What is April Fools’ Day?
April Fools’ Day is the day for harmless tricks and made-up news. People in many countries play jokes on each other, and even newspapers sometimes join in.
Ways to mark the day
- Plan a harmless prank: a joke is only good if everyone can laugh at it.
- Swap the sugar and the salt labels, and warn people before anyone cooks.
- Be ready: check the news twice on that morning.
How the countdown works
The clock counts down to the 1st of April on your own device’s time, so it reaches zero at midnight where you are. When the day is over, it starts again for next year. Full screen puts it on a classroom board or a big screen. To count down to something of your own, enter it under Your own event.
More countdowns
- Countdown to a Date
- Countdown to Christmas
- Countdown to New Year
- Countdown to Valentine’s Day
- Countdown to Halloween
- Countdown to Christmas Eve
- Countdown to New Year’s Eve
- Countdown to Three Kings’ Day
- Countdown to Orthodox Christmas
- Countdown to St. Patrick’s Day
- Countdown to Labour Day
- Countdown to All Saints’ Day
- Countdown to St. Nicholas Day
- Countdown to Earth Day
- Countdown to International Women’s Day
- Countdown to World Book Day
- Countdown to Pi Day