The most cruel pranks on April 1st. April Fool's pranks and jokes for friends, parents, colleagues

There are literally a few hours left until the holiday, which some consider meaningless and merciless, while others see it as an excellent reason to joke. April 1, also known as April Fool's Day, forces us to be careful when communicating with friends, or to use our creativity and sense of humor to the fullest. If you don’t want or don’t have time to come up with your own prank, we offer you a dozen time-tested April Fool’s jokes.

Classics of the genre

1. If we discard the vulgar “your whole back is white,” then the most indestructible classic is moving all the clocks in the house forward an hour. The “victim” gets up an hour earlier by the alarm clock and goes about his business through the morning darkness. And he doesn’t even suspect that he will have to wait another hour for the meeting/the start of the working day/the opening of the museum.

2. Fill the bottom of a glass with toothbrushes with Moment glue. Primitive? Yes, but in the morning you are guaranteed the rage and bewilderment of your relatives.

3. Tonight, before going to bed, hide all your slippers. The effect is similar to the previous point.

4. If your family has gourmets with a keen sense of beauty, skip this point. In other cases, good old salt in a sugar bowl works like clockwork, no matter how old this “trick” is.

5. In recent years, a prank with soap and nail polish has become popular thanks to public pages on VKontakte. Actually, you take soap and clear nail polish. The first is covered with the last, and after drying it cannot be distinguished from ordinary soap by appearance. But an attempt to “soap” such a piece turns into a fiasco for the unaware “victim”.

6. Food coloring can help you! You can use it as a joke in many ways (fortunately, regular dyes are safe), but the most popular way is to dye your toothbrush overnight. I wonder why people joke about hygiene products so often?..

If you have a working day ahead

Maybe it happens that you have to spend this Saturday at work? Well, maybe some office pranks might come in handy.

7. An optical computer mouse can be sealed from the bottom with a piece of tape. Before your colleague realizes what's going on, he will be convinced for some time that the most important part of the computer has become unusable.

8. Give or lend a banknote to a colleague. Just make a reservation that it is better not to insert it into the ATM. For a long time and painfully, your “victim” will look for signs of a counterfeit on the banknote.

9. If you have a particularly curious person at work, take a cardboard box with the bottom cut out or simply poorly secured. Place a variety of things in it, and write something like “do not touch” or “personal items” on the outside. Then leave the room and wait for the person being played to enter it. Then walk into the noise of things falling out and watch the reaction.

Creative approach

There are many unusual ways to prank others. We offer one of them.

10. You make an agreement with your friend and go buy some takeaway food at the nearest fast food outlet. Then you get on the metro and your friend leaves for the nearest station. On the next train, you enter the same carriage, during the trip, go to the “passenger-driver” communication button and pretend to speak into the microphone. Say the following loudly and clearly: “Hamburger, country fries and a small Coke!” At the next station, a friend, to the surprise of those around you, solemnly hands you a package with your order.

Whatever prank you pull off, don’t forget to congratulate your friend on April 1st and say that it was a joke. Friendship is more valuable!

The first of April is not only International Bird Day, but also an excellent occasion to exercise your imagination and creativity. Every year, schoolchildren leave a button on their favorite teacher’s chair, and adults prove to each other that one of them “has a white back.” True, it’s time to start coming up with fresh pranks for April 1 and add to the list of the most famous jokes in the world.

history of the holiday

The history of this day requires special attention. According to legend, once the British King John the Landless was traveling to a remote provincial village, which was separated from “civilization” by a long narrow road. But the townspeople allowed the king to visit them only the second time, when John threatened them to take the village by storm. It turned out that the inhabitants of the small town were absolutely not adapted to life: they chopped wood with chopsticks, tried to catch animals, but the bait was left in a cage with an open lid, and the fish were drowned in the lake. The king did not do anything with the city, laughed and simply left. Since then, residents of the city of Gotham have been celebrating Deception Day, which gradually turned into April Fool's Day (or April Fool's Day). True, this legend was first mentioned only several centuries later, in 1686 (in one of the works of the English writer and antiquarian John Aubrey).

