... to ask for your most hilarious/previously successful April Fool’s tricks to play on your tweens/teens, doable under lockdown?

[StrawberryJam200]

• apart from the obvious, and probably hysteria-inducing, “Guess what, the internet’s had to be shut down today, kids!”

Also bearing in mind that popping out to get a prop or whatever probably doesn’t amount to “essential travel”.

Thanks

Lockdown is over? School exams (depending on age) are back on?

Have been criticised for black humour/'unhelpful witty COVID' so might be too soon or too raw?

chocolate brownies - get brown paper, cut in shape of letter E, place on plate, proudly announce you've made some chocolate brown-Es for everyone.

also place leek (veg) on the bathroom floor and ask angrily who made the taps leak

Don't bother.

Cling film over the toilet pan. My brother got me with that a few times when we were younger!

Penis.. is it true you've been on Mumsnet forever?

Do you know what, with everything that’s going on, I can’t think of a single April Fool I would find funny tbh.

Practical jokes are things that are done to people by utter pricks.

Don't be a prick.

I think we all know our kids and what might or might not brighten up their day tomorrow... I want to create a little laughter for mine. Nothing horrid!

Make jelly in glasses with straws, it looks like juice and there is a moment of befuddlement. Not a mean prank and they get jelly.

Food colouring in the milk ?
Googly eyes (either craft ones or made from white paper and black pen) on fruit or on pictures if you have any up in your house
Freeze a bowl of cereal with the spoon in
Cling film on the door

Cups of water coming from the bathroom. “Ah shit. There’s water coming from the bathroom”

A leek in the bath/sink..”oh! There’s a leek in the bath”

The jelly one is very sweet - I’m definitely going to do that!

Set the alarm for school tomorrow

I love the frozen cereal one, as one of mine is an utter cereal fiend, but sadly my fridge freezer’s too rammed atm to do it!!

Jelly one maybe....

When I was little my mum sewed up the bottoms of the legs of my brothers pyjama bottoms and the neck of the top. It was hilarious watching him struggle! What a legend!

Get some paper, make a huge letter B. Then tell the kids there's a giant Bee in the house and when they come to help point at the letter!

'hilarious prank' is a contradiction in terms at any time. Especially now.

A few years ago my husband and the children put an oxo cube into the shower head before I had a shower. They thought it was hilarious, and still talk about it now, which is lovely. Not sure I'd be willing to waste an oxo cube this year... :-)

Wow...there are some spoilsports out there

There is nothing wrong with a small funny prank.

She’s not pretending she’s pregnant, or doing something that would really upset people.

It’s a little joke

I'm with you, let's raise a smile! I plan on using this! (Might try the cereal
One if I can find space in the freezer!)

I once pretended our two female guinea-pigs had had babies and put little bundles of blue(!) felt in their hutch....felt really bad when my DS6 believed me and was disappointed.

Blow up a balloon and draw a face on it. Put the balloon in the hood of a onesie and position the onesie on the loo (with its seat down obviously) so it looks like there is someone sat on the loo when they first open the door.
Or if you have a giant cuddly toy put that on the loo.
Or a big queue of cuddly toys waiting to go to the loo in the morning.

A few years ago my husband and the children put an oxo cube into the shower head before I had a shower. They thought it was hilarious, and still talk about it now, which is lovely. Not sure I'd be willing to waste an oxo cube this year... :-)

I am stealing this!!

🙄 bloody hate lying to people to make them feel stupid so you can then laugh at them! Don’t be a sick, be kind!

The unimpressed are welcome to scroll on by. God it’s hard work on here these days

Is there an original of the sky new item @nov1ce ? I have just the recipient in mind