“It’s just a prank, bro!”
If you hear this, the prank went too far.
But you know what won’t go too far? AskReddit. I mean, they can, they are very capable, but not this time around as folks online started asking for pranks that wouldn’t be too elaborate or expensive, yet still funny and harmless for the receiving party, usually a family member, a friend, or a significant other.
And folks delivered, across two whole threads here and here with everything from Chrome extensions to putting up signs to not even pulling a prank at all, just to watch chaos ensue.
Whatever the case, there’s tons of suggestions and you’re more than welcome to partake in April Fools’ this year by scrolling through our curated list below and pulling a prank or two on unsuspecting (or suspecting, some people follow calendars, you know) folks at home, the office, school, or the comment section below!
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I did this one last year. I work at a restaurant. We have these spray bottles with a light pink solution we use to clean tables and such. I went and grabbed a brand new one and filled it with watered down pink lemonade.
I would be cleaning near my co workers , while chatting with them and nonchalantly unscrew the top spray/ trigger piece and just started downing it like I was dying of thirst.
The look of horror on some of their faces was priceless.
Bring a box of creme-filled donuts to work. Regular creme-filled donuts. Put a note on the box that says "Happy April 1!" Watch everyone get paranoid about what you didn't actually do to the donuts.
Here's one my 5 year old daughter pulled on me:
For a few days leading up to the 1st, she was talking about how her and mommy were going to bake me brownies. Totally hyped it up.
I should have seen it coming, but on April Fool's Day, she brings me a plate with a bunch of brown construction paper cut out letter E's.
She made me brown E's.
There are 4 doors to our building and my co-worker put a sign on each one that says "Door broken use other door" with an arrow pointing left.
piece of opaque tape over the lazer on everyones mouse. IT was pretty angry, I need to take that one to the grave with me.
I’m planning on making a little video on Friday of me and my coworkers doing a bunch of April Fool’s office pranks and I’m definitely using this one :)
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change mouse click to left handed and set double tap speed to max. That tape will then be the ultimate false hope.
Yes lol! Switch random letters around on the keyboard! Right click on the desktop and go to “display options” or something and change their screen orientation to upside down! Change the computer language to something foreign!
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Years ago at work, I stuck black paper over a colleagues computer monitor. It was hidden well because she had one of those light difuser things that hung over the screen. It took her hours and a visit from I.T to discover why her monitor wouldn't turn on :D Another time (same colleague) I left a post-it note on her desk with a phone message asking her to please Perry O'Dontell and I left the phone number for a dental place. When she actually called, I could not stop laughing.
When my bud was in tech school, he swapped video cables with the student opposite him on the shared desk. In the early days of IT, computers were slow and it was all text. Text would show up on his screen, he would type the same. After a few times, he would change it ...
Idk why the IT guys got angry, oh mouse isn't moving? *Checks bottom of mouse to see if laser is even if on, finds tape.fixed, we all laugh, and scene.
Exactly. Who wouldn't check it out first themselves before calling in IT?
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Simple, but subtle. Even an advanced user would see it as a system or individual computer problem..."Yes, I rebooted....the cursor still does not work!!!!!"
If I especially liked someone, I'd cover the bottom with a post it and wait for them to figure it out. Then I'd cover it with a post it with a smiley face and also unplug the USB.
And then, I'd throw their monitor out the window, and then.....
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I did this back in 2000 or so, when Mice had the little roller balls. I took the balls from all the mice. My boss was so mad! Hahaha
Haha oh that's a mean 1! Such a dwight/Jim Office thing to do!
They did that to me last year..... Oh year, April 1st... April fools day. I walked out of the office, and called out. You got me, I was paranoid for the rest of the day.
Idk if my mouse won't move one of the first things I do, after cursing it and shaking it like an idiot about 2" about the mousepad, is check the laser because if it's not red that indicates I need new batteries, thus solving the single most common reason the mouse stopped working. Definitely would catch the tape. You know, after shaking it like an idiot first.
