Wacky April Fool's Day Prank for Kids

Imagine waking up as a young child…you come downstairs…your mom is in the kitchen making breakfast and listening to the radio…she has an excited look on her face as she tells you that the radio reporter says there is a great blue whale in the lake…not only that, but it can be seen from the shore!? Everyone in your small town is going down to the beach to check it out! April Fools! Whales in the fresh water lake…not possible!? Nope. This is my earliest memory of April Fool’s Day. And, this is why I wanted to come up with a fun and wacky April Fool’s Day prank for my kids.

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April Fool’s Day is one of those holidays that I always plan on doing something and then I forget. As you know, if you try and fool someone after noon – “then you are the fool.” So, it’s important to have a plan. I like to find some sort of inspiration for my holiday ideas. One of my absolute favourite April Fool’s Day was the year we took inspiration from Dr. Seuss’ book, “Wacky Wednesday.”

If you aren’t familiar with “Wacky Wednesday” here’s the synopsis. “It all began with that shoe on the wall. A shoe on the wall…? Shouldn’t be there at all!” As the little boy (or girl…pretty gender neutral) makes his way through the day weird things are happening all around. Now, by “wacky” Dr. Seuss means worms chasing birds, palm trees in the toilet, moms pushing strollers with an alligator on board and houses stacked on top of each other!!

Unfortunately, no one else in the town sees anything wacky…in fact they think the boy is wacky for even suggesting something is wrong. He finally discovers that he has to count up all the wacky things he can see and then go to bed…and that’s how Wacky Wednesday ends! The best part, as the child reading this book, is spotting all the wacky things in the book.

So, how can I use this idea to create a Wacky April Fool’s Day in my house? Well, the shoe appears many times throughout the book. While I cannot stack houses or push an alligator in a stroller, I can stick shoes in unexpected places. Here we go.

The stairwell…a shoe on the wall…that started it all!

shelf with dishes and a pair of shoes on it

The kitchen…shoes on the dish shelf?! (with placemat underneath)

dining room table with shoes on legs of table

The dining room…the table is wearing shoes?!

Flowers growing out of a boot…on the table!?

black boot filled with tulips on dining room table april fool's day joke for kids

These are some of the wacky pranks you can try on April Fool’s Day. When youngest daughter saw the flowers in the boot…she laughed and laughed…perfect. You might want to bust out the “whale in the lake” joke too! Really, isn’t April Fool’s Day all about making the kids feel a little confused and making them laugh?

Good luck on April Fool’s Day…let me know what you are planning!

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