In Russia, things are different with this day: in Ancient Rus', Fool's Day was at first considered a special day of awakening... of the brownie. Then every exemplary family man tried with all his might to appease his Domovoy: he prepared delicious porridge or sweet compote for him. And only during the reign of Peter I, Domovoy Day began to be perceived as World Laughter Day.

How to play a prank on your friends and acquaintances so that they remember you for a long time with a wide smile on their face? Today we will try to offer you a dozen traditional (and not so traditional) April Fools' pranks. Go?

Funny pranks for classmates

International April Fool's Day is approaching, and you haven't yet managed to come up with pranks for your classmates on April 1? Then read our small selection and choose what you like.

Find a large box, fill it with colorful confetti (or candy wrappers, for example) and place it on a cool cabinet. Write (or stick) something like “18+ only” or “Do not open” on the front. And most importantly: your box should not have a bottom. Therefore, if one of your classmates sees the magic box and wants to see what is hidden inside, he will have to remove it from the closet one way or another. Then all the contents, of course, will crumble. We promise a charge of positive mood for the whole day! But do not forget to promptly clean up everything after yourself - the teacher may not appreciate your efforts.

Before the start of the next lesson, place a piece of paper on the desks with a laconic phrase: “On the ceiling is Dashkin’s (Mashin’s, Katin’s, whatever) backpack.” Do not doubt that everyone will definitely look up and carefully look for that same briefcase until they are convinced that, in fact, it is unlikely to be found there. And the fun begins when the piece of paper reaches the teacher. Do you think he won’t be curious to know what Dashkin’s backpack is doing on the ceiling?

Treat your classmates to unusual candies, namely, those with the taste of fish, garlic or soap. However, after the draw, we advise you to make amends and give the girls real sweets so that they will not be offended.

If you haven’t yet decided how to prank your friends and acquaintances on the day of laughter and smiles, and all you can think about in your head is “Hey, your whole back is white!”, don’t worry. We will be happy to share our insidious (just kidding!) ideas with you. Remember that the main thing is not to offend other people and not spoil their mood on this joyful holiday.

We warn you: your “victim” must have a bad habit. Treat the person being played to a cigarette (preferably a special one, which you seem to have brought from afar, after a long trip to overseas lands). Has your friend agreed to smoke? Take action. You can, for example, turn on light jazz (at minimum volume), fill the room with the smell of lavender, or “blink” the light. If there is someone else in the room, let them not show their view and, under no circumstances, laugh. We assure you that your friend’s sincere emotions will be remembered by everyone (including him) for a long time.

What to do if you urgently need a huge bucket of water? That's right, turn to your friends. Therefore, call your friends early in the morning and urgently ask them to bring that same bucket. So, in a few hours, a decent number of people with worried faces and, most importantly, with buckets will be standing outside your apartment. By the way, it would make a good flash mob, which even your neighbors will certainly pay attention to.

This good old prank is still able to take even the most focused lady by surprise. Go to a coffee shop with a friend and, while having a leisurely conversation, suddenly point your hand at her hair and shout: “Spider!” By the way, it doesn’t have to be a spider - at least a caterpillar or a bee. The main thing is to be as realistic as possible.

If you can joke with friends and colleagues any way and anywhere, then the easiest way to prank your parents is at home. Mom and Dad, of course, may be slightly indignant, but our jokes on April 1 are the kindest. Always remember that your main goal is to cheer up both your parents and yourself.

A funny prank for those who have a sense of humor. Find the biggest closet in the house and fill it with an endless supply of soft balls. In the morning, parents will probably get ready for work and, as usual, open the closet without any second thoughts, and many, many small balls will fall out of the magic wall. A boost of energy for the whole day!

