Let’s face it in the world of parenting and working we sometimes are forced to be way too serious.  The beauty of April Fool’s Day is it lets you unleash your inner prankster and find a way to play some sort of crazy, yet humorous trick on your loved ones or coworkers.  That’s where April Fools jokes for parents and April Fools jokes for the office come in handy.

If you’re a parent you can easily mess with your kids over school, grades, chores, things around the house or time.  If they’re in school and not on a break yet, consider making up a story about why school was canceled.  Then a few minutes later as they’re trying to sleep in or enjoy the moment, let them in on the joke, school’s in session.  A similar joke is to mess with their minds by setting the clocks back a few hours.  When the alarm goes off for school at 6 am or so, and they’re still groggy, you can eventually let them in on the joke, so they can get back to sleep!  That’s just one joke of the several Disney Family Fun website has assembled.  They’ve got a list of 13 Great April Fools Pranks for parents.  Check them out here.

April Fools Day pranks can be a bit trickier at the office.  You have to hope that your coworkers or boss don’t: 1) slap you with a sexual harassment lawsuit, or 2) fire you on the spot.  So tread with caution if you put clear plastic wrap over the employee bathroom toilets or stick a potato in your boss’ tailpipe. 

There’s some great April Fools day jokes and pranks you can play at the office listed here at hunch.com.  One example is turning your co-worker or boss’ computer monitor brightness down to 0, and the sound as well.  Then, nothing they do will be able to turn the monitor on.  You can similarly put a post-it note over the bottom of an optical mouse to make them think it’s broken.  Another idea is not just plastic wrapping the toilet, but an entire nearby doorway they’ll have to use, then yell as if there’s an emergency where people need to get out quickly.  Check out more of their jokes here.

Today can be a day of great fun for wannabe and real miscreants everywhere.  If you’re a mother, father, boss or employee you can be a kid again today and play some amusing April Fools Day jokes.  April Fools day jokes for parents are great as long as they don’t go too far and damage the parent-child relationship.  April Fools day jokes for the office can be downright hilarious, as long as they don’t cost you your job.  Remember if you work with easy-going, fun-loving and good-humored folks or have a good fun relationship with the kids, all’s fair in love and prank-fare today!

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