⦁ #DyeForRicky- Dye your hair a crazy, wild color. It doesn't have to be permanent-there are tons of temporary options out there.
⦁ #FriendFinderForRicky- Reach out to someone you've never met before but know has similar hobbies or passions, and collab with them! The project can be literally anything-a challenge from this book, one you've seen on YouTube, or someting you two make up on your own. Some tips on finding your new friend: Search social media, join an extracurricular activity at school, or scour the comments section on my YouTube page!
⦁ #DogWalkForRicky- Gather up as many dogs as you can and see how many you can walk at once. Start with your own if you have one and then borrow from friends and family. Just make sure each one actually likes other dogs first!
⦁ #OutsideForRicky- Get outside! There are so many cool things to do-swim, hike, climb a tree, do handstands on the lawn, build a snowman- just show me that you love the great outdoors as much as I do. Seriously, even if it's just looking at bugs under a nature! (V)
⦁ #EmojisForRicky- Act out five of your favorite emoticons. You get extra love for enlisting a friend to help you pose as the ballerina twins. (V)
⦁ #MusicForRicky- Find an instrument you've never picked up before in your life and make a video of you playing an easy song for beginners, maybe something like, "Mary Had a Little Lamb," or, "Row, Row, Row your boat," or trying to play them, at least- no one is perfect the first time. That's what makes it so awesomely awful.
⦁ #RollForRicky- TP a friend's house! Just in case you're not familiar, this means tossing tons of rolls of toilet paper into trees in their front yard. And then help them clean it up later.
⦁ #FitnessForRicky- Try a form of exercise that you've never done before. Spin class, the rowing machine, free weights, yoga- anything you want! Then take a pic or video of you trying it right after. Lemme see you sweat!
⦁ #JengaForRicky- Do the Jenga challenge (Invented by Joey Graceffa!) With a friend. You can see me do it with Shane Dawson on my channel, and it's basically regular Jenga with challenges written on some of the blocks.
⦁ #LaundryForRicky- Knowing how to fold clothes is a very important life skill. Surprise your parent/sibling/roommate by doing their laundry, folding it in nice neat stacks, and leaving it on their bed. Take a selfie with the clothes, and make sure to seperate whites from darks!
⦁ #LyricsForRicky- Make up your own lyrics to one of my songs or your favorite song of all time. (V)
⦁ #ToysForRicky- I want to meet your favorite toy! Take a picture of it or make a quick video and tell me about the cool imaginary adventures you used to have together. (Or still do!)
⦁ #SourFaceForRicky- Get as many different sour candy products as you can find and try to eat as many of them in a row as possible.
⦁ #SportsForRicky- If you've never done it, play my favorite game, tennis! If you've already played tennis even once in your life, choose a different sport you've never attempted and give it a go. It's totally okay if you're terrible at it. Or maybe you'll discover a hidden talent!
⦁ #ShipForRicky- Ship two characters from your favorite movie, book, or TV Show and make a video explaning why they're perfect for each other.
⦁ #RemakeForRicky- I officially give you permission to use any of my songs! Make a music video, either singing or lipsyncing, to any one you want, using your own creative vision! (V)
⦁ #PoolForRicky- Jump in a public pool with all of your clothes on.
⦁ #CraftsForRicky- Spend quality time with a loved one creating an arts and crafts project together. Introduce whoever your own personal Aunt Vickie is and show the finished piece!
⦁ #StrangerLanguageForRicky- Approach a stranger and start speaking to him or her in a totally made-up language.
⦁ #ConfidentForRicky- Tell a story about something you used to be insecure about and how you managed to overcome those feelings and be more confident.
⦁ #SpinTheBottleForRicky- Play Spin The Bottle, but instead of kissing people, set up a circle of the nastiest foods you could find.
⦁ #ActingForRicky- Re-create your favorite moment from your favorite film! But if you go to with that "I'm the king of the world" scene from Titanic, DON'T do it on an actual boat. Play safe, people!
⦁ #MassageForRicky- Offer to give strangers a free back massage.
⦁ #PukePrankForRicky- Get some fake rubber vomit, leave it somewhere surprising, and film the reaction! Can't vind fake vomit? Make your own stuff from the kitchen, but make sure to leave it on an easily cleanable surface. Vomit too nasty for you? Get creative and invent your own nasty prank!
⦁ #CostumesForRicky- Dress up in an elaborate Halloween costume and go grocery shopping as if everything is normal. Make sure the date isn't within 2 months of October 31.
⦁ #ThrowbackForRicky- post a picture of you and one of your closest friends from around the time you first met.
⦁ #BalloonsForRicky- Get a bunch of friends together and blow up hundreds of balloons inside a room. Get them at least one foot deep so you have a personal ball pit!
