The tradition then spread throughout parts of Europe and Great Britain and finally over to the United States, growing in popularity over the years.
So - what sort of things did the teddy bears get up to? Well, firstly, Edward thought it would be a good prank on the other bears if, when they opened the fridge door first thing on the first of April, everything in there stared back at them with googly eyes!!
Edward knew that there were lots of googly eyes in the bears' craft box so he took as many as he could find and spent half an hour, before all the other bears got up, sticking pairs of eyes onto things like the cartons of milk and orange juice, bottles of water, lemons, eggs, etc.
The other bears had no idea what he had done and he watched their reactions when they reached into the fridge to pull out things for their breakfasts. Lots of surprised exclamations, shrieks and laughter ensued. It was worth getting up that bit earlier to do it.