Did you ever want to prank a friend?Is it possible to get someone back for being mean?A fun, harmless prank that can be remembered as a thrilling experience for many years to come is toilet papering.You're loaded to the gills with toilet paper.To ensure that your prank stays harmless and you don't get in trouble, take care to consider the risks, and learn to stay safe and play smart.For more information, see Step 1.
Step 1: Pick a target.
One of your friends may have been sitting too high on the horse.Maybe you woke up too many times in the last month.Maybe your basketball coach is deserving.If you want a good prank, find someone who will appreciate it and then make them laugh.Pick someone who is convenient, but not too convenient.It's easy to TP your neighbor after she stole your basketball, but won't you be an obvious suspect?If you want to get revenge, wait a couple weeks until the suspicion dies down.Papering someone's house and yard is a harmless prank, but only if you know the person well enough to play a joke on them.It can seem kind of ominous when done to strangers.Pick someone who will enjoy it.It's more likely that you'll get into trouble if you TP someone you don't know.Spread joy, not pain.
Step 2: Put your crew together.
The team is made of toilet paper.You want enough kids to have fun, but not so many that you become famous.Less than five or six people should be on the safe side in a good group.Going on a TP run can be a great way to bond with others.TP companions can be friends from school or teammates on a sports team.Staying out late and having fun is a great way to build camaraderie.You can either plan a TP mission to get people in the same place and find a target equally close to everyone, or you can stick with a group of people who all live within walking distance of each other.No snitches.Don't invite anyone who will ruin the evening with bad vibes and second-guessing.If you want to invite a good friend but he isn't into partying, let him stay home tonight.
Step 3: There is an arsenal of TP.
Buying weak post-consumer trash is not the time to roll a house.Go big!If you don't get some two-ply, you will stay home.You will probably need at least a few rolls.The more you do, the better.Double rolls are the best kind of toilet paper.It lasts much longer, so you can usually get 4 or 5 throws over a tree, and the heavier weight makes it easier to throw accurately.A single roll of toilet paper can only be thrown over a tree.If you want to avoid looking suspicious buying toilet paper at 10:00 at night with ten other kids dressed in hoodies, buy your stuff well before dusk and hit up a few different stores.If you want the safest choice, have everyone buy their TP separately.
Step 4: Pick a time to meet up and do the prank.
You should be late to avoid suspicion, but not so late.When neighbors are still up and walking their dogs, don't pick 7:30.You should get information on how late the neighborhood stays up.When you show up with a bunch of bags, it can be very embarrassing if you don't know how late you are.It's nice to have a round hour for toilet paper.Many towns have curfews.If you get caught, try to stay close to the time-limit or you will get into trouble.Cops usually get involved in simple prank because of this.Pick a weekday when most adults will go to bed early.It's a good idea to pick a night when you have the following day off school.Good days to hit are the days before Spring Break and Presidents' Weekend.
Step 5: Recon work.
Take a walk around the neighborhood of the home you're going to hit during the day.Make sure that there are no barking dogs or security cameras.It's better to find out when you're not in the middle of the night with a bag full of toilet paper and shaving cream.You have enough time to find another target.
Step 6: Don't plan to make a big mess.
A prank like toilet paper is not a crime.It's important to stay on the right side of the line if you want to avoid serious trouble.You need to leave the spray paint and eggs at home.Don't tag someone's house with cruel language.A good TP job is funny and probably embarrassing for the victim, but it shouldn't be mean-spirited.
Step 7: Understand the risks and potential problems.
There is no law against "TP-ing" in the books, but toilet-papering the wrong house is likely to get you in trouble with the homeowner and the police.If someone sneaks into someone's yard in the middle of the night to TP their house, they might wake up and think they're being robbed.It carries a grave risk.
Step 8: Let's make a pact to stay quiet.
It's a good idea to plan out who is in charge of which area of the yard, who will carry the different items, and how long you're going to take before you call it quits.You don't have to talk much at the scene if you plan your prank specifically.Don't get into trouble when you get there, keep quiet and work fast."code names" are used if you must speak.TPers have been caught by homeowners because they called their friends "by name" in the yard.The TPers are known to members of the household.Pick a rad one, like Snake Jam.You don't want an alarm to go off or to light up the yard if you take your phone out while you're working.Don't take your phone at all.Don't worry if someone sneezes or trips over a stick.No one is going to wake up in the middle of the night to hear a noise.If the noise continues, they will wake up and look out the window.Don't run away until there's a reason to stop the noise.
Step 9: Light colors are underneath dark clothes.
The perfect top for creeping is a black hoodie.If you have something different underneath, you can take off your dark top and hide it around a corner.You will be seen wearing a new light color, tricking people who might end up in pursuit.Wear navy blue clothing and shoes.You can wear dark greens, brown, and greys.Everyone dressed in black looks pretty suspicious, so don't dress in funny costumes like you're going to rob a bank in a movie.Please don't wear ski-masks.
Step 10: You should wear running shoes.