Stealthily take one of your mother's blouses and pour a mixture of ammonia and purgen onto it. You will have to be patient, because the parents will be very unhappy when they see such an outrage. But ammonia has the miraculous property of evaporating, and after a few minutes there will be no trace left of the unfortunate stain.

Try to hide things in your parents’ personal bags that they definitely wouldn’t take with them: for example, give your dad your mom’s cosmetic bag and the Good Advice magazine, and give your mom some wrenches along with a fishing rod. Imagine their surprise when they notice the funny changes in the usual order of things.

Don't forget that April 1 is the day of good jokes. Therefore, if you decide to prank the whole family, make sure that no one is offended. By the way, the British traditionally play pranks on family members only in the first half of the day. And we have selected the funniest morning pranks for you.

Even the most ordinary morning ritual can be made special - cover the family soap with clear nail polish and wait until one of the parents wants to wash their face or wash their hands. No matter how hard they try, it’s unlikely that anything will come of it. Simple physics.

If your parents love to have a delicious breakfast, but have difficulty waking up in the morning, this prank is for them. Prepare breakfast cereals (the traditional way: muesli + water, nothing fancy) and leave them in the refrigerator overnight. The next day you will see a funny picture: the porridge will turn into a piece of ice and it will be very difficult to eat. But it will take the sleep away. Like with your hand!

Give parents a feeling...and add salt instead of sugar to their morning tea. This is probably the simplest, but most beloved April Fool's prank. By the way, accidentally mixing up salt with sugar has been considered a good omen since ancient times. Some even practice such changes constantly.

April 1st jokes are pleasant and unpunished pranks that kids especially love. Remember how many times children played pranks on you? Yes, yes, you shouldn’t remain in debt - show your child what you can do.

If your baby (or toddler) always sleeps soundly at night, carefully move him (her) to another room and watch the child's reaction when he wakes up in an unusual environment. Come up with a compelling answer in advance to the question of how he ended up in a completely different room.

“Are you from France?” Let your child imagine that he woke up in another country - start speaking to him, for example, only in French. For more atmosphere, turn on French music or a cartoon in the same language. Believe it or not, when everything returns to its place, the child will be truly happy.

It will be fun if you bring home a large box of eclairs or muffins (in general, it doesn’t matter - as long as there is something sweet inside) and replace them with fresh and healthy vegetables: Brussels sprouts, broccoli and carrots. On the box itself you can write in large letters: “From April 1st!” Alas, when your child opens the curious box, there will be no sweets inside! Try to capture his facial expression at this moment.

How sometimes you want to joke with your colleagues, even if you work in some large corporation. Even if you are the president of this very corporation. But if you want to, you have to act.

Write Any Key on a piece of paper and discreetly stick it to the system unit on the Reset key. We hope that your colleague does not have sufficient knowledge of the English language and the prank will be successful. Of course, any time you press this magic button, the screen will immediately go dark and the computer will turn off. It is advisable that hyper-important documents are not in editing mode at that moment - it is unlikely that you will be able to quickly restore them.

How can we do without the classic change of signs at the entrance to the men's and women's toilets? Now M is women's territory, and F is men's territory. An old but proven way to cheer up colleagues in the midst of a working day.

For this prank you will need patience... and eggs. Carefully pierce each egg with a syringe and remove all contents from there, pour plain water inside in the same way. Don't worry, nothing will spill without your knowledge. All that remains is to say hello to your colleagues and “accidentally” put an egg in each of them’s pockets. And you can guess what to do next - just slap the egg as hard as you can if you want it to break.

As trivial as it may seem, jokes on April 1 really prolong life. Proven not only by British scientists! If you want to know how to prank your friends and acquaintances, contact us - we will always help.

Probably one of the most colorful pranks, for which you will need an unlimited number of multi-colored sticks. The rest is up to you (and your imagination) - cover the entire car of your “victim” with stickers. It is advisable to “paint” different parts of the car with the same color: for example, the entire hood will be yellow, and the doors will be light green. You can even come up with some kind of inscription. Go for it!

