April Fool's Day Pranks Parents Can Play on Their Kids

Five Original Pranks for the First of April

The details concerning the history of April's Fool's Day are relatively unknown. What is known is that people love pulling pranks on April's Fools Day, especially children. Yet who is to say that pranks are just for kids, are you a parent longing to pull an April Fool's prank on your kids but are short on ideas? Before your kids strike with an ingenious April Fool's Day prank, parents strike first and this article tells you how. Here are five, relatively harmless, pranks parents can play on their kids (8 to 12 years of age) on April Fool's Day.

#1 Exchange Program

On April Fool's Day tell your kid(s) that you are thinking of letting them participate in an exchange program and that you want their thoughts? However, there is a twist, they will not be going anyplace overseas like Paris, Spain, Ireland, or Japan. The exchange program takes place in the United States, children from small rural areas living without indoor plumbing, running water, and electricity will get a chance to live with a family who can afford those things. In exchange, your child will live in that type of small rural environment, learning valuable lessons and the hardships this type of living takes for six weeks during the summer. It will make them a better human being. To really sell this prank, have some pamphlets or an official looking letter on hand.

#2 Age Limit on Learning how To Drive has Dropped

You are reading the newspaper on April Fool's Day, you are shocked and appalled that your state has seen fit to lower the limit in which children can learn how to drive. The age limit now, 10 years old or your child(s) age. What is the reasoning behind this? Research has shown that kids who learn new skills at an earlier age are able to master them quicker, thereby lowering teen driving accidents by 50% percent. After expressing your outrage, reluctantly give in, saying, " I guess I should start teaching you to drive today. Not, April's Fool. "

#3 All Eating Utensils are Banned