How to Make an April Fools Fake Parent

Catch your kids off guard right away on the morning of April 1st with a fake parent prank. Be careful, when they find out they've been talking to a fake version of you, they may be ready to come up with their own jokes to retaliate.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Pants
• Socks
• Newspaper
• String
• Poster board
• Tape

1. Find an old pair of pants, socks and Mom or Dad's shoes. Stuff the pants and socks with crumpled newspaper.
2. Put the stuffed pants in a kitchen chair so it looks like someone is sitting. Connect them to the chair using string tied from the belt loops to the back of the chair, or use packing tape to secure them in place. Turn the chair so it is facing away from the doorway.
3. Use the newspaper to stuff a pair of socks that you put in dad or mom's shoes, and set the shoes in place at the bottom of the pant legs making sure the legs overlap the shoes.
4. Fold a piece of heavy duty poster board in half, and tape a few sheets of newspaper to the board so the paper overlaps the outside of the poster board. When you're done, you should have stand-alone newspaper sheets.
5. Prop the newspaper on the poster board up between the lap of the fake parent and the edge of the kitchen table. Use tape to secure it in place.
6. Watch or record the kid's interaction with the parent during morning breakfast rituals. Catch the surprise on their faces when the prank is revealed.

Tips & Warnings

• This April Fools prank works well for kids too. Make a life-size version of you and fake out your parents. Some older kids may already have practice at this.
• If you don't sit at the kitchen table in the morning, place the fake parent on the couch at night. Watch the kids come down in the morning.