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13 easy magic tricks for kids

Magic tricks for kids can be a ton of fun and are a great way for parents and caregivers to keep the family entertained. After all, who doesn’t love a bit of magic and delight? “When I perform for kids, I try to help them feel like adults, and when I perform for adults, I try to make them feel like kids,” says New York City magician Gary “Gary The Great” Ferrar.

Magic tricks are fun, sure, but there’s even more to it: Magic is good for kids, asserts Nicholas “Magical Nick” Pugh, a Pennsylvania-based magician. “Learning magic tricks at a young age builds confidence and helps with social building skills, especially if the child tends to be a little shy,” he says.

Here are 13 easy magic tricks to teach kids to get a budding magician started.

1. Rubber pencil trick (ages 5 and up)

This is a classic magic trick that even the youngest magicians can perform. By holding a regular pencil down by the eraser and shaking it at just the right speed, it appears to become made of bendable rubber instead of wood. This one doesn’t take any special skill, just a lot of practice to get the speed and technique just right.

2. Spoon bending illusion (ages 5 and up)

The trick is all in the way you hold the spoon. You press down on the spoon while sliding your hand along the handle, which gives the illusion of the utensil bending. It takes some practice, but this is one of the easier magic tricks for kids to master.

3. Disappearing coin trick (ages 5 and up)

A basic disappearing coin trick is a great starter to help kids develop the fine motor skills, discipline and confidence needed to perform magic. The trick is to perfect the sleight of hand so that when the coin is left in the magician’s hand, the audience doesn’t notice.

4. Betcha can’t crack an egg trick (ages 7 and up)

In this trick, kids can tell friends that they are going to squeeze an egg in their hands as hard as they possibly can without breaking it. What the child magician will know is that an egg is something of a miracle of nature and is actually pretty tough when squeezed with the hand. Its shape allows it to withstand a great deal of pressure when it’s evenly applied. They can squeeze the egg in the palm of one hand or in between both hands.

5. Magnetic pencil trick (ages 7 and up)

Kids can fool their friends easily with this old-school magic trick. The only things required for this illusion are a pencil (a pen will do as well) and the child’s hands. Having something on the wrist which holds the pencil, such as a watch or a bracelet, can help as a distraction, but is not required.

6. Pluck a coin from thin air (ages 7 and up)

This trick requires a bit of set up and practice, but it will totally wow any audience once the child has mastered it. Using some basic tape, a twig or piece of safety pin and some books for misdirection, kids will amaze their audience as they makes a coin appear out of thin air!

7. Walk through paper (ages 7 and up)

With this trick, ask if the audience thinks you can cut a hole in a standard piece of paper that is big enough to walk through. When they say no, the magician proves them wrong! How is that possible? Why magic, of course. Well, magic and enough cuts to turn the piece of paper into something with a very large opening. Watch the video example below and then download a printable template for a little magician to cut out themselves.

8. Cup through the table trick (ages 7 and up)

Kids can amaze friends and family with this impressive illusion. All they need is a cup, a piece of paper big enough to cover the cup, a small object (a ball or coin will work) and a table. With practice, the young magician will be able to fool their audience into thinking they pushed the cup straight through a solid table!

9. Levitating card (ages 7 and up)

This is an impressive, yet easy card trick for beginners. It involves creating a special “trick” card using plastic and super glue. Kids will be able to make the card look like it has levitated off their palm into the air. Because a live audience will want to touch the card, this is a trick that is best performed over Skype for cousins or grandparents, but with practice and confidence, kids can even fool a live audience.

10. Make an egg fit through an impossibly small hole (ages 10 and up)

This activity is technically a science experiment, but it looks like magic! It requires a cooled, peeled hard-boiled egg, a glass bottle with a hole a bit smaller than the egg, a piece of paper and matches or a lighter. Make sure an adult is there to assist in lighting the paper.

11. Make yourself levitate (ages 10 and up)

With some practice, kids will be able to trick friends into thinking that they are actually floating in air! This requires some careful body positioning and a good amount of trial and error to get it just right, so it’s probably best for older kids who won’t get frustrated as quickly. See the video for details and 5 different ways to do this trick.

12. The magnetic hand trick (ages 10 and up)

With this trick, children will fool their audience into thinking that a regular group of playing cards are magically sticking to their hand. They will need to make their own “trick” card for this one, but it’s easily done with some scissors and glue.

13. Instantly turn water into ice (ages 10 and up)

This awesome water trick is part magic, part science experiment. All you need is a bottle of water (purified water seems to work best), a freezer and something cold to pour the water onto (a flat ice pack is ideal). After the bottle of water is left in the freezer for two hours, take it out and watch the magic happen! Once you have it working, try experimenting with food coloring in your water to make it even more visually exciting.

Easy Magic Tricks for Kids and Beginners

Do you want to impress your friends with a few easy magic tricks? Whether you’re an adult or a kid, it’s fun to learn these illusions using cards, coins, or some other simple objects.

Watch Now: 4 Cool Magic Tricks for Beginners and Kids

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Bending spoon magic

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The Spoon Bend is a classic trick that every smart-aleck needs to know. You grab any spoon, press down on it with your hands and appear to bend the spoon. As your stunned spectators register what you just did, you lift up the spoon and show that it is unbent, just as you found it.
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Magic box trick

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Here’s a magic box that you can make to produce ribbons or a small handkerchief. It’s a fun construction project and the trick is easy to learn and perform. It’s the perfect trick for a kid magician to perform in her first magic show.
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The Magic Tube

The magic tube is as much a craft project as it is a magic trick. This is a particularly good trick for kids since it uses ordinary household materials. The magician shows his audience an empty tube and then magically produces items such as ribbons or silk handkerchiefs from within the tube.
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Easy Rope Magic: Threading the Needle

Here’s a great trick where a magician apparently and quickly threads a piece of rope through a rope needle. It’s easy to learn and perform and all you need is a length of rope and some talent for sleight-of-hand.
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The Magnetic Pencil 2

After showing that a pencil sticks to your hand as you grasp your wrist, you suddenly let go of your “grabbing” hand and the pencil mysteriously stays in place. Notice the wristwatch in the photo? It’s key to the success of the trick (but don’t let the audience in on it).
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This trick makes it appear like the magician can make a coin disappear. The props for this trick include a couple of rings and a playing card. It requires a little bit of pre-construction but is probably suitable for kids (with a parent’s help for the younger magicians).
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In the impassable corks, you hold two wine corks that are seemingly interlocked, and somehow pull the corks through each other. It’s a fast, visual trick that you can also perform with rolled dollar bills and other objects of roughly the same size as wine corks.

This trick is probably too difficult for younger magicians, but is a good option for older kids and beginning adult magicians.
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Defying the laws of physics in the cold as ice trick, water appears to instantly freeze. The magician pours some water into a cup, utters the secret or magic words, turns over the cup and finds a chunk of ice where the water should be. With a little setup, this trick is an easy one for even the littlest magician.
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Learn how to mysteriously segment a banana in The Banana Buster. By executing an ultra-secret ninja move, the magician causes a banana to separate into pieces while it is still inside the peel. This trick is an easy one that only requires a little preparation. If you’re hungry, you can eat the banana when you’re done.
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Here’s a stunning levitation where you cause a playing card to mysteriously float from one hand to the other. There’s some crafting involved and you’ll have to watch your lighting and clothing and distance, but we’ll talk you through the process.
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Here’s a magic trick that is sure to get the attention of spectators. You bring out a playing card and then cause it to spin in midair and then rise up to your hand.
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Learn how to perform the magnetic hand. In this mysterious and visual trick, you somehow cause several playing cards to adhere to your hand as if it were a magnet.
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Here’s a cool trick where you cause a playing card to slowly rise above your hand and mysteriously turn at the same time.
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Here’s an easy magic trick where you make it appear that you have punched a hole in a bill with a pen, but the bill magically restores itself or was never punched in the first place.
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Color Changing Card

A spectator’s selected card mysteriously changes colors from the rest of the cards.
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Want to make something float in mid-air? You can when you learn the Levitating Ring trick. Here, a finger ring that’s resting on a pencil mysteriously levitates on its own.
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Learn how to perform the Vanishing Toothpick trick. In this easy magic trick, you cause a toothpick that you’re holding in your hand to vanish in a flash. In the end, you’re holding your fingers wide apart.
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The Rising Card you have a spectator select a card and then lose it in the deck. You rest your first finger on top of the deck and as you lift your finger, the spectator’s card mysteriously ascends with it. This should get a rise from spectators.
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Here’s an easy way to deal yourself a Royal Flush in a seeming demonstration of poker. It requires more talking and misdirection than card handling skills. This is a great one to perform with your friends after a game of cards.
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That Thumb Thing is an age-old trick that you can do anytime, anywhere. In an instant, you seemingly pull your thumb apart and then put it back together again. If you’re an uncle or grandpa, you have to learn this trick to tease the kids.
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In the Rising Ring, a ring that’s threaded onto a rubber band mysteriously rises on its own accord. This one is super easy and all you need is a rubber band and a ring. There’s almost no preparation.
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In the Jumping Rubber Band, a rubber band mysteriously jumps from your pinkie and ring fingers to the first and middle fingers of the same hand and then back again. All you need is a rubber band.