⦁ #AskPermissionForRicky- Tell your parents something you've always wanted to do or try but have been too nervous to ask because they might say no. They still might say no, but who knows! Film their reaction or write about it on twitter.
⦁ #DrawMyLifeForRicky- This is a classic for many youtubers. Narrate your life story so far using a dry-erase board for the pictures.
⦁ #MirandaForRicky- In honor of the queen herself, take a selfie in your best Miranda Sings costume. Make sure to really smear that lipstick!
⦁ #PizzaForRicky- Buy a premade pizza crust and create the most disgusting pizza you can dream up.
⦁ #RunForRicky- Sign up for a charity run! Don't feel like moving your legs that much? Go hand out water and cheer people on instead!
⦁ #HugsForRicky- Go up to a stranger and give him or her a hug.
⦁ #SnorkelForRicky- I loved being underwater in Hawaii so much that I went so far as to swim with sharks a few years later. (Never again!) If you have an oppurtunity to, swim with sharks with professionals! Since that's not a very easily achieved goal, though, try doing it in any body of water. Heck, I'll even settle for a picture of you in a snorkel mask and breathing tube in a kiddie pool. Bonus points if you're holding a tiny plastic shark.
⦁ #BarkForRicky- Pretend like you're a dog or cat while out in public.
⦁ #WorkHardForRicky- Get Entrepreneurial and make some extra cash! Host a bake sale, mow a neighbor's lawn, set up a lemonade stand, whatever you want, and show me a picture of you doing your job! It doesn't matter if you only end up making fifty cents, it's the fact that you hustled that counts.
⦁ #ProposeForRicky- Propose to a stranger-get down on one knee and offer him or her a ring from a gumball machine.
⦁ #ConfessForRicky- Confess something to your parents or a friend that you've never told them. Keep it light, though. I don't want anyone actually getting in trouble! I'm thinking more like that time you broke a vase when you were five and blamed it on the dog.
⦁ #StrangerSingForRicky- Sing a song to a random stranger.
⦁ #NastySmoothieForRicky- That's right- re-create this exact same drink and take at least one real sip. No cheating. I want to see you blend it!
⦁ #HotSauceForRicky- Gather up as many diferent kinds o hot sauces as you can and try them all. (Here's a tip for after-milk works better than water for getting rid of the burn!)
⦁ #SpotForRicky- Go to a gym (Or the gym, if you're in school) with a friend, and take turns spotting each other while lifting weights. If you've never done this before, make sure to ask a staff member or your gym teacher to teach you the proper techniques first, and go light!
⦁ #AutographForRicky- Go up to a stranger and freak out, pretending the person is a celebrity. Ask for a selfie and get his or her autograph. Extra love if you get a friend to film it, and even more love if the person actually looks like a celebrity.
⦁ #KNJPrankForRicky- Climb up onto your roof and jump into the pool. KIDDING! Do not do that. I repeat, do not do that. Instead, pull the same prank that Kian and JC played on me by tying someone's door shut from the outside. Just be sure to let him or her out pretty quick. Trust me, it sucks if you don't.
⦁ #BundleUpForRicky- Put on as many layers of clothing as you can and post a selfie.
⦁ #OrdinaryForRicky- Make a music video to "Ordinary." No rules here- you can lip-sync it or sing it yourself, just show me your vision for the song.
⦁ #StrangerDanceForRicky- Convince a stranger to slow-dance with you.
⦁ #ScreamForRicky- Let's hear your best horror movie scream!
⦁ #WrongShoesForRicky- Wear a different shoe on each foot and tally up how many people actually point it out to you during an entire day.
⦁ #ChoreoForRicky- Create your own choreographed dance routine to "BEAT." It doesn't have to be the entire song. I just wanna see you move!
⦁ #BeNiceForRicky- Make someone's day and give a stranger a genuine compliment.
⦁ #TVWorkoutForRicky- Make up a new, creative way to work out while watching TV. It can be absolutely anything, as long as some part of your body is moving. The weirder the moves, the better.
⦁ #BlindfoldMakeupForRicky- Do the blindfold makeup challenge (Blindfold yourself and a friend and trust each other to do your faces up) and post the results. Extra love if you go out in public.
⦁ #BFFForRicky- Post a picture of your best friend- doesn't matter if it's someone you've known since kindergarten, your mom, your pet fish, or your laptop. (V)
⦁ #ThankfulListForRicky- Make a list of all the things you're thankful for in life and put it in a place where it's easy to look at whenever you're feeling down.
⦁ #FirstKissForRicky- I want to hear your first kiss stories! But I also don't want anyone who hasn't had their first kiss yet to feel left out, so here's the compromise-describe your ultimate, craziest dream scenario for a first kiss with a celebrity of your choice.
