Hot Practical Jokes & Pranks How-Tos

How To: 7 Harmless (But Slightly Evil) Back-to-School Pranks for Your Gullible Dorm Mates

It's that time of year when high school students say goodbye the their past four years of coddling, ready to enter the "real world" and the next chapter of their lives—college.

iPhone Text Bomb Your Friends: The Ultimate SMS Prank

The very first text message was sent on December 3rd, 1992 by Neil Papworth, an engineer for Vodafone, and it simply said "Merry Christmas." He may have jumped the gun on the whole Christmas thing, but you trying coming up with the first text message in history!

How To: The 10 Best Office Pranks for Torturing Your Coworkers on April Fool's Day

The best part about April Fool's Day is that everyone is fair game. Even big tech companies like Google and Twitter get in on the action every year. It encourages even the most uptight, unfunny party-poopers among us to have a little fun driving each other crazy with pranks.

How To: Do the Land O'Lakes Indian Butter (Boob) Trick

The artwork for Minnesota's Land O' Lakes butter packaging is classic, dating back to 1928 when it was first created by Brown & Bigelow illustrator Arthur C. Hanson. The logo was updated ("modernized") once in 1939, again in the '50s, and has undergone minor modifications here and there since. The legendary packaging is good for two rather nerdy tricks: A) a very trippy optical illusion and B) a very infantile boob illusion.

How To: 10 Super Evil Christmas Gift Pranks You Can Do This Holiday Season!

Although Christmas is a time to spend with family, a time to be happy and full of joy, sometimes is nice to pull a prank here and there especially since not many will be expecting them.

How To: Make someone faint

This is NOT fake. To make someone faint, first have them squat down and breathe in deeply for about 10 seconds. Then, have them stand up straight against a wall and hold their breath. Get someone else to push hard against their chest. The person standing should then lose concsiousness for a few seconds! WARNING : This is dangerous and I am not responsible for any injuries/deaths that may occur. I do NOT encourage you to try this. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Make fake semen

Learn how to make fake semen and trick all your friends. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: 3 Pranks You Can Pull Off at a Party!

Some parties may be so lame that only a good prank can make them more exciting. If that's the case then you can pull off one of these simple party pranks. All three are messy so be prepared to do a little clean up afterwards. Two involve cups and punch and the last one involves a piece of pie. Refer to the instructional video for further instructions and demonstrations!

How To: 12 April Fool's Day Pranks for Your Smartphone-Addicted Family & Friends

April Fool's Day, aka National Screw with Your Friends Day, is finally here. You can always pull a conventional prank, like strategically placing a whoopee cushion on your mom's chair, but that joke has been exhausted generations before smartphones were around. We live in a day and age where smack cam is the new level of pranking, so it's time to step your game up, novices.

How To: Prank a Front-Wheel Drive Vehicle with Zip Ties on the Driveshaft

Zip ties are wonderful little creatures. They can do all types of duties, and they come in all shapes and sizes. But for this gag, you'll want to get the biggest and longest zip ties you can find!

How To: Make a fart machine

This video demonstrates how to make a fart machine. Here is a simple step by step instructions how to make your very own Mega Fart Machine. From XL-2000 farts to F-9000 Bombs. It's so simple, even your grandma can do it! Why wait, go out and make your own Mega Fat Machine. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks! Make a fart machine.

How To: Pull the Porn Star Toilet Prank

Looking for a great practical joke to pull on your friends? Then watch this joke how-to video to learn how pull the porn star toilet prank. Follow the step by step prank instructions to rig your toilet to dump water on a seated user by re-routing the water tube. This is a great home prank demonstrated by a porn star. Give this instructional video a go, and play a pretty good practical joke on a friend or enemy. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Scare your friends with air horn pranks

The air horn is one of the cheapest and loudest things that you can buy, and it forms the heart of many amazing pranks. This video will give you some ideas for easy air horn pranks that require no fancy setup or planning. Just an unsuspecting victims and a little bit of patience.

How To: Prank a dorm friend with door knock drench

Door bell drench from Prank University. One of many pranks you can torture your college roommates with! This is a simple trick from the Cubicle Warfare book that shows you how to soak the floor of a friend by filling a small garbage can with water and leaning it on their door. When you knock, they answer and dump the water on their feet. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Pull the April Fool's Day Shower Head Prank

For the dedicated prankster, April Fool's Day is no joke. Nothing will stop them from coming up with the cleverest, most elaborate prank the world has ever seen. Or at least—their victim.

How To: Pull the bloody toothbrush prank with food coloring on a roommate

Brushing your teeth is pretty mundane. Why not enliven the experience for a friend or enemy by pranking them into thinking that their mouth is gushing blood? This video will teach you how to use food coloring and an oven to set up the Bloody Toothbrush Prank. All you do is cook the food coloring into it's powdered essence, apply the powder sneakily your victim's toothbrush, and wait until they brush.

How To: Give an atomic wedgie like in Casper

How to pull someone's underwear over their head. This tutorial uses film stills from the movie Casper: A Spirited Beginning to illustrate this classic kids' prank. Pull the underwear up from behind, over the head. It's only an atomic wedgie if it goes over the head! Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Fill a printer cartridge with invisible ink

This is an easy video tutorial about making invisible ink for inkjet printer.Cool for making your important document more safe. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Catch Pokémon Using Google Maps

April Fool's has come early, with an update for Google's Maps application for both Android and iOS that's geared towards finding their next big hire: Pokémon Master.

