7 cheeky office pranks to play on April Fools' Day from magician Ben Hanlin

The comic magician and presenter shares his favourite pranks to play on your colleagues on April 1
Ben Hanlin1 April 2016

Everyone loves free cake

1. Get hold of a number of luxury cake boxes or doughnut boxes.

2. Fill them with the most dull of snacks i.e. carrot sticks, celery etc.

3. Send an email to the entire office with the subject “It’s my B’day!! Cakes in the kitchen”

Then sit back and watch office morale go from zero to ten….and then back to zero in the matter of seconds!

Auto Correct is a prankster's best friend

When one of your colleagues is away from their desk (most likely because it is someone’s birthday and they’ve gone for cake), commandeer their computer and do the following:

1. Load up emails

2. Find the “Auto correct” function

3. Change a few of their most regularly used words for things that are a bit more amusing…. for example if his name is “John” change that to “Jonatron4000” or “Hey” to “Watzup-Bi****”

2016 April Fools' pranks - in pictures

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Wounded mouse

Everyone hates it when their computer stops working for NO REASON! GRRR

1. Turn the mouse over

2. Place sellotape over the laser of the mouse

3. Colour in the tape with a black marker thus rendering it useless

4. Replace mouse to it’s original position

When they return they will spend an incredible amount of time banging their mouse on the desk before thinking to check underneath it

The office fog horn

1. Sneak a standard fog horn into the office (Note: it needs to be one that is activated by pressing it from above)

2. Tape it to the base of a colleague’s chair, just underneath the seat. Therefore when they sit down, their own weight will force the seat to press the horn.

3. Insert ear plugs and wait….

Voice-activated toaster

1. Print off a sticker that says “Voice Activated Toaster”

2. Stick it on the toaster

All morning you will here random yelling coming from the kitchen. Brilliant!!

Cling film toilet seats

The old ones are the best. This is a classic!

It needs no explanation - stretch cling film around the toilet seats and then get out of the toilets pretty sharpish because things are about to get messy!

The Boss’ wife sends a present

Okay so this one might get you fired….approach with caution.

1. Print off a picture of your bosses’ wife and frame it.

2. Place it in an envelope and write a colleagues name on it.

3. When the boss is extremely close to their desk - get someone more junior than you to hand your colleague their post.

4. He’ll open it and then the most awkward conversation ever will ensue!

Good luck trying these. But remember, if they go down badly deny all involvement!

For news and updates follow Ben Hanlin on Twitter @benhanlin and IG/Snapchat benhanlin

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