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When you think of pranks, many involve setting up elaborate tricks and staging performances to surprise the target, right?
It’s exciting when all that hard preparation pays off, and it can really liven things up.
But how about trying pranks more easily using gag items?
When it comes to prank gadgets, shock pens that give a little static zap are well-known, but there are all sorts of other items on the market too!
In this article, we’ll introduce a bunch of prank items that let you easily surprise your target with just the gadget itself.
Pick up the ones that interest you and go surprise everyone!
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[Shocking!] Prank Items That Will Definitely Surprise You in a Prank (1–10)
Potato Chips Surprise Box
A prank where, when you’re offered potato chips and open the lid to eat them, some unidentifiable object sproings out.
It’s the classic jack-in-the-box type of trick, except it’s not a box—because it’s a snack container, you’d open it without a second thought, right? And it looks like one of those common overseas-style potato chip packages that makes you want to try them.
What’s more surprising is that this item is from a 100-yen shop.
It’s an easy prank that kids can enjoy too, but make sure you prepare real potato chips as well! (lol)
A nail piercing the finger
A prank that looks painfully real: a nail stuck in your finger.
It’s a finger ring-style gimmick with the nail split into top and bottom pieces, so at a glance it looks like a real nail is piercing straight through your finger.
Even when you know it’s a prank, it still gives you the creeps.
And people who don’t know will be even more shocked! It’s perfect to use when you’re conveniently doing some task with nails—makes it less suspicious, too (lol).
spill notes
A practical prank item: the Spill Memo.
It’s a notepad designed to look like spilled liquid.
Tip over an empty drink container or cup and place this memo underneath, and it looks like the contents have leaked out.
If you look closely you’ll realize it’s paper, but at a glance it has a real impact and can really startle people.
Imagine seeing this next to a computer or paperwork on an office desk—you’d be pretty shocked, right? It comes in variations like white and colors that resemble coffee.
Since it’s a memo, you can use it as a little surprise while leaving a note (lol).
electric pen
This shock pen has become a classic prank item.
When you hold it and click the top like a ballpoint pen, a jolt runs through the finger you pressed with.
It’s a common prank, but since it’s something people use without suspicion, it’s easy to set up.
Strangely, some people don’t feel the shock at all, which is surprising.
It’s easy to get from online shops or variety stores, and just leaving it on a desk lets you enjoy an easy prank at work or school.
banknote shredder
There are magic tricks with banknotes where they suddenly vanish and give you a fright, but this prank item doesn’t make the bill disappear—instead, it shreds it to pieces right before your eyes.
Disguised as a piggy bank for bills, you slide a banknote in from the top and it glides smoothly inside.
But in the window below, you can see the bill being torn to shreds…
Surprise! It isn’t a piggy bank at all—it’s a shredder.
If you saw that happen—especially with a high-denomination bill—you’d be plunged into pure despair.
smoking tobacco
If someone who doesn’t smoke suddenly had someone right next to them exhale a puff of smoke and start smoking, you’d be shocked, right? There’s a prank item that makes that kind of surprise easy: the “smoking cigarette.” It looks like a lit cigarette, and when you pretend to take a drag and blow, white smoke billows out from the tip.
It looks exactly like a real cigarette and makes it appear as if you’re smoking.
You put the included powder inside and cap it with cotton; the powder makes it look like smoke is coming out.
So it’s a recommended prank item even for people who don’t like real cigarette smoke.
smelly spray
Most people prefer pleasant smells over bad ones, right? Unless someone has a specific fetish for stinky things, nobody really likes foul odors.
This prank item is a spray that smells awful—it’s surprising that something like this is even sold on purpose.
You can set it up in places your prank target will visit ahead of time, or soak it into something and hand it to them—there are lots of ideas.
But while you’re preparing it, you’ll have to battle the stink yourself, too (lol).