8 Easy Magic Tricks For You To Show Off At Parites

Everyone is fascinated with magic tricks, but few realize how easy most of them are to perform. As a kid, you may have gotten a magic kit as a present and probably spent time mastering them to “amaze” your parents and relatives. It was fun. Now, as an adult, you can channel your inner Houdini and become an instant magician at your next party.

1. Show your psychic power

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Here’s a trick built upon a little quirk of math that not too many people know about. When 9 is multiplied by any number between 2 and 9, the digits of the answer will always add up to 9. That is the basis for this trick, and here are the easy steps:

Ask a single person to select a number between 2 and 9. Ask them to then multiply that number by 9.
Ask them to add the two digits of the answer. (It will always be 9).
Ask them to subtract 5 from that number (It will always be 4).
Ask them to assign an alphabet letter to the number based upon A=1; B=2; C=3 and so forth (They will get D).
Tell them to think of a country that begins with that letter, but not to say it out loud. 99.9% of the time they will choose Denmark (who’s heard of Djibouti?)
Now, tell them to take the second letter of that country’s name and think of an animal that begins with that letter, but keep it secret as well.
Pause and appear to be giving this some thought. Then quite casually, say, “I don’t think Denmark has elephants, except in zoos.”

2. Magically linking paper clips

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There really is no magic to this trick, but no one will know that but you. The next time you need to go to a birthday or graduation party, and you have not had time to find the perfect gift for the occasion, try using a much larger bill for this trick and presenting that to the recipient afterward as their gift. You are going to make two paperclips magically link in midair.

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Here’s how it is done:

Fold a dollar bill, accordion style, in thirds, as done in the picture above.
Next, attach one of the paper clips to the front piece of the bill and over the middle piece as well. VERY IMPORTANT: The short side of the paper clip should be facing you. And be certain that the paper clip is toward the edge of the bill, not over toward the fold.
The second paper clip should be attached exactly the same way to the back piece of the bill and should also be over the middle piece as well. VERY IMPORTANT: The short side of the paper clip should be facing away from you this time, and the paper clip should be more toward the edge of the bill, not close to the fold.
Now, hold each end of the bill with one hand and snap it straight. The paperclips will fly up into the air and land linked together. Note: They actually link when the snap occurs, but don’t reveal that.

3. The coin vanish

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This one may take a bit of practice, because there will be a secret pocket that you don’t want to reveal to your audience as you swirl the empty scarf at the end of the trick.

Materials needed:

a scarf that is of flimsy material and a dark solid color
a rubber band (if you can find one close in color to the scarf, all the better).
a quarter

Before you begin this trick, you need to put the small rubber band around your thumb and next three fingers of your left hand.

Do not let others see that rubber band. Hold your hand at your side or put it in your pocket. When you get ready to do the trick, pull out the scarf with your right hand and drape it over your left had. Ask someone for a coin. Place the coin on the scarf.

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As you are folding the scarf in any way you wish, open up your fingers and capture the coin with just a small amount of the scarf. Remove your fingers from the rubber band as it is capturing the coin. You can then wave the scarf or let it fall to the floor, but you will need to be careful how this is done, so no one sees that little rubber band.

If you want to then reverse the trick, place the scarf back over your left hand, push down into the scarf with your right hand letting the rubber band fall into your left hand. Pull the scarf back up and reveal the coin.

4. The rising card

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This one is a bit complicated to explain, but you can manage it! For this trick, you need a regular deck of cards and a volunteer. This explanation is a bit complicated and detailed, so once you have read through this please watch the video as well.

You hold a deck of cards in your hand upright, as shown in the picture above. The last card facing you and away from your audience has been lowered just a bit.
You pull up the last three cards of the deck and fan them out. They are really not the last three cards, because you still have that one that has been lowered back there.
Ask a volunteer to choose one of the three cards that you have pulled up. Let us suppose they choose the middle one which is, in your head, card #2. You then slide the cards back down with the one lowered card still behind them. Their #2 is now actually #3 because you have that one card behind them.
Place the deck face down and start taking the cards from the top of the deck and counting off as you put those cards somewhere in the middle of the deck. If they chose card #2, then you count 1, place it in the middle and then count 2, placing it in the middle. Their card is actually the top one on the pile, because remember their card was actually #3.
Put the deck back in its original upright position. Place the index finger of your other hand on top of the deck, wiggle is just a bit as the pinkie of that hand pushes the card up from the back of the deck. It might be a little confusing, but trust me that the video will help explain it all!

5. The coin pyramid

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While this next trick is not “magical,” it is certainly a great one to test and frustrate your fellow partygoers. You will need 10 coins to make a pyramid as shown in the picture above.

Now the “trick” as you explain it to your friends is to invert this pyramid in only three moves, moving only one coin at a time. They can only move three coins total. Unless they have seen this before, they will be pretty stumped. You will then show them in three easy moves.

One: Switch the bottom-left coin to the 2nd from the top row on the right side.

Two: Move the bottom-right coin again to the 2nd from the top row on the right side.

Three: Move the top coin to the center of the bottom.

Voila!

6. The find the card “sucker” trick

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This trick is actually a holdover from old carnival days, when “suckers,” as the “carnies” called them, placed a bet when they were absolutely certain they would win. Here is how they were “suckered” in.

Take a regular deck of playing cards and put the Ace of spades on the bottom of the deck.
Have the person you are about to fool pick any card from the deck and not show it to you.
Cut the deck in half. Ask the person to place his or her card on the top of the first half of the deck (NOT the half with the ace of spades on the bottom). Place the other half on top of the person’s card.
The individual’s card is now the one right after the ace of spades.
Now you begin turning over the cards one by one telling the “victim” that you will tell them when you find their card. They are to say nothing as you go through the process.
You start flipping over cards. Theirs will be the card that you flip right after the ace of spades.
You flip over the ace of spades, then their card, and continue on. At this point, they know that they’ve won the bet because you have already passed up their card.
You flip over a few more cards and then say, “The next card I flip over will be yours. Would you like to place a bet on this?” Of course, the victim will, because you already flipped their card and didn’t call it. The next card cannot possibly be theirs.
Once the best is placed, you reach down to the cards on the table and flip over their card. You win.

This was not fun for the victim of these carnivals when they lost a great deal of money on the scam. You, however, can be much nicer and suggest something more in line with a joke, perhaps a burger.

7. The magical moving pen

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For this trick, you will only need a pen (it must be round), and a flat smooth surface, along with the ability to be very sneaky. You will announce that you will be moving the pen across the surface with your “mind” power – telekinesis, that is.

Rub the pen on your sleeve or pants, stating that in order to set up the special mental force field you have to infuse some static electricity into the pen (this is good drama).
Then, place the pen on the surface, with your hand above it, index finger pointing out. Lean over to “focus” your mental energy on the pen and begin to move your index finger forward as you quietly blow on the pen. (This may actually take some practice, so that you can be sneaky enough). One suggestion is that you wear a baseball cap to “disguise” your mouth a bit as you are leaning over. But, usually, the observers are so intent on the pen moving and your finger, they will not be watching your mouth.

8. Breaking a pencil with an index card

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This one might be just a bit painful, so practice beforehand. Carrots will also work quite well.

Tell your audience that you are actually a secret ninja and can turn any object into a weapon.
For this trick you will need a pencil and an index card.
Give the pencil to a volunteer and ask them to hold it very tightly by both ends.
Take the index card and hold it as if you are going to slice through the pencil with its edge. Hold the card above the pencil, making downward motions toward the pencil as you count off to three.
On the count of three, you extend your index finger out along the card and come down on the pencil. The pencil will actually be broken by your finger not the card.
Here is the video, so you can see the trick in action.

Featured photo credit: magic hands/jenny.nash712 via flickr.com

15 Easy Magic Tricks for Kids

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15 Easy Magic Tricks for Kids (or Adults) Who Are Eager to Learn

By Abby Hepworth

Published Sep 15, 2020

You may love putting on a show for your children, but if they’re curious about black hats and white rabbits, then you might want to start teaching them some magic tricks for kids…as in, tricks they can perform themselves, for you, their loyal audience. Besides keeping them entertained, magic helps kids develop their fine motor skills, memory, logical and critical thinking and social skills. It can also build self-confidence, requires few supplies and, most of all, it’s fun.

