Practical Jokes & Pranks Features
How To: Ruin Your Roommate's Breakfast Oats
The idea is to trick your roommate into opening a can of oatmeal that will be booby-trapped. The outcome will be hilarious, considering your roommate doesn't punch you in the face.
How To: Booby Trap Your Roommates Clothes!
In this edition I will teach you how to mess with someone's clothes, don't worry no harm will be done. It's just funny! Check out the video tutorial to find out more!
How To: Do a condom and water bottle pank
Use the power of a condom to make one of the best pranks ever. With the help of a water bottle you can leave your victims wet. Watch this pranking how-to video to find out how. All you need is a condom, a water bottle, and a hot glue gun. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
How To: Prank people with the ultimate noisemaker
Prank people by making a super load whistle, modified with an air compressor. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
How To: Cheat someone at a coin toss
The coin toss is the gold standard of fairness, and used to settle all sorts of important issues. That doesn't mean you can't rig one though. Watch this video to learn how to scam someone on a simple coin toss.
News: PRANK WARS
WonderHowTo loves pranks. So, naturally we're big fans of College Humor, particularly Prank Wars. Prank Wars stars Amir and Streeter, best pals. Best pals that love to humiliate one another...to say the least... In their latest *life threatening* prank, Amir scares the crap out of Streeter. Check out the interview (and prank) on Jimmy Kimmel: Click through for the complete skydiving prank video (sans Jimmy Kimmel). To view all Prank Wars videos, visit College Humor.
How To: Prank Bury One of Your Friends Alive in a Box
This prank has it all. It's easy to do, requires few materials, won't cause physical harm to anyone or anything (hopefully), and will absolutely terrify your victim while amusing you for days. All you need is a securely passed-out person and a big box (flat piece of plywood optional). You cut out one side of the box so that it will cover the sleeping person like a coffin, then pound on the top to wake them. They will likely think that they have been buried alive and flip out like the guy in t...
How To: Belch or burp innovatively
He gives you the lowdown on using your diaphragm to burp really loud with no soda or other substances. Just air. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
News: Most Cuckoo Jackass Contest Entry: 25MPH Motorized File Cabinet
Look what came in the mail today! The File Cabinet from hell. Die hard Jackass fan and file cabinet mod-junkie Jeff Dahlin tracked us down to drop off this gem at WonderHowTo HQ today. It is his official entry for the Jackass Prank Contest.
How To: Make color changing chemicals by soaking a red cabbage in water
Get a red cabbage from the grocery store, and tear up about two or three leaves and put them in a glass jar. Cover the leaves with water and microwave, then strain out the leaves. You can mix the extract with different household chemicals and watch the color change!
How To: Do cool tricks using infrared
Learn how to make cool effects using infrared vision. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
How To: Annoy a telemarketer
Revenge is sweet. If you don't have the time or the heart to torment telemarketers, put your name on the National Do Not Call Registry, at www.donotcall.gov. For more information, see "How To Stop Telemarketers Calling". Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks! Annoy a telemarketer.
How To: Use blue food coloring and martini mix to pull a blue mouth martini prank
Blue martini mix can make any party more festive and ravey, but can also be used for this great prank. Watch the video for a guide to using food coloring and blue martini mix to dye the mouths of martini drinkers blue for hours. Great fun.
How To: Do three easy pranks
Learn how to set up 3 simple harmless pranks. - Wild Mouse
News: Prevent the dude in front from reclining
Don't want a reclining seat in your lap? Solution: Zip Ties
How To: Booby Trap a Door with a Balloon and Shaving Cream!
Video: . This is a very simple way to set up a booby trap inside your house for your friends and family, It can get messy so prank at your own risk.
How To: Prank a showering friend with a school girl outfit
One way to really mock your friends on their behalf is to pull this awesome shower prank! This practical joke video tutorial will show you how to prank a showering friend with a school girl outfit.
How To: Make water freeze on your command
You can keep water in a liquid state, even if it's below freezing temperature. This tutorial shows you how to take some distilled or purified water, and apply some basic science to make the water freeze on command - or a couple other neat tricks!
News: The Best 2016 April Fool's Day Pranks from Around the Web
Every year, tech companies use April 1st as a means to prove that they have a sense of humor. Sometimes their jokes are good for a chuckle, other times the gags backfire disastrously. For the most part, however, we'd be better off without the bulk of these annual antics.
How To: Make a water bottle cannon
Did you know you could make a cannon using just a water bottle? Find out how to shoot your friends with water bottle caps. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks! Make a water bottle cannon.
How To: 5 Must-Try Pranks
Simple household pranks are the best to set up because they don't require much to pull off just stuff you already have lying around your home. So if you're interested in pranking someone but don't want to go all out to get the tools and materials necessary this tutorial is for you.