Hahahaha! Turned my husband's mouse off so he'd have to flip it over. 20170805_1...f97941.jpg 
I'm a female kindergarten teacher. I wore a mustache all day long and pretended it wasn't there...even with the parents. Everyone got a kick out of it except for one student who cried because I "looked scary."
I worked at a daycare. I had really long hair. I cut it on impulse one night. The next day, three year old Michael refused to come into the room, because he didn't know that strange teacher he'd known his entire life.
Here's what I've got planned: Got the IT guy to give me a broken keyboard. I'm going to take a bunch of chia seeds, plaster them underneath the keys, spend a few days watering it, and then switch it for my coworker's keyboard that morning.
If they use Google Chrome, install the extension "nCage It". It changes EVERY image (including google logo, thumbnails, etc.) into randomly generated pics/gifs of Nicholas Cage.
The best part? There is an option to hide the extension from the task bar. They would actually have to go into their internet options and find it under the "extensions" tab just to turn it off. It's great.
We put googly eyes on everything in the fridge to shock the kids in the morning. We thought it was freakin hilarious and were totally impressed with our cleverness. Our kids were not impressed in the slightest. Not sure they even noticed.... Next year, we made them cereal and milk with a spoon in the bowl and put it in the freezer overnight. When we gave them breakfast, one burst into tears and the other threw it on the floor. Our kids can't hang :(
I like this. Somewhere there will be kids that are really disappointed that their parents don't do anything for April Fools Day. They weren't born on 1st of April were they? Maybe somebody swapped them as a joke.
Put dry macaroni under the toilet seat, so it'll sound like the toilet breaks when someone sits on it.
Put notes on people's cars telling them "sorry about the damage". They will spend forever looking for it.
Nah. No good if you can't see the results. And if you put your contact details on they might find something and expect you to pay.
Take screenshot of desktop.
Remove all icons on desktop.
Close all applications.
Set taskbar to "auto-hide".
Set screenshot as wallpaper.
Result: computer looks just as they left it, but when they try to do anything, it doesn't work.
My favorite I did is to zip tie the cabinets and fridge shut. Then when they go to get the scissors, they find it they are zip tied shut too. Make sure to have an extra pair... I forgot to do that last year and had to buy another one...
okay, the fact that he had to buy another pair is pretty funny..
Open up the spray option on your kitchen sink, aim at face. Gets the wife every year.
Protip: don't forget you did it the night before: I get myself every year as well.
I replaced a picture of one of my friend's family members with a black and white picture of Boris Johnson.
Create scheduled tasks on their computer to play an annoying song, at an annoying time.
We did this to a co-worker. Every day, 1:15, his computer would start to play Nickleback. 3:45, Taylor Swift.
I work in Sales, and it seems like we always have a new guy around April. I like to write down on a post it "Please follow up with Mr. Baer at..." and then the number for the San Francisco zoo.
Move every piece of furniture 2 inches to the right. Subtle but sweet.
Day before April Fools during my highschool years I tell my parents that "school was cancelled". Tomorrow during the middle of the school day I say "April Fools". Oddly enough I wasn't met with the laughs I was expecting.
Freeze mashed potatoes. Scoop frozen mashed onto cones. Serve the kids vanilla ice cream cones for dessert. The look on their faces after they take a big bite is amazing! Cheap, funny and harmless.
if i got mash instead of ice cream someone would go to the er for april 1
Put a picture of Slash from Guns n Roses on a coworker's tires and tell them you slashed their tires
Pulled this on my wife two years ago. I logged into her Facebook and changed her birthday to April 1st.
Wishes came flooding in.
I have a key to the vending machine at work. I've been wanting to buy a bunch of bananas and replace all the chips and candy with them.