So, if you’ve got a kid who’s eager to learn something new, or you’re just hoping to learn a few easy magic tricks yourself, here are 15 great beginner tricks to get your started.

1. rubber Pencil

Best for ages 5 and up

What you’ll need: a regular pencil

Even the youngest member of your family can get in on the fun with this easy little trick that transforms a regular old pencil into one made of rubber. This trick is a great way for kids to start improving their fine motor skills.

2. spoon Bending

Best for ages 6 and up

What you’ll need: a metal spoon

Take inspiration from the spoon-bending child in the Matrix and watch as your mighty 6-year-old uses all their strength to warp a metal spoon, only to snap it back into its original shape with ease. There are also a few different versions of this trick so they can continue to evolve it as their interest in magic grows.

3. the Disappearing Coin

Best for ages 6 and up

What you’ll need: a coin

Another great trick for practicing sleight of hand and honing those fine motor skills, the disappearing coin will also help Bobby learn misdirection, a very important key to pulling off more complex magic tricks.

4. the Magical Appearing Coin

Best for ages 7 and up

What you’ll need: a coin, tape, a small piece of wire, some books

There are a few different versions of this trick, but the video above teaches you one of the easiest methods for beginners, especially children who may not yet be so dexterous with their hands. That said, once they’ve gotten a bit more advanced, they can combine this trick with the one above to start piecing together their own show.

5. magnetic Pencil

Best for ages 7 and up

What you’ll need: a pencil

Watch as your niece’s hand and her favorite drawing tool suddenly become magnetically drawn to one another. Like many of the tricks on this list, the magical magnetic pencil has a few different versions, but the two shown in the video above are the easiest to learn (the second on requires a second pencil, preferably not sharpened, and a watch or bracelet).

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6. pick A Coin

Best for ages 7 and up

What you’ll need: a handful of coins from different years

Pick a coin, any coin, and your kiddo will be able to tell you the exact date listed on that coin. And here’s how:

Step 1: Lay a few coins out on a table, year-side up (start with just three or four to learn, then feel free to add more).

Step 2: Tell your audience you can tell the exact date printed on any coin of their choosing.

Step 3: Turn your back to the audience and ask your volunteer to pick up a coin. Tell them to memorize the date, keep it in their mind, think of a historical event that happened that year, whatever you can to get them to keep the coin in their hands for as long as possible before placing it back on the table in the exact same spot.

Step 4: Turn around and examine the coins by holding each one in your hands, one at a time. Here’s the trick: whichever coin is the warmest is the one your volunteer chose. Take a quick glance at the year, memorize it and continue with your examination.

Step 5: Finish with a long dramatic pause, some contemplative looks and voilà! Was the year 1999, Aunt Elena?

7. walk Through Paper

Walk Through Paper

Best for ages 7 and up

What you’ll need: a piece of regular size printer paper, scissors

Even the most petite among us couldn’t fit through a hole in a piece of paper, right? Wrong! All your child needs are a few strategic cuts and suddenly he’s magically strolling through a hole large enough for both him and the dog.

8. the Transporting Cup

Best for ages 7 and up

What you’ll need: a cup, a small ball, a piece of paper large enough to cover the cup, a table, a tablecloth

There’s a little bit of set up and some misdirection involved with this trick which sends a regular plastic cup straight through a solid table to appear on the ground below, so practice is key. But the final result is sure to stun and delight any willing audience.

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9. is This Your Card? Using A Key Card

Best for ages 8 and up

What you’ll need: a deck of cards

Everyone knows and loves a good card guessing trick and this is one of the best introduction variations.

Step 1: Have your volunteer shuffle a deck of cards.

Step 2: Fan the deck out face up to show that the cards are all mixed in together and in no particular order. While you’re doing this, quickly memorize the top card (or what will be the bottom card once you turn the deck back over).

Step 3: Have your volunteer split the deck in half and place the top deck onto the table.

Step 4: Tell them to take the top card from the pile in their hands and memorize it.

Step 5: Have them place their card on top of the deck on the table, then place the rest of the deck from their hands on top of that.

Step 6: Pick up the deck of cards and begin to “read their mind” while they think about their card.

Step 7: Start dealing the cards from the top of the deck face up, pausing every once in a while to contemplate the cards in front of you.

Step 8: Once you reach the top card you memorized at the start of this trick, you now know that the very next card is the one that your volunteer is thinking of. Finish with a dramatic reveal.

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10. Magical Colors Card Trick

Best for ages 8 and up

What you’ll need: a deck of cards

What if your kid could guess your card without ever even looking at it? This trick will blow everyone’s mind, but involves some prep beforehand.

Step 1: Before beginning, separate a deck of cards into red and black. Make note to remember which of the two colors you’ve placed on top.

Step 2: Once you’ve found your audience, fan out a few cards face down from the top of the deck and ask them to memorize the card.

Step 3: Have them place the card somewhere in the bottom half of the deck.

Step 4: Split the deck somewhere in the middle (it doesn’t need to be exact) and place the bottom have of the deck on top as a method of shuffling the cards.

Step 5: Start fanning out the cards facing you while you search for the card your volunteer is thinking of. Really, you’re looking for the only red card sandwiched between two black cards, or vice versa depending on which color you place on top at the beginning.

Step 6: Slowly pull out the card and reveal it to be their selected card.

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11. The Counting Cards Mind Reading Trick

Best for ages 8 and up

What you’ll need: a deck of cards

Another great card guessing trick. Put this one together with the others and suddenly your little one has a whole entire magic act to show off come the holidays.

Step 1: Have your volunteer shuffle the cards

Step 2: Fan the deck out face up to show that the cards are all mixed in together and in no particular order. While you’re doing this, quickly memorize the bottom card (or what will be the top card once you turn the deck back over).

Step 3: Ask your volunteer to pick any number from 1 to 10.

Step 4: Whatever number they choose, let’s say 7, ask them to deal that number of cards onto the table, but here’s where the trick comes in. As you say this, demonstrate by actually dealing 7 cards onto the table yourself. This now secretly places your memorized card exactly 7 cards down from the top.

Step 5: Place the dealt cards back on to the top of the deck and hand it to your volunteer. Have them deal the cards and then memorize the final card, in this example the seventh card.

Step 6: Reveal their card in whatever dramatic fashion you like.

12. Magnetic Cards

Best for ages 9 and up

What you’ll need: a deck of cards, scissors, glue

It’s not just pencils that are magnetically drawn to your daughter’s hands but playing cards too. She may need some help in creating the trick card necessary to pull this one off, but the final flourishes are entirely her own.

13. Color Monte

Best for ages 9 and up

What you’ll need: three cards

This is a version of one of the oldest magic tricks of all time. (You might be more familiar with the version where someone places a ball under one cup, shuffles the cups and asks you to determine which cup the ball is under.) Although this video uses a marker to draw on the cards, you can easily do it with two red and one black card, or vice versa instead.

14. Pencil Through A Dollar

Best for ages 9 and up

What you’ll need: a dollar bill, a pencil, a small piece of paper, an X-Acto knife

Watch as your child rips and then repairs a dollar bill all in one fell swoop. Note: Because this trick involves forcefully shoving the sharp end of a pencil through paper, for the sake of safety, we recommend it only be performed by kids that are slightly older. Younger children can likely handle all the elements of the trick, but we’d rather err on the side of caution.

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15. Crazy Teleporting Playing Card Trick

Best for ages 10 and up

What you’ll need: a deck of cards, one additional card from a matching deck, double-sided tape, an envelope

All your child needs is a little bit of double sided tape and some practice and they’ll soon be able to magically transport one card from the deck in their hands to a sealed envelope on the other side of the room.

Step 1: Take one card out of the deck you’ll be using for this trick and the exact same card from a matching deck, for example the Queen of Diamonds.

Step 2: Put one of the Queens of Diamonds in an envelope and seal it.

Step 3: Take a small piece of double-sided tape and place it in the center of the other Queen of Diamonds. Gently place the card on the top of the deck face down.

Step 4: When you’re ready for your performance, place the envelope on the table, across the room or hand it to someone to hold for the duration.

Step 5: Next explain that you’ll be attempting to teleport the Queen of Diamonds from your hands to the envelope. Separate the Queen of Diamonds from the card below it (they’ll be stuck together because of the tape) while you’re talking. This should cover any sounds the tape might make.

Step 6: Show your audience the card before placing it back on the top of the deck and giving it a squeeze to ensure it really sticks to the card just below it.

Step 7: Cut the deck as many times as you’d like as a way to shuffle the cards and lose the Queen of Diamonds somewhere in the middle.

Step 8: Make a show of using your teleportation powers before flipping over the deck and fanning it out face up. The Queen of Diamonds should no longer be visible because it’s stuck to the back of the card below it.

Step 9: Have an audience member open the envelope to reveal the secondary teleported Queen of Diamonds.

