I’ve never really done much for April Fool’s Day but, last year, I put the kids’ cereal in their drink cups and filled their bowls with juice. They seriously thought that it was the funniest thing ever and STILL talk about it!  It is one of those silly little things that made a big impact on the kiddos.  Another reminder that it really does not take much effort to impress kids!
This year I have been on the hunt for some other easy April Fool’s jokes that I can do with the boys.  Here are a few of my favs…

Fried eggs {yogurt and half a peach} from Meet the Dubiens.

Here are some other ideas that I have heard of and/or done:

• After the kids are asleep, switch around their dresser drawers.  
• A couple of years ago, Dave and I moved the kids mattresses while they were sleeping from their bed to the other side of their room.  We were killing ourselves laughing as we moved them but, amazingly enough, they actually stayed asleep.  It was so funny hearing them wake up in the morning!
• Bunch up toilet paper and stuff it in the kids’ shoes.
• Make a “milk shake” with chocolate syrup, baking soda, and water.  It looks like a tasty chocolate milkshake!  {My friend and I did this on my brother when we were little – sorry Bri!}
• Let your kids have backwards day with their clothing – wear their clothes backwards, inside out, or however they please!  My son did this with his preschool and had a great time coming up with crazy ideas! {You might want to save this one if you are heading out somewhere important for the day!}  It might also be fun for Mom and Dad to dress up in backwards clothing and see what the kids say.
• Write a bathroom message.  Using a permanent marker, write a message on some toilet paper and place in the toilet.  This would work especially well for little boys that stand up to do their thing! {use longer toilet paper so the edges of the paper actually touch the rim of the toilet}
• Set various alarms and timers throughout the house so one goes off every few minutes.  The kids will have fun running around trying to figure out where all of the beeping is coming from.
• Switch the inner bags of cereal in their boxes.  I think an All Bran and Fruit Loops switch would work well!
• Add dry yeast to a box of pancake mix and have your kids help your make breakfast.  The pancakes will keep growing and growing!

Have you tried any of these before or have any other good ones to add?  I’d love to hear what you are up to!  April Fool’s is a great day to spend a little extra time to make your little ones laugh!