They call them sneakers for a reason.Good and comfortable athletic shoes are needed if you want to run on the pavement.The wedges and flip-flops should be left at home.If they want to give chase, you'll be able to out run them on the concrete if you don't have shoes on.
Step 11: You need to get your creeps on.
Walk quietly, and move fast.If you're too far away to walk and end up in a car, park around the corner and approach from different directions.A group of black-clad teenagers carrying toilet paper looks suspicious to someone who looks out their window.
Step 12: Pull the toilet paper out of the roll.
Did you mean to drop a bunch of TP on the grass?To make sure you get as much paper off the roll and into the trees as quickly as possible, pull off a good 2 or 3 feet of paper and hold the end in your hand.Hold the roll.You can secure the end with your foot on the ground if you pull a couple feet off.If you choose not to hold onto the end of the paper, it's a good way to make sure you don't throw the whole roll into the tree.
Step 13: Don't chuck it if you spin the roll.
You can waste a lot of time if you don't throw the roll correctly.It should be like a football and not a dead duck.Hold the roll with the paper trailing back off the top of your hand, as you cock your arm back, then let it roll off your fingertips when you throw it at the target, so the end stays at your feet, or in your other hand.
Step 14: You should aim above where you want to paper.
Some good branch candidates can be found in a tree.If you throw the roll above the branches, it will trail up and over beautifully, and hit the ground on the other side.Aim low and high.It is possible to get the roll stuck if the branches are too high.Aim at a more high-probability target with your next roll.You can easily take it down if you only get the lower branches.You want to work for a while, right?Get creative.
Step 15: Pick it up, and throw it away.
The roll will run out if you work your way around the tree.The best TP jobs are like the work of an intricate spider, going back through the branches between multiple trees and wrapping around the car.You should use as much of each roll as you can.Don't leave rolls on the ground.I want that tree to be mummified!
Step 16: Work with each other.
You don't have to chase them all down.If your friend lands on your feet, you should toss it back over.The ideal outcome is that the TP job will look random and chaotic.
Step 17: Do not set your targets.
The trees are the most obvious target.No prisoners are taken by a truly great toilet-papering.You can try to hit as many different places as you can within a single roll, or use many rolls to super-coat every single target you paper.
Step 18: You can make a car shell.
It's not that big of a deal to find a couple of rolls of toilet paper in a tree.It will take a few minutes to clean up.Imagine waking up and finding your car surrounded by TP.That is more like it.If you can bring a spray bottle or a bottle of water, wet the surface of the car before wrapping it, rolling the paper underneath and going back up and over.A sloppy mess will be created if the bottom layer is soggy.
Step 19: Fence, lawn ornaments, and bushes can be wrapped.
Wrap the rest of the roll around the individual posts between the fence and the end of it.Do the same things for any bushes that line the yard.
Step 20: Remove small pieces of toilet paper from the roll and scatter them over the lawn.
Lots and lots of small pieces annoy me.
Step 21: To spell out words, use toilet paper.
5 letters or less.Celebratory slogans like "You lose" or "DUDE" are better.Nothing cruel or mean.This is not a crime.If taunting the cops is considered a threat, it's a good idea to leave cruel slogans.
Step 22: In the last minutes, go for the hail mary.
Getting the roll all the way over the house is the holy grail of the TP job.TP on the roof can cause a racket that will get you caught, so this is the last part of the job.If you want to see who can throw the farthest, you need to get your best thrower on the job, or all do it at the same time.Take off running.
Step 23: Put shaving cream in the equation.
A couple cans of cheap shaving cream can be used to spray on the yard or to stick toilet paper to the trees.If you do it quickly and dirty, you can get away with it.You can give shaving cream to the shrubbery.There is a pile of wadded-up toilet paper and shaving cream in the middle of the yard.Nobody will want to clean it up with their hands.Don't use shaving cream on cars, the house, windows, or driveway because it can cause permanent damage.That would make your prank a felony.Don't do it.
Step 24: There is an assortment of garbage to bring.
Save the garbage the night before you run.It should be dumped in the middle of the yard.There are banana peels, apple cores, and candy wrappers.Someone else will have to clean it up.Before you hand it over to the enemy, make sure there's no incriminating evidence, like a telephone bill with your name on it.
Step 25: Rearrange furniture on the lawn.
Line the chairs up facing the street, or stack them in the yard.The lawn geese should be put up on the porch after being wrapped with toilet paper and given shaving cream mustaches.
Step 26: Leave the forks in the house.
A common prank during Halloween is to leave a bunch of forks in someone's yard.You can collect cheap dime-store forks for a couple weeks leading up to your big prank if you use plastic forks.It can take a while to do right if you assign the job to one person in your crew.For maximum effect, line them up as straight and uniform as possible.
Step 27: ding and ditch.
Are you brave enough to ring the doorbell at night?If that is the case, have everyone else in the group take off around the corner and have the bravest toilet paper warrior brave the long steps to the front door.It can be the best night cap.