Spring dad jokes are a warm, seasonal joy for the paternal. After months of slogging it out through cold, snow and winter dad jokes, it’s time to turn over a funny new leaf, right?

That’s why we searched high and mostly low to find the best, funniest, silliest dad jokes of the vernal season. That includes a few April Fools’ Day laughs and even a St. Patrick’s Day giggle that you can spring on unsuspecting children, adults and, of course, enemies of the pun. Enjoy without worry — these have all been spring-cleaned for your kids’ protection. 

If you need some non-seasonal yucks, check out our musical dad jokes for some laughs that sing!

Best (and worst) spring dad jokes, riddles and puns

Q. What does your winter fat turn into?
A. Spring rolls.

Q. What’s the best place to plant flowers at a school?
A. In kinder-garden.

Q. How excited was the gardener about the arrival of spring?
A. So excited that he wet his plants.

Q. How did the tree feel about spring?
A. Re-leafed.

Q. What’s Irish and comes out in spring?
A. Paddy O’Furniture

Q. Which superhero likes spring the best?
A. Robin.

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A family of moles awakens from hibernation.

The father mole pokes his head out of the hole and says, “I smell tulips. It must be spring!”

Then, the mother mole pokes her head out of the hole and says, “I smell cherry blossoms. It MUST be spring!”

The baby mole tries to squeeze between his parents but gets stuck and says, “All I smell is molasses.”

A few April Fool’s Day dad jokes

Q. What’s the best day of the year to monkey around with your friends?
A. Ape-ril Fool’s Day.

Q. Which monster is the best at playing April Fools’ Day jokes?
A. Prankenstein.

Q. Why is everyone so tired on April 1st?
A. Because they just finished a long 31-day long March!

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Did you hear about the pregnant bedbug? She’s having her babies in the spring.

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Q. Why did the farmer throw his seeds into the pond?
A. He was trying to grow watermelons.

Q. What season is best to go on a trampoline?
A. Spring-time

Q. What did the seed groan after the flower told one too many spring dad jokes?
A. “OK, Bloomer.”

Q. What did the tree say to spring?
A. What a re-leaf!

Q. What is the best flower for a boy to give his mom this spring?
A. A son-flower.

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Did you see that the local mattress store is having a spring sale? Unfortunately, the rest of the bed is still full price.

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Q. What can you find in the middle of April and March but not at the beginning or end of either?
A. The letter R.

Q. Why did the farmer bury all his money before planting his spring crops? 
A. To make his soil rich.

Q. Why did the bucket bounce?
A. Because it was filled with spring water.

Q. What’s the difference between spring rolls and summer rolls?
A. Seasoning.

Q. What do you call a bear caught in a spring shower?
A. A drizzly bear.

Q. Why couldn’t the flower bud ride a bike?
A. It didn’t have any petals.

Q. What do you say when it’s raining chickens and ducks in April?
A. Foul spring weather.

Q. What did summer say to spring?
A. “Help, I’m going to fall!”

Spring dad jokes photo: © Africa Studio / Adobe Stock.

Easter dad jokes crack us up. Then again, this time of year we have low eggs-pectations when it comes to funny bunny business.

That’s why this dad dove down the Easter bunny hole that is the internet to hunt down the best (or is it worst?) Easter dad jokes, riddles and puns. These family-friendly holiday dad jokes and puns are perfect for all your Peeps, no matter what flavor or shape. Kids will love them and, like scars, the chicks will dig ’em!

And, as no one said, this dad humor is rated E for Egg-cellent.

If you’d enjoyed our other dad jokes compilations (our musical dad joke humor fest, for example, or our soon-to-return summer dad joke extravaganza), which some say are the funniest, best and most groan-inducing, then you really should see a doctor. And while you’re waiting there, check out these …

Best/worst Easter dad jokes for kids

Q. Why did the Easter Bunny cross the road?
A. Because the chicken had his eggs!

Q. What kind of bunny can’t hop?
A. A chocolate bunny.

Q. What day does an Easter egg hate the most?
A. Fry-day.

Q. What happens to the Easter Bunny if he misbehaves at school?
A. He gets egg-spelled!

Q. What did the Easter egg ask for at the hair salon?
A. A new dye-job.

Q. Why couldn’t the Easter egg family watch TV?
A. Because their cable was scrambled.

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One Easter, a father was teaching his son to drive when out of nowhere a rabbit with a basket of eggs jumped on the road. Slamming on the brakes, the son said, “I ruined Easter! I ran over the Easter Bunny.” His father looked out the rear window and then replied, “It’s OK, son — you missed by a hare.”

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Q. Why did the Easter Bunny go to bed early?
A. He was eggs-hausted!