⦁ #ElevatorSingForRicky- Get into a crouded elevator and start singng really loud as soon as the doors close,
⦁ #FiestaForRicky- Host your own fiesta Night for your friends and/or family, with tons of delecious mexican food! Ole!
⦁ #CopyCatForRicky- Reenact one of my comedy skit videos, line for line.
⦁ #CartoonForRicky- Create your own cartoon superhero with his/her/its own special set of powers
⦁ #LoveListForRicky- Make a list of everything you love about a friend, family member, teacher- anyone really- and randomly give it to that person.
⦁ #SpreadLoveForRicky- Send a tweet to someone you admire (celebrity, teacher, friend, supreme court judge, etc.) and tell that person why you think he or she is awesome.
⦁ #DrawRickyForRicky- Draw or paint a picture of me and post it!
⦁ #MakeUpForRicky- Shoot a makeup tutorial-it can be serious if you've got an amazing cosmetic trick that you want to share with the world, or you can make it completely insane, like, how to create a realistic unibrow.
⦁ #CelebMakeoverForRicky- Either give or recieve a celebrity makeover, where one of you dresses the other up like a famous person.
⦁ #MirandaScreamsForRicky- Tweet pictures of scary-looking bats to Miranda Sings! (Sorry in advance, Miranda!)
⦁ #YogaForRicky- Invent the most insane yoga position imaginable.
⦁ #WaterSportsForRicky- Try a water stunt that you've never done-jet skis, surfing, paddle boarding, high diving, even plain old body suring if you've never had the pleasure.
⦁ #LyricConvoForRicky- Try to keep up a conversation with a friend in which each of you can only use famous song lyrics and film it.
⦁ #VeganForRicky- Make a vegan dinner, post a picture, and describe how it tasted (I promise I won't be offended if you hate it). If you're already a vegan, share a pic of your favorite vegan, share a pic of your favorite vegan meal and use #KISSMEIMVEGAN instead!
⦁ #UnderwaterForRicky- Using a waterproof camera, take an underwater selfie-it can be in a pool, a lake, the ocean, a bathtub, the kitchen sink, wherever you want. Just don't drown.
⦁ #TraumaDramaForRicky- Tell the story of your most embarrassing moment or craziest injury.
⦁ #IceBathForRicky- Do the ice bath challenge with a friend-see who can stay in a tub full of ice the longest. (Be safe and smart, though!)
⦁ #ParentPresentForRicky- There's an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians where the kids put together a whole music video for Kris on her birthday to show her love. In that spirit I want you to do some sort of creative project for your own mom/dad/guardian, to show your appreciation for all they do. It can be a poster, a video message, A handpicked bouquet, whatever you want.
⦁ #DriveThruForRicky- Get a friend to film you ordering something that's not on the menu at a fast-food drive-thru, and insist that they do have it.
⦁ #WriteASongForRicky- Write a song! It can be serious or silly, long or short, rhyme or not, whatever you want. (See what I did there?) If you're a singer, record yourself singing it. If you're not or are just shy, then either get a friend to, or simply read the lyrics out loud.
⦁ #StopmotionForRicky- I used to love making stop-motion videos when I was just starting out on YouTube. Make one of your own, using either your body, or objects, or both!
⦁ #TrainForRicky- Sharing is caring-reach out to someone in your life who really knows fitness and ask him or her to teach you something new about working out. It can be a friend, gym teacher, an actual trainer, anyone! The important thing is to not be scared to ask for advice.
⦁ #PlankForRicky- Remember Planking? Bring that back-it's great for your abs! Do it in a crazy place or a public spot.
⦁ #HaikuForRicky- Write a haiku using only words lifted from my favorite song lyrics! Remember- a haiku is just three lines, five syllables in the first, seven in the second, and five again in the last. Here, I'll show you how easy it is!
Through it all stronger
Know what life is all about
Set myself free now.
⦁ #ShirtDesignForRicky- Make a shirt! You can use either a blank T-Shirt and decorate and/or draw on it with fabric markers, or if you know how to sew, come up with something completely new!
⦁ #CheerUpForRicky- Post your favorite thing that you do to make yourself feel better if you're having a terrible day. (Besides watching my videos! :) )
⦁ #ShortFilmForRicky- Make a short movie that's less than ten minutes long. It's got to have a plot with a clear beginning, middle, and end. Don't sweat the special effects, unless you want to!
⦁ #PublicDanceForRicky- Make a video of yourself dancing in public.
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Non-FictionIf you aren't allowed to get or can't afford Ricky Dillon's book "Follow Me" but still want to do the challenges, they're all in this book! Make sure to use the hashtag of the challenge name, and tag Ricky on social medias and use #FollowMeBook!