April Fool's Day

April Fool’s Day is a day dedicated to hoaxes, pranks, gags and all kind of practical jokes. Public hoaxes by the different media or private practical jokes between friend and family. In this page we gathered few ideas of pranks you can pull out with no special equipment or items.

April Fool’s Day Pranks Ideas

At your own risk...

Sneeze Spray Prank
Pour water in your hand, make a sneezing noise then throw water on back of a person’s neck. Best not to use this one on strangers, you may get punched.

The Walnut Prank
Take a walnut and crack along the central seam. Then put in different stuffing for the walnuts. Then superglue the two halves back together with one of the following in the middle:
           
*Almonds - This will confuse the subject

*Put one with a note that says “I am a walnut picker in the jungle and I am being held against my will. Please save me”

*Fill the shell with corn starch. When the victim cracks the nut, it explodes in a white cloud.

*Put a small toy inside a shell.

You may want to make a couple extra and drop them into the bulk bin at the local supermarket.

Sudsy Car wash
Somebody just about to wash the car? Unscrew the garden hose from the spicket. Pour in a container of biodegradable dish soap into the hose. Screw the hose back on and enjoy.

Worms in the Lunch Prank
Take some gummy worms and hide some in somebody’s lunch.

Fake Fly Prank
You can buy fake flies or bugs at the joke shop. Put a couple in the salad.

Don’t Eat my Spicy Cookies Prank
Make some cookies with bastard hot chilies. Put the cookies out but put a sign up that says “Do Not Eat - Very Hot”.

Change the labels on the Cans Prank
Carefully slice off the labels with a sharp knife off two cans that are the same size. Then mix all the labels up and glue them back on to the cans. Replace the cans on the shelf.

The Endless Groceries Prank
Next time you are at the supermarket buy the same kind of food that your target eat-lots of it. Every time they use that food quickly replace the item when they are not looking. After a week  they will begin to be confused by their endless food supply. This works with any consumable product - laundry soap, shampoo etc.

Short Sheet a Bed Trick
Just tuck in the bed sheets about a foot shorter than normal. Make sure you do it good and snug.

Egg Boil Trick
Sneakily get the eggs from someone’s refrigerator and hard-boil them all. Then put them back where you found them.

The Hidden Snake
All you need is a rubber snake and some fishing line. Tie the fishing line around the snake and then attach the other end of the line to the inside of a cupboard or anything that opens and closes. Set it up so that when they open the door/cupboard the snake will jump out when they do. This is a totally easy prank to pull off.

Snakes in the Cookie Jar Prank
You know those spring snakes that pop out of can. Their effect is magnified when people are sneaking around grabbing food they shouldn’t be touching. Works well in a lunch box.

Chocolate Pudding in your Pants Prank
This one is a little gross but still funny. Put some chocolate pudding in a plastic bag. Stick that bag in your pants. Complain that your bum is itchy, stick your hand in the pudding bag, pull it out and look disgusted and embarrassed then lick it off your hands.

Chocolate Bar in the Pool
Drop a candy bar in the pool. Make sure other people see it floating. Be the hero and get the bar out of the pool. Then grab it and take a big bite.

I am Growing or Shrinking Prank
If you can get the exact same clothes as they are wearing and get them a size smaller or bigger, well you can figure out the rest.

Why is My Stuff in Here?
Every day take a small object from one room and place it in a different room. Repeat until room is empty.

Change the Present Prank
If you have a relative that is getting on in years this is what you do. Intercept the present from the older one to the target and carefully unwrap the present. Put the present aside and wrap up something really obscure like empty soda cans or an old phone book. Put the to/from tag back on the package and place back under tree.

Change the Present Prank #2
If you get a present - carefully unwrap it and put in another present. Then carefully wrap up the new present the way it was. Put the tag and ribbon back and place under the tree. Make sure you open the "New" present in front of the giver. When you pull it out act like you are faking happiness with your new present. This will confuse the givers immensely.

Over Wrapping Trick
Just keep wrapping and wrapping and wrapping. Use old pieces of wrapping paper so that you don't turn into an environmental abuser.

