Pranks you’ll want to pull on April Fools’ Day: ideas that will make your friends and family smile

A cockroach at the entrance

Cockroach prevention that hasn’t seen any in 5 years #livingalone #life #youtubeshorts

When you come home tired from work or school, there’s a cockroach by the entrance! For those who are afraid of insects in general, including cockroaches, this would be an unbearably terrifying sight.

But since it’s a prank, it’s of course not real.

You can use a common toy one, or make one out of origami.

How many you prepare might also be the key.

Sometimes the more there are, the scarier it gets, while other times just one can be extremely effective.

For someone who’s afraid of bugs, be sure to reveal the prank and reassure them that it’s fake.

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SAKI

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A hot Otonamin C prank

A scalding-hot prank with Oronamin C in an inconvenient spot!! [In the Office]

You’d be pretty surprised if a drink left in an inconvenient spot was really hot, right? Especially if it’s a drink you normally think of as cold.

Heat a bottled or canned drink with boiling water and leave it on the desk of the person you want to surprise.

Even after a bit of time passes and it cools down, it’s still hot enough to leave them unsure what to do—and all they can do is laugh.

Fake egg

Unbreakable egg! Prank!

This is a prank using an unbreakable egg.

There are various situations where you can set it up, but the best way is to mix it in with regular eggs and leave it there.

You can buy it at stores that sell novelty items under the name “fake egg,” and I hear the brown ones are recommended over white because the seams are less noticeable and they look more realistic.

Ayumi look-alike video prank

@underplot0903

Saying it was Ayu’s live footage, I ended up showing them a live video of ayu (sweetfish).Prankmischief

♬ Original song – Unrot – Unrot

This is a prank that plays on the fact that Ayumi Hamasaki was affectionately known as “Ayu,” by showing a different “Ayu” and enjoying the reaction.

It’s best to pull on people who watched her in real time; the more excited they are, the bigger the disappointment.

The setup is to say you’re going to show “Ayu’s live footage,” then show a nature video about the fish ayu (sweetfish).

It’s funny because the wording isn’t technically wrong.

Since it’s a pun-based prank, it really tests the strength of the reaction, and it’s likely to make the target squirm.

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Make fast food using confectionery ingredients

April Fools’ Food Prank!

It’s a clever idea that you might not notice unless you look closely: making fast food out of sweets.

In fact, it seems you can recreate all kinds of foods using just snack ingredients.

If you’re aiming for a cute surprise, why not try making something like this, even if it takes a bit of effort?

Switching cream with toothpaste

Prank: Replacing Oreo cream with toothpaste! [Natsuki Tanaka]

It’s a prank where you swap the cream in Oreo cookies with toothpaste.

You can’t tell by looking, so I think anyone would just eat them as usual.

People don’t typically eat a lot of toothpaste, so if you fall for it, it might really get to you.

Saddle Hell

[Prank] A prank where the fridge is stuffed with a ton of bicycle saddles!?

A nonsensical prank where, when you open the fridge, for some reason it’s stuffed full of bicycle saddles.

It looks surreal, but if you opened it without knowing, you’d be genuinely shocked.

There are lots of “massive-quantity” prank series out there, but who would even think of using saddles?