Serve a dessert grilled cheese
Your kids won’t be mad at you for pranking them when they realize they now get to eat poundcake and frosting.
A mashed potato sundae also makes for quite the surprise
Act like the coolest parent ever and tell your kids you’ll be serving sundaes for dinner, that way when they realize their sundae is actually mashed potatoes and gravy, it can be their dinner.
Affix a party popper to your kid’s bedroom door
The best part of this prank? It will wake your sleepy kid up…and fast.
Tape an air horn to the wall next to the door
When the door handle hits the horn your kids will jump. You might too!
Change the settings on your kid’s mouse or trackpad
In your computer’s settings you can make it so that the cursor goes in the opposite direction than it normally does.
Freeze your kid’s morning cereal
Put a bowl of your kid’s favorite cereal and milk in the freezer overnight, then watch in the morning as your unsuspecting kid clanks a spoon against the frozen milk.
If you’re feeling really ambitious you can try this outrageous prank
Just don’t expect help cleaning up the mess, especially not from your startled kids!
Block the spout of your kid’s shampoo bottle
Unscrew the cap, cover the top with saran wrap, then screw the cap back on and cut off the excess.
Cover the remote sensor with a piece of tape
Try not to laugh as your kid tries over and over to turn on the TV.
Confuse your kid on the ride to school
Put a few dye pellets under the cap of your faucet
Unscrew the cap to the faucet, put a pellet from an Easter egg kit under it, then screw the cap back on. This will make colored water come out of the faucet.
Make candied apples with onions
Your kids will find this one hilarious…in a decade or two.
Paint a bar of soap with finger nail polish and leave it in the shower
The soap won’t lather, which should give your kids fits as they try to get ready.
Pack a surprising lunch
Make your kid think the principal called
Use your best acting skills as you tell your worried kid the principal’s laundry list of complaints.
Put a twist on a sunny-side-up egg
A halved peach in yogurt not only looks like an egg, but also makes a delicious breakfast.
Replace Cheetos with carrot slices
Open the bag from the bottom, swap the Cheetos for carrot slices, then glue it back together. Your kid shouldn’t mind, after all, they’re both orange, right?
Tell your kid your bought them an iPad
“I’m sorry, sweetie, did I say iPad? I meant I bought you an eye pad.”
Put a “For Sale” sign in your front yard
Want to take this prank to the next level? When your kid asks where you’re moving to say, “Alaska.”
Serve up a glass of juice that is really Jell-o
That first sip will be classic.
Sew one of your kid’s socks closed halfway down
If you’re the sewing type this prank will leave you in stitches.
Take a screencap of the desk top on your kid’s iPad or computer and leave it up full screen
Your kid will be stumped why nothing happens when they touch or click on the icons.
Squeeze a few drops of dye into the bottom of your kid’s bowl, then cover it with cereal
When your kid pours the milk it will change colors as it rises to the top.
Pick up your kids from school wearing a funny wig
When your kids asks about it tell them you went to the hairdresser while they were at school.
Stuff toilet paper into the toe of your kid’s shoes
This is especially fun if you casually mention to your kid first thing in the morning that their feet look bigger.
Super glue a couple coins to the ground outside
Stick a helium balloon in the toilet and close the lid
When your kid lifts the lid in the morning the balloon will float out and startle them. For extra fun you could even write “April Fools!” on it.
Switch the bags inside two boxes of cereal
This is especially funny if you switch your kid’s sweet cereal with dad’s bran flakes.
Tell your kids you’ve baked them a pan of brownies
Be sure to have your camera ready to catch the moment when your kid pulls back the tin foil to find brown Es instead of the expected chocolate goodness.
Stick googly eyes on the food in your refrigerator
When your kids are sleeping switch them into each other’s bed
Waking up in their sibling’s room is a hilarious way to start April Fools’ Day.