Not many people think of April Fools’ Day as a hotbed of romance. On the other hand, some people (like me) find humor sexy, which makes April Fools’ Day a spectacular celebration. :-)
I tried to find some funny-but-friendly April Fools’ Day pranks that you could play on your someone special without too much cost and (hopefully) using items you already have at home.
Brown-e Bedlam: Tell your sweetie that you’ve fixed a pan of brownies for dessert. Get a cake pan (or whatever you normally fix brownies in), and fill it up with cutouts of the letter “E” made from brown construction paper or white paper colored with a brown marker. You’ll want your pan to be covered with foil, and you might want to weigh it down with a small bag of rice or something to make it more convincing – especially if you send your honey to go get the pan.
Post-It Prank: I’m sure you’ve heard of taking post-it notes and covering someone’s entire car with them. I love that idea, but I don’t have that many post-it notes at home. Nor do I have the time it would take. Instead, you can find something smaller that your significant other uses on a daily basis, and go to town on it. Favorite chair, coffee (or tea) cup, or the bathroom shower curtain. Go for it!
Drawer Double-Take: Most couples share a dresser. If that’s the case for you, you can switch the drawers out. Either completely change out the drawers, or just change the items in the drawers so that your items are in your hubby’s drawers, and his items are in yours. It might not be laugh-out-loud funny, but it’ll definitely have him scratching his head.
Silly Soap: If your significant other uses bar soap (instead of shower gel), you can paint the bar of soap with clear nail polish. Just make sure to get a good, thick coat on there.
Candy Craze: For the record, this one would drive me crazy. Mix Skittles, M&Ms, and Reese’s Pieces together in a candy dish and act like everything’s perfectly normal.
Phone Folly: If you can access your sweetie’s phone, change the ring tone. Go for the barking dog on full blast, a clip from “I’m Too Sexy,” or something that is funny to just you and your love. (A lady at the library once had to stop my husband to tell him his jacket pocket was crowing like a rooster. He…uh…hadn’t realized I’d changed his ring tone and that he was the one making the racket in the quiet reading section.)
What about you? Do you have any favorite pranks? Or something cute and fun that you do for your special someone to make him smile? Share in the comments!
Anke says
I have sweet friends who are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary today. For her, it was the second marriage after a very bad first one.
This couple must be one of the sweetest I know and the love the Lord Jesus. It’s such a pleasure to know them.
Mary Preston says
I’m not a fan of pranks of any kind.
Wemble says
Hi Heather, how fun! I love a good prank- sadly, hubby does not! My older brother however, bore the brunt of a few- for a birthday we took a large sponge and covered it with icing, candles etc., he only realised it was not cake when he tried to cut through it!! Another time, we wrapped his entire room in toilet paper- imagine the desk, chair, bed, pens etc. all wrapped in toilet paper:)
My senior students have done the post it prank- on their last day of classes they covered one of their science teachers desk with post it notes; mine, they wrapped in bright pink and yellow wrapping paper:)
Blessings:)
Paula Marie says
I used to do an April fool’s day joke one in a while, but not so much in the last good amount of years?
Renate says
Hi Heather! I am not fond of pranks of any kind. Today I believe Mother Nature is playing a prank on all winter weary Midwesterners. Temperature this morning is 19 degrees. Last Friday we had HOPE that spring was in the air, as the temperature rose to 60 degrees. Yesterday there was snow in the air with a bitter north wind. Wemble’s post reminded me of a prank. May 1981 my German students presented me with a bundt shaped birthday cake. I had been on maternity leave in March. As I tried to cut the cake – the knife blade stuck. Students told me I was weak from having my son. The nicely decorated cake was a giant rice krispie treat. Best wishes.
Ausjenny says
I remember one year mum put a freddo frog (chocolate frog) in my brothers lunch box for a treat only he didn’t know. One of his teachers saw it and made a comment about it and he thought she was playing an April Fools joke on him and he said If there is a frog in there you can have it as I am no fool. Well the joke was on him. He had to give it to the teacher. She got the last laugh!