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5 Easy Card Tricks You Can Do Today

Looking to impress your friends at your next card game night or party? You don’t need to be a professional magician like David Blaine or Michael Carbonaro to perform incredible magic tricks with playing cards. There’s no need to buy a load of magic books or go to magic conventions to learn card tricks. You can start amazing people right away with these 5 easy card tricks you can do today. They’re a real step up from bar bets and you’ll have fun performing them. You can then get started on money magic or even Zoom magic.

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1. The Mind Reading Card Trick

A prediction in a sealed envelope matches a card chosen by your spectator.

Before you begin, write down a prediction on a piece of paper (i.e. 10 of Hearts) and seal it in an envelope. Then, take your deck of cards and secretly place the 10 of Hearts on top.
Hand the envelope to an audience member and instruct them not to open it.
Fan the playing cards in your hand and show the audience they’re all mixed up. If someone asks to shuffle the deck. Don’t panic! Once they’ve shuffled, fan through the cards again to verify they’re properly shuffled. While you do this, locate the 10 of Hearts and cut it back to the top of the deck.
Now, you will get them to select the 10 of Hearts using a super easy self-working card force known as the Cross Cut Force.

Place the deck face down on the table and invite an audience member to cut the deck in half and place the cards to their right.
You then immediately pick up the original bottom half on the left, turn it sideways and place it on top of the cards to the right.
For this force to be effective, you’ll now need to let a few moments pass so your audience forgets which half came from where.
To do this, look up from the deck of cards and begin recapping how you used a regular deck of cards that was fairly shuffled. Remind your volunteer that they could have cut anywhere but chose to “cut here.”
As you say “cut here” pick up the sideways top half and then point to the top card of the bottom half (the Ten of Hearts) and say “and you selected this card.”
Have the volunteer turn over the selected card and then reveal it matches your prediction!

2.

The Impossible Three Card Trick

Mind reading time! Read your spectator’s mind and name a card they were merely thinking of.

Remove the Ace of Spades, Queen of Hearts and Ace of Clubs from a deck of cards and place them on the table in that order left to right.
Turn your back and tell your spectator to simply think of 1 of the 3 cards.
Then, to secretly tell the other audience members what card they mentally selected, instruct them to pick up the 2 cards they DIDN’T select and swap their positions. (i.e. If they chose the Ace of Clubs, they would swap the Queen of Hearts and Ace of Spades).
Once this is complete, have your spectator turn all 3 cards face down.
Turn back around and have them mix all 3 cards on the table casino style. As they do this, carefully follow the center card.
Once they’re done shuffling, flip over the card you followed. If this card is the Queen of Hearts (the original center card), then this was their selected card. If it is an Ace of Spades, then their mental selection was the Ace of Clubs. And, if it’s an Ace of Clubs, then they selected the Ace of Spades.
Flip over the other 2 cards and tell them to think about their card. After pretending to read their mind, push their selected card forward.

3. The Upside Down Card

A spectator’s selected card magically turns over in the deck.

Before you begin, secretly turn over the bottom card of your deck so it’s the only card facing up.
Spread the deck and allow the spectator to select a card (being careful not to expose the face up bottom card). Tell them to remember the card and show everyone without letting you see.
While they do this, casually turn the deck over in your hands. This leaves all of the deck face up in your left hand, except the top card.
Keeping the deck tight to avoid exposing the fact the cards are reversed, place the spectator’s selected card face down into the middle of the deck.
Put the cards behind your back and exclaim you’re going to find their card without looking. Secretly turn over the top card so it’s facing up.
Bring out the face up deck and fan through until you come across the only face down card. Slowly reveal it is the selected card.

4. Mind Reading With Friends

This is a fun mind reading card trick you can do with an assistant or a secret accomplice. With a bit of practice, this is an incredibly deceptive, easy-to-do magic trick.

Lay down 3 rows of 3 cards. They can be any cards. However, we would suggest placing a 5 of Diamonds in the upper left corner for reasons that will become clearer later.
Tell your audience that you’re going to leave the room and instruct them to all agree on one of the playing cards while you’re gone.
Once you return to the room, explain that you are going to magically discover what card they selected.
Your assistant will then slowly point to each card with a pencil in front of anyone without saying anything out loud.
The secret to this trick lies in how the first card (the 5 of Diamonds in this case) is touched. Imagine it’s broken up into a 3 x 3 grid. For example, if they point to the top right of the card (right on the top right pip), that means the selected card was the right card of the top row (Ace of Clubs in the pictured example). Or, if they point to the middle of the bottom ? of the card (below the middle pip and in-between the two outer pips), then the selected card is the middle card of the bottom row (6 of Spades).
Once the first card has been touched, you’ll know which card the audience selected and the rest is just showmanship. Your assistant can touch the other cards anywhere.
Once all the cards have been touched, dramatically reveal the selected card.

5. Do as I Do

In this classic beginner magic trick, the spectator follows along with the magician and performs their own special magic trick.

This trick requires two full decks of cards (without Jokers). It’s important that no cards are missing. We would also suggest using two types of decks.
Bring out both decks of cards and allow the spectator to choose one.
Instruct the spectator to follow everything you do as you begin to freely shuffle and cut the cards.
While finishing up your last shuffle, quickly peek at the bottom card of your deck and memorize it. (we’ll use the Ace of Spades for this example).
Exchange decks with your spectator so they can be sure you’re not using a trick deck or sneaky sleight of hand.
After you exchange, instruct your spectator to cut off half the deck and place the cards to their right.
Have them take the top card from the pile to their left, remember the card and place it on top of the cards to their right without showing you.
Then, instruct them to pick up the pack on the left and place all these cards on top of the deck to their right. While this looks like it fairly buries their selected card in the middle of the deck, it actually secretly positions it next to your memorized key card from earlier (Ace of Spades).
As they’re doing this, you’re completing the same actions. Except, you do not need to actually remember the card you select. Just continue repeating your key card (Ace of Spades) in your head.
Exchange decks again.
Tell your spectator to look for their card in their deck and pull it out face down. You will do the same, pretending to look for the card you seemingly just randomly selected. But, in reality, you are looking for the Ace of Spades. The card to its right will be their selection. Pull it out face down.
Count to 3 and turn over both cards to show that you’ve both picked a perfect match.

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The Best 34 Easy Magic Tricks

There’s something kids of all ages, both younger children and older children, have in common: they all like easy magic tricks! That’s why today we are sharing with you 34 simple magic tricks you learn and master together. Hooray!

Impress your friends and family with these easy magic tricks!

Best Easy Magic Tricks For Kids

Isn’t pure magic just so much fun? From great magicians David Copperfield to Criss Angel and David Blaine, the art of deception is certainly thrilling to both kids and adults alike. But magic tricks can be done by anyone, not just a professional magician – that’s right, you and your kids can go from amateur magicians to top-notch magician with a little practice and some small objects.

We are so excited to share with you our favorite amazing magic tricks that kids and beginners can learn how to perform, and with a bit of practice, they’ll be wowing their classmates at schools or friends at birthday parties. Many of these simple tricks can be done by kids of all ages, although some are aimed more at older kids. However, you can bet below you’ll find something fun for everyone in the house!

Get your magic wand and say the magic words Abra-cadabra to get started!

1. Magic Tricks for Kids: Money Roll Over

For our first simple magic trick, you’ll need to get a dollar bill – it’s called the Money Roll Over Trick and it’s perfect even for little magician. With a trick like this, anyone could be a magician!

It’s so exciting seeing how the bills swap places.

2. Magic Trick Secret: How to get Paper Clips to Attach

Some magic tricks also double up as a science experiment and they are a great way to promote critical thinking skills in kids. This Magic Paper Clip Trick is the perfect example of that. You’ll only need a dollar bill and a couple of paper clips.

It doesn’t get any easier than this magic trick.

3. How to Lift an Ice Cube with a String

Here’s a fun magic trick with a little science behind it – see how your little magician’s eyes get wider as they lift an ice cube from a cup of water with just a string touching it. It will make learning about science so much fun!

Science + magic tricks = perfect fun.

4. Baking Soda Experiment

This baking soda experiment with magical powers includes a printable for easier learning. Simply add some raisins to a mix of vinegar, water, and baking soda, and see how they dance in the bottle!

This experiment is great for younger kids.

5. Defying Gravity {Cool Gravity Trick for Kids}

We know how important gravity is, but this defying gravity trick is an amazing sight to see. Besides being super fun to see, it’s also easy to perform. This trick is suitable for kids aged 4 and up.

Even adults will be impressed by this magic trick.

6. The World’s Best Easy Card Trick

To perform this magic trick you don’t have to be a professional magician – this one is a perfect magic trick for beginners! It is a basic magic card trick that anyone can learn. The live audience will be thrilled when they discover their card on the top of the deck! From The Spruce Crafts.