How To: Sabotage Someone's Takeout Lunch with a Messy Prank
There's never a bad time to pull a prank on someone, right? Well, how about you consider setting up this prank during lunchtime? Next time you see a co-worker leave his/her takeout food unattended, that's when you'll strike. Follow the simple steps below and you'll be known as the master prankster at work. Tools and Materials Needed
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: Prank trick or treaters with a candy bowl and hand
Halloween is a time where you can either trick or treat your guests. Treating can be fun, but tricking someone can be even more entertaining. With this video, we will teach you a neat little trick to play on small kids or even adults. So sit back and watch how you can scare the pants off of people this Halloween with this simple trick involving a regular candy bowl.... see how to prank trick or treaters with a candy bowl and hand. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
How To: Play a keyboard prank on a coworker
Do you have coworkers who use the hunt-and-peck method of typing? This trick is guaranteed to drive them completely bonkers.
How To: Prank Your Friends into Licking Vegemite Off a Leather Kangaroo Scrotum
Your cultural experiences growing up shape the kinds of food that you like, and nowhere is this more evident than in the case of Vegemite.
How To: Prank your roommate with 60 yellow page books
Phone books are sort of past their point of relevancy, but that doesn't mean they don't have any sort of practical application like for practical jokes. Learn how to fill up a room with pages from the yellow book by watching this prank-pulling video tutorial. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
How To: 5 Pranks to Get Payback on April Fool's Day!
So you've fallen for many pranks on April Fool's day and surely you feel like a "fool" well it's time to dust yourself off and start pulling pranks of your own on those that got you earlier. Here are 5 pranks you can set up on your enemies on April Fool's Day.... Most require the use of household items which you might already have. Check out the video tutorial provided for further instructions!
How To: Use psychic dice trick to punk the drunk
In this video, we learn how to use psychic dice trick to punk the drunk. First, place the dice in a clear glass, then tell the other person to look at the numbers on the dice through the bottom of the cup. Next, guess that number they are thinking of, and then look at the die to prove it. When finished, you will get a drink and drink free all night! Make sure you are using psychic dice to do this trick. If you don't have these specific die, then you won't be able to pull this trick off correc...
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 a timed Mentos and Diet Coke bomb with minty strips
It's been done before, but this Mentos and Diet Coke prank never gets old! Really— who knew those Mentos fresh mints and some acidic Diet Coke could create such an explosion? Astonishing.
How To: Make Your Own Creepy 'Puta Putin' to Guard Your Stuff (Or Scare Your Roommate)
Earlier this week, we learned that you can get people to put more money in a tip jar simply by drawing eyes on it. But what if you want to keep them away from something? Eyes can do that, too, especially when they're Putin's.
How To: Prank someone with an ice cube drop in hot weather
Being based in sunny Los Angeles, we at Wonderhow are no strangers to heat. This prank was designed for use in hot areas, but we think it would be just as amusing if not more so somewhere cold. All you do is buy a lot of ice, locate or construct a platform over an entryway your victim often uses, put the ice and yourself up there, wait for them to arrive and dump it on them. It'll be cold, wet, and oh so surprising.
How To: Prank someone with the trash can water trick
Fill a trash can up with water, lean it up against a door, knock and run! Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
How To: Prank roommates with a table, a toilet, and a balloon under their car tire
Great pranks, like death and various other phenomena, come in threes. This video is a perfect example of that, and will teach you three awesome pranks that you can pull on a roommate, friend, or mortal enemy. First, you'll learn about placing a table over a sleeping persons head and waking them with an airhorn. Second, you'll learn how to rig a squirting toilet. Lastly, there's the fake tire explosion balloon trick. All classics, all easy, all things you should go try.
How To: Change the hold music on the company phone system
Changing the hold music piped into your company phone is a prank some callers will appreciate—depending on what you replace it with.
How To: Sabotage a Bowl of Cereal (PRANK)
Looking for an April Fools idea for a prank, Well here's one you can easily pull off. Works best in the mornings which is when most people usually eat cereal. Check out the instructional video for further details.
How To: Prank someone by putting a fake mouse in their cereal box
People who like cereal are fanatical about it, and aren't quite right if they don't get their fix in the morning. If you live with a cereal person, try using this prank to give them some perspective. All you need is a toy mouse, which you deposit in their cereal box. Then watch, enjoy, and run.
How To: Prank a buddy with a magically pre-sliced banana
Prank someone by making a pre-sliced banana that will fall to pieces when someone unpeels it. They'll have no idea you've already tampered with the fruit for this prank. You'll need a needle and some time to covertly slice the banana while it's still unpeeled. This is a great practical joke or prank to pull on a gullible friend. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
How To: Set Up 2 Simple Bathroom Pranks for April Fool
Everyone uses the bathroom at least once or twice a day, which is why its the perfect place to set up some booby traps as practical jokes for april fools day or any other day for that matter.