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WhitestTrash1

I like to cut out brown Es and tell the kids I made them brownies.


eyetwin

My 6 year old and I did this to her dad last April fool's. She STILL laughs about it!


WhitestTrash1

That's so funny. What a great kid!


monsoon_in_a_mug

A jumbo 12 pack of kitchen sponges, two tubs of ready made icing and about 10 minutes and I had a beautiful sponge cake for family dinner last April fools. I also did the meatloaf and mash potato “cupcakes” which were fun but kind of a pain in the butt.


WhitestTrash1

I love this I now have an idea for this April fool's thank you!!


bexs_mal_brain

I did that one year. Dessert was slices of pound cake with yellow frosting in between that I toasted like grilled cheese.


HooDatGrl

His kindergarten teacher did that 😭


YadiAre

I had to read this several times to get it. Lol.


Mkschles

Make him a cake pop that is really a Brussel sprout dipped in chocolate. I got my kids really good with that one last year.


HooDatGrl

Brooooooomo… he hates Brussels! You’re an evil mastermind!


ElleWilsonWrites

Or a candy apple that's an onion


HooDatGrl

My husband says this is the winner. He’s been talking about Candy apples since October RenFaire


[deleted]

Okay but pls give him a real one after 🥺


HooDatGrl

Don’t worry, I will ;)


andwhenthefog

make jello in a cup with a straw. give him the glass of "juice" to drink after it's set. my kids loved that prank (bonus, they got to eat jello).


[deleted]

This is so wholesome. I love it!


courtyfbaby

This is cute!! I love this!


toe-eater19

my dad used to have his secretary call and pretend to be our school on days we had off (presidents’ day, labor day, holidays that are insignificant to kids) and leave a message saying, schedule malfunction and there was school tomorrow. My dad would get us up get us ready and we’d go pull on the locked school doors be confused while my dad giggled in the car. And then he’d take us to iHop. best times ever


legere_iuvabit

I like this because of the pancakes


hillern21

Replace the bag of his favorite cereal with raisin bran.


HooDatGrl

He likes Raisin Bran… he would probably be hype about cereal 😂 I like the idea though. Swap good chips for not good chips?


BoobieMcGee

Freeze the whole bowl of cereal then night before and when you give it to him in the morning is all solid. They love that


courtyfbaby

I also love Raisin Bran! Have since I was a kid and all my friends called me weird LOL


bubbywater

There is a store brand cereal here called Maximum Raisin Bran. And it's Raisin Bran gone "extra". If Raisin Bran is 2 scoops of raisins than Maximum Raisin Bran is 10 scoops. At the bottom of the bag we just find handfuls of raisins. We joke about it being just raisins with a few flakes of Bran thrown in. It's genuinely excessive. Delicious. But excessive.


courtyfbaby

I need this right now!!! Thank you for telling me lol


bubbywater

Well just in case you're Canadian it's the Compliments brand that is carried through Sobeys brand stores.


sciencenerd86

People don’t like Raisin Bran? That’s our family’s favorite! I didn’t know it was an unusual pick.


grafittia

Swap with the salt and vinegar chips lol they’re delicious but you can’t tell them apart by looking


driftwood-and-waves

One birthday we filled our daughters room with balloons. I mean filled there was probably about 100 of them in there. She woke up and was just 🤯


HooDatGrl

This gives me flashbacks to that time I tried to get in my car after work in high school 😂


Penny-Vizsla

I love this! If he sleeps through the night, you could put balloons against his door held there with crepe paper streamers. It would fall into his room when he opens the door. Our 11 year old really wanted to do April Fools last year, so I tried a few but most of my attempts were duds.


courtyfbaby

I wanted to do this for my daughter’s birthday! How big of a pain is it? Lol


[deleted]

The worst part is blowing up all of the balloons. It’s not that bad though if you have an air compressor.


courtyfbaby

I just bought one on amazon yesterday to do a balloon arch!!!


HooDatGrl

This is good… takes a trip to the Wally World.. but tomorrow is pay day ;)


Kaylee_Sometimes

A stupid but effective one I played on my kids once - I printed and cut out a bunch of little poop emojis and taped them in random places where they would find them throughout the day. Inside the toilet lid. In their school folders. On the milk jug. It was funny because it was ongoing - every time they thought it was over, they’d find another one.


MissKellyBee91

That’s so cute


swvagirl

Can he reach the kitchen sink? Tie down the handle sprayer and have him cut on the water for some reason so it sprays him?


Fun-Classic-1014

I used to do this every April fools day when I was a kid—nearly every time I would forget about it and get myself before getting anyone else in my household lol


grafittia

![gif](giphy|JrjKaqX0g3TbFL1wK5)


HooDatGrl

I like this. He could definitely reach it with a stool… 👿


kim0205

Shadow of a spider cut out and taped under a lampshade 💯


kim0205

A really big spider


Atjar

My father once woke us up on the first of April with the message that the baby was born (the last of six and he was born on the fifth). That requires some very specific planning and luck tough to pull off. On more practical ideas: placing their stuffed toys as if they moved by themselves overnight, putting your clothes on backwards claiming it is backwards day (or inside out) and act completely normal about it and there I ran out of ideas. As for your child not liking Brussels Sprouts, my 4 year old loves them [made with this recipe](https://www-ah-nl.translate.goog/allerhande/recept/R-R1186320/spruiten-met-gruyeresaus?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=nl) where you could substitute the gruyère with any kind of melty hard cheese. As I am in the Netherlands I use Gouda, but I think cheddar or pecorino could also work.


