
April fool’s day is almost here!
It’s not your typical, business as usual fool’s day, it’s also Easter Sunday!
It’s like a holiday face swap and there is so much potential for laughs! My
kids LOVE a good prank. I am always the victim of random fake bugs in my shoe,
or on my desk. They have mastered the art of a properly placed life like snake
for me to discover. They clearly take advantage of striking my weak spots. This
year, I am arming myself with some fun unexpected ways to get some laughs
(without causing panic). We take our pranks and our laughter seriously in our
house, so the pranking begins early.
Breakfast is the most important
meal to begin your pranks. Nothing starts the day off right like a good laugh
and little tom foolery. Food coloring is going to go a long way here. You can
color the milk in your kid’s cereal bowl or get crazy and dye the entire gallon
of milk. Act like you’re the only one that can’t see it. Sound too easy? Take
it up a notch and hand them a bowl of cereal that’s been frozen (with the spoon
already in it). Be sure you snap a pic of their face as they lift their solid
breakfast out of the bowl. The expression will be priceless. If you are looking
for a super easy swap out, select a similarly colored Jell-O as their morning
juice. Make a cup of the jiggly stuff in their usual cup the night before (adding
in a straw to make it look legit). Pull it out of the fridge in the morning and
hand it over all nonchalant.
Lunch is the second most
important meal for pranking. This might require some minimal planning effort
and some tape. Go for maximum impact and start with the snack foods. You can
easily refill a lunch sized potato chip bag with carrot slices and seal the
bottom of the bag (use the tape). Unwrap chocolate mini eggs and rewrap grapes
in the same foil. If you have really
little ones and want to keep it simple, glue some googly eyes to your kid’s
juice box or water container. You can even add in some jokes for them to use at
the lunch table.
Dinner is prime time for
hilarity. This is where you can get super creative. Make dinner look like a
dessert and even your picky eater will get on board with dinner plans (for at
least the two minutes they think it’s really a dessert). Pinterest is filled
with tutorials on how to make fake out grilled cheese using pound cake and a
can of frosting. But my favorite is topping an innocent meat loaf with some
deceptive mashed potatoes to look like “cake.” It is guaranteed to generate
some excitement before a big letdown. So make sure your family will even eat
meat loaf and mashed potatoes before you serve up your prank.
Easter morning falls on April fool’s
day, or in my house we call it, “game day.” This is where we pull out our most
polished pranks. My kids are still
little so it has to be something funny and won’t require therapy later in life.
My plan is to begin our morning by filling their doorway with balloons. From
top to bottom we tape a pile of balloons to their doorway so when they open the
door it causes an avalanche into their room. Nothing says fun like being
covered in a big pile of balloons right? Next, I am taking down all the Easter
decorations and replacing them with birthday décor (because that’s easier than
hauling out bins of Christmas decorations….again), and a big Happy Birthday
sign for someone named Phil. Total confusion right?
After breakfast we like to head
outside for a fun egg hunt in the back yard. I can’t wait to see their faces as
they step into shoes filled with black jelly beans. I am not a fan of black
jelly bean so this will make good use of those icky little beans. Lastly, I’m going in for the weak spot- those colorful
little plastic eggs. Every year my kids look forward to a sweet treat inside
each egg. This year I am filling some of the eggs with real hard boiled eggs, and
some of them with crushed Oreos to look like dirt. Oh boy is this gonna be the
best Easter Fool’s Day ever!
How are you planning to take
advantage of this holiday mash up?
The Whatever Mom is a full-time wife and twin mama living on coffee and wine. She enjoys the pure rush of cleaning the BIG potty between loads of laundry. It is her dream that moms everywhere accept and embrace the Whatever Mom philosophy which can be found here. You can also find her musings and popular shares on Facebook and Twitter. Stay up to date with her creative ideas and outings on Pinterest.
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