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Published 17:32 IST, October 23rd 2019

Halloween: Some easy pranks to play to spook your friends out

Try these simple fake-outs and have some harmless fun with your friends. Whether you are pranking your family, partner, or friends, we bet they will be amused

Reported by: Chitra Jain
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If you are looking for the easy DIY Halloween pranks, here are some of them for you. The trick to a good prank is to scare people, but not in a mean or disrespectful way. Try these simple fake-outs and have some harmless fun with your friends. Whether you are pranking your family, partner, or friends, we bet they will be amused with the prank.

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Here are some of the easy pranks this Halloween

  • Freeze gummy eyeballs in ice cubes, and then place them to your victim’s drink.
  • Purchase some cheap hair extensions of the same colour as your prank target’s hair and scatter them around her pillow during the night.

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  • Remove a showerhead from your target’s bathroom and dry the inside of it thoroughly. Then pour in a packet of red powdered drink mix and replace the showerhead. The unlucky person who turns on the nozzle will be unfortunately your target and will also get showered with fake blood.
  • Place an artificial rubber lizard, rat, or snake in the toilet and close the lid to scare the intended person.

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  • Dip your finger or a cotton swab in some liquid dish soap, and write a creepy invisible note on the bathroom mirror, like “I’m watching you” or something. When your target will take a shower and the mirror fogs up, your words will mysteriously appear.
  • Go and buy a kit to make caramel apples at the grocery store, but substitute the apples with onions. Hide them with nuts or coconut to complete the disguise.

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  • Dress up like a scarecrow, witch, ghost, or mummy (be sure to cover your hands and face properly) and plant yourself along the path to your front door after dark. Stay as still as possible so that it looks real, until trick-or-treaters approach; then jump forward to welcome them and your prank is successful.

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Updated 20:53 IST, October 23rd 2019

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