It’s summertimeeeeee, and the prankin’s easy. Whether you’re chillin’ by the pool, by the ocean, or by the unmanaged wetlands behind your uncle’s house, you’re overdue from some heat-induced laughs. That Aperol Spritz your friend requested? Use orange soda instead. The bathing suit your brother’s wearing? Drop a fake spider in it. Your dad’s car? Torch it.
Nope. Sorry. Too far. Moving on, here are the best summer pranks for the best summer laughs all summer long. Have we said “summer” enough yet to satisfy the algorithm?
THE CADDYSHACK
If you haven’t seen the movie Caddyshack, stop reading, watch it, then return 1 hour and 39 minutes later to continue reading. In one of the most iconic scenes of the 1980 golf club comedy, swimmers frantically flee the pool upon mistaking a Baby Ruth candy bar for a, well, let’s just say a bodily excretion that resembles a Baby Ruth candy bar. No, that’s confusing. Let’s just say a turd.
While we’re not suggesting you actually drop a load in your swimming pool, a chocolate bar or a piece of fake poop can certainly scare your friends and family out of the water, only to crack them up when you reveal it’s not what it looks like. Thanks, Caddyshack!
SWITCHING DOORKNOBS
Staying in a vacation house with your relatives? Get them good by switching the doorknobs on a bedroom door so the lock is on the outside. The room’s inhabitants will be pretty confused when they go to change into their bathing suits, only to not be able to come back out. Just, you know, make sure you switch the doorknobs back by the end of the trip so you don’t lose your deposit on the house. Unless you want to prank the homeowners too? Bold. Pretty bold.
NEVER-ENDING SHOWER
Nice outdoor temperatures call for nice outdoor showers. Of course, those who choose to bathe in the great outdoors are setting themselves up to be pranked easily. Want to get your friend or loved one taking an open-air shower? Just keep dumping shampoo on their hair, confusing them as to why it won’t rinse out. See the prank in action below:
LOST & FOUND: SHOE EDITION
Don’t think we forgot about the campers out there. Whether you’re attending summer camp, or a wedding at a summer camp (it’s the new trend!), you should be keeping yourself plenty busy with pranks. One of our personal favorites? Remove one shoe from each pair of shoes in a cabin and drop them off at the Lost & Found. Your fellow campers hopping on one leg to the main building makes for a better sight to see than any stupid lake.
Of course, if you’re stuck on planning summer pranks, you could always click on the trusty ol’ Home button at the top of this page. We’ve got no shortage of prank gadgets to keep the laughs going all summer long. And fall long. And winter long. And- alright, you get the point.