Big/Little Reveal Ideas
 

So Big/Little reveal is this Friday and I was wondering if anybody had any fun/cute ideas for how to reveal to my little that I'm her big! My chapter doesn't have a group method of doing it so people are free to do poems or songs or whatever they want (the cutest I've seen is someone making one of those stories with the candy bar wrappers in it). If anyone has some unique ideas, I would love to hear them! <3

My favorite was when each big picked a different color of yarn - and made a real maze of yarn (think starting with the yarn in one place, then wrapped around door knobs, over and under the OTHER pieces of yarn, around furniture, etc.) Each little had to follow her yarn through the house to the end - where the bigs had the yarn end up at a bag filled with goodies and a card with the name of the big! You could do it all in one room, if need be. The whole scene was a sort of crazed Twister with the pledges going over and under each other and all the stuff in the room.

Ok, this one is nuts, and I don't know if it'll make sense. Have the NMs line up with empty champagne (sparkling cider) glasses. Their bigs can decorate each one with the NMs name (paint pens!). Then all of the bigs take turns filling the glasses up with a little sparkling cider. The other chapter members can sing while they're doing it. When the big gets to her real little, she overflows the glass. So yeah, you find out who your big is when you have cider on your toes! It was crazy when we did it!

We did that. It was wonderful.

I'm told it was stopped because it could be considered hazing. I disagree strongly with that assessment.

I also heard that with an 8-week pledge period, it's hard to get to know your little well enough to provide appropriate clue gifts or goodies.

It's still one of my favorite memories from collegiate days.

I've heard one idea that I thought we could try this semester.

Have the Bigs stand at one end of a room or grassy area holding a candle. Have the Littles stand at the other with a match (lighter, etc.). Each little then crosses the room and lights the candle of the person who they think is their Big. If the match is correct, the candle stays lit. If the candle is blown out by the Big, the match was incorrect.

It seems like it might result in hurt feelings, but I've never seen it done before.

I agreee...that could be cute but would be EXTREMELY tricky. We have, however, done a similar candle reveal that involved each NM passing a lit candle around the entire group seated in a circle. We would sing our candlelighting song and pass the candle until the Big blew it out.

hey thats my sister! ^^ now, just imagine 3 floors of string and 60+ girls running around.. it got pretty intense.

reveal
 

At my house, the Moms (I'm Gamma Phi, we've got Moms and Daughters...same thing really) get pajamas for their daughters, and then the pjs are delivered, and the Moms hide somewhere in the house. The daughters run around and find their moms, who are hiding, and whoever has the same pajamas is the mom. I get to do this in a few weeks...I can't wait to find my mommy!

Wow, she is going to the wrong college. She's way too cute to be a gator.

haha our chapter also does the string game!!! however we did it in one of the ed buildings on campus. so the string went through lecture halls, hallways, outside....Prettty intense! at the end of the string is your big and they have a present for you. As a little this game is sooo frustrating but worth it at the end! I cant wait for my little to have to do the same thing fall 08!