This is one of the easiest magic tricks ever.

7. Easy Magic Tricks: The Magnetic Pencil 2

For our next magic trick from The Spruce Crafts, you can use either a pencil, a pen, or a magic wand. You will also need a wristwatch and a straw! Other than that, you’ll need just a little practice to perform this magnetic pencil trick that looks like black magic- your eyes won’t believe seeing how the pencil mysteriously stays in your hand without touching it.

We love simple magic tricks like this one.

8. Easy Magic Tricks with Coins

Learn this coin magic trick from Vanishing Inc Magic to make coins disappear and teleport between your hands. This trick is fairly easy for adults, just make sure to practice a lot before doing it in front of people you want to impress. Older kids can definitely give it a try too!

9. 3 Simple Ways To Make Cards Float!

There are so many tricks you can do with a simple deck of cards. The Daily Magician shared 3 easy card tricks to make them float: a free way, a cheap way, and “the best way”. It’s easier than you think! Click the link to check out the video tutorials.

3 Simple Ways To Make Cards Float!

Click this link to check out all three ways to make cards float!

10. Performing the Rising Card Magic Trick

This rising card magic trick is one of the best easy magic tricks for beginners and kids from The Spruce Crafts. For this trick, a spectator will choose a card and lose it in the deck – then you will use your index finger on top of the deck and as you lift your finger from the deck, the chosen card will rise with it. Wow!

It’s impressive everything we can do with a deck of cards.

11. How to Read Someone’s Mind With Math (Math Trick)

If you have ever wanted to read someone’s mind, well, that’s still not completely possible… However, using math in magic tricks, you can easily guess what number your friend is thinking about without actual telepathy {giggles}. From WikiHow.

Who knew numbers and magic got along well together?

12.

Mind Reading Trick With Numbers

This trick also uses simple math to read your friend’s mind! If your little one knows how to do simple addition and subtraction, they’ll be more than ready to perform this magic trick. From Instructables.

Don’t you just love combining learning with fun?

13. Sugar Cube Magic – Sick Science! #216

We love this sugar cube magic trick from Sick Science! Have a friend write down a number on a sugar cube and after a simple steps, they’ll see it written on their palm. Impressive, right? Check out other videos like this in the Youtube Channel to learn all about science made fun for kids.

14. Anti Gravity Glass

This Anti Gravity Glass magic trick from Magic Tricks 4 Kids is a very easy magic trick but also has one of the coolest effects you can do with 4 simple supplies you’ve already got at home. Follow the simple step instructions and after a couple of tries, you’ll have a cup standing on one single card that is standing upright.

Anti Gravity Glass

15. Disappearing Toothpick Trick

To make this disappearing toothpick trick from All For The Boys, you only need a toothpick and some tape. The best part about this tutorial is that it even includes some tips that you can apply on other magic tricks. This magic trick is perfect for kids of all ages as long as they are careful with the toothpick!

Kids will be so amazed when they see the toothpick disappear from your hand!

16. Magic Tricks For Kids

Castle View Academy shared their best magic tricks for kids. Kids will have fun learning and practicing these magic tricks but adults will enjoy them too! You can find 6 different magic tricks with instructions and pictures to follow.

Put on your magician clothes for these simple magic tricks!

17. How to Do the Magic Cork Trick

In this visual magic trick, spectators will be so shocked when they see two objects that (seem to) pass through each other. It will require some practice and two objects that are of similar size, and that’s it! For visual learners you can watch the video of the trick. From The Spruce Crafts.

You can do this magic trick anywhere without any preparation!

18. How to Move a Pen with Your Mind

Let’s learn how to magically move a pen with your mind! Ok, maybe not with your mind, but it will look like that to the spectators! This magic trick is a perfect opportunity to learn about static electricity withotu opening a text book. Just watch the video tutorial and in less than 2 minutes kids of all ages will be able to perform this magic trick.

19. How to Do the Vanishing Coin Trick

Want to learn how to make a coin disappear? Here’s a magic trick that you’ll want to perform in front of your friends. For this trick – which kids of all ages can do – you’ll only need 3 coins and a bit of foil. That’s literally it! From The Spruce Crafts.

With a bit of prep, you too can make a coin disappear.

20. The Perfect Beginner No Setup Card Trick That Will Impress Everyone!

This is a great no setup beginner card trick that will impress everyone you show it to. This video tutorial makes a great job explaining how to perform this trick and also the magic behind how it works. Perfect for amateur magicians who are learning basic card magic tricks.

21. The Disappearing Water Magic Trick

Today we are making water disappear from inside a cup! This magic trick is based on a scientific principle (yay, science!) but it’s also super fun to perform. Make sure to do the proper preparation before standing in front of the audience members, though. From The Spruce Crafts.

Can you make water disappear? Yes, you can!

22. How To Make Yourself FLOAT!

What kid doesn’t love levitation tricks?! I remember being a kid and breaking my head trying to figure out how magicians do it. Well, today we can learn how to make some magic levitation tricks! This is suitable for kids, beginners, and all ages.

23. The Best Card Trick for Young Kids to Learn and Do

This is the best, easiest card trick for young kids to learn. This method is so easy that kids as young as as five years old can learn how to do. Of course, adults would have fun learning how to do it too! From The Spruce Crafts.

This is a basic “find a card” trick that anyone can learn.

24. Air Pressure – The Egg and Bottle

This magic trick / science experiment is slightly more complicated than other tricks, but the effect is worth the effort. Can an egg fit through the mouth of a milk bottle? Watch this video to learn how to do it!

25. World’s easiest card trick

All you need is a regular deck of playing cards and a little practice to remember the steps. You will see how easy it is to learn this trick (that’s why it’s called the “world’s easiest card trick”) and you will wow your friends and family any time you want. From CBC Kids.

Follow the pictures to learn this simple magic trick!

26. Make a “Magic” Wand – a Floating Levitation Stick

What is a magician without their magic wand? Here’s a video tutorial to learn how to make a DIY magic wand that is easy to make and carry – and of course, entertains to no end. This tutorial is aimed at adults, but once the magic wand is done, kids can enjoy performing their magic tricks with it. From Instructables.

27. Magic Pepper Trick

Science experiments that look like a bit of magic are always big hits! And with this pepper experiment from Simple Play Ideas, we are sure you already have all the ingredients in your kitchen. We recommend this science experiment for kids in kindergarten and up!

Aren’t science experiments so much fun?

28. How to Bend a Spoon

Wouldn’t it be fun to convince people you can bend a spoon with your mind? Here are 3 different ways to do it! With a little practice, you’ll soon be wowing your friends with your new abilities. From WikiHow.

You don’t need telekinetic powers for this magic trick…

29. How to Do a Number Trick to Guess Someone’s Age

Today we are using math to guess someone’s age. This math trick will work every time – there are even instructions to guess the month and day of their birth! Just memorize the instructions and you’re all set. From WikiHow.

We love everything we can do with math tricks.

30. Vanishing Toothpick Magic Trick

This is another trick that is super easy for younger kids, including kindergarteners – just remember to be careful when handling the toothpicks. In less than one minute kids can master this easy magic trick from 10 Minutes of Quality Time.

31. Use Surface Tension to Make Pepper Dance!

With this magic trick, kids will learn key scientific concepts such as cohesion, surface tension, and other interesting topics. We love this kitchen science activity / magic trick from Scientific American that will make pepper dance in a bowl of water!

A magic trick suitable for toddlers and older kids.

32. How to Make a Pen Penetrate a Dollar Bill

Do you want to start a magic show with a simple yet effective trick? One of the easiest tricks to perform is the pen penetrating a dollar bill – here are two methods to show you how to do it so you can impress your friends! From WikiHow.

This is such a simple but fun party trick!

33. 10 Magic Tricks With Hands Only

Here are 10 amazing magic tricks that you can do with just your hands! You’ll be so impressed with how easy they are. P.S. These are visual tricks, so we recomend practicing a lot in front of a mirror!

34.

Easy Magic Trick Using Paper

What about a magic trick you can do with a simple piece of paper and sellotape? Follow this video tutorial to learn hwo to torn and restore a sheet of paper! Isn’t it so cool?

Here are More Science Activities That Are So Impressive, They Could Be Called Magic Tricks:

Let’s learn how to make crystals with some pipe cleaners and borax – I can’t believe how cool they look.
Want to try out a really cool science experiment? Try this ferrofluid experiment, aka magnetic mud.
Want some excitement? Check out this exploding bag experiment.
These science activities for preschoolers will keep your little one having fun for hours and hours on end.
Kids will love making their own homemade glow stick with 3 ingredients!
Or just choose one of our many science experiments for kids!

What were your favorite easy magic tricks?

