The kids completely light up when a practical joke is played on them. Developmentally, 3-6 year olds love to find things that are not “right”. We have a list of 10 Kids April Fools Pranks – and below are a few of the other pranks we have done on our kids.
Every couple of weeks, we have a Wacky Wednesday. Our day is loosely based on the book by Theo Lesieg. We do a couple of wacky pranks throughout the day and the kids try and find them.
Best Pranks for Kids
Put a sardine (small salted fish) in the door handle of the car – have baby wipes ready to wipe their stinky fingers afterwards. The kids will shriek when they open the car only to have a fish pop out at them!!
Tape a bike horn behind the door, squishy side in – so the door slams into the horn. They will jump when the door “honks” at them.
Do you have clear-ish plastic cups for the kids? Put a couple drops of yellow food dye in the bottom of the cup, then their favorite beverages change colors once the liquid gets in the glass.
Give them a glass of vanilla pudding instead of milk for breakfast. Watch them try and drink it before handing them a spoon…OR Give them “juice” for breakfast that is actually jello – thanks Sarah for the second suggestion.
Balance a cup of water on top of the bathroom door (must open into the bathroom). When someone closes the door, it hits the wall and falls off on them. If you don’t want a wet mess, consider using confetti.
Dip a couple of drops of blue food coloring into the bristles of their tooth brush, as they brush their teeth will turn blue.
Have an Easter egg hunt (even if it’s December), only super glue the eggs closed. Yes, we really did this. Be prepared with real eggs. Our kids were a bit disappointed by this one.
This is a fun simple prank to do with your child. Super glue a quarter to the floor (we used the sidewalk outside our house) and see how many people try to pick it up. If your kids are like mine, they will be standing over the quarter explaining the prank to everyone walking by.
This is a fun birthday prank, or a great “start” to a school break or other fun day. Balloon a door. Once your kids are in bed for the night close the door, put a trashbag over the door – taping it to the jam, fill the gap with balloons – when your kids open the door balloons flood onto them.
Stick a gummy worm into an apple. As they bite down they will get a texture surprise
Fill their shoes with pebbles or beads. I have seen this done with jelly beans too – but I don’t want the kids eating things that had contact with their feet. It is fun to see their surprise as they stuff their feet into their shoes.
Make a special “dessert” lunch. Pound cake Grilled Cheese. Toast slices of pound cake to be the bread and use orange icing as the cheese. You will have some happy kiddos!
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Have you pranked your kids?
What did you do to give them the gift of surprise?? I would love to hear about it in the comments!!
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I love these ideas! So much fun! Last year on the last day of school, some other moms and I sprayed our kids with water guns when they got off the bus. My 7YO still talks about it!
I make meatloaf cupcakes with mashed taters tinted pink for April Fools day. I told them life is short, eat desert first. LOL
I’ve heard the idea to prank our childs.
You wrap the box that contains battery and card. And write this, “toys not included”.
ha ha ha Kaufen
the best one I have done was..
put cereal and milk and spoon in the bowl and then put in the freezer before you go to bed. Set it out for them in the morning. My boys LOVED! it.. then make a new breakfast
Wow! This website is great for when I have sleepovers with my friends. All we do is prank my parents all night. I am only 11 years old but the pranks on here for parents to pull work great too!
My husband and I attacked our kids with newly bought nerf guns as they walked through the door. We placed nerf guns for them just a few feet away from the door.
The best April Fools I ever did for my Four kids was a treasure hunt. The clues were to lead them to the greatest gift known to man. Once they reached the treasure, they opened it to find a mirror and a note explaining they were the greatest gift and I was taking them out for ice cream. It was a great April Fools!
I LOVE these pranks and plan on doing some of these with my cousin for April fools day in 5 days. I CAN’T WAIT to see their faces when they wake up! Here’s another idea: If you get their Favorite teddy bear or stuffed animal then stick it on top of the door in their room when the door is slightly opened. the next morning when the kids open the door, the animal will fall on top of them…. WATCH THEIR FACES! LOL
Or during the day, you could go into the room, place the animal on the door but STAY IN THE ROOM! Call for the person and when the come in the same reaction LOL
Why don,t you do some that the KIDS can USE to PRANK THERE PARENTS.
I so agree with you because i was searching the web and all i found was how parents could prank their children. They SHOULD put how children can prank their parents
I’ll tie a fake spider (or some other furry/ fuzzy thing) to a piece of thread and then thumbtack it to the bottom of a partially open door.. They open the door, the critter runs across their path. Those same critters have also been known to “jump” out of cabinets when cabinet doors are opened..
Another fun, silly thing to do is ambush the kids with “snowballs” when they come into the house. Just use jumbo marshmallows instead of the real thing. You’ll be amazed at how much fun it is, with no harm done..
If you take a rubber band and attach it around the hand sprayer in the kitchen the kids turn on the water and it sprays them. The fun part is they get so frazzled that they can’t figure out all they need to do is turn off the water they keep grabbing the hose. BUT beware, I have done this and forgotten about the hose and went about my morning only to soak myself! It is fun! Especially when everyone wakes up and forgets it’s April fools.
I have put an out of order sign on the bathroom door and they get really mad. I’ve also put a dirty sign on the dish washer when all the dishes were clean.
omg this is the best prank EVER okay. last year i switched the sugar with the salt and last tear my dad took one sip of his coffee and screamed. also i love the water hose one this year me and my brother and sister are doing it to my mom and or dad cant wait
I made jelly (jello) iin plastic beakers with a straw and gave them it to drink with their dinner. The children were thoroughly confused and then delighted and played for ages with the jelly making rude noises with the straws. Best 80p I ever spent, who says money won’t buy happiness? lol. Will be trying some more of these.