5 Creative Pranks to Pull on Your Friends and Family

Jacob Hu (G11)

Hiiiii, my name is Jacob and my hobbies are cooking, skiing and doing arts & crafts. My favorite animals are rabbits and my favorite book is the Harry Potter series. Fun fact about me: I have been to about 12 countries in the world ever since I was born :)

Do you like to make people laugh? Do you like to play jokes on people? Do you like to see people’s reactions? Well join me today as I will be showing you 5 creative and harmless pranks you can pull on your friends and family. For me personally, I love watching prank videos on youtube and trying them in real life, I’ve been pulling pranks for a long time now and I try to improve my pranks with the help of youtube every time.

Disclaimer: Please note that all pranks can only be pulled if they are harmless to people both mentally and physically. The victim must not be hurt in anyway, otherwise it will be a messed up prank and you could be in a lot of trouble. The following pranks I will show you are all harmless but funny.

Prank #1: Caramel Onions

On Halloween day, caramel apples are probably one of the best snacks offered when trick or treating, but what if the apple covered in chocolate isn’t an apple, instead it is an onion covered in chocolate. This is the caramel onions prank.

Materials needed:

~ 1 onion
~ chocolate sauce/syrup

~ some colorful sprinkles

~ popsicle stick

Steps:

1. peel and wash the onion

2. pour a bowl of chocolate sauce/syrup

3. poke a hole using a popsicle stick into the top or bottom of the onion, don’t poke it completely through, leave the popsicle stick inside the onion

4. dip the onion inside the bowl of chocolate sauce/syrup

5. sprinkle sprinkles on the chocolate covered onion

6. leave dry in refrigerator for approx 2 hours before use

The caramel onion prank would be a good prank to pull especially when it is Halloween time as caramel apples is one of the Halloween themed snacks.

Please note that this prank should not be pulled on people who are allergic to onions or chocolate, or people who are lactose intolerant.

Prank #2: Gifts Inside Refrigerators

On a ordinary morning, you would normally wake up, get dressed, and see what's in the refrigerator for breakfast. What would be your reaction if everything thing inside your refrigerator was wrapped in wrapping paper. This is the gifts inside refrigerator prank.

Materials needed:

~ gift wrapping paper
~ fridge with items inside

~ clear tape

Steps:

1. go to your friend’s house when they are not around

2. open up the refrigerator

3. take a picture of inside the refrigerator

4. take out every item from fridge

5. begin wrapping everything in fridge with wrapping paper

6. use clear tape to secure each wrappings

7. put wrapped items back into the fridge the way you find it

The gifts inside refrigerator prank would be good to pull on friends or family who love food and must look at the refrigerator at least twice a day.

Keep in mind that this prank should not be pulled when the victim is running short on time or in a hurry.

Prank #3: Popping Carpet

We all walked on carpets before, it’s soft and it keeps our feet warm. However, what if when you step on a carpet, you hear popping sounds or shooting sounds coming from underneath the carpet, would you be alarmed or scared? This is the popping carpets prank.

Materials needed:

~ unused or un-popped bubble wraps

~ carpet

Steps:

1. Find a flat space anywhere with a carpet

2. Lift the carpet and gently place the bubble wraps underneath carpet

3. Ensure the carpet area looks the same as before, flat and even, it shouldn't have bumps

The popping carpet prank is a really easy prank to pull that can get quick reaction.

Keep in mind that this prank should not be pulled on people who have medical conditions or get scared very easily.

Prank #4: Flour Blower

Every time you take a nice warm shower, drying your hair with a hair dryer is always a must. What if when you turn on the hair dryer to dry your hair, flour comes blowing everywhere into your face and hair, what will be your reaction? This is the flour blower prank.

Materials needed:
~ all purpose flower

~ hair dryer

Steps:

1. find a bathroom that your family or friends use often with a hair dryer

2. take the hair dryer and pour all-purpose flour into the interiors of the hair dryer, the part where air blows out of the dryer

3. leave the dryer untouched where you find it and wait

The flour blower prank definitely can get some awesome reactions.

However, do keep in mind that you may get a lot of angry faces pointed at you after the prank as the victim would have to take a shower all over again which is a waste of time. Also, this prank will get very messy as flour can get everywhere so be prepared to help clean up.

Prank #5: Song Lyrics Prank

You wake up, and you check your phone messages to see updates and what you missed. You suddenly see a weird message from a friend and you send a question mark back. The messages just keep getting weirder and weirder until they reveal that its a song lyrics prank.

Materials needed:

~ digital device
~ messaging app
~ song lyrics website/app ~ music video youtube link

Steps:

1. find your desired song and lyrics for this prank, keep it as weird as possible

2. open up your messaging app
3. copy and paste the first line of the lyrics to

4. wait for a response, when the victim responds, continue on sending with the next line of lyrics
repeat sending lines of song lyrics to the victim until the song lyrics ends

5. tell the victim it’s a prank and they have been song lyrics pranked

6. send the victim the song lyrics, title, and music video

The song lyric prank doesn’t require any setting up and it can be done anywhere with wifi and a device.

Do keep in mind that there will be a chance of the victim blocking you during or after the prank as they can get annoyed and weirded out with the lyrics.

There are the 5 creative pranks you should try on your friends and family, now go try it out now and see what their reactions are. Good luck and happy pranking!