100 Outrageous Public Prank Ideas
Give the gift that keeps on frustrating by gift wrapping everything on your colleague’s desk. Monitor, keyboard, mouse, individual paper clips, personal belongings, desk, office chair, lamp… you get the picture. Ok, now that we’ve got that out of the way, on to the fun office prank stuff. Besides the fact that doing anything worthwhile takes hard work and dedication, the trend has been longer and longer hours for American office workers.
We've collected 48 brilliant, harmless April Fools' pranks that won't end in tears or make anyone want to cut you out of their life. And for more laughs, check out The 50 Funniest Celebrity Instagram Posts of 2020. You can try this when your little victim is in the shower. Just when they start shampooing their hair, tiptoe from behind with a bottle of shampoo in your hand. When your kid has lathered their hair with shampoo and the shower has almost washed the foam away, put more shampoo on their head from behind. Resist laughing as your child slowly gets annoyed as the shampoo refuses to rinse off.
Or, for the coworker who takes way too many bathroom breaks during the day. Prank them with their very own throne the next time nature calls. Similar to the Entrance Foghorn, this prank will probably scare more than just the person who sits down.
You need tape, toilet paper, and an unknowing participant. Pranking friends or coworkers is a timeless tradition. The pranks can be simple or elaborate, but are always fun. The Not-Soap Soap - Take a bar of soap and cover it in clear nail polish. When your coworkers go to use the soap, the nail polish will keep it from working. Still … just to keep the office hygienic, leave a clue to where you hid the real soap nearby.
When your kid reverses it to see what’s wrong, they will see Cage. Add a few drops of food color to your kid’s cereal bowl. As they pour the milk, they will see color oozing out.
Then, place a piece of cardstock over the opening and flip the glass over. Set the glass and cardstock at your child’s place on the prank en famille table, and slide the cardstock from under the glass. Invite your child to come to have breakfast and see what they do! You can also leave the juice out for an after-school beverage for your kids to find when they get home like this example in Old Orchard. What better way to break up the long work day than with some harmless fun? When your coworker is away from their desk, leave them a note saying they missed a call from "Mr. Baer" or "Mr. Lyon." And don't forget to leave a number!
Tape the sign to the back of your friend, partner, or coworkers car. People will be honking at them on the drive all the way home. Just make sure that the driver is distracted while getting in the car so they don’t see the sign. This is a great option if you’ve been going to the office and want to prank an unsuspecting coworker. It’s the old stapler stuck in Jell-O trick, previously made famous by the jokesters on The Office, when Jim pulled the stunt on colleague Dwight. To make this work for you at home, make some Jell-O, placing it in a bowl in the fridge to set.
Create a square on the ground with masking tape. When your cat walks into, they will find themselves trapped, he explains, because they will think there’s a barrier stopping them when there isn’t. Stick a plastic face with a suction cup that sticks to a window from the outside, then when a person enters the room, it looks like someone is peeking through the window. This one could be pretty scary, so don’t do it to anyone with any health issues, and be sure to leave a note on the mask identifying yourself as the friendly perpetrator.
Looking In - If the windows in your office open, open one and tape a picture of a person on the outside. When your colleague sits down at her desk, she’ll be in for a shock. Pranks have been around for thousands of years, and psychologists have been studying the reasons why. The verdict is that people enjoy pranks because they simulate a crisis while actually being very simple to resolve. This stimulation actually fosters self-growth and forces people to recognize their own shortcomings. Pranks can also teach people to respond to unexpected failings with grace and good humor.