100 April Fools’ Jokes for Kids That Are Silly, Safe, and Hilarious

April Fools’ Day is the perfect time for silly fun and harmless trickery—and kids absolutely love it! Whether you’re a parent looking to make your kids giggle, or a kid planning to prank your siblings or classmates, we’ve got you covered with this ultimate list of 100 April Fools’ Jokes for Kids. These pranks are playful, safe, and full of giggles—not groans.

Let the laughter begin!

Pranks You Can Play at Home

Color the milk with food coloring and watch their surprise at breakfast.

Switch the cereal inside the box with a different kind.

Stuff tissues in the toes of their shoes so they feel too small.

Replace Oreo filling with toothpaste.

Freeze their morning cereal and milk the night before.

Put googly eyes on everything in the fridge.

Turn all the family photos upside down.

Stick a paper fish on their back (classic!).

Put a rubber band around the spray nozzle on the sink.

Cover the remote sensor with tape so it won’t work.

Put a drop of food coloring in the toothpaste.

Tape a fake bug inside a lamp shade.

Put jelly in the ketchup bottle.

Replace soap with a block of white chocolate.

Glue a coin to the floor and watch them try to pick it up.

Switch their shoes to opposite feet.

Fill their closet with balloons.

Flip the screen on the family computer upside down (Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow).

Write a note from the “Tooth Fairy” saying they’re on vacation.

Put plastic wrap under the toilet seat.

Replace their shampoo with maple syrup (be ready to help clean up!).

Put a fake spider in their school bag.

Put stickers over the car’s backup camera.

Replace the salt with sugar or vice versa.

Put googly eyes on fruit in their lunchbox.

Funny Food Pranks

Make “grilled cheese” with pound cake and orange frosting.

Serve meatloaf in a cupcake wrapper with mashed potato “frosting.”

Give them “brown Es” – cut out brown letter E’s and say you made brownies!

Fill a donut box with veggies.

Make fake “fried eggs” with yogurt and canned peaches.

Put a raisin in a straw – they’ll get stuck trying to drink.

Replace juice with jello in a cup.

Serve Brussels sprouts dipped in chocolate instead of cake pops.

Fill their sandwich with a sponge or cardboard.

Make “ice cream” out of mashed potatoes.

Offer them a “popsicle” made of frozen ketchup.

Serve cereal in a bowl of dry rice instead of milk.

Put mini marshmallows in the toothpaste tube.

Replace jelly beans with dried beans.

Offer chocolate-covered cotton balls.

Make a banana look unpeeled with glue.

Give them “juice” made from vinegar and food coloring (only a sip!).

Add googly eyes to eggs and leave them in the fridge.

Put a grape inside a chocolate wrapper.

Make ice cubes with a gummy bear inside.

Pretend to bake cookies, but serve dog treats.

Say dinner is “invisible” and serve an empty plate.

Put a note inside their sandwich.

Say you baked a pie—and serve a “pizza pie.”

Make fruit snacks look like gummy worms or bugs.

School-Safe Pranks

Put googly eyes on all your pencils and pens.

Tape a “kick me” sign to your own back and act surprised.

Tell friends your voice changed overnight (talk in a different pitch).

Switch your backpack with your sibling’s.

Bring an empty lunchbox and say you ate everything on the bus.

Say you forgot how to read!

Answer every question with “I don’t know” for an hour.

Pretend your hand is stuck in your desk.

Write your name backward on all your papers.

Tell your teacher you’ve turned invisible.

Replace all your pencils with crayons.

Carry a banana and call it your “phone.”

Wear your clothes backward.

Pretend you have a twin and act confused when people call you by name.

Fill your water bottle with colored water.

Pretend your shoelaces won’t untie.

Say you forgot how to write.

Answer the classroom phone with “Pizza Delivery!”

Bring a toy microphone and narrate your day.

Glue googly eyes to your shoes.

Stick your hand in a paper bag and say you found a mouse (add toy mouse!).

Tell everyone it’s your “reverse birthday.”

Say your pet learned to talk.

Use a whoopee cushion in the cafeteria.

Walk backward all day.

Lighthearted Laughs for Family and Friends

Switch your parents’ phone wallpapers.

Say you got a tattoo (use washable marker).

Put a note on your sibling’s door that says “Do Not Enter – Alien Zone.”

Put tiny shoes on the dog and say he went shopping.

Walk around saying only “April Fools!” all morning.

Announce you’re now only speaking pirate.

Leave fake bugs in the shower.

Hide under a blanket and “jump scare” your sibling.

Say you saw a unicorn on the roof.

Tell your sibling their favorite toy is broken—then show it’s fine.

Say your goldfish learned how to dance.

Stick “out of order” signs on every bathroom door.

Swap your sibling’s toothbrush with a marker (just show, don’t use!).

Say you’re moving to the moon next week.

Write silly names on the mailbox.

Call everyone by silly names like “Captain Cupcake.”

Wrap a shoe in gift paper and pretend it’s a present.

Tell everyone you learned to teleport.

Stick googly eyes on the TV.

Say the internet broke worldwide.

Say your teacher assigned 1,000 pages of homework.

Put pillows in your bed and sleep in the closet.

Pretend to get stuck in the doorway.

Say your pet joined a band.

At the end of the day, announce: “The biggest prank? I didn’t prank you at all!”

April Fools’ Day is a time to get creative, laugh, and bond with your friends and family. With these 100 kid-friendly jokes and pranks, the day is sure to be full of fun and surprises. Just remember the golden rule: Keep it kind and keep it safe!

Happy Pranking, and don’t forget to shout… APRIL FOOLS!