Looking for some fun and harmless practical jokes for kids! We have a great list of the most silly practical jokes that kids will get a kick out of! Kids of all ages will be able to have a chuckle and enjoy these super silly practical jokes. Jokes should always be funny, which is why we picked only the best ones to pull on our kids!
Practical Jokes For Kids
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. This post contains affiliate links.
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
1. Silly Sardine Prank
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!!
2. Surprise Horn Prank
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.
3. Color Changing Surprise Prank
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.
4. Breakfast Beverage Prank
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.
5. Bathroom Door Surprise Prank
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.
6. Blue Teeth Prank
Dip a couple of drops of blue food coloring into the bristles of their tooth brush, as they brush their teeth will turn blue.
7. Faux Easter Egg Prank
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.
8. Super Glue Quarter Prank
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.
9. Birthday Balloon Prank
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 trash bag over the door – taping it to the jam, fill the gap with balloons – when your kids open the door balloons flood onto them.
10. Gummy Worm Apple Prank
Stick a gummy worm into an apple. As they bite down they will get a texture surprise.
11. Silly Shoe Prank
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.
12. Delicious Desert Prank
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!!
Buy hamburgers for lunch or supper and remove the meat from each burger before serving. See how lone it takes for the kids to realize there is no meat in the burger. I did this with my kids when they were 10 and 11. As usual, a disagreement broke during the meal. My daughter reached over and pounded her brother’s burger with her fist. When he opened the bun to see why he tasted no meat, he said, “Kim, you squashed the meat out of my hamburger!” I almost never stopped laughing.
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I wish I could play a prank like make my mom’s teeth blue but I would get in trouble. And it was so funny in the Spy Kids 4 deleted scenes, when the teacher turned around they saw a kick me sign on her back and everybody laughed. It was also so funny when Rebecca drew a mustache on the teacher’s photo and everybody laughed again. Finally, it was so funny the way the teacher’s stuff fell on top of her. It is just to funny.
These pranks are super funny. And they remind of Rebecca Wilson from Spy Kids. It was so funny when my mom thought she had lost her keys but I had them. It was also so funny in the hunger games when Rue stole Cato’s knife and then he blamed another tribute for it. It was so funny in Spy Kids 4 when Marissa thought she had the necklace but when danger opened it, he got baby food on his face.
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.
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 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.
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 a rubber band on the hand sprayer as well! my friends and family loved it! LOL!! ( =
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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..
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..