Hot Practical Jokes & Pranks How-Tos
How To: Execute the messy milk and chocolate windshield prank
Sometimes the simplest pranks are the best ones! They take no time at all, and they're so simple that no one would even expect to look for the obvious. Like this windshield prank. It involves chocolate syrup and a cup of milk.
How To: Do the funnel-in-the-pants trick
Now this is a funny prank that you can pull on children or some of your more gullible friends. All you do is demonstrate for them that you can stick a funnel in the front of your pants and a coin on your chin, wait ten seconds, then dump the coin into the funnel. When they try to do it, you sneak up in front of them and dump water into the funnel. They'll look like the totally pissed themselves, and then probably try their best to beat you to death with the funnel. Great trick.
How To: Use a piece of paper to seal a glass of water
Paper is not known for it's strength as a building material. It is really amazing what paper can do in the right circumstance though. This video will show you how to use a piece of paper to hold the water in an upside-down glass. It's easy, the effect is very cool and sure to impress, and all you need are a glass of water and a piece of copy paper.
How To: Make paper poppers in three steps
Who knew that a thin, innocent piece of paper had so much potential for creating loud and annoying sounds? This video will teach you how to make a paper popper in only three easy steps that will allow you to make loud noises over and over again, scaring friends, family, and pets. No non-paper materials required. Make paper poppers in three steps.
How To: Make a really loud annoying noise by blowing on paper
There are a lot of videos, many on our site, that will teach you how to make poppers or other types of noisemakers with paper. This one stand out from the pack though both in terms of loudness and technique. This video will show you how to make a piece of paper into an extremely loud and annoying whistle just by cutting some holes in and folding it. This is sure to aggravate anyone around you cheaply and easily.
How To: Make cheap DIY blowgun darts out of paper
The blowgun may not be the most en-vogue weapon in the 21st century, but they are still very cool and surprising effective for shooting things with darts at long range. One of their problems is that good dart are hard to come by and expensive when you do find them. This video will show you a way to get around that problem: making your own darts out of paper! All you need is paper (and maybe a little superglue would help) and you can make your very own darts that will pierce object almost as w...
How To: Make a loud bang sound with a piece of paper
Do you like making loud noises? We do here at Wonderhowto, and this video will show you one easy way to do so using only a standard sheet of printer paper. You just have to fold in a certain way, slam it against a table or other hard surface, and bang! You've made a loud banging noise without having to invest in poppers or anything! You can reuse the same sheet to create further bangs, but the noise level may diminish with repeated banging.
How To: Make a prank booby trap water bottle that breaks
This water bottle prank is really ingenious. You split two water bottles and recombine them to form a new, weaker frankenwwaterbottle. You fill this with water and superglue the cap on. Now, when your victim tries to open the water bottle they'll push so hard on the unopenable cap that the weak bottle will break in two, soaking them and their friends. Brilliant, devious, and hilarious.
How To: Pull some funny pranks at the drive-thru window
Do you find the drive-thru dining experience at the modern American fast-food restaurant frustrating? Do you want to get back at the drive-thru establishment and have some fun at the same time? This video will show you some hilarious pranks that you can perform when ordering at the drive-thru window, creating a laugh riot for yourself, your passengers, and, hopefully, the fast-food employee as well. Prank on!
How To: Make good, funny prank phone calls
Prank calls are almost as old as the phone itself, but have entered a beautiful renaissance in the digital era. No need for the phonebook or a pay phone service anymore! This video will show you how to make really good, funny prank calls in the 21st century, including a rundown of necessary equipment and help with technique.
How To: Make a prank Rubik's Cube 4x4
If you and your friends love to solve different kinds of Rubik's cubes, and you want to play a prank on one or more of those friends, this video will show you how. It will teach you how to take apart a 4x4 Rubik's Cube with a core and put it back together without the core, so that when one of your friends tries to take it apart it will crumble in their hands.
How To: Set up the water balloon and messy cup prank
Pranks that involve liquid are always funny. Unexpected liquid splashing or spilling all over someone is always a laugh riot, unless it's gasoline. This cup prank involves a cup (obviously), straw, needle, lid, and… water balloon. Watch this video to see how the prank works.
