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Top 69 Pranks and Prank Ideas for April Fool's Day

— March 31, 2009 — Unique
Looking for the top pranks and prank ideas for April Fool’s Day? April 1st is my favorite day of the year, so I couldn't resist recreating this list.

In short, it’s time to ‘get your prank on’ and we've prepared a list of our favorite prank ideas to get you inspired. Be warned that many of these pranks require a lot of effort.

Happy April Fool's Day (in advance)!
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AdSense for Conversation
AdSense for Conversation
Google Pranks
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63
Powdered Celebrity Skin
Powdered Celebrity Skin
Famous Stardust (Hoax)
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62
Google Pranks
Google Pranks
Calendar Wake Up Feature
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61
Viral Newspapers Hoaxes
Viral Newspapers Hoaxes
1.2 Million 'New York Times' Fakes Handed Out
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60
Redecorating Subway Cars
Redecorating Subway Cars
Pranksters Turn Train into a Living Room
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59
YouTube For Hoax Debunking
YouTube For Hoax Debunking
Is Big Brother Watching? Hidden Camera In Digital TV Converter
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58
Scamming Scammers
Scamming Scammers
Nigerian Email Fraud Back Fires
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57
Prank GPS Navigation
Prank GPS Navigation
SAT-NAG Guides You With Familiar Nagging
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56
Viral Career Hoaxes
Viral Career Hoaxes
"Best Job in the World" is a Fake Job in Alaska
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55
Giant Public Turkey Stuffing
Giant Public Turkey Stuffing
The 55 Ft Bird Basting Hoax
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54
Get Paid To Lose Weight
Get Paid To Lose Weight
Hoax Website Offers $100 Per Pound
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53
Viral Hoaxes
Viral Hoaxes
Lost Brazilian Tribe Not Real
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52
Musical at a Mall
Musical at a Mall
Thes Latest From Improv Everywhere
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51
Gadget for Prank Callers
Gadget for Prank Callers
Wrong-Number Generator
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50
Spontaneous Public Spectacles
Spontaneous Public Spectacles
Improv Everywhere in Suitcase Stunt
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49
Facebook Fraud
Facebook Fraud
41% Leak Personal Info To Fake Frog
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48
Green April Fools
Green April Fools
Energy Wasting Day
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47
Pranksters At The White House
Pranksters At The White House
Karl Rove's Jaguar Appears Wrapped Up
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46
Taking Pranks Global
Taking Pranks Global
Improv Anywhere Launches UrbanPrankster.com
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45
Engadget Hoax Drives Apple Stock Down $4 Billion
Engadget Hoax Drives Apple Stock Down $4 Billion
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44
Political YouTube Pranks
Political YouTube Pranks
Nancy Pelosi's Rick Roll + Senate and House Launch Own Channels
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43
Mega Hoaxes
Mega Hoaxes
Biggest Drawing is a Fake
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42
Hoax Hacks
Hoax Hacks
Skullphone Fakes Digital Billboard Hijack
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41
Fake Ads
Fake Ads
Prankster Gets Fake Gucci Ad Published in Magazine (Mag Gets Ripped Off)
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40
Time Standing Still
Time Standing Still
Frozen Grand Central by Improv Everywhere
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39
Serero Eiffel Tower Extension (UPDATE)
Serero Eiffel Tower Extension (UPDATE)
Le Grande Hoax
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38
Big Blog Pranksters
Big Blog Pranksters
Gizmodo Blogger Banned from CES
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37
USB Pregnancy Tests
USB Pregnancy Tests
The p-Teq Hoax
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36
No Parking Prank
No Parking Prank
Bogus No Parking Signs Result in Towed Cars
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35
Gay Fashionista Cage Fight Pranks
Gay Fashionista Cage Fight Pranks
Sacha Baron Cohen As 'Bruno'
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Top 6 Games to Prank Your Way to a Good Time (RIDICULOUS)
Top 6 Games to Prank Your Way to a Good Time (RIDICULOUS)
Neg's Urban Sports
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33
Wall Street Pranks
Wall Street Pranks
Jokers Make Light of Bankruptcy on CNN
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32
Prank Calling Politicians
Prank Calling Politicians
Punking Sarah Palin
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31
$12000 Cash Only Meal?
$12000 Cash Only Meal?
The Suffolk Kitchen Knish Hoax
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30
Fake Memoirs
Fake Memoirs
Herman Rosenblat's Holocaust Love Story Exposed as a Hoax
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29
Pile of Poop Soap
Pile of Poop Soap
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28
Viral Compassion Through Photoshop
Viral Compassion Through Photoshop
'Disaster Girl'
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27
Protest 2.0
Protest 2.0
Online Dot Matrix Graffiti Bike
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26
April Fools Pranks
April Fools Pranks
Facebook Launches Live Poke
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25
Fake Boarding Pass Generator
Fake Boarding Pass Generator
Website Proves Gap in Airport Security
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24
Nasty Food Pranks
Nasty Food Pranks
Beware the Chocolate Chip Donuts
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Body Parts in Garbage Cans for The Truth Campaign
Body Parts in Garbage Cans for The Truth Campaign
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22
Prank Gift Giving
Prank Gift Giving
Real Boxes. Fake Products
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21
Fake Beer Belly For... Beer!
Fake Beer Belly For... Beer!
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20
Gun Camps for Kids
Gun Camps for Kids
Camp Okutta Adventures in Toronto
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GraffitiWriter Automated Graffiti Robot
GraffitiWriter Automated Graffiti Robot
FINALLY!
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18
Fake Vampire News
Fake Vampire News
Twilight Filipino Adaptation is a Hoax
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17
New Site Lets You Send Prank Calls
New Site Lets You Send Prank Calls
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16
Photoshopping Pranks
Photoshopping Pranks
Yearbook Employee Alters 30 Students, Hillarity Ensues
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15
Street Art Scams
Street Art Scams
The Banksy Pet Shop
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14
Bomb Alarm Clocks
Bomb Alarm Clocks
You Disarm it to hit Snooze!
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13
Governmental Fun with Photoshop
Governmental Fun with Photoshop
More Iran Tech Pix Revealed
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12
Mocking ESL Signs
Mocking ESL Signs
LOL Cats Launches EngrishFunny.com
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11
Street Poop Art
Street Poop Art
NYC Sprinkle Brigade
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10
Faking Proof on Flickr
Faking Proof on Flickr
The Fairy Skeleton
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9
No Pants Subway Ride
No Pants Subway Ride
900 Underground Underwear Enthusiasts in NYC
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8
Playing Dead in Public Places
Playing Dead in Public Places
Shockvertising at its Finest
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7
Shockvertising
Shockvertising
Does It Work? Jury Still Out
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6
Fake Prostitutes
Fake Prostitutes
Cardboard Cut-Outs Make Neighbourhood Statement in Tel Aviv
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5
Bigfoot Captured
Bigfoot Captured
Scientists to Reveal Bigfoot and DNA (Proof or Hoax?)
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4
Morbid Candy
Morbid Candy
The Chocolate Newborn Hoax
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3
Endangered Hair Color Hoaxes
Endangered Hair Color Hoaxes
Redheads Going Extinct?
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2
Shockvertising
Shockvertising
PETA Slaughters Humans
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1
3D Illusion Chalk Drawings
3D Illusion Chalk Drawings
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