SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) – Looking for a good prank/toy to trick a friend? The Toy Insider are dedicated in finding new and fun pranks for April Fools' Day. They are experts who test and review toys every single day. The Toy Insider is dedicated to providing parents, grandparents, and any gift-giver with the most up-to-date insight on toys and children’s entertainment. We review toys, games, movies, video games, apps, books, and more 365 days a year to help you find the perfect playthings for the kids in your lives.
Below are some fun toy ideas:
PRANK STAR POO DOUGH (SKYROCKET)
- Make and shape your own poo!
- Add the Poo Dough to the mold and make your own poo-shaped creations.
- It includes two canisters of brown Poo Dough in different shades and one canister of yellow to create corn and peanut accessories.
- It looks like real poo, but smells much better!
- Mix and swirl the two tones of brown Poo Dough and place into poo mold to make your own poo.
- To make even grosser, use the yellow Poo Dough to make kernels of corn or peanuts using the included molds.
- Place the Poo Dough around the house to prank family and guests.
- The kit includes three 3-ounce cans of Poo Dough.
- Age: 3+
- MSRP: $11.90
- Available: Walmart
DON’T STEP IN IT (HASBRO)
- Be careful not to poop out while playing this hilarious game with messy consequences!
- Put on a blindfold, spin the spinner, and then take that many steps across the game mat.
- Watch out; little piles of compound, molded in the shape of poop have been strategically placed on the mat.
- Sometimes players will have to add a poop, remove a poop, or even re-arrange the poops along the mat.
- Who can avoid the number twos to be number one to win?
- Age: 4+
- MSRP: $19.99
- Available: Amazon, Walmart, Kohl’s, Shop.hasbro.com
Buttheads (WowWee)
- Meet the Buttheads: Grim Ripper, Tushi, Robutt, and Brainfart.
- Buttheads compete cheek-to-cheek across a range of disciplines including Stank Score, Loudness and Staying Power. Who will take home the coveted Super Roll trophy?
- Pull their fingers and find out! Pull their finger for a gross surprise, prank your friends and family, and battle your friends to a stinky duel!
- A Ghastly Group who love to let it rip, these Cheeky Champions are out to Raise a Stink!
- Age: 5+
- MSRP: $9.99 each
- Available: Best Buy, Walmart, Gamestop, Amazon
ROBO ALIVE SNAKE (ZURU)
- Bring play to life with ZURU's ROBO ALIVE’s Life-like Robotic Snake.
- Kids can watch as the life-like Slithering Snake moves, silently slithering its body and flicking its tongue looking for his next meal.
- The snake comes in both green and red.
- The snake has an ON/OFF button on stomach, moving eyeballs, and a flicking tongue.
- Move it around the house for a fun prank!
- Age: 5+
- MSRP: $14.99
- Available: Walmart, Target
Toilet Paper Blaster Skid Shot 30 (Jakks Pacific)
- Uses real toilet paper.
- Blasts up to 30 feet!
- Easy to use: load the toilet paper; add water, lock & load. Fire!
- Includes a single blaster.
- Age: 8+
- MSRP: $19.99
- Available: Amazon, Bed Bath & Beyond, BuyBuy Baby, GameStop, Target, Walmart
SPLASH OUT ACTION CHALLENGE GAME (FAR OUT TOYS)
- In Splash Out Indoor/Outdoor Action Challenge Game, players must answer quickly and stay dry, or they’re splashed out!
- Pick a card and choose a question for all players to answer.
- Pass the ball only after you give a valid and new answer.
- The player holding the ball when the timer runs out gets splashed out!
- The game includes 1 splash out ball with a time, 20 water-resistant splash out challenge cards, 24 standard-size water balloons, 1 hose adapter nozzle, 1 small balloon adapter cup, and 10 reusable quick-seal balloon clips.
- Age: 8+
- MSRP: $9.97
- Available: Amazon, Walmart, Michaels’, Barnes & Noble
SCIENTIFIC EXPLORER DISGUSTING GAGS & PRANKS (ALEX BRAND)
- The new Disgusting Gags & Pranks kit has more gags to make the original pranks kit more disgusting than ever!
- Kids will gross out their friends with gushing fake-blood capsules and a ghastly severed finger.
- They can even mix up a batch of homemade itching powder and lifelike fake vomit.
- The kit has everything kids need to pull off 12 disgusting gags and pranks, including citric acid, sodium polyacrylate, rose hip fibers, gelatin capsules, 2 trick dice, box for severed finger, fake spider, fishing line, cotton balls, pipette, envelopes and rubber bands, metal washer, non-toxic prankster mix, glue, and a small plastic scoop.
- Age: 8+
- MSRP: $24.99
- Available: Amazon, Kohl’s
Shock Box (Zing)
- Introducing Shock Box, an all-new electronic reaction game from Zing that challenges focus, reaction, and speed.
- Once the light turns from red to green, players have to be the quickest to hit their controller button—or else you’ll be shocked!
- To start, each player takes hold of a controller. Push the start button on the base to activate suspenseful Shock Box music and a red blinking light. When the red light turns green, press the button your controller as quickly as possible.
- If they’re not the first to hit the button, players will feel a thrilling shock, zapping them out of the game!
- If you’re quick enough to hit the button before the other players, you’re safe—for this round at least.
- Shock Box has variable shock control with two different levels of intensity and four game modes, making each round a more shocking surprise.
- Record your favorite moments of shock and share it on social media using #ShockBoxChallenge.
- Ages: 14+
- MSRP: $29.99
- Available: Amazon, zing.store