How To: Pull a Fake Used Condom and Pudding Prank on Your Roommates

If you've been in college for more than a week and don't have the extreme good fortune of having your own room, you've probably seen a used condom that you really could have lived without seeing. Perhaps you even know someone who has a leaving used condoms out problem. Well, now you've found the perfect way to get back at them.

How To: Trick your friends with two easy puzzles

If your preferred means of showing that you're smarter than others is to trick them with elaborate and tedious puzzles, then Brian Brushwood is your man. This video will teach you two easy bar tricks with matches and drawing that might get you a free drink with the right crowd.

How To: Do the Breach of Security Prank on Someone at a Superstore

Kipkay has developed a shoplifting prank, and all you need is a little electromagnetic strip to play this prank at Walmart (or wherever). You also need to bring a magnet. You swipe the strip thirty times with the magnet and this will actually magnetize the strip. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Prank someone's iPhone

Here's a low-key way to take advantage of someone's trust. Gain access to a friend or frenemy's iPhone and add curse words as separate new contacts to their contacts page. Sit back and wait for your friend to text someone. Enjoy.

How To: Prank Your Friend's Computer Mouse into a Smelly Smoke Machine

Most use wireless computer mice these days for their computers, but there are still people stuck on wired optical mice, especially in an office environment. Those people are our targets. As pranking someone's computer may be frowned on, peripherals are fair game, and this prank from Kipkay takes their wired optical computer mouse and turns it into a foul-smelling smoke machine.

How To: Make heat sensitive invisible ink

Onion water makes invisible ink. The drawing becomes visible when it is heated. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Pull off the greatest cup prank ever

This could quite possibly be the easiest and funniest prank you could ever pull off on someone, all you need is a cup, straw and lid. It is so unpredictable, No one will ever suspect a thing till they're completely wet. Find out how to execute this Funny prank by watching this video. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Make bloody prank bubblegum

Prank your friends by hacking some ordinary bubble gum to ooze fake blood when someone chews it. It can take 3-4 days for the "blood" to disappear. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks! Make bloody prank bubblegum.

How To: Booby trap your room to find it someone has been going through your stuff

Want to protect your things from people you suspect might be snooping? This video shows you how to set up simple systems for your closet, refrigerator, dresser drawer and even find out if someone has been helping themselves to your liquor!

How To: 5 Easy to Do Booby Traps You Just Gotta Try on April Fool's Day!

These are 5 simple yet effective booby traps you can set up on friends and family. Not much is needed, you already pretty much have the household items so just follow the instructions and you'll be on a prank spree this April Fool's Day!

How To: The Best Water Bottle Prank Ever for April Fools Day!

This prank should already be a classic, but you haven't heard of it check it out. The basic idea to this prank to to get your victims wet, by that I mean you get them to wet themselves. Yes it sound funny but it's achievable with a booby trapped water bottle which you will learn how to set up in the instructional video provided below. So much fun for April Fools Day!

How To: Make a Stink Bomb from Things You Can Find Around the House

Here are three different methods you can use to make a stink bomb prank from things you can find around the house—just a pack of matches, an empty plastic soda bottle, and some household ammonia. Mix the tips of the matches with the ammonia and let it sit for three or four days, then stink it up!

How To: 5 Devilish Ways to Prank Your Friends with Nail Polish

Besides the obvious, fingernail polish can be pretty useful around the house—for men and women. It can keep your buttons from falling off, sort your keys, prevent your shoelaces and hoodie strings from fraying, and even curb rust rings in the shower. Turns out, nail polish also comes in handy on April Fool's Day.

How To: 5 Mean Shoe Pranks You Must Try

The following are 5 pranks you can set up on your friends and family using their shoes. They're quite funny and to prepare these pranks all you really need are a few household items and a couple other things you can get at your local dollar store such as party snaps and party poppers. You'll also need access to your friends' shoes.

How To: Booby Trap Any Door!

Using simple household items such as a funnel and balloon you can easily booby trap any door. Meaning you'll get someone wet in the process. Follow the simple instructions in the video tutorial.

How To: Make fake poop for pranks

Have you ever wanted to make fake poop? Well, here's your chance. Fool your friends, gross out your girlfriend, prank your family members... it's 100% fun.

How To: Make a Self-Expanding Shaving Cream Bomb Prank

A video on how to make the ultimate shaving cream bomb, great to use on your friend's locker or desk at work. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Do the Liquid ASS air freshener stink prank

Isn't the whole point of those battery-operated automatic fresheners to make things smell good? Normally, yes. But with a simple mod, it could be the world's best stink prank. Simply changing the liquid aromatic cleanliness of the freshener to something not so sterile and sweet is all you need to do.

How To: Pull Off a Prank on Your Next Door Neighbor!

Whether you like your neighbors or not you still have to live next door to them. Well here's a little prank you can prepare to get them back for anything they might have done to you in the past. The end result will leave them wet. Check out the video tutorial to find out more.

How To: 5 Pranks You've Gotta Try on April Fool's Day

If you forgot about April Fool's Day, you're going to have to get creative if you want to pull off some not-so-predictable pranks last minute. To help you with that, in this video you'll learn how to set up and execute 5 of the best last-minute April Fool's Day pranks. April 1st will still be a fun day for you, your friends, and family... just watch!

How To: Pull the Decapitated Shrunken Head in a Jar Prank

A good prank requires decent effort, creativity, and impeccable timing. If you're in the office, there are plenty of hilarious pranks to play on coworkers, and for your family and friends, there's everything from toothpaste-filled Oreos, to solid milk, to impossible-to-solve Rubik's Cubes and smartphone-friendly pranks.