How To: Make homemade nontoxic putty out of simple ingredients
Putty is fun stuff to play around with, and there are lot of different ways to make it. This video will show you how to make nontoxic putty easily at home with only white glue, water, and Borax. Add some food coloring if you tire of the same old white putty after a while.
How To: Pull the styrofoam ice-bottom cup prank
Imagine… your friend is drinking an ice-cold soda out of his/her styrofaom cup, and everything's fine, until… it's starts leaking everywhere! It could be utterly hilarious, or disastrously evil, depending on who your target is.
How To: Read your friend's minds with the Book Test
In this tutorial, we learn how to read your friend's minds with the book test. First, sit by two friends and have three books with you. Have them pick a book, then write a 3 digit number on a card, then have the other person flip the numbers and subtract them. Now have the other person reverse the digits and add numbers again and add them all together. Now, have the other person circle the lat digit and open the page and word of the digit. Have the people think of the word they come up with a...
How To: Pull the refrigerator handle switch prank
Pranks are the world's favorite pastime. Everyone loves a good prank, and there's nothing better than keeping someones stomach empty. Imagine the pain and suffering one would endure if he or she could not eat because the fridge will not open. Most refrigerators allow for reversing the door swing. Normally you also switch the handle. But not if you want to thoroughly confuse the victim of this practical joke.
How To: Pull off the exploding cigarette prank
Trying to get a friend to quit smoking? Try this prank and they might never pick up a pack again! In this quick tutorial, learn how to rig someone's smokes so that they explode when they use them! This is very funny and the cigarette looks real so it is easy to hide in plain sight. Give it a try!
How To: Bobby trap dental floss with a party popper
Party poppers are magnificent. They can be used for a plethora of pranks— basically, any prank where the victim / target has to open something. You can use party poppers on practically any household item, but this video covers the much used dental floss container. The exploding floss prank is easy to do yourself, and requires only the floss container, the party poppers, scissors, and a screwdriver. Once your prank target goes to use their floss, they'll have quite the grin.
How To: Guess a Random Number Using a Math Trick
Though impressive, reading minds in person has been done and overdone. Revamp this tired sport by learning how to mind read over the phone and even on Twitter.
How To: Safely eat fire
You don't have to be a Cirque du Soleil freak to show off fire-eating skills. Learn how to use a clever science trick to eat fire without totally killing yourself.
How To: Set up an exploding (loud) deodorant prank
Party poppers are magnificent. They're the perfect prank companion. They can be used in practically any prank that requires a little "pull." So in this video, Nextraker will show you the secret behind the deodorant prank.
How To: Create a mousetrap noisemaker prank device
Besides being useful, mousetraps can be pretty loud, which makes them perfect for the prankster at heart. They can scare the crap out of your intended victim, but for some, giving them the heebie-jeebies can be more difficult than just a normal trap. They might not scare as easily with a short burst of sound. But they will if you add a few mods to that everyday mouse trap!
How To: Set up the ultimate ketchup prank
You must have a certain attitude to appreciate practical jokes and pranks. Your friends (or targets) may not appreciate pranks as much as you, especially messy ones. The messy pranks are the ones that are less likely to provide a laugh from your victims, at least not right away. This ketchup prank is one of those.
How To: Make invisible ink at home
This video is a science experiment for kids, which demonstrates how to make Invisible Ink at home. For this experiment, you will need the following: a knife, a spoon, a lemon, a cotton swab, a cup of water, paper, and a saucer.
How To: Make invisible ink from an egg
In this tutorial, we learn how to make invisible ink from an egg. First, grab an egg and poke it with a pen to where a small hole is in it. once you've done this, leak the white inside of the egg into a clear bowl. Now you can dip the pen into the clear liquid and write on a piece of paper. Keep dipping in liquid as the "ink" dries out. Once the liquid has dried, you will be able to see what is written on the paper clearly! You can place the paper or an open flame (standing back a few inches)...
How To: Throw playing cards very far like Marvel's Gambit
Scam School host Brian Brushwood demonstrates how to convert a standard playing card into a weapon. By perfecting your release and giving a specific spin, you'll be able to burst a water balloon halfway across the room.