Combine the Lousy Chocolates Prank
You know when you get a box of chocolates it always seems like you eat all the good ones first and there is always the weird ones left over. When you have a couple of boxes full of lousy candies - combine them to make a new present. Then watch them use the index to try and find the good chocolates.  

Picking Names Prank
When you play Secret Santa and put all the names in a hat. Just put your name on all the tags.

Double Surprise Party
If you want to plan a surprise party make up a date for a regular birthday party the week after you want to do the surprise. Then you can get a list of people that the target wants invited to the party except that it is now a surprise party - a week early. Works like a charm.

Three Way Calling
Using three way calling see if you can hook up two people who don't know each other.  A confused conversation should go something like this,  "Who is this?", "Who is this?", "Why did you call me?", "Call you? You called me!"...

Short Sheet
Take the top sheet off the victim’s bed, and tuck the bottom end under the top end of the mattress. Pull it down and then fold it back up so that the top end is where it would be if the bed was made normally. Replace the pillow, blanket, etc., and make up the bed like it was before. When the victim gets into bed, they’ll be surprised when they can’t slide their feet all the way down to the bottom of the bed...

Confetti Shower
Put some confetti into someone's umbrella, close it and wait for the victim to open it.

Sewed Sleeves
Sew someone’s coat Sleeves together so they can’t get their hands through. Or go through their underwear drawer and sew the legs of all their underwear togther.

Computer Pranks and Parctical Jokes

Auto Incorrect
go into the victim’s computer and change the auto-correct feature so it misspells common words. Just open Word, choose “AutoCorrect Options” from the Tools menu, and have it replace common words like “the” and “and” with rare long funny words or with creative statements regarding the victim nasty habits...

Lost Buttons
Go to Start->Settings->Control Panel and find the option for your Mouse. On the Buttons tab, change the buttons configuration to switch the primary and secondary buttons of the mouse. Now when the victim clicks with the mouse, nothing will work as expected.

Home Sweet Home
Change the victim’s homepage to something unexpected. Open their browser and choose Tools->Options and enter the URL for a new page.

Secret Message
Change their Screen Saver to the “Marquee” setting. Go to Start->Settings->Control Panel->Display and choose the Screen Saver tab. Then select “Marquee” from the drop down list. Click “Settings” and enter the message of your choice. Then set the “Wait” time to 1 minute.

Mouse Trap
Take a Post-It note and place it over the eye of the victim’s optical mouse. When the victim tries to use his or her computer, the cursor won’t move. Be sure to write “April Fools!” on the note! (Note if they have a standard mouse, you can perform the same trick by taping a piece of paper over the ball underneath the mouse.)

Tired Mouse
Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Mouse > Pointer Options, and change the mouse pointer to the slowest speed.

Right is Wrong
Also in the mouse setting dialog, change the mouse to left handed configuration. Mouse left and right buttons function will be swapped

Why Is It Taking So Long?
Another great mouse prank awaits you in the Control Panel. Under the Mouse settings Pointer tab, change the default mouse pointer to the hourglass. Suddenly, the system is always busy working! What’s going on?!

It's not me!
When your victim is away from his or her desk, do a Google-search for something embarrassing and leave the results displayed on the desktop for all to see

You've Got Mail
Change the victim’s e-mail alert sound to something annoying and turn the volume up really loud on your victim’s computer. Then send them an e-mail

Speakers Swap
Plug a near by computer speakers to your computer. Play any sound whenever you like and the victim will assume his computer is responsible for that

Screen Rotate
A simple but quick and always amusing prank is putting the screen rotation hotkeys to uses Microsoft never intended. Just run by a co-worker’s desk, reach over and hit Ctrl-Alt-up or down to rotate their monitor orientation. If you have some alone time, you can one-up it by also going into the Control Panel and setting their mouse to left-handed. They’ll spend 10 minutes with their head tilted sideways trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

Links

April Fool's Day in Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia

Do not try this at home blog

Best pranks on Video