User Post: Pranks -- A Fun Summer Family Activity

I desperately want to buy a giant chicken for my husband and put it in the driver's seat of his car. I am not sure what he would make of that. In fact, I cannot even picture his reaction. But I would be amused, and the mere thought makes me chuckle. However, I don't know where I would get one of these birds, so for now, it is just a musing.

What I CAN do is find another prank to play on him and get the kids involved. Well, not so much our newborn son, but our 16 months daughter will get a few giggles. I think it will be a great family project where me and Munchie plot, er, plan, a surprise for Daddy.

I always read these articles about fun summer activities to keep the kids entertained. I have never seen playing pranks listed as such an activity. Have people lost their sense of humor? Not to mention the bonding parents would get with their kids as they conspire together.

My daughter absolutely adores kitties. We have four of them, which is probably why she has such an affinity. Occasionally neighborhood cats poke into our house, and I am pretty sure there is a cat party in our kitchen while my husband and I are at work.

Wouldn't it be funny if Munchie and I spent one day going around our block and luring the neighborhood cats into our house with some cat nip/ yummy kitty food so when the hubby comes home he walks into a room full of cats? I can picture can just picture him standing frozen in the doorway as he takes in the scene, trying to figure out what just happened, and in which alternate universe he just stepped. Also, my daughter would be absolutely thrilled! She would spend all day trying to pet and/or cuddle the kitties.

I am a little worried that the cats may really like our house, and I certainly don't want them thinking this is going to be a regular thing. So maybe this idea will also remain just a musing. Maybe.

Any fun, and relatively safe, family prank ideas?

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