How to learn to do magic tricks? | Training

Start by researching the relevant literature and the Internet in search of the necessary information, there are a huge number of different video tutorials with magic tricks on the Web, which explain their process in detail. Once you’ve mastered the theory, start practicing.

As a rule, anyone, even a small child, can learn how to do the simplest tricks, but to achieve a decent result, you will have to train often and a lot.

To do this, you need to learn the secret of a particular trick, rehearse it and start your performance.

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We will reveal to you some secrets of simple and at the same time popular tricks, some of them are realized with the help of simple props, and some – due to sleight of hand. Start your training with easy tricks.

So let’s get started:

Never reveal the secret of a trick to anyone.
Practice the trick well in front of the mirror before showing it to the viewer. It should be 100 times out of 100.
Think of speech and gestures that you will use to present your presentation. If you correctly present even the most elementary trick to the viewer, it will be more successful than the most complex trick with perfect preparation, but performed without artistry.
Do not repeat the same trick twice, even if the viewer asks for an encore.
Strive to wow your audience, so don’t pre-announce what the audience should see.

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Never argue with the viewer, even if he wants to know the secret of your trick and for this he came too close to you. Gently distract, take away with cunning, under no circumstances be rude to him and do not argue with him. This will interfere with you, and the effect of your magic will drop to zero.

Your main tool is your hands, so keep them clean at all times. Carry a moisturizer and talcum powder with you.

Continually train the strength of your fingers and hand, knead them daily and do stretching and elasticity exercises.

It is better to wear a vest with a lot of secret pockets or a formal suit for the performance. Shoes must be well polished.

Be sure to take a course in street magic. Street performances in front of an unfamiliar audience will give you more confidence. You will see all your mistakes, correcting which, you can safely go to the professionals.

Come up with a catchphrase to start your presentation with, this will allow you to reduce the excitement before the show.

Remember these simple rules, and you will be able to become a real magician in the eyes of others.

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How to learn to do tricks with cards?

Nowadays, the cards are more durable, and tricks with them present a certain difficulty. The magic card must be flexible, have a thin base and not have a plastic cover. It is desirable that the back of the card be without a white border and painted to the very edges of the card, because the corners and edges of the cards are never completely hidden behind the fingers during tricks, and the audience will see a white border. In this case, the red color of the shirt will merge with the fingers during the movement of the hands.

The most classic and well-known trick is guessing the card. Spectator chooses any card he likes, remembers it. Puts in the middle of the deck, after which the deck is shuffled. The secret of the action is that it is enough for the illusionist to remember the neighboring card, and the one that will come after it will turn out to be hidden.

Card transformation. Take the deck and place it vertically with the picture facing the audience. The card to be replaced is at the bottom and the spectators can see it perfectly. At the top of the deck is the card that will be replaced.

Hold the deck with both hands. The required cards should stick out slightly to the right above all other cards. The bottom card is between the index and ring fingers of the right hand. Between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand is the top card. Ask the audience to remember the bottom card. Then turn the deck face down and at the same time push the top card with your right hand.

The audience thinks this is the map they saw, but it turns out it’s a completely different map.

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Trick with matches. We take two matches. We hold them in both hands between the thumb and forefinger. We cross them, holding the right match vertically, and the left one horizontally. And we cross the matches again. Only now the left and right matches are on opposite sides of each other.

How did it happen? Elementary: hold the right match between your fingers head down and press gently. She sticks her index finger. If you separate your fingers, the match seems to hang on your index finger, quickly draw a horizontal (left) match through the resulting hole. That’s the whole secret.

Try these easy tricks. Make your friends smile!

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is the knowledge of the secret of focus and training before a real performance. You can practice doing tricks in front of a mirror. Bring the show to the audience to automatism. Then
You can perform a card trick
in any setting. Practice doing some simple card tricks that even kids can do.

How to guess one card out of five

To show the trick you will need:

deck of cards
table.

Announce to your spectators that you are a mind reader and will be able to easily guess the card conceived by the spectators from your magic deck. Call four volunteers (assistants) from the hall, seat them at the table and give them cards (5 each).

Ask everyone to guess one of the cards in their hand. Now collect all the cards (one at a time, in a circle), arrange them into five piles. During this procedure, say some magic words.

Invite assistants to choose their favorite stack of cards and give them to you. Spread the cards in a fan and turn the picture towards the audience. Ask the assistants which of them noticed their card. As soon as someone answers, you will immediately pull out the hidden card. If the chosen pile does not contain the desired card, draw another pile. She, too, must be chosen by assistants.

The most interesting thing is that in any case you guess the right card, even if there are several hidden cards in the pile.

Teaching this card trick.

Only you in this room know the secret of the trick. The thing is that you take the “five cards” clockwise: first, from the first assistant to your left, then further in a circle. At this time, you hold the cards face down, your stack of cards will be the last one, it will also be on top of the pack. After that, you will lay out the cards again, five in each pile.

Each pile will contain the cards in the order in which you collected them from those sitting at the table. For example, if the fourth assistant sees his card, then this means that his card is the fourth from the top of the pile; if the first, then the card is the first.
Your task is to collect the cards in such a way that the audience does not guess about the specific order of “card collection”.

Here’s a red herring for this – magic words. You can think of something else to distract the viewers. For example, have them count backwards from 20 to 0.

Another trick with cards called – Four aces.

For the trick you will need:

Deck of cards

Announce to your viewers that you know one secret card trick – drawing aces. It was given to you by one well-known card player, the same one that is mentioned in the “Queen of Spades” by A. S. Pushkin, Count Saint-Germain (this can be said if you have adults among the audience).

You will be able to draw four aces without digging through a deck of cards. Call anyone from the hall, let him name any number between 10 and 20. Now take the same number of cards from the deck and set aside a separate pile. Add together the numbers of this number (for example, 12 \u003d 1 + 2) and remove the same number of cards from the top of the pile. Now you can put them back in place.

Put the very first card from the top face down in another place, and return all other cards to their place. Again ask the audience to name any number from ten to twenty and do the same operation as at the beginning of the trick. This whole procedure must be repeated 4 times so that you have 4 cards set aside. Now you say the magic words: “Cribble-crable-booms”, unfold the cards with a fan of pictures towards you, wave them and turn the pattern towards the audience. You have four aces in your hand.

Teaching this trick.

Put aces in advance on the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th places at the top of the deck, then everything will go by itself.
The main thing – do not let the cards shuffle at the beginning of the trick.

So that no training is needed – the trick will turn out by itself.
You will need: a deck of cards, a table.

Deftly pull the deck out, unroll and fan out in front of the audience. Then select 10 cards from the top. Put the rest aside. Lay out the cards in front of the audience: the first on top – face up, the second on top – under the bottom of the pile (do not turn the card over), then again one – face up, the second – under the bottom of the pile, until all 10 cards from the pile have been in your hands and will not be on the table.

All movements must be done quickly and clearly, without hesitation. In a moment, a row of red and black cards will appear on the table in front of your spectators.

Manual

“Guessing the cards” is a very simple trick with which you can name. These two cards will be chosen from the deck.

You will need a deck of cards marked in Latin. To show this trick, divide the deck into two types of cards: one should consist of cards with numbers or letters with a flat or sharp top (ace (A), king (K), jack (J), 3, 4, 5, 7, and the second – from cards with numbers or letters with a round top (lady (Q), 2, 6, 8, 9, 10. With practice, you will be able to sort the cards, right in front of the audience.
Call two volunteers and, dividing the deck into two parts of different types, give each one of the parts. Ask each of the two participants in the trick to draw one from the deck of the other. Now each assistant must look at the card he has chosen, show it to the audience and remember. At this time, you can turn away or close your eyes. Next, each participant must put the chosen card in his half of the deck and mix the cards thoroughly.

Have the helpers lay out the cards from their halves of the deck face up on the table. You can easily guess the cards chosen by the assistants, because they will be of a different type.

The next trick is based on arithmetic. Remember 27 – you will need it. After that, ask the spectator to take the cards and shuffle them, a card and put it on top of the deck. Then ask to remove any number of cards and count them, let’s say 15 cards. Next, let him count the number of red cards among them, for example, 6. Then let him take the second part of the deck and, turning it upside down, count and remember the sixth black card. Then the spectator must put this part of the deck on those cards that he took off at the beginning and all the cards must be given to you. The deck is turned face down, and you lay out one card from the bottom, mentally counting the black cards, 27-15 = 12 – the twelfth will be the card chosen by the viewer.

Another simple but very effective trick.

Shuffle the deck and memorize the bottom or top card, such as the Ace of Diamonds. Ask any spectator to give you an ace of diamonds from the deck. The spectator draws any card from the deck and, without looking at it, gives it to you. For example, the queen of hearts. Ask the same spectator to draw the queen of hearts from the deck, the spectator will draw another card and give it back to you. For example, he pulled out 6 clubs. Then you say: “And I will pull out the 6 clubs from the deck myself,” which is why you quietly take from the deck the card that you remembered at the beginning of the trick. You now have all 3 announced cards in your hand: Ace of Diamonds, Queen of Hearts and 6 of Clubs. Show these cards to the audience.

