory of the proposal forever.

Plan A Show For Her (In Her Honour) 

All you need to do is pick a spot, co-ordinate with 10-12 friends (more the merrier) and have a little show in her honour. Sing, dance and end it with a dream proposal and eat some yummy food. You’ll just have to make sure that it’s a complete secret! It's so full of energy and emotion – how can anyone say no!

Movie Under The Stars

Do it "Dostana" style - pack a picnic basket and screen a movie for her in a cute spot.  And at the end of it, propose to her. Cute, cute, cute! And oh, you can rent a screen anywhere and do a DDLJ or any other favourite movie of hers.

Create a Music Video 

...of all the special moments you guys shared! And the best editing software that's free and comes with music? Here are a few options.

Get her dog to propose

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Get her pet to propose and leave a message on it's collar. Or let the sweet thing carry your bag of goodies with a ring to her!

Glowing Proposal

Remember those glow in the dark stars we had as kids? You can buy letters too from craft shops or on the internet. Plan it on the night she is staying over and arrange the proposal on the ceiling. The first time she’ll notice them is when you turn off the lights to go to sleep and the message suddenly emblazons itself upon the darkened room. We guarantee you that she will love it!

Paint The Walls ( Warn Your House Owner first!)

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Paint her room/ or your room with poetry and stuff and propose to her there! Memorable, easy and so much fun!

Create A Cup Of Joy

If you know she's a coffee or tea drinker, you know what to do. Just get your local printer to print the cutest proposal on her plate or cup. Easy peasy!

The magic proposal

This one needs time and practice. Try to learn some magic tricks off the net. At a point when you have developed the skills necessary to put on a performance, produce a card from the pack as part of the trick with the proposal message written upon it. The details are up to you, but the only thing this method should cost you is time!

Give Her Reasons

...as to why she should marry you. In a book. With your best handwriting. So she can cherish it forever!

Do A Romantic Movie Marathon

All her favourite movies, all her favourite stuff! You guys can order pizza and popcorn and by the end of the night, you could propose to her in sync with her favourite scene!