| Kids love April Fool's Day as much, if not more, | | | | cupboard to your pots cupboard and your pots to |
| than adults so show your kids how they can have | | | | where you keep the tupperware and so on. |
| some friendly fun on this foolishly fun day with | | | | Leave a note in at least one cupboard that says, |
| some of these April Fool's Day friendly pranks: | | | | 'April Fool's Day'. Watch as your parents open and |
| 1. Green Eggs and Ham. Moms or Dads, fool your | | | | shut cupboards looking for what they need. |
| child by telling them that Dr. Seuss visited early in | | | | Whatever you move though, remember you'll |
| the morning and made them green eggs for | | | | probably be the one who will have to put it all |
| breakfast. Before putting the eggs in the pan, put | | | | back. |
| a few drops of green food coloring and then | | | | 8. Blow it All Up. Blow up a package or two of |
| scramble them up for your kids to eat. | | | | balloons and fill a room with them. Throughout the |
| 2. Do you have teenagers? Then I'm sure the | | | | day, have balloons in silly spots like replacing all his |
| first thing they do is check their text messages. | | | | her toys in his/her toybox with balloons. |
| If they're not sleeping with that phone, then at | | | | 9. Lazy Does It. Easy and Fun to Watch, simply |
| night when they go to bed, get their phone and | | | | hiding the t.v. remote control can cause chaos in |
| re-organize all their settings. Then, send them a | | | | any home these days. Despite the fact that most |
| text message saying "April Fool's Day". | | | | of us could just get up and change the channel, |
| 3. Pen & Ink. Kids can remove the ink | | | | we will instead spend hours searching for the |
| cartridges from most of their parents pens by | | | | remote. For this foolish joke, turn the t.v. on to |
| just unscrewing the pen. Tape all the ink | | | | something you know the victim won't want to |
| cartridges under a desk or table. Tape a note to | | | | watch, then proceed to hide the remote. A |
| the pen that says, "April Fool's Day! If you need | | | | preferable hiding spot would be one where there |
| to write on top of your desk, today you might | | | | is a suggestion that they go outside rather than |
| be well served to think upside down and inside | | | | watch t.v. - perhaps sitting inside their running |
| out, and write on the bottom instead." | | | | shoes. Leave notes in some of the obvious hiding |
| 4. Getting Dressed. Tie all of Dad's socks together | | | | spots with clues to the final destination. |
| in one long rope. At the end of the last sock, | | | | 10. Spring is in the Air. Back in the day, kids used |
| safety pin on a note that says, "April Fool's Day". | | | | to toilet paper people's houses. There are a slew |
| 5. You're Late, You're Late, For a Very Important | | | | of reasons why that's not a good idea anymore, |
| Date. Change the current date on the victim's | | | | for which I won't go into now, but I read them all |
| computer calendar to a few years in the future | | | | on Mamapedia and many made sense. However, |
| and watch all of the upcoming calendar items pop | | | | a more innocent and sweet version of this would |
| up as missed items. The victim will have to figure | | | | be to cut out sweet spring decorations and |
| out what has happened. | | | | decorate your parents' cars, or kitchen, or |
| 6. Changing the Sheets. During the day, change | | | | bathroom. Using kid safe scissors, draw and cut |
| the sheets and covers on the victims bed, so the | | | | out lots of flowers and other spring items (ask |
| comforter goes down first and the sheets last. | | | | your teacher or another adult for help if you need |
| Make the bed so the victim's head is where their | | | | to) and attach them with tape to windows, |
| feet normally are. | | | | mirrors or other non-painted surfaces. |
| 7. Reorganize. Move the objects in your food | | | | |