Another Honeymoon House-Pranking

Now that I’m fairly sure Amy and Chris have discovered most of what we did to their home while they were away on their honeymoon, here’s the follow-up post.  [If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check my earlier post about our custom of pranking newlyweds].

 We’ll begin from the entrance point.

A couple of years ago, my mother-in-law gave us this gigantic stuffed ladybug embroidered with those little valentine hearts with messages on them all over her body.  We still love the M-i-L, but seriously, how tacky is this thing?

And how PERFECT for a creepy greeting to the newly-returned couple.  It says “oh, yes, we most certainly did do unspeakable things to your place while you were away.  Welcome home!”

And welcomed they were.  Here are their happy faces upon airport pickup (which fell to me, since guess who’s home during the day and available for such things… ah, the irony).

That’s not to imply they’re naive.  No.  They know.  And here’s the first glimpse of their interior:

It’s great that they’re so up-beat about it all.  ‘Cause here’s what we did…

1.  It’s not your grandmother’s crotchet project.

In every – and we do mean EVERY – room of the house.  It’s remarkable how little yarn costs at the Dollar Store.

2. Got Mice?

(I sincerely hope this is one of the [half dozen or so] gummy rodents they have already located.  Otherwise, I’ve just helped them out.  And we wouldn’t want that…)

3.  Wall of Horror

This one is going to make no sense to anyone who doesn’t know Amy’s #1 verbal cringe-trigger:  any word that contains “ipple” in it.  I was told this was the FIRST prank to be taken down.  That’s how powerful it was.   Cost me $5 at the Family Dollar.  Success!

4.  Good luck with that “Quiet Night In!”

Our friend Ethan and the twins very meticulously moved every one of their DVD’s to another case.

5.  Oh the things you can do with clothing.

          a)  Turn them all inside-out and re-hang/fold them and put them away (pictured below, our friend Leila, industriously flipping)

          b)  Slip mothballs into all the pockets, so Chris has to go to work smelling like an old, old man  (actually, this one back-fired a bit… turns out the smell of mothballs makes him nauseous… oopsies!)

          c)  ”How Do I Look?” – prank version.  Gonna NOT post those pix for all blogsterity to see.  But we took pictures of ourselves in their clothes doing our best impressions of their mannerisms, all around their house.  Nothing says “we were here” like an album full of your best friends and relatives all gussied up in your wardrobe.

6. Clinkity-clink-clink clink.

2,000 tiny beads + medicine cabinets, shelves, and other assorted surfaces.

In case you’re wondering, yes, we’re still friends siblings.