Q. What’s one way to make Easter easier?
A. Put an “i” where the “t” is.

Q. What did the Easter Bunny order at the coffee shop?
A. An eggspreso!

Q. How many Easter eggs can you put in an empty basket?
A. Only one — after that it’s not empty anymore!

Q. How does the Easter Bunny get across town so quickly?
A. He uses the eggs-press Lane.

Q. How does the Easter Bunny get around the world in a single day?
A. He travels by hare-plane.

Q. What do you need if all your Easter candy goes missing?
A. An eggs-planation.

Q. Who delivers mail to the Easter Bunny?
A. Federal Eggs-press

Q. How does the Easter Bunny stay fit?
A. Hare-obics.

Q. How can you tell where the Easter Bunny has buried his treasure?
A. Eggs mark the spot!

Q. What do you get when you cross a rabbit with shellfish?
A. The Oyster Bunny.

Q. What happens if you fall in love on Easter?
A. You live hoppily ever after.

Q. Why do people paint eggs at Easter?
A. Because it’s much easier than wallpapering them!

Q. What’s the Easter bunny’s favorite sport?
A. Basketball!

Q. What does the Easter Bunny get for making a basket?
A. Two points, just like everyone else!

Q. What do the Easter Bunny and LeBron James have in common?
A. They’re both famous for stuffing baskets.

Q. What did the chicken say when it saw the scrambled Easter eggs?
A. “Crazy mixed-up kids!”

Q. What kind of beans never grow in a garden?
A. Jelly beans!

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A chocolate bunny hops into the doctor’s office. The doctor asks, “What’s wrong?” The chocolate bunny replies, “I don’t know. I just feel so hollow inside.”

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Q. What happened when the Easter Bunny married the rabbit of his dreams?
A. They lived hoppily ever after!

Q. What do you call a mischievous Easter egg?
A. A practical yolker.

Q. How does the Easter bunny stay in shape?
A. Lots of eggs-ercise!

Q. How do you get a letter to the Easter Bunny?
A. Hare mail

Q. Why shouldn’t you tell jokes to an Easter egg?
A. It might crack up!

Q. Who’s the Easter Bunny’s favorite Italian actor?
A. Rabbit De Niro

Q. Why is the Easter Bunny so smart?
A. He’s an egghead.

Q. Why don’t people paint duck eggs at Easter?
A. They quack too easily!

Q. What happens if you steal the Easter Bunny’s eggs?
A. He gets hopping mad.

Q. What do you call a line of rabbits jumping backward?
A. A receding hare-line.

Q. Did you hear about the lady whose house was infested with Easter eggs?
A. She had to call an eggs-terminator!

Q. Why did the Easter egg hide?
A. He was a little chicken!

Q. What do you call an Easter Bunny who forgets to deliver you an Easter basket?
A. A hare-brain!

Q. Who tells the best Easter egg jokes?
A. Comedi-hens!

Easter dad jokes photo: © deagreez / Adobe Stock.

Youth baseball. A sport with varied skill levels. Some kids can knock the cover off the ball. Others have never put on a baseball glove before. You can tell these latter kids because they always put it on the hand they throw with.

Baseball is a sport with no time limit, no clock. The games could last forever. Literally.

It is a sport played outside, during the unpredictable weather of the spring. Games rarely get canceled, making for some interesting situations.

This season, those windy 40-degree days made me thankful for the other 165 hours of the week I wasn’t sitting in a cold lawn chair freezing at a youth baseball game. It made me consider bringing that Bailey’s Irish Cream leftover from St. Patrick’s Day. That stuff’s not going to drink itself, you know.

Even for the fans (parents) who didn’t like watching baseball, there was plenty of people-watching to be had. My favorite was the 6-year-old who had his own batting gloves, eye-black, bat, helmet and special baseball bag, and still did not know which side of home plate he was supposed to stand on while batting. I’m guessing the inside of his house looks like a Dick’s Sporting Goods. And that one of his parents is a baseball fanatic.

Of course, it wouldn’t be youth sports without a parent who coaches from the stands. This dude corrects every part of his kid’s batting stance, during a game, while the kid is batting.

I’m sure as much as I was watching other families, other families were watching our crew as well. We were the family with the wagon, several lawn chairs, a blanket, a snack and drink cooler, kid bikes and kid scooters. We were a traveling circus sideshow.

My daughters always “accidentally” sat in the wettest grass right at the beginning of the game or practice, too. This guaranteed complaining for the rest of the entire time. At games, I required them to wait until they’d seen their brother bat twice before they visited the concession stand. We gave them a limit of spending $4 each (their own money). The good news about all of this? They paid attention to the first couple of innings, and for eight bucks, our two girls could basically buy anything they wanted from the concession stand. A sleeve of powdered doughnuts at 2 p.m. on a Saturday? Why not?!?

As my son’s youth baseball season wraps up, it has been one his mom and I have enjoyed quite a bit. Even though it’s 40 degrees this week, there’s at least a 50 percent chance it will be 90 degrees next week. But, if it is cold those final weeks of the season, we could take advice from my son and “lay face down on the ground putting us close to the Earth’s mantle.” This, he says, will keep us warm.

Good grief. That kid’s not normal.

A version of this originally appeared on Indy’s Child. Photo: Insight Imaging: John A Ryan Photography via Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SA.