A few years ago I bought 200 packets of mayonnaise and hid them all over my boyfriend at the time's room. I tucked them in the pockets of all his clothes, in his board games, behind his wall art- anywhere you could think of there was mayonnaise. He was still finding mayo a couple years later.
At the office, fill a bowl with trail mix, but remove all M&M's and replace with Skittles.
Take off the lid to the shower drain. Shove in a plastic bag with some chocolate milk powder mix in it. Secure the bag with the drain cover and cut off any excess bits of plastic. Wait for sounds of disgust as brown water starts coming up from the drain while they're showering.
My mom used to be a hunt-and-peck typer, so one year I pried all the keys off of her keyboard and re-arranged them in alphabetical order.
She got pretty mad, but she decided that maybe she should learn to type properly, so she did. That prank wouldn't work today.
Got this from Rooster Teeth years ago, but it works wonders. Get a group of friends together and start texting a specific person with everything in 'quotes.' Don't say any about, don't even acknowledge it. Then the next day suddenly stop.
Replace their Purell with Lube. Watch them rub their hands together forever. The lube washes off harmlessly, the shame never will.
As long as it's a specific person's sanitizer that you know, not general use... There are people out there allergic to some lubes
Paint all the bars of soap with clear nail polish.
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Put bubble wrap under the rug and watch the reaction of someone walking on it. Hilarious.
Those snappers they sell around the 4th of July are also great to put under a rug!!!
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I work at an auto dealer and we sell blinker fluid for one day out of the year.
Go to the O'Reilly Auto Parts web page and do a search for part number 121G. You can thank me later.
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Then prank them with all of these first, Home Alone style, so they couldn't copycat you.
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The local radio station announced that the phone company was going to blow out the phone lines with compressed air to get rid of dust that was causing static on the line. They advised people in town to put their phones in a bag for the day.
One time we plastic wrapped our co worker's cubicle door and filled the cubicle with foam peanuts. He walked in, said "I'm not cleaning that up" and went home for the day.
I only play pranks on my cats. Loosely tying a ribbon to one of their tails while they sleep. Hiding treats in weird places. Putting down the lid flaps on a box they're in and then being right in their face when they pop up. Poking them when they're mid butt wiggle and watching as they almost hit the ceiling. Throwing a light blanket over them when they're being crazy and then making them into a purrito with the blanket. I taught them to play tag too so that makes for some good times. If one of us falls down then we all pile on them and it's just too cute rolling around on the floor with them. My dog is less fun to prank. She might get upset. So sometimes I stick my finger in her ear while she's sleeping. Then she flips out and starts twirling all over the couch until I give her a doggy donut. Pets are better than peoples. :)
So it is ok to torture your cats and upset them but heaven forbid if you upset the dog. Wow you are a piece of work. Even if loosely tying as you say will still terrify a cat and is NOT ok
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I'm a retired cab driver and I used to take one of my brothers blind canes to work on april first
I'm horrible. I once was in a conference very near my sister's college. So of course on my lunch break I proceeded to her campus, located her car and then made two changes to it. I left a note saying that I had made three. I am not sorry. I love you, Jessica!
Make up a story about what happened to the guy he is replacing. Maybe get a bunch of frames and coat the office with pictures of "the late lamented Bob, who was so wonderful and smart and generous etc" and end with "I can't believe he committed suicide in (your) office"
Load More Replies... My brother broke my phone case a while ago. He refused to pay it back. I put a pair of our 6 year old brother’s carton underwear in his computer for school. He opened it up in class, and there was some Spider-Man underwear for all the world to see 😂
My mom never checks her Alexa app so she never really knows when I mess with the alarm. Just finished setting it to play Shake It Off by Taylor Swift at 4:01 a.m, feeling good 👍
(at top volume, which admittedly isn't saying much cause her Alexa is old but whatever. it'll work.)
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Put some Merenda with your fingers on the walls of the toilet. Then call coworkers to ask who did this. In front of them, take a little with your fingers to .... taste it, then say " Whow, it's delicious!!!!!
