The other night Sherry and I came up with the idea to challenge each other to craft something using objects around our house – the catch being that the OTHER person gets to choose the objects. It wasn’t necessarily a competition, but we still came up with some ground rules:
- You can use anything to make the craft, but the three chosen items must be incorporated in some way.
- The “challengee” may choose one of the items before seeing the other two chosen by the “challenger.”
- No money can be spent.
- The project will be shared on the blog, no matter how awful it turns out.
We rock-paper-scissored and I lost, so I was up first. I exercised my right to choose one object and I picked this bright string/twine because I thought it would be functional plus it could bring in some color (I was going into it thinking I’d try to make some sort of art). Sherry, quite dramatically, hid her objects under a bowl to reveal to me.
Continuing the unnecessary dramatics, we decided to video tape my challenge – which I’m glad we did because what I ended up doing would’ve been hard to explain otherwise. So unfortunately you’ve gotta watch below to see the outcome. And if that’s not reason enough, might I entice you with these other teasers?
- I enlisted Sherry’s help, but it was really just to force her beautiful baby bump on camera
- Both Burger and Clara videobomb at some point
- One of Sherry’s chosen objects came out of the fridge…
- Sherry tried to talk me out of sharing the sound effect that I included at the very end of the video (I didn’t fake that – it was the true sound of the project culminating), but I said “my challenge, my video!”
My craft turned out much better than I expected, wouldn’t you say? Now to figure out where to put it… especially some place where it won’t get rank. Oh yeah, and one other thing…
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HAPPY APRIL FOOLS, Y’ALL. Hopefully you won’t ever actually find me crafting with mayonnaise. We just wanted to see if it was possible to create a more cringeworthy video than last year’s April Fools rap-fest. Ah, traditions. If you want to catch up on our other “just kidding” posts of yore, you can find them here: 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009. Hope you guys are enjoying some good pranks (and some MUCH better music than the likes of this video) today!
PS: We’ll be back with a completely legit giveaway later in the afternoon. Totally swear it’s for real. Like $500+ real.
PPS: In case you really did forget about the time Sherry hung out with Eminem, you can get that whole story here.
Emily F says
Oh my gosh! You guys are hilarious!!!!!!!!! ahahahaha! Happy April Fools! :)
Stacy says
You guys are so cute :)
I think the 3 things craft challenge is a really great idea for a blog post (minus the mayo).
Lee Ann says
OH EM GEE! I took the bait, hook line and sinker! That is totally the funniest April Fool’s joke ever! Thanks for making me laugh my you-know-what off this morning!
Helen says
Excellent! But the geek / pedant in me wishes the title was intra-household crafting challenge! Great April Fools’ prank though ;-)
Brittany D says
Oh.my….Sherry, I love you. It is official!
Shevon says
OMG. I almost peed my pants like a pregnant lady! You’ve got some mad skills SherDog!
Paige @ The Room Kit says
YES!! I actually forgot that it was April 1st, but once I heard the music I was like, “OH RIGHT! The annual music video!”
And really, that’s not a bad idea for a project challenge! Think you’ll actually try it sometime?
YoungHouseLove says
Maybe we will… (she says with an evil grin as she plans to make John work with Hershey Kiss wrappers and moth balls…).
xo
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Whitney R. says
Hahaha! This is the stupidest and cutest thing ever!
Lauren says
I think that the dancing Sherry gif. could soon take over the internet.
Carla B. says
Every year I read your post on April 1, and am ALWAYS fooled! This video seriously made me laugh out loud (at work!). Hilarious!
D-I-Y, until the day I die… Totally stuck in my head now!
Heather says
Hahahaa. You totally GOT ME. The worst part was that I was literally just on Facebook where friends were announcing their pregnancies and engagements and I rolled my eyes thinking, “really, obvious…it’s April Fools”.
Oops.
I think the best part was me thinking, “but won’t mayonnaise spoil?”
Laura says
Also, I apparently just bought tickets to take my daughter to see John perform in a local stage production of Sleeping Beauty! http://tickets.metropolisarts.com/shows/sleeping%20beauty/events
YoungHouseLove says
So funny! John’s totally my prince ;)
xo
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Melissa McCoy says
Awesomesauce!!
Kimberly says
SO awesome guys!!!! LOL so funny!
Sara says
Pahahahahahahaha, I love this so much!
cheri s in iowa says
Awesome. You are hilarious, and awesome.
Susan (Between Naps on the Porch) says
Hysterical! Ya got me…never saw that coming! :)
cristy says
OK for about 5 seconds you had me going and I even started to think… uh! why don’t I do a craft project with my husband?!?!
you got me… it didn’t take long for me to catch on though. good job guys! and props to sherry for bustin’ some moves!
giselle says
FOOLED and totally cracking up. You guys are awesome!!!