Treat your friend to a can of cola, after replacing its contents with soy sauce. For the first few seconds, the “victim” will look at his drink in bewilderment until he understands what the catch is. By the way, we advise you to check with your friend in advance if he (she) has an allergy to soy.

Have family friends over for dinner again? Have some fun by gluing a few coins to the floor. You can use regular glue, or you can take the issue more seriously and drive the money structure into the floor. The further development of events depends only on your imagination.

SMS drawings for April 1

You can give each other a smile at a distance, especially since modern instant messengers allow this. Funny SMS for April 1 will definitely cheer up your friends and family.

In a message (from an unknown caller), happily notify your friend that $20 will be charged from his account due to the fact that Moroccan cockroaches are becoming extinct. Be sure to thank him for this small contribution. Let him also contribute to the research work (stop, of course, you don’t actually need to withdraw money - it’s just a joke).

This drawing may be one of the contenders for an honorable place in the list of “Best jokes for April 1st”. Write to a subscriber you know that he is being permanently disconnected for disclosing state secrets online and expect a violent reaction.

It's funny if this message comes to a friend's phone when he is next to his beloved. Threaten him to “tell everything about your relationship” if he doesn’t call back, and sign with any woman’s name.

On April Fool's Day, you shouldn't limit your imagination - no one has canceled the draws for April 1st.

Gather with your family and friends at home to watch the next football match. There will probably be several bottles of cola on the table, but instead of ice, add Mentos to the drink. If you are not a novice in chemistry, you will not be surprised when a fountain gushes out of the neck. But the surprise of your friends will know no bounds!

Before guests gather at the house, make sure that they do not get bored with small talk. Find a large jar of water, put a photo of one of your friends in it and leave it in the refrigerator. During a break between watching a movie, offer the “victim” to bring some refreshments. Now watch the reaction of the person being acted out from the side - expression at maximum!

For this prank you only need a cheerful mood and a cell phone. And, of course, a close friend with strong nerves. Call him on April Fool's morning and after a couple of minutes tell him in a concerned voice that you will call back later. During the next call, your friend should no longer hear your voice, but a tearing scream.

Funny SMS for April 1st is a must-follow item. True, jokes on April 1 such as “I’m calling from the police/hospital or even the morgue” are already outdated. So read our selection and get ready to attack!

Call someone you know, politely say hello (you can introduce yourself as a service center consultant) and clearly begin to say: “Switch the phone to tone mode. To press one, press two; to press two, press three..." and so on. We guarantee your friend will hang up in less than a minute, but your prank will make his day.

How would you respond to a call at four o'clock in the morning? Especially when you have to work early tomorrow morning? We think that this morning prank will at least cheer your friend up. Call your best friend at half past four in the morning to see if he is awake. As soon as you hear his sleepy voice, politely apologize and say that you will definitely call back in the morning.

Draws on April 1 must be kind and safe. If you are a girl, then call an unfamiliar subscriber and, flirting, ask if he recognizes you. When the “victim” starts listing different names, settle on the one you like best. Make an appointment, give the address. A few minutes later, call him back and make sure that the man has left and is “rushing” to meet you. What if he really meets the girl of his dreams and she turns out to be you?

How to prank friends and acquaintances with food or drinks? We promise that after these harmless pranks, your friends will remember their April Fool's Day for a long time.

Try making fake scrambled eggs using canned peach and yogurt. For added impact, you can garnish your dish with slices of fresh bacon. This tasty and healthy prank will especially appeal to kids.

Remember childhood pranks and try to have fun - pierce a ripe apple, place a gummy worm in it and watch the reaction of your “victim”.

Add a couple of drops of food coloring to a milk drink and it will turn... blue!

We hope that after our selection you will have no doubt that you can and should joke, and not only on April 1st. The main thing is to do it competently.

