You’ve got a 3D printer, a devious mind, and friends who haven’t learned to be suspicious of you yet. That’s everything you need. Whether you’re a beginner who just figured out how to load filament or someone who’s been printing for a while, here are some ways to prank your friends with a 3D printer.
Print Fake Bugs and Put Them Everywhere
Spiders, cockroaches, centipedes, you name it. You can download free bug models from Thingiverse and print a dozen of them in under an hour. Tuck them under a keyboard, inside a shoe, in a coffee mug, in the shower, or honestly wherever your heart leads you. Printed plastic bugs look convincingly real for a second, and that’s all the time you need.
Put 3D-Printed Fruit in Their Fruit Bowls
Is your friend a little overly ambitious in the fruit aisle, always filling up their fruit basket with items that they never get to? They probably won’t notice if you sneak a fake banana or orange into the mix. And when they do, they’ll definitely be puzzled (and need to make a trip to the grocery store).
Replace Their Office Supplies With Printed Fakes
Does your friend work an office job or have a desk at home? Print a replacement for something they use all the time, such as a stapler or calculator. Swap it with the real one on their desk and wait. Do be warned that office supplies are easy to identify as fake if they don’t have perfect layer adhesion and some careful post-processing. But if you put the time into creating a convincing fake, this prank can actually impress your friends (after it annoys them, of course!).
Put a 3D-Printed Outlet on Their Wall
We’ve all experienced fighting with a wall outlet that won’t let you plug into it, and you can recreate that joy for your friends. Just 3D print a realistic outlet plate and put it on a wall somewhere that makes sense and where your friends probably won’t notice it’s new. The best move is putting this fake outlet on one of your walls and then inviting people over to try and fail at charging their devices.
Now that you know all these easy ways to prank your friends with a 3D printer, what are you waiting for? Your friends have no idea what’s coming!
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