Why do we have April Fools' Day - and what's the best prank you've played?

On Tuesday 1 April 2025, it isn't just the start of a new month - it's April Fools' Day, of course!

The first of April has been celebrated as a day of pranks and practical jokes for nearly 200 years now, meaning a LOT of tricks have been played over the years.

But we want to hear about the best prank that you've ever played, or all about the pranks that have been played on you!

Comment below with your favourite April Fools' Day prank, and don't forget to test your prank-spotting skills with our April Fools quiz.

We want to hear the best pranks ever

Even though April Fools' Day is a big part of the calendar, historians still aren't 100% sure how it began.

Some think that the origins have something to do with English poet and playwright Geoffrey Chaucer.

Chaucer had a story about a fox that tricked a rooster 32 days from the start of March - which lines up as 1 April.

But others think it could be the legacy of a Roman tradition at the start of spring, where kids were allowed to give orders to their parents.

There's also a theory that there lies a clue in its French title of 'April Fish Day', as in spring it was easy to 'trick' fish and catch them, because the rivers were full of them.