APRIL Fool’s Day isn’t just for kids – it’s for their parents as well.
Here are five ways you can play a festive trick on your family.
A surprising breakfast
One hilarious April Fool’s prank will require a little bit of preparation.
Before your children wake up, make their breakfast cereal early and put it in the freezer.
Then, serve it up when they come downstairs but don’t let on that you know that it’s frozen.
Ice cream surprise
On the other end of the spectrum, you can replace their ice cream with mashed potato.
Simply fill their cup with mashed potato and slather it with gravy, which will look like chocolate pudding.
Then, serve it up as though everything was normal.
It might help to have some proper ice cream on hand for afterwards, to save on any disappointment.
Shrinking clothes
If your children have spare pairs of socks lying around, they are the perfect target for an April Fool’s prank.
Sew the ends of their socks up to make them smaller and then leave them with your child’s clothes for the morning.
When they discover that they can’t fit their feet in the socks, shout: “April Fools”.
Switching cereals
Swap the contents of your child’s favourite cereal for a hilarious prank.
When they pour out their cornflakes, they’ll be shocked when Cheerios come pouring out for example.
All you need to do is switch the bags containing the cereal in each cardboard box.
Gluing coins
Glue coins to the floor for another prank.
Simply find some old change and use a glue which won’t mark your floorboards.
Then, sit back and relax as your children try and pick up the coins.
Brownies vs Brown Es
Buy some brown paper or print some images of the colour brown before cutting them into the shape of the letter E.
Place them in a oven tray and cover it with tin foil.
Call your children downstairs and declare that you are having brownies, before you reveal that the tray is actually full of brown Es.
