How to Celebrate Mischief Night with Halloween Pranks

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The night before Halloween is a great time for Halloween pranks. Just make sure it's all in good fun.

Step 1: Scare as a scarecrow
Dress up in the costume of your choice and sit outside your home like a harmless lawn decoration. When early-bird trick-or-treaters walk up, spring to life and scare the bejesus out of them.

Did You Know?
In some parts of the United States, October 30 is called "Cabbage Night" because throwing rotten heads of cabbage or smearing them on windows was once a common practice.

Tip
Place a carved, hollowed-out pumpkin over your head to help hide your face.

Step 2: Annoy the neighborhood grouch
Annoy the neighborhood grouch -- you know, the one who turns off all their lights on Halloween to avoid giving out candy -- by lavishly decorating their property so they attract hordes of trick-or-treaters.

Step 3: Play invisible string
Head to a heavily trafficked walkway with a friend and take up positions opposite each other. Squat down and pretend you’re holding a string between you. Enjoy watching everyone lift their legs dramatically to avoid getting tangled up -- in nothing.

Tip
TIP Post "GET YOUR BEST CANDY HERE" signs on nearby trees and signposts, pointing to their house.

Step 4: Send a scary message
Write a menacing message on someone's bathroom mirror with your finger, breathe on it, and then let it dry naturally. The next person to shower will see the message when the mirror fogs up -- hopefully eliciting more screams than a horror movie. Happy Mischief Night, and enjoy those Halloween pranks!

Step 5: Perplex people
Go to a parking lot and slip a note under people’s windshield wipers that reads: "I'm sorry I hit your car." Enjoy the show as drivers circle their cars again and again looking for damage.