By Rhona Shennan - National World
While some of us don’t need an excuse to play a prank on our families and friends, 1 April is the only time where you’re not only allowed to cause mischief, you’re practically encouraged to!
If you’re not sure where to begin, here are some great April Fools Day pranks to get the creative juices flowing.
Chocolate Brussels sprouts
This is a very low effort but high reward prank - get your hands on some Brussels sprouts and roll them in some melted chocolate. Leave to harden and then you can take them into the office or leave them in your house for your family or flatmates to find, with a note that says “help yourself!”
Hopefully they’ll have forgotten that it’s April Fool’s Day and take a big bite out of what is bound to be a pretty disgusting creation.
Fake birthday
If you’re able to get a hold of a family member or friend’s Facebook account, change their date of birth to 1 April and watch as the birthday messages roll in.
Your victim will be confused at first and will have to shamefacedly make the “thanks for the birthday wishes, but today isn’t actually my birthday…” post.
Frozen cereal
If you’re usually in charge of sorting out breakfast in the morning for someone else, like your kids or your partner, try out this frozen cereal prank.
All you need to do is, the night before April Fools Day, place a bowl of cereal with milk in the freezer (with or without a spoon) and in the morning have it set up ready for your unsuspecting victim to either dig into a frozen plate of cereal - or lift up the entire bowl with the spoon.
Jelly juice
If you want to add insult to injury with the frozen breakfast prank, switch out your target drink with that of a cup or mug of jelly.
Make sure the jelly is the right colour, so orange if you’re swapping it out for orange juice, brown if you’re swapping it out for coffee etc. The person getting pranked will be very confused when they go to take a drink and nothing moves!
Use the other door
If you’re in the office this year for April Fool’s Day and a harmless prank won’t immediately lead you to getting fired, you should definitely try out this prank - all you need to do is print out a sign that says “Please Use The Other Door” and stick them up on all the entrances.
This prank is even better if your workplace only actually has one entrance door.
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