Text: Ksenia Kova

April 1st is celebrated around the world as April Fool's Day, or April Fool's Day. It is not known for certain where the tradition of “honoring” the gullible and simple-minded came from on this particular day, but the holiday is still alive.

history of the holiday

The tradition supposedly comes from the Middle Ages, and the first written mention of the first of April as a day of practical jokes (Fools Holiday) was recorded in 1686. The fashion for pranking those near and far by publishing stupid advertisements in newspapers came from Britain: as you know, one of the first pranks of this kind was an invitation to wash the white lions in the Tower.

In Russia, the holiday appeared and took root with Peter I. It was he, according to legend, who was the author of the first national April Fool's joke - an invitation to an “unheard-of performance”, at which simpletons were greeted by a poster: “April 1st - don’t trust anyone!”

One of the most famous April Fool's jokes is a 1957 BBC News broadcast about spaghetti harvested from trees.

In Russia, making jokes in the media on April 1 has become fashionable since late Soviet times. Some jokes were successful, some were not so good, however, they were all quickly forgotten, and every year the media comes up with something new. Although Russia recently passed a law on fake news, potential pranksters have already been reassured that no one will be punished for innocent April Fools' pranks.

Cool April 1st pranks for the office

There are a huge number of resources on the Internet that promise to teach you how to play a sparkling joke on your colleagues on April 1st. Unfortunately, all these simple pranks revolve around the phrase “who lost a hundred dollars,” taping a phone over a phone, or gluing a computer mouse to a table.

One office worker, on condition of anonymity, told how he harshly pranked an employee, because of whose carelessness their department lost a lucrative order and was left without a bonus.

The lazy employee was not a fool to drink and in this altered state actively entered into close contacts with “girls of reduced social responsibility.” “On behalf of” one such girl, on April 1, he received a letter that he had become a happy father...

The guy, who had just gotten happily married and even quit drinking, was so scared that when he found out it was an April Fool's joke, he immediately quit.

However, as statistics show, office pranks are mostly innocent in nature.

Draws for April 1st for SMS

Here, too, Internet offers do not shine with originality. Basically, the content of supposedly humorous SMS messages is made in the spirit, they say, stop talking too much, otherwise your tariff will be called “Done.” Naturally, all this with one degree or another of obscenity, which, as you know, is now strictly prohibited in the media.

Here are some more examples of jokes that, according to the authors, can amuse your friends on April 1st.

“There are times in men’s lives when they are absolutely indifferent to women. These are the first, second and third periods of hockey.”

“Hello, dear subscriber! We would like to thank you for your loyalty, congratulate you on April Fool’s Day, and just for fun, we’ll write off a thousand rubles from your account. Your mobile operator."

“I found out what stone you have from your horoscope! Judging by your face, it’s a brick.”

“Look to your left. Look to the right. Look up. Don’t you feel like a fool?!”

Etc., etc. And that’s not even counting the outright obscenity.

So, rather than practicing idiotic pranks, it’s better to just congratulate your friends on April Fool’s Day.

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Wishes on April Fool's Day:
Happiness, joy, success!
Let your dreams come true!
Let there be more warmth!

Let there be more smiles
May everything in life be sweeter.
Let the sadness go away
Have fun day and night!

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We'll go a little crazy
Let's play the fool
Let's laugh too
We'll make faces at you!

And without this - nothing!
He who is serious is a fool.
Everyone knows: on April Fool's Day
Sadness is a hindrance!

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On this day there is no sin at all
Spread laughter everywhere
And make fun of someone,
To cheer up your friends!

So laugh together, people.
Let the joke be good-natured,
To smile from ear to ear,
At least sew on the ties!

Order a call from a celebrity to the person you want to prank: Putin, Zhirinovsky or a famous artist! You can also choose the topic of the call: April 1, birthday, some holiday. Just imagine that Putin calls your friend in the morning and personally congratulates him on the holiday, or the famous politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky. I can just imagine your friend's face. I assure you, you and your friend will get a lot of unforgettable minutes!

