Even More April Fool's Day Tricks

Still need a little inspiration coming up with just the right prank to play on your friends and family.. check these out.

Candy in a Fruit Can

Spaghetti and Meatballs?

Meatloaf Cupcakes

You could do a backwards dinner and serve the cupcakes for dinner and spaghetti for dessert.  

More April Fools Tricks

April Fools Day is for the kid in all of us. Here are a few more ways you can fool your children.

Bedtime Switcheroo
After you children go to bed move around some of their furniture or toys. They will wake up to a big surprise!

Mouse Malfunction
For your older children who check their email or Facebook first thing in the morning you can put part of a post-it note over the tracking ball on the computer mouse. It won't work for them! You can write April Fools on the post-it.


If the Shoe Fits 
Stuff tissue in the toes of your children's shoes so when they go to put their shoes on they can't!


*Ideas from Parenting.com

April Fool's Day Pranks

When we were growing up my parents were big tricksters on April Fool's Day.  We had to be on guard all day.  You never knew what was coming.  Check out these ideas from Parenting for some family friendly pranks. 

This one would be perfect to do on my son-in-law since I know he has cereal EVERY morning.
Put water in a cereal bowl, and freeze overnight. The next morning, offer to fix Dad or your kids a bowl of cereal. Pour the cereal on top of the ice, completely covering it, and watch them try to dig in.



April Fools Tricks

Want to get your kids good on April Fools this year? Here are fun ideas for you:

1. Sink Surprise

Get your kids (and husband too if you want) with this wet surprise.

First you tie a rubberband around the handle to the hose on your kitchen sink, so that it will be held down at all times. Then aim the hose so that it is facing the person turning the faucet. Ask them to get you a drink of water or to rinse a dish & SPLASH!

2. Freeze their milk

Put your child's glass of milk in the freezer over night then top it with unfrozen milk in the morning. The look on their face when no more milk comes out of the glass will be priceless!

3. Make them fried marshmallow eggs and "toast" for breakfast

Ingredients for eggs:
2 tsp butter
12 marshmallows
2 dried whole apricots

Step One:

Place a piece of aluminum foil on a flat working surface and then grease the surface of the foil with 1 teaspoon of the butter.

Step Two:

In a small saucepan, melt the second teaspoon of butter over low heat. As soon as it has melted, add the marshmallows to the pan and turn up the heat to medium-low. Stir continuously with a wooden spoon until the marshmallows are completely melted and have just started to bubble.

Step Three:

Immediately remove the pan from the heat and spoon the melted marshmallow, in 2 separate blobs, onto the greased foil. You have to work fast, before the marshmallow begins to solidify again. TIP: When spooning the melted marshmallow onto the greased foil, work quickly, using the back of the spoon to spread out the "egg white" a bit.

Step Four:

Shape 2 dried whole apricots and gently press each one, rounded side up, into the center of a marshmallow blob. TIP: To make a dried apricot look just like a dome-shaped egg yolk, use your thumbs to push the center of the fruit until it is concave.Step Five:When the marshmallow has set enough to hold together, but before it stiffens too much, use a spatula to transfer the eggs to a breakfast plate. TIP: Once the candy eggs have set, insert a plastic spatula beneath each one and, at the same time, use your fingers to gently peel the marshmallow from the foil.

Ingredients for toast:

Loaf of Angel Food or pound cake

Jam or Preserves

Step One:

Slice cake in 1/2 inch slices.

Step Two:

Toast under the broiler for a few minutes until lightly brown.

Step Three:

Spread with your favorite jam or preserves.

They will be surprised when they take a taste!

4. Prank Matching Game

Use this link to print a matching game with no matches! It may take awhile for them to catch on to this one.

*Most ideas and pictures are courtesy of Family Fun. You can find more ideas here.