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It's the day before April Fool's Day. You are really itching to pull off a prank on someone.
How about a teacher? Hmm. What do a lot of teachers use every day at school...? Dry erase markers! Guaranteed, the teacher will use it in class, and everyone will see your prank in action.
Here's how to make a device that's not so difficult to make - you can make it the day right before, and it only requires a few things that a lot of people have lying around the house.
The end result:
Your teacher opens that marker and starts writing on the board. Only... all of a sudden, the tip of the marker disappears! What, in the world? (resulting in an end of the lesson due to having nothing to write with. Free period!)
Side notes:
This is something entirely original - I didn't get this idea from anywhere (well, at least not from anywhere I've seen).
Don't be daunted by the numerous pictures and steps - I just tried to make this relatively easy process completely foolproof :D
AND REMEMBER:
If you like this idea, please vote for me in the April Fool's Project Prank Contest!
How about a teacher? Hmm. What do a lot of teachers use every day at school...? Dry erase markers! Guaranteed, the teacher will use it in class, and everyone will see your prank in action.
Here's how to make a device that's not so difficult to make - you can make it the day right before, and it only requires a few things that a lot of people have lying around the house.
The end result:
Your teacher opens that marker and starts writing on the board. Only... all of a sudden, the tip of the marker disappears! What, in the world? (resulting in an end of the lesson due to having nothing to write with. Free period!)
Side notes:
This is something entirely original - I didn't get this idea from anywhere (well, at least not from anywhere I've seen).
Don't be daunted by the numerous pictures and steps - I just tried to make this relatively easy process completely foolproof :D
AND REMEMBER:
If you like this idea, please vote for me in the April Fool's Project Prank Contest!
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Signing UpStep 1Materials and material manipulators
You'll only need a few household items and very minimal, common tools.
Materials:
1. Empty Expo (dry erase) marker
Recycle! I got mine by asking my math teacher when he was about to throw it away.
2. 1 rubber band
It helps if it's circular or squarish
3. Disposable Wooden Chopstick
You only need one of the two, and it should be the rectangular tapered kind
Material manipulators (tools):
1. Pocketknife (opt. with serrated edge)
for enlarging holes and cutting the chopstick later on
2. Craft wire
yes, I know, it's more of a material, but here we use it as helping hand - to poke through holes that are too small to use only our fingers
3. Needle nose pliers
To remove the marker tip
4. Sharpie marker
To color the chopstick black, like the original color of the Expo marker
5. (Multiple choices)
a. Small triangular tapered file (what I used)
b. Tiny flathead screwdriver - the kind used for eyeglasses or other small screws (not pictured)
c. Drill bit of the same diameter as the hole at the front of the marker - the one that the tip goes
through (not pictured)
To bore out the front of the marker, remove all the plastic tabs originally used to retain the marker tip
6. (Power) drill
We only need to drill one hole!
7. 1/16 inch drill bit
To thread through the rubber band
8. A file
If you already have a triangular tapered file as the 5th item, you can skip this. Basically, you need something to make a small notch.
9. (if you have a serrated edge on your pocketknife, you can skip this altogether) A hacksaw
Just to cut the chopstick
Materials:
1. Empty Expo (dry erase) marker
Recycle! I got mine by asking my math teacher when he was about to throw it away.
2. 1 rubber band
It helps if it's circular or squarish
3. Disposable Wooden Chopstick
You only need one of the two, and it should be the rectangular tapered kind
Material manipulators (tools):
1. Pocketknife (opt. with serrated edge)
for enlarging holes and cutting the chopstick later on
2. Craft wire
yes, I know, it's more of a material, but here we use it as helping hand - to poke through holes that are too small to use only our fingers
3. Needle nose pliers
To remove the marker tip
4. Sharpie marker
To color the chopstick black, like the original color of the Expo marker
5. (Multiple choices)
a. Small triangular tapered file (what I used)
b. Tiny flathead screwdriver - the kind used for eyeglasses or other small screws (not pictured)
c. Drill bit of the same diameter as the hole at the front of the marker - the one that the tip goes
through (not pictured)
To bore out the front of the marker, remove all the plastic tabs originally used to retain the marker tip
6. (Power) drill
We only need to drill one hole!
7. 1/16 inch drill bit
To thread through the rubber band
8. A file
If you already have a triangular tapered file as the 5th item, you can skip this. Basically, you need something to make a small notch.
9. (if you have a serrated edge on your pocketknife, you can skip this altogether) A hacksaw
Just to cut the chopstick
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got a prank for that?...
and another prank for it: attach a screen of paper or something to the front of the smartboard projector so it doesn't show anything. haha.
thanks for sharing, i cant wait to pull this on my teachers.
kekekekeke...
Wow, that school doesn't like to have fun. :L
All of my teachers are cool with me. I pulled off a ton of pranks on April Fool's day... They were amused ;)