Pranks you can do easily! A roundup of hilarious ideas
Want to surprise your friends and family?
Here are some easy pranks anyone can pull off!
We’ve gathered pranks you can do using things around the house and simple jump-scare tricks you can pull off with just yourself, so these ideas are perfect for when you want to do something “right now!”
Browse lots of curiosity-sparking ideas and start planning how to amaze everyone!
Be sure to choose the right person and timing, and after the reveal, aim for a laugh that everyone can share!
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Pranks You Can Do Easily! A Collection of Hilarious Ideas (1–10)
There is a person under the desk.
If you’re looking for an easy prank to pull at the office, here’s a recommendation: hide under someone’s desk.
When your target arrives at work as usual and gets to their desk… they might be so shocked that they can’t help but shout, “There’s someone under my desk!!” It’s a really simple prank, but since it’s right after they’ve come in and their head’s still a bit foggy—and no one expects that kind of prank in an office—it’ll probably succeed with a high likelihood.
A voice that only one person can hear
A spiritual jump scare that anyone skittish is guaranteed to fall for: a voice that only one person can hear! Setting it up might be a lot of work, but watching the target get spooked when they hear it would be really entertaining.
Since the premise is that only one person can hear it, make sure you absolutely keep pretending you can’t hear anything! It’s a prank where acting skills are really important, too!
wake-up eyelid tape
It’s a prank where you stick tape on a sleeping target’s eyelids.
All you need is tape, so it’s super easy.
The trick is simply to put the tape on without waking them up! Since everyone feels groggy right after waking, they’re surprisingly easy to fool.
Give it a try at a sleepover!
Easy Pranks You Can Do! A Collection of Hilarious Ideas (11–20)
Pranks with glue
You see a 100-yen coin on the ground and go to pick it up, but no matter what you do it won’t come off the pavement! Then you realize it’s been glued down—an old classic prank.
There seem to be many variations on this idea, too, like when your phone rings and you try to grab it off the desk…
only to find it’s stuck.
The combinations are endless.
Coffee has spilled on something important.
If, the moment you look away, you find coffee spilled on something important—your smartphone or game console—would you scream, or be so shocked you’re left speechless? This prank uses a novelty item that looks like spilled coffee to surprise someone.
It has a texture just like real coffee, and if you place an empty can of coffee next to it, the setup is complete! Try sticking it on something that absolutely shouldn’t get wet!
Make them eat butter while pretending it’s ice cream.
Ice cream on a stick—most households keep some stocked, right? These days, there are new releases, limited-time items, and convenience-store exclusives available year-round.
Let’s pull a little prank with one of those ice creams.
The trick is to swap the ice cream for butter as-is! If someone bites into straight butter…
not only does it not melt like ice cream, it’s overwhelmingly rich—their reaction would be priceless.
Butter is pricey, so it turns into a slightly luxurious prank, though (lol).
being surrounded by mannequins
Preparation is simple: quietly approach the sleeping target and surround them from pillow to feet with mannequin heads.
Then just wait for them to wake up! First they’ll be startled from fear, and then they’ll be baffled, thinking, “What on earth is going on…?” This prank takes advantage of the grogginess right after waking to deliver both a scare and a sense of strangeness.
By the way, you can buy mannequins online, or if you know a hairstylist or have a friend attending beauty school, they might be able to give you mannequins they no longer use.