Hickory Nut says
Ok, i don’t even have the sound on and i’m crying i’m laughing so hard! Can’t wait for my boss to leave for a meeting so i can actually hear it! The repeat move on the end of the video seriously kills me!
tiffany says
hahahahahaha loved it! Seriously one of my first thoughts today was “I wonder what YHL will come up with this year?” You guys never disappoint.
Carrie says
I hope that someday I can be as awesome as you, Sherry… This is hilarious and amazing! Eminent would be proud :)
Amanda Comeau says
You guys are seriously adorable….that was hilarious! Thanks for making me laugh :)
Danielle says
That was HILARIOUS! You guys are awesome! :)
Rosie S says
Yup, it’s gonna take a while to get that tune out of my head! LOL What a fun and happy video…too cute, you guys are the best!
Stef says
AWESOME!
Shannon says
DYING of laughter you guys! I will now have that “DIY jingle” in my head all day. You guys are the best, no April Fools joke there!
Amy says
Hilarious, and I also just saw the Eminem video. I was also a big Eminem fan back in the day. I had his poster on my college dorm wall and was always trying to convince my mom that he was so smart and deep. Good stuff!!
Kelly Reber says
That is awesome! Thanks for making me laugh this morning.. out loud! I love the mayo sound effect at the end.
danielle says
You guys are pretty cute :) Thanks for the laugh :)
Sayward says
Top five greatest moments of my life:
1. Finding out my mom beat cancer
2. Meeting my baby niece for the first time
3. You chest bumping Katie Bower
4. Last year’s rap video
5. THIS.
Iris says
LOOOOOOOOOOL you guys are HILARIOUS hahahahhaha :)
Katja @ Shift Ctrl Art says
That was absolutely amazing. I love your crafts :)
I have a huge announcement on my blog today.
http://shiftctrlart.com/Blogpost/ung7/A-big-announcement-and-March-roundup
Katja @ Shift Ctrl Art says
Happy April Fools to you too :)
Did I get you?
http://shiftctrlart.com/Blogpost/ungc/Happy-April-fools-day–did-I-get-you
The world will still have to wait for Candle Wax Tape unfortunately…
YoungHouseLove says
Haha!
xo
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Lynn @ Our Useful Hands says
:o) :oD ;o)
My best, Lynn
Laurie says
Can we have April Fool’s every month? That was hysterical. I’m on a corporate assessment with a team in a conference room and you just about got me fired. Tears are rolling down my face. Tried to come up with an April Fool’s reason why I’d be crying the conference room but came up short.
Crystal says
You guys are hilarious! How have I never seen the Eminem video?! Made my day.
Pat S says
Loved it!!! You guys are just too much fun.
Amy says
Roses are red, violets are blue…words can describe how much I adore you two April fools!
:)
Rachel says
Laughing till the tears are coming down my cheeks! Hilarious! Love it!
Tara says
What an incredibly beautiful pregnant belly! You fooled me for sure! So fun!
Diana says
Aww man, I totally missed the joke because I can’t see videos at work. I managed to pull it up on my phone but I’ll have to wait till after work to listen to it. WAhhhh.
Jessica says
Hilarious! You guys made my day. Love your energy even with that baby bump Sherry!
Marcy says
Best post ever! Thanks for the laughs!!
Leiann says
OMG! Hilarious!! I was thinking this morning that I wasn’t going to let myself get fooled by your post this year but when it came time to read it today, I seriously thought to myself: “Wow, they are really scraping the bottom of the barrel for this one! I wonder why they took time to do this weird craft project when they told us they had so many other things going on!”
I was totally fooled but enjoyed every minute of it!
Very clever :)
Katie Hyl says
Sherry, you are such a good sport! I was making predictions on my way into work on what the joke would be this year. My guess was you were going to fool us into thinking you were buying the showhouse. I know from previous posts you springing news on everyone that you’re moving gets people a little jumpy. :)
Emily Fridenmaker says
Bahahaha…Sherry is the best! Love that baby bump (and those sweet rhymes).
Missy Homemaker says
I absolutely LOVE how you don’t take yourselves too seriously. So, so hilarious.
Emily says
Is it wrong that I watched your Eminem interview and I’m still a little jealous. Even if it could come back to haunt me years later, you got to meet Eminem! And with a name like Emily… some of my friends have always called me M&M-ily. So when Eminem came on the scene, I was like – whatev, I’ve had that name for ten years now! He seems like such a sweet person and that’s why I like him so much. What I’m looking forward to is the day where you get to meet him again and you talk about the first interview and show him your new rap! :) I imagine that it will happen… you two are getting pretty famous (your stuff is in Target now!) and I imagine that some tv show will reunite you with him… now we just wait for that phone to ring!!
Leah says
That was the best thing ever. I don’t even want to try any jokes today, because nothing will live up to that!
Kelly says
This is now tied for my second favorite rapping video (ala, Amy Poehler rapping at 9 months pregnant, next to Sara Palin).
Way to go. That was amazing! hahaha