Ask everyone to turn in their homework that was due TODAY and is worth 90% of their grade for this 9 weeks.ġ0. Announce that the fabulous field trip planned for today was cancelled because nobody brought in their permission slips on time.ĩ. Re-arrange every kid’s desk or table in the room.Ĩ. Glue a few pencils to the floor under your kid’s desks and then demand that they clean up their mess!ħ. Make up a name for yourself and totally pretend like that’s been your name the entire year.Ħ. When the first kid of the day calls out your name, tell the class, “that’s not my name children”. If you don’t hard boil the eggs, it’s even funnier.ĥ. Glue the eggs into the egg cartons and when kids try to pull them out…they won’t be able to. This REALLY freaks kids out.Ĥ. April Fool’s day is near Easter and many classrooms dye eggs. A funny prank for little kids is to begin your lesson of the day with your mouth moving but no sound coming out. Switch everybody’s last names around so they have their first name but some other kid’s last name.ģ. Kids in elementary schools have their names written on their tables/desks. When kids come in the door, it’s not their regular teacher they’ll see.Ģ. And make sure your pranks don’t conflict with school/district policies. Here are some suggestions I’ve gathered:ġ. As always, make sure to use your best judgement when playing pranks. Sometimes it’s hard to figure out what kinds of jokes to play on your students on April Fool’s Day. When your kids comment, deny that there’s a difference.Ĭlick here for more April Fool’s Day ideas.
Switch out all the students’ chairs for smaller ones. Maybe change them to all face a different side of the room, making a new front of the room. Rearrange all the desks or tables in the room. (Be sure the office and your principal are ok with this.) Send several kids to the principal’s office for no reason. For example, name files “Teachers who might be vampires” or “Celebrity Visits at Our School” “Accidentally” show a list of silly files on your computer when you’re getting your projector hooked up. A funny prank for little kids is to begin your lesson of the day with your mouth moving but no sound coming out. Ask everyone to turn in their homework that was due TODAY and is worth 90% of their grade for this quarter. Tell your students that lunch is cancelled because the cafeteria ran out of food but everyone else at the school got to eat. Tell your kids that because it’s a leap year, they have to stay in class an hour longer every day this month. Announce that the awesome field trip that was planned for today is cancelled because nobody brought in their permission slips on time. Assign the kids new seats and then re-assign seats again many times throughout the day. So here are some of my favorite last minute April Fool’s Day pranks for teachers to play on their students: I’m the one looking for a last-minute joke to play so I don’t expose myself as a lame-wad. I usually forget to plan something cool for April Fool’s. Let’s connect! Catch me on Pinterest, Facebook or Twitter! 🙂 What have you done to prank your students? Comment below (no sign-in required)! As soon as they take off running I yell, “April Fools!” – Reader, TeacherTim ( source) “I usually point out a running course for them that will take FOREVER to complete and then say they have to finish in 3 minutes. It took them a while to catch on, but when they did, it was quite amusing!” – Anonymous Reader Instead of each student having a different card, I made enough copies of one card and then gave them all the same card. “I often play Bingo with my Spanish I students as a vocabulary review. THERE ISN’T ANOTHER DOOR! Lol they loved it!” -Reader, Tami H. “ put a sign in my door that said please use other door. Then on April Fools Day, hand out a pop quiz or a crazy hard assignment on what you “said.” ( source) You can do that on April Fools Day, or the day before. See how long you can keep going (don’t laugh!). 
Talk but don’t say anything! Move your lips like you are talking. Or, for the no-prep version, use mine! Click here to download: April Fools Word Search.Īsk for an important assignment, form or permission slip from last week that you never assigned. Make a word search that has none of the words in it. Also check out my ideas from previous years!
But if you’re one of those teachers who still has to pull a prank on your students, here are some ideas I’ve found. I’m bummed that April Fools Day 2017 falls on a Saturday.
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