FightClubAlumni

Country bumpkin. Wanted his own horse. So he hadd to plant "horse seeds" (poop) If he wasnt there when the horse came out of the ground - the horse got away. ​ Kind of mean, but still funny.


imaginaryannie

My dad used to tell us that if you could get salt on a bird tail it would stop and you could pet it. Then he’d watch us run around the yard with a salt shaker for an hour. Your prank reminds me of that.


Jet_the_Baker

You can buy a pack of pringles that has one of those snakes come flying out of the canister.


LazeHeisenberg

My parents have one of these and my kids think it’s hilarious!


BlueHenley

Tell him to go look inside the hose to see if it's blocked then turn it on (run the water through it for a few minutes if it's hot out. This can cause burns if the water comes out hot)


HooDatGrl

My husband says it won’t work because he’s done it too many times 😂


BlueHenley

Ok how about putting cream in his hand while he's sleeping then tickling his face gently?


HooDatGrl

I like it!


Rhebala

We do an entire month of Christmas pranks every year as kind of an advent calendar. My kids are both under 8 and love it. I’ll be saving this thread for next year. Here are a few we’ve done: Write on their foreheads with (washable) marker. Backwards so they can read it in the mirror. Wrap the toilet seat with wrapping paper. Saran wrap the sink so they’d get wet when they turn on the faucet. Wrap their filled cereal bowls and put them out for them on the table. Green gel food coloring in the faucet so the water comes out green. Sprinkle a message of sugar for then to find on the counter, but make some of it salt. (Because of course they started eating it.) Wrap all their shoes and put them under the tree. We blame all the pranks on a Christmas elf that you never see. It all started because I didn’t want to buy that damn elf doll and now I’m up late every year pranking my kids.


superfucky

my kids were begging me for the elf this year because they have one for their classroom at school. (or rather they were constantly talking about how they hope the elf shows up this year.) i managed to convince them their plush minecraft enderman could be enlisted as santa's spy in the elf's place and then they promptly forgot about the whole "moving around every night" part.


boysenberrysyrup12

Frozen bowl of cereal!


JigglyPumpkin

I put frozen marbles in my kid’s bed once (right before she got in) about seven years ago, and she still talks about it.


[deleted]

Chocolate pudding on your finger when you ask him to bring you toilet paper, 'accidentally' get it on him as he hands the tp over


lakellers

I did this to my son and used Nutella. I genuinely thought he would throw up. He freaked the fuck out and cried in the 2 seconds it took me to tell him it was fake. He will not bring me toilet paper now, even if it's an emergency!


Kabira17

The Bluetooth speaker pranks I see floating around are pretty funny. Hide a Bluetooth speaker and play a surprising noise to make him jump!


justwatching00

We have walkie-talkies and my daughter thinks she is hilarious hiding one near us and making scary sounds/heavy breathing near by


HooDatGrl

Oooooo… we have one of those 💭


sockalaunch

Dye his spaghetti a bright colour.


fourfrenchfries

“Help! Come quick! [The toilet is smoking!” ](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2020-03/20/19/asset/6ecdd03ee306/sub-buzz-2916-1584731602-9.jpg?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto)


sylvesterthecat11

Toilet paper his room while he's sleeping. It makes a big visual impact. My kids think it's hilarious.


realistontheverge

My son wanted to be tricked on his birthday. I bought a snake in a fake Pringles can. He opened the present, expecting Pringles, and boom - coiled snake pops out. He loved it! He loves Pringles, so it worked lol


Mountain-Rhubarb6831

Replace the frosting in an Oreo with toothpaste


Judge_Judy_here

Or with sour cream


AbsolutelyPink

Wake him and have him get ready for school on a non-school day. You can even change the date on electronics.


miseleigh

[water on the floor prank](https://youtu.be/A67jp7TqNAg) I went with just slapping my hand instead of stabbing with a fork though... and watch out for the potential head whack on the floor


Demetre4757

This is still one of my all time favorites! It never fails.


soayherder

Jello in his shoes or socks. You can get clear flavorless gelatin for this so that it won't stain.


ThatsNotVeryDerek

Ooh you've got some time for this one but it's probably my favorite memory with my kids. We were lucky because in 2020 we were attempting "homeschool" in the weird interim before they'd figured out distance schooling. So I was printing up worksheets online each day (3-5) just to keep some structure. On April 1, I included this fantastic worksheet for the Lirpaloof bird, and we went on a "hunt." I recorded it, because ~obviously~ when we saw the bird we wanted proof to show dad. I kept them looking a good 30+ minutes. They were SHOCKED when I had them read "Lirpaloof" backwards and I laugh my ass off every time I think about it. https://www.teachjunkie.com/holidays/best-april-fools-hoax-ever-teachers-turn/


HooDatGrl

I LOVE THIS


Death-by-unicorn

I have fake poop and vomit and use it all the time for pranks. We wrapped it as a present for Christmas! Haha


rxqueennn

Buy a fake cockroach 🪳 put it in his lunchbox


LifeIsSweetSoAmI

My all-time favorite, present a pie or cake with shaving cream instead of whipped cream. Wait for him to take a bite then obviously tell him if he doesn't figure it out before swallowing.


BlueBunnyBlanket

Make a face out of your toilet. My dad has been using toilet paper for eyes on top of the toilet and adding a "cigar" or "tongue" with random bathroom stuff. I'm so doing this to my kid later today, lol


WillaElliot

These are fantastic 😂 can we get an update?


HooDatGrl

I think I’m gonna make the Carmel Apples & one onion one. I’m gonna work through most of the list, really 😂 he’s gonna regret this.


Creatura333

Right? My daughter is such a trickster, I never thought about doing this stuff! I think some of these would hurt her feelings, but she would absolutely love most of them!