{"id":17633,"date":"2021-04-08T05:01:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T13:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=17633"},"modified":"2021-04-08T05:01:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T13:01:29","slug":"here-are-a-few-simple-pranks-to-pull-come-april-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/here-are-a-few-simple-pranks-to-pull-come-april-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are a few simple pranks to pull come April 1st"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>These practical jokes are entertaining for everyone<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Natalie\u200c \u200cDean\u200c<\/strong> \u200c|\u200c \u200cEntertainment\u200c \u200cEditor\u200c \u200c \u200c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s no hoax \u2014 April Fool\u2019s Day is nearly here. Traditionally, people pull lighthearted pranks and jokes on unsuspecting family or friends, most of which range in the surprise factor. There are many tried and true tricks, like using fake spilled nail polish on the carpet or the classic caramel dipped onion on a stick. If folks need some inspiration, consider attempting these silly April Fool\u2019s Day antics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Taping googly eyes to household objects is a simple way to provide some laughs through the day. Throw them on the lamp, the TV, on the outside of a coffee mug \u23e4 anywhere is possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Covering sensors on electronics, or removing the batteries, can be a harmless way to prank the household for part of the day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Take dark colored paper and cut out an insect, then tape it to the inside of the lampshade to make it look like there\u2019s a large bug lurking. Plastic toy insects work just fine in a pinch and are normally pretty cheap.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Scrape the filling from a few Oreo cookies, and replace it with white toothpaste. Leaving some of these cookies ready on a plate can help entice the prankee to fall for it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>If there\u2019s a near empty or fully finished jar of mayonnaise, rinse out the container very well and replace it with whipped cream, and then pretend to eat the \u201cmayonnaise\u201d right from the jar to see people\u2019s reactions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Replace photos in the house with random celebrity pictures or popular TV characters. Some examples people have used in the past are pictures of Danny Devito, Steve Buscemi and Shrek.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16738\" width=\"4220\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line.png 4220w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-300x6.png 300w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-1024x20.png 1024w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-768x15.png 768w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-1536x30.png 1536w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-2048x40.png 2048w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-1080x21.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4220px) 100vw, 4220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Contact the author at <a href=\"mailto:ndean17@wou.edu\">ndean17@wou.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These practical jokes are entertaining for everyone<\/p>\n<p>Natalie\u200c \u200cDean\u200c \u200c|\u200c \u200cEntertainment\u200c \u200cEditor\u200c \u200c \u200c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1094,"featured_media":17624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[940,941,939,161,59,947,928,946,943,279,280,945,942,944],"class_list":["post-17633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-april-1","tag-april-1st","tag-april-fools-day","tag-entertainment","tag-family","tag-free-entertainment","tag-friends","tag-hoax","tag-jokes","tag-natalie","tag-natalie-dean","tag-practical-jokes","tag-pranks","tag-tricks"],"modified_by":"The Western Howl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}