April Fool’s Day Pranks
Sleep Walker?
Here’s one for parents to play on kids who are sound sleepers: In the middle of the night, pick them up and move them to another room. When they wake up, they’ll be pretty confused.
Cold, Hard Cash
Stick a bunch of pennies at the foot of the beds of family members. When they put their feet under the covers, they’ll get a cold surprise!
Money Madness
Here’s another money-related prank that will work best on kids. Tie or tape a string, length of floss or fishing line to a dollar bill. Leave the bill on the floor, and when someone goes to pick it up, pull the string! It’s an oldie but goodie.
Dressed for Success
If you still lay out your clothes for your kids in the morning try this one: Sew together the armholes of shirts, or cut the toes out of socks. Of course, this is a better idea if the clothes aren’t new. Might work for husbands, also.
Wake-up Call
If April 1 falls on a weekend, wake your kids up like you would on a school day and go through the whole routine of getting ready for school. Start driving them to school before you announce that it’s Saturday (or Sunday) and it’s April Fool’s. If April 1 is on a weekday, you can still have some fun: Change all the clocks and get the kids up a couple of hours early. Rush around.
I Can’t Find It!
If you’re a teacher who makes up word scrambles or word hunts for your class or school, make a special April 1 edition. What you know and they don’t is that this time, the words aren’t really in there!
Bonkers Breakfast
Serve your family up a breakfast in which everything is messed up: frozen cereal milk, vinegar instead of apple juice, paper cooked into the middle of pancakes, etc.
Message Mixup
On April 1, change your outgoing voicemail message to sound like you’ve really answered the phone. As in, “Hello? Hello?” Follow up with a wish for a happy April Fool’s Day.
On Thin Ice
If you have an icemaker in your refrigerator, put some candies (such as M & Ms or jellybeans) in it so they’ll come out instead of ice, surprising the drink-seeker.
Super Soaker
If your kitchen sink has a sprayer nozzle, secretly secure it in the “on” position with a strong rubber band. Ask someone to go get you a drink (to be safe, you want to make sure they aren’t going for the hot water.) When they turn on the tap, they’ll likely get soaked!