Still looking for that diabolical prank for April Fools’ Day? Maybe these cool tricks will inspire you.
Matthew Weathers pranked his class by video taping his own shadow and having it misbehave during the lecture.
Yaakov wrote a Perl script that changed the “READY” message on his printer to “INSERT COIN“.
Jason Poel Smith also wrote this clever prank for Make: Projects — a recording module that activates when the box is shaken.
Altering digital signs is good for laughs as well as inspiring a healthy fear of the undead.
PC Load Letter! Instructables user laxap made an old printer into a shredder. Time to prank the office intern!
Make: Projects author Jason Poel Smith built this 555-controlled noisemaker that is concealed near a friend or co-worker and beeps occasionally to drive him or her mental.
Instructable user photos built this prank — a noisemaker that activates when picked up and can’t be shut off without smashing it!
Glue some packing peanuts to sheets of cardboard to convince the vacationing coworker that his or her office has been filled with peanuts. It would be an even better prank to actually do it.
Instructable user hikinotimasha shows how to create fake error messages that will freak out your friend!
Warren created this Chia keyboard to prank a co-worker…
If you want to learn more, reference the following links:
- Misbehaving Shadow
- HP Printer Hack
- Chia Keyboard
- Critical Error
- Miniature Beeping Circuit Prank
- Shake-Activated Present Prank
- Magnetic Sonic Cube Landmine
- Hack a Constuction Sign
- Convert a Printer Into a Shredder
- Packing Peanut Office Prank
Good luck, and be sure to send in your pranks from 4/1 and we’ll post the best of them!
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