Pranks you’ll want to pull on April Fools’ Day: ideas that will make your friends and family smile
As April 1st, April Fools’ Day, comes around each year, don’t you get the itch to wow your friends and family with a big surprise? April Fools’ is the perfect day to have fun with humor-packed pranks.
But choosing the right gag can be tough—go too far and it gets awkward, stick to the usual and it feels stale.
In this article, we’ll introduce a bunch of prank ideas that are perfect for April Fools’ and guaranteed to make you laugh.
We’ve gathered ideas that everyone can enjoy—so both the pranksters and the pranked end up smiling.
Find your favorites and give them a try!
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Pranks to pull on April Fools’ Day: ideas that will make friends and family smile (51–60)
Water prank on a sleeping face

It’s a prank where you wake someone up by splashing water on their face while they’re sleeping.
All you need is water, so it’s easy to pull off.
Even people who are hard to wake up will almost certainly wake up if you do this.
Try it on a friend who often dozes off.
early-morning bazooka

Early-morning bazooka, also known as wake-up bazooka.
It’s very straightforward: you fire a bazooka at someone who’s sleeping.
It should give your target a surprise worthy of kicking off April Fool’s Day.
Be careful with the amount of gunpowder.
Pretending to splash water prank

A prank where you pretend to splash water is a fun little surprise, isn’t it? The trick is to make it look like you’re pouring water from a plastic bottle into what seems to be a paper cup.
Don’t forget to adjust the amount of water to make the sound realistic.
If you move quickly, it’ll be even more convincing.
The key is to strike when the other person’s guard is down.
It’s sure to be a heartwarming prank you can enjoy with family and friends.
Why not give it a try on April Fools’ Day? It’ll surely become a wonderful memory full of smiles!
Infinite Shampoo

This is a prank where, while someone is rinsing out their shampoo, you keep pouring more shampoo onto their head so the suds never rinse away.
Many people have probably seen it on TV shows or video sites.
It’s a classic prank, but if you pull it off well, it can really get everyone excited.
Infinite Tissues

It’s a prank where you stick all the tissues in a box together with adhesive so they form a single connected sheet.
It takes a bit of time to prepare, but since it looks just like a normal box of tissues, you can almost certainly fool someone.
If they spill water or something, they’ll rush to use the tissues, making it easy to pull off smoothly.