How To: Gleek or lizard spit
Little boy demonstrate simple steps on how to gleek in three easy steps. As viewed on the video, the boy mention the use of a yellow string to help in his demonstration- First is to touch the tip of the tongue at the bottom of the mouth where the yellow string is placed- Touch the tongue at the roof of the mouth- Force the air out of the mouth like what happen when you force a yawn, make sure that the mouth is open as you do, for the spit not to hit your teeth
How To: Pull the toothpaste prank
Some of the funniest pranks are some of the easiest pranks, like this toothpaste prank. It's very simple, and if you follow the instructions, you'll be able to booby trap your roommate's toothpaste for a very fun time. It can be very gross if you deem necessary.
How To: Make homemade fireworks
This features how to use fire wire to create your own homemade fire works! What you need is fine steel wool, wire, and a lighter. Take your wire and your steel wheel and a tie a slip knot on the wire. Stretch out the steel wool and put it inside the slip knot and tighten. Now, with this, you have created your own fireworks. All you do it light the wool on fire, swing this contraption around and enjoy the beautiful bright and blasting lights. Be sure that the wire is tied tightly around the st...
How To: Prank someone's food for April Fool's Day
Looking for a few new April Fool’s Day pranks? You’ll be sure to get a startled look on friends faces when you catch them off guard with some unexpected alterations to their favorite foods. Just remember that what goes around comes around.
How To: Make a horrible smelling stink bomb
Learn how to make a horrible smelling stink bomb from this video in simple steps. You will need a newspaper, elastic, 2 sparklers and some cat hair. First put the cat hair in the newspaper. Crush a sparkler into powder and add it to the newspaper. Roll the newspaper and tie it up using the elastic. Now attach the other sparkler to the paper. Finally ignite the sparkler and throw your stink bomb to test it.
HowTo: Unzip a Dress With a Paperclip (MacGyver Style)
In honor of our recent post on the man behind MacGyver, here's a little advice from the master: "A paperclip can be a wonderous thing. More times than I can remember one of these had gotten me out of a tight spot..."
How To: Use non-transitive dice to cheat your friends
Need a new prank or trick to play on your friends? Well this video is your solution. All you need a non-transitive dice and to follow this video and you will be cheating your friend in no time. The idea behind this video is to use dice that are non standard, which means instead of having from 1 to 6 on the sides, they have other numbers. By playing with what numbers go on the faces, the viewers can skew with the probabilities of what number comes up. With this idea, the viewers can make dice ...
How To: Pull three different breakfast pranks with cereal and milk
Nobody wants to wake up to a prank, right? But maybe instead of starting off the day bad, it will do the opposite -- create a little laughter, make people happy, joke around and lighten up. Maybe breakfast pranks are the best gags of all.
How To: Put a chopped bloody finger in a box
Want to scare the socks off your friend? Give them a bloody finger in a box for a gift... your bloody finger! To complete this prank you will need a small jewelry box, a cotton base, scissors, and ketchup! This trick is great to add to a spooky Halloween party... or: your little sister's birthday.
How To: Pull a simple styrofoam cup prank
Nextraker is the king of all pranks, especially styrofoam cup pranks. In this video, see how to create a prank that will leave your victims wet and totally embarrassed! Simplicity is the key to any good prank, so all you will need is some glue and a nail. See how to pull of this simple styrofoam cup prank. Perfect as any April Fool's Day prank.
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 an evasive beeping thing
This video shows you how to make a prank toy called "The Evasive Beeping Thing." You will need: a 555 timer, a couple of 3904 transistors, a couple of capacitors, some resistors, a 9-volt battery clip, a small speaker, and a small piece of circuit board to settle everything. Follow these simple steps:
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: Pull a Twitching Dead Rat Prank
Know someone that's terrified of rats? This twitching dead rat prank is perfect for you then. Great for Halloween or April Fool's Day. You just need a stuffed rat, a rattrap, vibration motor, AAA battery holder with batteries, and a piece of straw. Oh, and fake blood, too!