Practical jokes

A practical joke, also called a prank, is a trick used to embarrass or confuse someone as a joke. Practical jokes are extremely common on April Fools' Day.

List of practical joke topics

Some common pranks include:

• Egging, throwing eggs at people or property
• Giving people itching powder, which is a powder that makes people need to scratch
• Kick Me note, putting a sign saying “kick me” on someone’s back so that people will kick them
• Milkshaking, throwing milkshakes at people
• Pieing, throwing pies into people’s faces
• Toilet Papering, covering a building with toilet paper