55 Best April Fools’ Pranks to Try This Year

April Fools’ Day, also known as All Fools’ Day, is an annual celebration observed on April 1st. It is a day filled with jokes, pranks, and hoaxes, with people playing practical jokes on each other. Although the origins of the holiday are not entirely clear, it is believed to have started in the 16th century.

One popular theory is that April Fools’ Day began as a way to mock the changes in the calendar made by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. The new Gregorian calendar replaced the old Julian calendar, and some people continued to celebrate the new year on April 1st instead of January 1st. These people were often mocked by those who had switched to the new calendar, and the tradition of playing pranks on April 1st may have started as a way to make fun of these holdouts.

Regardless of its origins, April Fools’ Day is now celebrated around the world, with people playing pranks on each other both in person and online.

Some of the most popular April Fools’ Day pranks include:

1. Cover the bottom of someone’s computer mouse with tape, so it won’t work.
2. Set all the clocks in your house forward by an hour, so everyone is early for everything.
3. Switch the salt and sugar in someone’s kitchen.
4. Put a fake spider or bug in someone’s bed.
5. Create a fake parking ticket and leave it on someone’s car.
6. Replace someone’s regular shampoo with hair dye.
7. Switch the labels on the cans in someone’s pantry, so they’ll get a surprise when they open them.
8. Tape down the sprayer on someone’s kitchen sink, so it sprays them when they turn on the water.
9. Fill someone’s office or cubicle with balloons.
10. Put a whoopee cushion on someone’s chair.
11. Create a fake spider web in someone’s doorway.
12. Put a piece of tape over the sensor on someone’s computer mouse.
13. Swap the signs on the men’s and women’s restrooms.
14. Put a fake spider in a lampshade, so it casts creepy shadows on the walls.
15. Put a piece of tape over the earpiece on someone’s phone, so they can’t hear anyone.
16. Create a fake scratch-off lottery ticket, and give it to someone as a gift.
17. Put a fake parking ticket on someone’s car, even though they’re parked legally.
18. Fill someone’s office with balloons.
19. Put a fake mouse in someone’s desk drawer.
20. Switch the buttons on someone’s keyboard.
21. Put a fake spider in someone’s shower.
22. Put a piece of tape over the sensor on someone’s TV remote.
23. Replace the cream in someone’s Oreo cookies with toothpaste.
24. Create a fake job posting and leave it on someone’s desk.
25. Swap the contents of two different food containers in someone’s lunchbox.
26. Replace someone’s regular toothpaste with mayonnaise.
27. Switch the contents of two different spice bottles in someone’s kitchen.
28. Put a fake spider in someone’s hairbrush.
29. Put a piece of tape over the sensor on someone’s game console controller.
30. Replace the filling in someone’s donut with mayonnaise.
31. Changing the time on someone’s clock or watch so that they are late for an appointment
32. Putting a whoopee cushion on someone’s chair
33. Sending a fake email or text message
34. Putting a fake spider or other creepy-crawly in someone’s desk drawer
35. Telling a convincing lie and seeing how long it takes for the other person to realize it’s not true
36. Fake food – serving food that looks like something else, such as cupcakes that look like hamburgers, or mashed potatoes that look like ice cream sundaes.
37. Office pranks – this could be anything from putting up fake “Out of Order” signs on the office restroom doors, or switching the letters on someone’s keyboard.
38. Fake news – creating a fake news article or headline that is so convincing that people believe it is true.
39. Phone pranks – calling someone and pretending to be someone else, or leaving a fake voicemail message.
40. Fake products – creating fake products or labels, such as a label for a “DIY instant watermelon” that is really just a picture of a watermelon slice.
41. Prank emails – sending a fake email from a friend or colleague, or sending a message to a large group of people, pretending to be someone else.
42. Fake lottery ticket – creating a fake lottery ticket and giving it to someone as a joke.
43. Fake parking ticket – creating a fake parking ticket and leaving it on someone’s car.
44. Fake spider – placing a fake spider in someone’s bed, desk drawer, or other unsuspecting location.
45. Fake power outage – turning off the lights and pretending there is a power outage.
46. Surprise breakfast: Wake up your family or roommates with a surprise breakfast, but instead of food, serve them a plate of plastic food toys.
47. Fake spider: Place a fake spider in a coworker’s desk drawer or on someone’s chair to give them a harmless scare.
48. Toothpaste Oreos: Swap the cream filling of Oreos with toothpaste and leave them out for your family or friends to find.
49. Fake lottery ticket: Give someone a fake lottery ticket and watch their reaction when they realize they haven’t actually won.
50. Invisible ink: Write a funny message on a piece of paper using invisible ink and leave it for someone to discover.
51. Fake phone call: Pretend to take an important phone call in public, but speak in a funny accent or make up a ridiculous conversation.
52. Upside-down room: Turn everything in a room upside-down and watch the confusion on your family or friend’s faces.
53. Fake spilled drink: Make a fake spill on someone’s shirt using ketchup or chocolate syrup, and watch their reaction when they realize it’s not real.
54. Confetti surprise: Fill a friend’s car or office with confetti for a fun surprise.
55. Plastic wrap prank: Cover the doorway of a room with plastic wrap, and watch someone walk into it unsuspectingly.

Of course, it’s important to remember that April Fools’ Day should be fun and harmless. Playing pranks that could hurt someone or damage property is not in the spirit of the holiday. It’s also a good idea to make sure that the person you are pranking has a good sense of humor and won’t be upset by your joke.

Also Read: The Origins of April Fools’ Day

In conclusion, April Fools’ Day is a fun and lighthearted holiday that has been celebrated for centuries. It’s a great opportunity to play some harmless pranks on your friends and family, but it’s important to remember to keep things light and fun. So go ahead and get creative with your pranks this year, but remember to be kind and respectful to others while you’re at it!