The Best April Fool's Pranks

This first one requires a few days of planning ahead of time but is exceptionally funny when pulled off properly. I have to give my father in law credit for sharing this idea. Get a bottle of chocolate sprinkles, the kind that when spilled looks like mouse poop. Sprinkle them around a co worker's floor, don't get crazy but you can also sprinkle in a drawer or two and look realistic. If they don't notice or even if they do, in a few days you plant a rubber mouse in their office.

If your office uses disposable salt and pepper shakers, pin prick the bottom of a couple and see how many people wind up wearing their seasoning. This one is medium as far as pranks go, worth a few cheap laughs.

Switch the coffee for tea in the coffeemaker. See the reactions as people fill their cups with creamer and sugar.

Sneak out to the smoker's corner of your office. When no one is around or looking, super glue a quarter to the concrete. Enjoy watching as people take their breaks all day trying to pick up the quarter.

Get your husband. Be up and ready when he's getting up for work. Hand him his cup of coffee. Then sit back and watch the morning news as he prepares for his shower. Sneak in and grab his towel and clothing. Then be sitting there relaxed when he starts looking for them.

Even better, if your a night owl and he isn't, reset the alarm clocks after he goes to bed. Push them forward a few hours so when it goes off he jumps up thinking he's on time or late and rushes to get ready before he realizes it's only 4 in the morning.

Get some plastic fly or ants. Strategically place these in the dinner you are serving to your family that night. Or toss some in the kid's tumblers of kool-aid. This will please the youngsters and get a giggle out of them when they realize they have been had.

Serve a home made cake for dessert. Place your wedding band in a drawer or jewelry box. Then as you serve the cake, look down aghast and tell everyone they have to dig through their cake looking for it.

Have pets? Get a fake pile of doggy poo and place it right beside your husband or child's bed they get out on each morning. Watch the look on their face when they think they have stepped in dog poo, for real laughs get the plastic wet with warm water first. The liquid will make them look down and gross out.

Gross your wife or female children out. Drop some yellow food coloring on the toilet seat so they will think someone was a bit off.

I live with television addicts so this is always sure to bring a few laughs. Tape bits of paper over the remote sensors. When they are sitting there wondering why they can't get the television on or looking all over frantically for replacement batteries, sit back and laugh.

This one works at home or in the office. It can be done on a cell phone or computer. Switch the language settings to something foreign. You can then text or email them and watch them trying to figure it out.

If you really hate everyone in your office, this is a timeless classic. But make sure you plan to have new employment on April 2nd. Bake a cake with the secret ingredient, Ex Lax. Then let everyone dig in all day long. I find this one to be a bit cruel, but there are certain offices where this joke would have been extremely funny. And as a side note when I was younger, I once used Strawberry Metamucil to make my siblings strawberry milk while I was baby sitting. Needless to say to this day they won't let me make them a glass of strawberry milk.

Go to a grocery store. Get a live lobster from the tank. Then go to the pet aisle, ask customers or employees for assistance in choosing a leash and collar for your new "pet".

Pick someone on your friend's list or face-book. Ask them, "Do I know you?" "How do I know you?" Pretend you can't remember who they are. As they get frustrated explaining, laugh and tell them what you are doing.

Pick your friend or relatives phone number, be sure to use *67 or another blocker from identifying you. In a strange voice tell them you are Pizza Hut or Domino's verifying their pizza order. Then read off a crazy order like 5 large Anchovy pizza's. On the same note, you can also be calling to inform them that they have won the lottery.

Find a bogus or hoax web page or email. If you are truly savvy, whip one up. Make it look nice and official. Then email it to everyone in your address book. It should be something insanely silly like McDonald's and Microsoft Merge or Taco Bell goes bust and teams up with Compost manufacturer.

With a little creativity, there are tons of great ideas and jokes. Some old standbys involve telling someone you are pregnant, trying to get the parents to call you in sick for the day at school, or screaming hysterically to get them to come running. I recommend using things that are not going to cause harm to anyone physically or to their property. I also recommend considering the messy pranks by considering who will clean up the mess afterward. As the wife and mom, I tend to avoid anything that is going to add to my workload. Somehow, the laughs aren't worth that! Enjoy April Fool's Day!