This prank is good for a person who often uses a computer, but is not very confident. Although an experienced user will probably also be discouraged for a few minutes.
So, step by step instructions:
Step 1. Lure the “victim” out from behind the computer and send him for a walk out of sight and earshot for 5-10 (or more) minutes.
Step 2. Create the appearance of work on the desktop. For example, we open a text editor and write the phrase “Hello, world!” there.
Step 3. Take a screenshot (press PrintScreen on the keyboard).
Step 4. Open the Paint program and paste our image from the clipboard (Ctrl+V).
Step 5. Save the document, remember the path to it, close the graphic editor.
Step 6. Find our picture in Explorer, right-click on it and select “Set as desktop background image.”
Step 7. We wait for the victim and enjoy the result at a safe distance.

You can play a very funny prank on people on the subway. Enter the carriage at one of the stops and, after waiting a little, go to the button to call the driver. Next, pressing it (of course, only pretending), you need to say loudly: “Two cokes and a hamburger, please, into the carriage numbered...”. And then calmly wait for the next stop, at which the accomplice must enter and loudly ask: “Who ordered two cokes and a hamburger?” After receiving payment, the accomplice must leave. As soon as the train starts moving, you need to go to the call button again and say loudly: “To the final station without stopping, please.”

The prank may be a little childish, but at the same time it is cruel, so if you prank someone this way, you know for sure that no one will be seriously offended... After February 14, there was only one unnecessary, but incredibly beautiful Valentine left. Everyone in the team has guys who, one way or another, tease the “weaker” sex. In my opinion, this joke is just for them. We take a valentine and nicely cut it in the middle into two parts. We sign: “Find your soul mate!” and discreetly place it on the table, in outerwear (pocket), maybe in a bag. Where our victim will find it in a short time. Well, I think it’s clear here that we put the halves on one floor (two guys or two girls). It will be especially funny if the entire department is the audience.

With the help of this prank, the funniest thing is to joke on a person who is very scrupulous about the cleanliness of his things and appearance. You need to mix the Purgen tablet and a little ammonia, the result is a red-pink solution. It is poured into a cup and, when the opportunity arises, “accidentally” poured onto the unfortunate person being played. You can pretend that it was cherry juice, which, as you know, does not wash off well.
After a few seconds, the stains will, of course, disappear as the ammonia evaporates. But it’s better, just in case, to first carry out this experiment at home on an unnecessary piece of light-colored material in order to completely eliminate the possibility of spoiling someone else’s thing.

This draw can be thought of as a bet. You hand your friend 100 rubles and say: “The store slipped a counterfeit bill. Let's bet you 100 rubles that you won't find the difference from the real thing? I searched for half a day and barely found it.” At the end of the draw, you either enjoy an extra hundred or reveal the secret.

To play the prank, you need to get up a little earlier than usual, and agree in advance with your friend’s wife to play along with you, call early in the morning and say that he is late for work, call his wife a little later and make an appointment, and before your friend arrives you set the table and look at his surprised reaction, tell him about your long-standing hidden feelings and that you have long wanted to confess to him that... today is April 1st!

We need preferably a young married couple. They are sitting at home, the windows overlook the courtyard. All conditions have been created in the room, as if there was a party going on (lights or color music). The windows are open, loud music is playing (during the day). Goal: to a group of friends to play a prank on a friend who does not know that married couple. Previously, he is invited to this courtyard, they say, everyone in the apartment is going to a party. When the person being pranked arrives, he is told that there is a party in that apartment, not everyone has gathered yet, but there is a very beautiful girl there. She has a guy with her (someone's friend) who is trying to win her over, but she refuses him. All this time, our couple should stand at the window and pretend to have a slight quarrel. You need to briefly explain so that the person being pranked gets up, calls, and explains to the guy that he is the odd one out, and that now it’s “his turn” to win the lady. When the joyful guy gets up and rings the doorbell, during a short conversation he is shown a passport with a stamp.