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The most important thing in performing any tricks is persistent practice. You can get acquainted with the simplest trick and learn how to perform it step by step in at least half an hour, but in order for everything to really succeed and not be exposed, you need to train a lot and for a long time, honing your technique and skill. You need to learn tricks, moving from simple to complex, so next we will talk about how to learn how to do tricks that any beginner can handle.

Simple trick with cards

Those who want to learn how to do tricks often start with cards. Among card tricks, there are indeed a lot of easy options that you can quickly learn and surprise the audience with them, and one of the most popular of them is simple tricks with guessing cards. We will now consider one of them. The trick is called “Guess the card”.

What the viewer sees.
The magician shuffles the deck of cards and hands it to one of the spectators for him to choose one of the cards. The spectator chooses his card, remembers it and, without showing it to anyone, gives it face down to the magician. The magician returns the card to the deck, shuffles it again, lays out the cards and unmistakably finds the spectator card!

The secret of the focus.
Take a deck of cards and shuffle it. Attention: the key to this trick is to discreetly peek which card will be the bottom, that is, the last one in the deck.

The spectator chooses a card and returns it to you. Divide the deck arbitrarily in half – you have two parts of the cards in your hands, one of which contains the bottom card – you remembered it at the very beginning. Put the spectator card on one part of the deck and cover it on top with the second part. The spectator sees that his card is now hidden, but you know that it lies under the very bottom card.

Lay out the cards in a fan, then look with your eyes for your bottom card – next to it on the right will be the one that the viewer guessed. Voila! At the same time, do not choose it too quickly, for example, pretend that you are trying to feel the energy emanating from the card – entertain the viewer.

The coin passes through the glass

The next simple trick is the trick with the glass and the coin. It is more difficult than the previous one, because it requires a certain manual dexterity.

Viewer side.
The magician shows the audience a coin, takes it in the fist of one hand, and the other brings a glass to him, then knocks the glass on the hand with the coin – and it is inside, passing through the bottom!

Actually.
Choose a large coin and a glass, plastic or glass. Show the audience a coin and then act as if you are shifting it to your other hand, covering your palm from above and as if raking the coin in your fist. But the coin, of course, remains in the same hand where it was.

This is the key point: it is important to practice and learn how to hold a coin with an open palm or clamp it between the palm and the little finger, whichever is more convenient for you – the main thing is that it stays inconspicuous and does not fall out.

With the same hand in which you hold the coin, you take the glass and lift it over the hand with your fist, where the coin lies, according to the audience. Tap the glass on your fist several times. At the last knock, relax your hand so that the coin falls into the glass, and at this moment open your palm with your fist, simulating the passage of a coin through the bottom of the glass. It is important to work out this number well so that everything turns out deftly and at the same time quickly, and the audience does not have time to come to their senses and expose you.

Match trick

Finally, we’ll show you how to do match tricks that require only sleight of hand.

How the audience sees.
The magician holds a match between the fingers of both hands. Placing them perpendicularly, he strikes the matches against each other, as a result of which one match passes through the second.

The secret of the focus.
Moisten the index finger of your right hand before handling the matches. After that, pinch the matches between the thumb and forefinger of each hand. The key to this trick is that, held in the right hand, the match with the sulfur head touches the moistened index finger and therefore sticks to it, and if you open your fingers, the match will still continue to “hang”.

Turn the matches held in your fingers perpendicular to each other. Now begin to lead the left match to the right, and at the moment of their collision, unclench your fingers, skipping the left match forward, and then squeeze back. You need to learn how to do it quickly and sharply, imitating the impact of matches – then the audience will not notice the catch.

How to learn to do tricks with a handkerchief

Spectators also love tricks with a handkerchief. One of the most popular of these tricks is “Passing a coin through a handkerchief.” How to learn how to do it, it will become clear after watching the following video:

In order for your performance to make the right impression on the audience and surprise even the simplest tricks, remember a few golden rules that experienced illusionists follow: do not repeat magic tricks for an encore, do not tell the technique of performing them, and do not warn the audience about what kind of trick you will be do next. So the effect of surprise will be achieved, and the riddle will remain.

It so happened that at any age, regardless of whether it is a student party or an office corporate party, a person who knows how to show at least one trick with cards will always become the highlight of the program. All viewers understand that they were deceived somewhere, but hardly anyone can prove, and even more so show how this happens. Therefore, you should not immediately reveal your secrets of tricks with cards, because the longer the audience remains in the dark, the more attention will go to the lucky fakir. And the girls will gladly give the hero their kiss in exchange for revealing the secret of mysterious manipulations.

Easy trick – four aces

The simplest trick with cards is when the spectator is asked to divide the deck into four arbitrary piles, after which he shuffles them, and at the end he finds that an ace lies at the top of each pile. There is no limit to surprise and puzzlement. After all, a voluntary participant in the show knows that he himself divided the deck, shuffled it himself, took out the cards himself, and therefore what happened can only be explained by mysticism. Although there is nothing simpler than the fact that the person who volunteered to help will do all the necessary work himself, exactly following the instructions of a homegrown magician. To perform easy tricks with cards, no training is required, it is enough to have a confident look and know a few secrets.

Preparation and performance

So, for the successful performance of this number, you need a deck of cards, a table and a volunteer, and, of course, precise instructions. The first step is to place all four aces at the top of the deck. Naturally, neither the guest nor the assistant should see this. Having asked the spectator (or assistant) to divide the deck into four parts, you need to note for yourself where the stack with aces lies. Usually it is on the extreme left or right.

After that, you need your assistant to remove the top three cards from the pile without aces and put them in the base, and then spread three more on adjacent decks. The same must be done with the rest of the packs (without the 4 pictures we need). At the end, there will be a turn and decks with aces. The assistant will shift the top three cards that fell into this pile from neighboring ones to the base, and the freed aces will put them in their places on top of the decks. Now you can ask one of the guests, or, again, an assistant assistant, to turn over the cards that are on top, and the whole audience with bated breath will see with delight that these are really four aces.

Self-ordering deck – another simple mathematical trick

This trick with cards can be performed both by yourself, and again entrust the deck to someone from the audience and only guide his actions. But let’s imagine that the corporate magician decided to do everything himself. Then the deck must be prepared in advance. All cards must be sorted by suit into four sets. The first will be an ace, then a two, a three, a four, and so on until the king. Having stacked all the packs on top of each other, you can show the deck to guests.

Having counted exactly 21 cards, so as not to knock down the sequence of their arrangement (of course, no one should notice that they were divided by count), the top pack must be placed at the bottom of the entire deck. Now you need to split the deck 9 times anywhere. Again, you can do this yourself, or you can invite one of the guests. After these manipulations, it is necessary to decompose the pack into thirteen piles, sequentially one after the other. Everything, the focus is ready! Now you can invite spectators to make sure that the whole deck is packaged according to its value: aces, twos, threes, and so on.

I won! Pay with a kiss

The meaning of the whole trick is that a man makes a bet on a kiss that he will guess the card chosen by his companion. This trick with cards is not only simple, but also very easy to perform. It is enough, having divided the deck into two parts, ask the girl to put the chosen card on the bottom pile and see which card will be at the base of the top one. After that, you can safely cut the deck several times and begin to remove and turn over the cards one at a time. As soon as the card that was peeped appears, you can announce that the next one will be hidden … and tear a kiss from the lips of the surprised beauty.

This question worries many people. Card tricks look very, very impressive. And the more incredible the performance of the trick seems to the audience, the more impressive it is. Almost every person who has picked up cards at least once wonders how to do tricks with cards. In this article, we will look at several options to show that everyone can master this art.

Preparation

As you know, the principle of “sleight of hand and no fraud” is the basis of almost every magic trick. That is why the magician himself will require some preparation. We are talking about the ability to shuffle cards in several ways, to do a trick in time, as well as the ability to divert the audience’s eyes at the right moment.

It is highly recommended that you learn how to shuffle cards first. There are special materials for beginners, where everything is described in detail. A beginner who is wondering how to learn how to do it is not at all necessary to immediately get into professional tricks. At first, you can start with simple tricks, such as “4 by 4”. This trick has other names, “castle” for example. Its essence lies in the fact that 4 jacks, 4 queens, 4 kings and 4 aces are laid out sequentially in 4 piles.

4 8s: Idea

If you’re the kind of person who wonders how to learn how to do card tricks to keep kids entertained, then this trick is for you.

