World's most mortifying dad: The father who dressed in COSTUME to send his horrified son to school - every day for a year!



Luckily, his schoolmates had a sense of humour.

A Utah high school student has endured a year more mortifying than most after watching his dad wave goodbye to his school bus dressed in a different costume every morning.



Dale Price said treating the daily send-off like a one-man Halloween party was his unique way of 'saying I love you' to his son.

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Last day of school: Dale Price dressed as a pirate to wave goodbye to his son as he departed for his last day of sophomore year

Sixteen-year-old Rain Price, of American Fork, thought he was in the clear when his dad stepped out on the front lawn for his first day of school, dressed quite normally. Soon, that all changed.

Heads turned as he donned a San Diego Chargers helmet to wave goodbye on day two, sparking the beginning of a wild trend that has turned him into a local celebrity.



Mr Price has since emerged as a mermaid, a Mariachi, a bride, a clown, and even Little Red Riding Hood - just a few of the 170 costumes he donned during his son's school year.



The gags became so over-the-top at one point he even dragged a toilet onto the porch and sat on it with his pants down reading a newspaper as the bus passed by.



Bye, son! Price dressed as a Mariachi and a bride - two of the 170 costumes he wore during the school year

No shame: Mr Price as a mermaid and a character from U.S. TV series Star Trek

The patriarch told KSL.com: 'It's a way of letting him know that we really care about him, but do something a little different ... It's a father's way of (saying I love you).'

But for his mortified teenage son, it took some time to adjust.



Rain said: ' When he did it the first day I was in shock. It's my first day of sophomore year.

Out for a laugh: Mr Price as Patrick Swayze from the movie Ghost and waiting for his son's school bus while sitting on a prop toilet

Imaginative: Mr Price dressed as a surgeon and as Wonder Woman

'You don't want to see your dad dressing up in a wedding dress, waving at you on the bus.'

To his surprise, his classmates looked forward to seeing what eccentric costume his dad might step out in next.



'Most of them like it and we roll down our windows and wave. It's fun,' he said.



Rain, however, is reluctant to share that with his dad.

Props: Mr Price toted a gun dressed as a terrorist, and swords, dressed as a ninja

Have a good day at school! Mr Price as a shirtless firefighter and as Batgirl

'I'm not going to reward him for this. His reward is seeing my embarrassment,' he said.

Mr Price, who refused to wear the same costume twice, admitted he made a big effort to keep up the daily ritual.



He explained: 'No recycling of costumes, that's the rule. I managed to adhere to that and for better for worse, we have some interesting costumes.'

Luckily for Rain, the last day of school came on June 2.



Mr Price waved him off in a pirate costume he had stored from a previous Halloween.

Taking it in stride: Rain Price, 16, said he was in 'shock' the first day his dad stepped out in costume, but his classmates loved seeing what his dad was wearing each day

He hopes his son appreciates his dedication to the daily costume party, which has been chronicled in a photo blog by a nearby relative called Wave At The Bus.

Rain's dad is glad the photos will give him something to look back on and remember.



'I hope this lives with him for the rest of his life,' he said.



'He can use it against his kids and tell them, "If you think you are embarrassed by me, you should have seen your grandfather."'