{"id":8099,"date":"2022-03-23T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escreo.com\/uk\/?p=8099"},"modified":"2024-09-10T10:53:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T07:53:41","slug":"april-fools-pranks-writable-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escreo.com\/en\/blog\/april-fools-pranks-writable-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"You did what?! April Fool\u2019s Pranks to pull with ESCREO"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

April Fool’s Day is fast approaching and is the ideal opportunity to lighten the mood with some harmless and hilarious April fools pranks on your friends and family. We love a good laugh here at ESCREO so we put our heads together to think about how our writable paints<\/a> can play its part in some lighthearted pranks, so read on for some inspiration. A word of warning though\u2026if you dish it out, you need to be able to take it too!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The origin of April Fool\u2019s Day?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

April Fool’s Day is celebrated on April 1st every year with the expectation of lighthearted fun in the home, workplace, The origin of April Fool\u2019s Day are a little murky, but there are some theories as to where it may have evolved from:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Hilaria<\/strong> – April Fools’ Day is thought to have originated in ancient Rome with a holiday known as “Hilaria”, taking on March 25. Hilaria was a day for festivities, masquerades, and generally filling the day with a general mockery of everything, where not even the local magistrates were spared.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Gregorian switch<\/strong> – The Church can also be linked to April Fools’ Day’s origins. After all, it was Pope Gregory XIII who, in the late 1500s, issued a decree mandating the adoption of a regular calendar by Christian countries. People who remained with the previous calendar were chastised as “April fools” since the Gregorian calendar shifted the new year from the end of March to the first of January.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Feast of Fools<\/strong> – According to folklore historians, the Feast of Fools was celebrated around Jan 1st\u00a0in medieval France and England. During the event, Church officials were said to be in favor of the carnival-like celebration, which involved dressing in costumes, reversing social roles, bringing donkeys into church and other satirical actions. The belief was that it helped the common people release negative sentiment towards the establishment. However, the feast was eventually canned by the 15th<\/sup> century as officials decided that the mockery was going too far.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

April Fool\u2019s pranks with ESCREO clear whiteboard paint<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

So, there\u2019s the history \u2013 what can you do with your ESCREO clear whiteboard paint<\/a>? Well, you can:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Devise never-ending games<\/strong> \u2013 such as a hangman that has no answer or impossible crossword. See how long you can string on your hapless opponent until they realize what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Shock your visitors<\/strong> \u2013 by not telling them about your writable wall, calmly walking up to a surface and suddenly start drawing or writing on it. Anyone not knowing it can be erased is sure to be surprised.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Create endless treasure hunts<\/strong> \u2013 with clues and directions to another part of the house or office, which then point to a new location, and so on: all with the promise of a prize at the end. See how long they are willing to go for!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Confuse the kids<\/strong> \u2013 with a new menu on your kitchen writable wall, featuring upcoming meals for the week including weird combos such as fried soup, jelly and pasta, octopus steak and so on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Draw around family photos<\/strong> \u2013 that have been pinned up with magnetic whiteboard paint, with funny ears, hats and features drawn around them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Leave notes<\/strong> \u2013 about things that didn\u2019t happen, such as a scratch on the car, a treat in the fridge or an alien invasion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Other April Fools\u2019 jokes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n