Take plastic wrap and put it over anything. The floor so it sticks to bare feet, a doorway so someone might walk into it, a toilet, a bed/couch/chair
Chocolate-covered cotton balls. Chocolate-covered baby onions. Fill all their desk drawers with packing peanuts (nice, static-y clingy ones for bonus points). Leave a water-filled condom on their chair. Jalapeno-laced candied cherries. Fasten a walkie-talkie (volume maxed out) under their chair; occasionally make rude noises (esp. farts) into the other (again, bonus points if others present).
Put bubble wrap under the rug and watch the reaction of someone walking on it. Hilarious.
Those snappers they sell around the 4th of July are also great to put under a rug!!!
Load More Replies... I work at an auto dealer and we sell blinker fluid for one day out of the year.
Go to the O'Reilly Auto Parts web page and do a search for part number 121G. You can thank me later.
Load More Replies... Then prank them with all of these first, Home Alone style, so they couldn't copycat you.
Load More Replies... The local radio station announced that the phone company was going to blow out the phone lines with compressed air to get rid of dust that was causing static on the line. They advised people in town to put their phones in a bag for the day.
One time we plastic wrapped our co worker's cubicle door and filled the cubicle with foam peanuts. He walked in, said "I'm not cleaning that up" and went home for the day.
I only play pranks on my cats. Loosely tying a ribbon to one of their tails while they sleep. Hiding treats in weird places. Putting down the lid flaps on a box they're in and then being right in their face when they pop up. Poking them when they're mid butt wiggle and watching as they almost hit the ceiling. Throwing a light blanket over them when they're being crazy and then making them into a purrito with the blanket. I taught them to play tag too so that makes for some good times. If one of us falls down then we all pile on them and it's just too cute rolling around on the floor with them. My dog is less fun to prank. She might get upset. So sometimes I stick my finger in her ear while she's sleeping. Then she flips out and starts twirling all over the couch until I give her a doggy donut. Pets are better than peoples. :)
So it is ok to torture your cats and upset them but heaven forbid if you upset the dog. Wow you are a piece of work. Even if loosely tying as you say will still terrify a cat and is NOT ok
Load More Replies... I'm a retired cab driver and I used to take one of my brothers blind canes to work on april first
I'm horrible. I once was in a conference very near my sister's college. So of course on my lunch break I proceeded to her campus, located her car and then made two changes to it. I left a note saying that I had made three. I am not sorry. I love you, Jessica!
Make up a story about what happened to the guy he is replacing. Maybe get a bunch of frames and coat the office with pictures of "the late lamented Bob, who was so wonderful and smart and generous etc" and end with "I can't believe he committed suicide in (your) office"
Load More Replies... My brother broke my phone case a while ago. He refused to pay it back. I put a pair of our 6 year old brother’s carton underwear in his computer for school. He opened it up in class, and there was some Spider-Man underwear for all the world to see 😂
My mom never checks her Alexa app so she never really knows when I mess with the alarm. Just finished setting it to play Shake It Off by Taylor Swift at 4:01 a.m, feeling good 👍
(at top volume, which admittedly isn't saying much cause her Alexa is old but whatever. it'll work.)
Load More Replies... Put some Merenda with your fingers on the walls of the toilet. Then call coworkers to ask who did this. In front of them, take a little with your fingers to .... taste it, then say " Whow, it's delicious!!!!!
Take plastic wrap and put it over anything. The floor so it sticks to bare feet, a doorway so someone might walk into it, a toilet, a bed/couch/chair
Chocolate-covered cotton balls. Chocolate-covered baby onions. Fill all their desk drawers with packing peanuts (nice, static-y clingy ones for bonus points). Leave a water-filled condom on their chair. Jalapeno-laced candied cherries. Fasten a walkie-talkie (volume maxed out) under their chair; occasionally make rude noises (esp. farts) into the other (again, bonus points if others present).