Lelia (Lucy) Reynolds says
Haha those are some cute pranks. I sometimes do something funny and cute but not outlandish. Thank you for making me smile this morning.
Susan P says
Those are cute and playful pranks. My family is big on humor and having fun. It keeps laughter in the house and our lives!
Kimberly Rose Johnson says
I’m not a prankster and don’t want to be pranked by others, but your ideas were cute. Although if I thought I was getting a pan of brownies and then there weren’t any inside I don’t think I’d be laughing. Never come between this girl and chocolate. :)
Merrillee Whren says
Cute prank ideas. I wish I’d read your post a few days ago. We were trying to help our granddaughters think of pranks to play on their parents. We didn’t have very good ideas. :)
Margaret Nelson says
My mom used to put waxed paper in my dad’s sandwich for lunch, instead of lettuce :-)
Lori Smanski says
Happy April 1st. Start to another wonderful month. The sun keeps peeking out and flowers are starting to pop their little heads out of the Earth. We have started planning for our vegetable and flower gardens. When I was in high school our whole family got pranked nastyilly. It sort of put me off of pranks.
Heather Gray says
They sound like a wonderful couple Anke – thank you for stopping by today!
Heather Gray says
April Fools’ Day isn’t for everyone. I’m still glad you dropped by the blog today! :-)
Heather Gray says
Oh Wemble, that sounds wonderful! I’ve known students to fill a retiring teacher’s office with balloons a time or two. (I *may have* participated in that, too.) I’m glad you could stop by the blog today!
Heather Gray says
I’ll be honest – I don’t go out of my way to do something every year. But then, I also feel like humor is good any time of the year, so I don’t limit myself to just April 1st either. ^_^
Heather Gray says
Thank you for visiting the blog today, Renate! That cake sounds like a hoot. Your students had to have put a lot of thought and time into coming up with the *perfect* birthday gift for you. ^_^
Heather Gray says
Hahaha! That’s an April Fools’ joke that happened on all on its own. Nobody even tried to trick him. That’s a hoot! Thank you for sharing – you made me laugh. :-)
Heather Gray says
I’m not a huge fan of outlandish either. I like subtle humor that is even more funny because it’s unexpected or surprising. ^_^
Heather Gray says
In my opinion, laughter is a big part of living life well. When my kids were little, I made a point of making them laugh. Their laughter was musical, and it always brightened my day. As I (and my kids) got older, I realized that too many people don’t have any laughter in their lives, so now I go out of my way to make other people besides just my kids laugh. :-)
Heather Gray says
Ha! Good point. A wise prankster would have an actual pan of brownies on backup! ^_^
Heather Gray says
I’m so glad you stopped by today Merrillee! What did your granddaughters end up settling on?
Heather Gray says
Hahaha! That’s hysterical! Your mom sounds like my kind of gal! :-)
Heather Gray says
I do love spring. My tulips are starting to peek up, and I can’t wait to see them bloom. ^_^
Yeah…sometimes people prank in the wrong way, and it can ruin it for people. I’m so sorry that happened to you. Even if you’re not into pranks, I still hope you have a wonderful and laughter-filled day! :-)
Diana says
We’re enjoying the day with grandkids. Our 3 year old granddaughters wearing a unicorn headband with a stuffed horn on top. We left lots of people laughing at the gym and lunch. Blessings! Our family laughs a lot when together and will play small jokes on each other.
Wemble says
How fun, you had creative students :)
Ellie says
HA HA HA HA!!! These are some great ideas! I wish I had read this earlier in the day! I might do the brown e’s joke with my hubby another day!
Priscila says
This sounded fun.I should have had time yesterday to read it and I might have changed my husband’s ringtone. It would make him mad–and he would also find it childish.. maybe I would have to wait for the kids to grow up and then I’ll have allies.