{"id":289283,"date":"2025-03-25T10:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T10:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/?p=289283"},"modified":"2025-03-25T12:58:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T12:58:51","slug":"april-fools-pranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/au\/kids-club\/cool-kids\/general-kids-club\/april-fools-pranks\/","title":{"rendered":"APRIL FOOLS&#8217; PRANKS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Calling all tricksters! Get ready for the funniest day of the year with these speedy April Fools&#8217; pranks&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hilarious April Fools&#8217; Pranks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Egg surprise! <\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AprilFoolsPranks-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AprilFoolsPranks-1.jpg\" alt=\"on a pink plates sits a blob of white yoghurt with half an orange apricot sat in it like an egg yolk. beside it are some slices of apple cut up to look like chips.\" class=\"wp-image-289326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AprilFoolsPranks-1.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AprilFoolsPranks-1-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Fried egg and chips<\/strong>, anyone? This tasty-looking meal is actually <strong>half a tinned peach<\/strong>, placed in a carefully arranged blob of <strong>yoghurt<\/strong>, with some peeled <strong>slices of apple<\/strong> disguised as chips! Serve with <strong>strawberry jam &#8216;ketchup&#8217;<\/strong>, too, if you like! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grape hunt?! <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Planning an early <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/au\/primary-resource\/easter-egg-animals-art-primary-resource\/\">Easter<\/a> hunt? Wrap some <strong>grapes<\/strong> in silver foil or old sweet wrappers and hide them alongside foil-wrapped <strong>mini chocolate eggs<\/strong>. They&#8217;re almost the same shape and size, so the winner&#8217;s hoard may be <strong>healthier<\/strong> than they expected. GOTCHA! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Brrr-<\/em>reakfast! <\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AprilFoolsPranks-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AprilFoolsPranks-3.jpg\" alt=\"april fools' pranks | a white bowl of orange cornflakes covered with milk, with a spoon sticking out\" class=\"wp-image-289328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AprilFoolsPranks-3.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AprilFoolsPranks-3-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Prepare a <strong>bowl of cereal<\/strong> with milk and a spoon, and then put it in the <strong>freezer<\/strong> overnight. When you serve it to your victim the next morning, the spoon will be <strong>stuck solid<\/strong> in the frozen milk and they won&#8217;t be able to eat it. You rascal! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Feet don&#8217;t fit! <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For a really annoying prank, shove some scrunched up <strong>newspaper<\/strong>, <strong>tissue<\/strong> or <strong>old socks<\/strong> into the bottom of your folks&#8217; work shoes. When they try to put them on, their <strong>feet won&#8217;t fit<\/strong>. Oh no! Another classic April Fools&#8217; prank is<strong> tying someone&#8217;s shoelaces together<\/strong>. Naughty! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jelly juice! <\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AprilFoolsPranks-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AprilFoolsPranks-2.jpg\" alt=\"april fools' pranks | two glasses of orange juice standing next to eachother with green paper straws in\" class=\"wp-image-289327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AprilFoolsPranks-2.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AprilFoolsPranks-2-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ask an adult to help you whip up some <strong>orange<\/strong> or <strong>green<\/strong> <strong>jelly<\/strong>. Pour it into clear <strong>drinking glasses <\/strong>and add a <strong>paper<\/strong> or <strong>reusable straw<\/strong>. Then leave to set. In the morning, offer someone a <strong>glass of juice<\/strong> &#8211; and give them the jelly instead! They&#8217;ll never be able to slurp that up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April Fools&#8217; Day facts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you&#8217;ve got your April Fools&#8217; pranks prepared, it&#8217;s time to learn about this <strong>silly celebration<\/strong>! Wow your friends and family with these five facts&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1. All over the world, April Fools&#8217; Day is celebrated on <strong>1 April<\/strong>. But no one really knows how the tradition of playing pranks started! Some historians date it back to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/au\/discover\/history\/romans\/10-facts-about-the-ancient-romans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ancient Roman<\/a> <strong>festival<\/strong> called <em><strong>Hilaria<\/strong><\/em>, which was held at the end of March.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2. This silly day might seem like a time to abandon all rules but, like most traditions, it has its own <strong>superstitions<\/strong>. Make sure you play your pranks by <strong>midday<\/strong>, otherwise the joke&#8217;s on YOU! <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/au\/discover\/geography\/countries\/facts-about-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">France<\/a>, 1 April is known as <em>poisson d\u2019avril<\/em>, or &#8216;<strong>April Fish<\/strong>&#8216;! There, a common April Fools&#8217; prank is to attach a <strong>paper fish<\/strong> to a friend&#8217;s back without them noticing. Sneaky!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4. On <strong>1 April, 1957<\/strong>, the BBC released a <strong>fake documentary <\/strong>which showed Swiss farmers harvesting pasta from &#8216;<strong>spaghetti trees<\/strong>&#8216;. You can still watch it online today!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5. Many news outlets and shops play <strong>jokes<\/strong> to celebrate April Fools&#8217; Day. So, <strong>pay extra attention<\/strong> to anything you <strong>read<\/strong> on this funny day &#8211; it might not be what it seems! <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Tell us your favourite April Fools&#8217; pranks in the comments below! <\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all tricksters! Get ready for the funniest day of the year with these speedy April Fools&#8217; pranks&#8230; Hilarious April Fools&#8217; Pranks Egg surprise! Fried egg and chips, anyone? This tasty-looking meal is actually half a tinned peach, placed in a carefully arranged blob of yoghurt, with some peeled slices of apple disguised as chips! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/au\/kids-club\/cool-kids\/general-kids-club\/april-fools-pranks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">APRIL FOOLS&#8217; PRANKS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":258443,"featured_media":289329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,37],"tags":[2150,3072,3071,847,3073,3074],"christmas-category":[],"class_list":["post-289283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-history","category-general-kids-club","tag-activities","tag-april-fools","tag-april-fools-day","tag-crafts","tag-jokes","tag-pranks","countries-australia","countries-ireland","countries-new-zealand","countries-south-africa","countries-united-kingdom"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>April Fools&#039; pranks for kids - National Geographic Kids<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Calling all pranksters! 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