Its essence lies in the fact that 4 cards – eights – are laid out on the table (or other horizontal surface). All stripes, respectively. To perform this trick, by the way, different decks of cards are suitable, as well as 52. So, when the cards are already laid out face up, the magician advises the viewer (it can be either a child or a person of a different age) to guess one card.

After the illusionist turns away, the spectator must rotate the card 180 degrees. That is, so that the values are reversed, however, in fact, nothing has changed. When the spectator is finished, he informs the magician about this, he again turns to face the cards.

You (if you are playing the role of the one who does the trick) can make various movements imitating reading the spectator’s face, cards, and so on. After that, it remains only to name the correct answer.

4 eights: secret

If you look closely at all the cards except the diamond suit, you will notice one very interesting thing. The thing is that the suit pattern is located in three columns. Three patterns on the left and three patterns on the right, two in the middle. So, in the side lines, the central patterns can be directed either towards the magician or away from him. Since the diamond suit is represented by a rhombus, this rule does not apply to it.

That is why, when the magician turns back (having previously remembered where the suits are directed), he can see if one of the cards has changed direction. If yes, then this will be the answer. If the direction did not change, then the card of diamonds was turned. So we gave the answer to the question of how to do magic tricks with cards for beginners. As you can see, everything is quite simple. At least at first.

Transformation: an idea

The meaning of this trick is that the magician holds one card in his hands, and then, after clicking on it, presents a completely different one to the viewer’s gaze. A bit simple, but quite effective.

Transformation: secret

This trick is quite easy to perform. But from the first time you are unlikely to learn how to perform it, since it requires a certain skill and developed fingers. So, what is the secret of the transformation trick?

From the very beginning, the illusionist (of course, unnoticed by his viewer) takes two cards at once. One, which will be shown at the end, he places face up on the back of the main card, which is shown to the viewer at the beginning of the trick.

Cards should not be held in the “top-down” position, but in the “sideways” position. In this case, the index and middle fingers of the hand should lie on the front side of the main card from above, and the thumb – on the back of the spare card in the middle finger area. That is, the thumb and middle finger are on the same line, but from different sides.

Cards change at the same time as the click. Very fast, it should be noted. This is done by synchronously moving the fingers in different directions: the middle one pushes the old card back, the big one pushes the new one forward.

Note that the old card must be fixed in a certain position. Focus must be performed, always standing directly in relation to the viewer. There should be no rotations, shifts, reductions or elevations of the cards. Otherwise, the viewer will see that the second card is at the back.

Conclusion

Thus, by giving examples of two simple tricks, we answered the question: “with cards?” Training is quite simple, as you can see, there are no special difficulties. Of course, further tricks will be more difficult. But once you’ve learned the basics, you’ll be able to figure out the complex ones as well.

Math tricks: how to show and how to learn🧚‍♀

Math tricks are extremely easy to perform, because they do not require a special platform and most often even props. The other side of number tricks is the lack of a magical atmosphere for adult viewers. But on the other hand, you will amaze an audience of friends with outstanding abilities and simply raise your self-esteem.

Such tricks will impress children more. Perhaps you can awaken their interest in mathematics and teach them a few tricks.

Invme has prepared for you 10 tricks with numbers that can surprise a group of friends, relatives or children. By the way, on our portal you can find new friends or create an event and go for a walk with your online acquaintances.

Mathematical tricks are extremely easy to perform, because they do not require a special platform and most often even props

Guess the number

This math trick requires 6 participants. The task of the magician is only to explain the necessary actions.

The first person thinks of any two-digit number and writes it down. The second one writes the same number to the left and right of the hidden one – as a result, 6 characters are obtained. The third divides the resulting number by 7, the fourth by 3, the fifth by 13, and the sixth by 37.

As a result, the sheet is returned to the first participant, who sees that his number has returned to him.

Secret: If you duplicate a two-digit number twice, it will increase by 10101 times. 10101 is the product of the numbers 3, 7, 13 and 37. Therefore, in the end, we get the original entry.

Guess the date of birth

Ask the viewer to multiply his date of birth by 2. Then he needs to add 5 and multiply the result by 50. To this number, the viewer needs to add the number of the month in which he was born.

The person says the number and the magician says the date of birth.

Secret: You need to subtract 250 from the number, then you get 3 or 4 digits. The last two are the month of birth, the first are the day. This also works with full dates, including the year. Zeros may appear at the end of the number, we simply do not count them.

Phenomenal memory

This mathematical trick requires props. Prepare a lot of cards, the number of which is a two-digit number. In addition to the number, they must contain 7 digits written according to a special algorithm (the scheme is a secret).

Cards are distributed to the audience. The magician claims to have memorized every number on the card. The task of the participants is to name the number of the card, and the magician says the number on it.

Secret: A seven-digit number is written according to the following algorithm. 5 is added to the card number to get a two-digit number. Turn it over and write it down. We add the numbers that make up the number and write further. Each next number is the addition of the last two. If you get a two-digit number, write 1.

For example, card number 46 would look like this: 46+5=51. We rearrange the numbers, it turns out 15. We write it down. The next number is 1=5+6. After it comes 5 + 6 = 11 – so we write 1. The result is the number 1561785.

Guess the age by the size of the shoe

The trick with numbers is designed to surprise the viewer with the wonders of mathematics. There is no secret here, all actions are performed by the viewer himself.

Add two zeros to the shoe size. Subtract the year of birth from the result. Add the current year to the number. The last two digits of the result are the age.

Confusion

This math trick is more suitable for children because its secret is easy enough to reveal. And again you will need props: on a piece of paper you need to write a few numbers randomly. Viewers are invited to add up these numbers in their minds and name the result. But everyone will name different amounts.

Secret: Try to place individual numbers closer to the edge of the sheet. When showing it to the audience, cover one of the numbers with your thumb. In this case, you need to change the hidden number every time. To do this discreetly, use tricks: joke, pretend to conjure, and so on.

Psychic

A person thinks of a one- or two-digit number. There is no way you can know what this number is, what it is worth assuring other viewers.

The participant is asked to do the following: multiply the number by 2, add 12 to the product, divide the sum by 2. Subtract the original number from the resulting number.

The magician says, “Are you thinking about the number 6 right now?”

Secret: Calculations in this order always result in a six, no matter what number is guessed. If you intend to repeat the trick, you can suggest adding another number during the addition step For example, if it’s 18, the answer is half that number – 9.

Guessing the number in the card

Number 16 identical cards and invite the viewer to guess one of the written numbers. Next, collect the cards in a pile with numbers down and open them one at a time, folding them alternately into two piles. Ask the spectator which pile the number is in.

Then place the pile that does not have a number on top of the pile that does, and repeat the steps. The magician lays out the cards 4 times, after which he calls the hidden number.

Secret: At the first stage, the hidden number will be in the bottom 8 cards. On the second – in the last 4 and so on. As a result, for 4 times the hidden card will be the bottom one in one of the piles.

Sex Arithmetic

This is a fun math trick that shows the age of people in a company and guesses the number of days in a week when each of you is ready to have sex.

Write down how many days a week you want to have sex and multiply this number by 2. Add 5 to the product and multiply the sum by 50. If a person had a birthday this year, he adds 1750, if not – 1749. From this sum you need to subtract the year of birth, and add 7 to the difference.

The first digit of the resulting number is the number of days in the week on which you are ready to have sex, and the last two are your age.

Guess the number of points on the dice

The magician does not look at the table when the spectator rolls three dice. Next, the participants are invited to double the number on any bone and add 5 to the product. The sum is multiplied by five.

The value of the second die is added to the resulting product, the total is multiplied by 10. The value of the last die is added to the last number.

The result is announced to the conjurer, and he instantly calls the numbers that have fallen out on all three dice.

Secret: Subtract 250 from the announced number. You will get 3 numbers, each of which corresponds to the values on the cubes.

Guess an important date

Ask the viewer to think of an important date in their life. Next, a person must perform the following actions: multiply the number of the month by 5, add 6, multiply the amount by 4, add 9, multiply the resulting number by 5, then add the number of the day and 700.

The magician asks what number he got and names the date.

Secret: Quickly subtract 865 from the number. The last two digits will be the number, and the first will be the month number. This trick can also be used as a way to guess the event that will only take place, for example, if friends keep the date of the wedding a secret.

Mathematical tricks in this collection will suit both those who are already good at counting and those who have decided to try themselves in this role. All that is required is the ability to quickly count in the mind and artistry.

How do magic tricks work? — Knife

This article is not a magic trick guide. She breaks down the general cognitive principles used by illusionists.

After reading, most tricks will still look like magic to you.

Is it black and blue or white and gold? The Internet discussion about the color of the dress that exploded introduced the whole world to the neurobiology of visual perception. Optical illusions are a simple way to make sure that the brain is not an impeccably accurate and impartial receiver of information, but a device that draws a limited amount of data from the surrounding world and completes and interprets the rest.

In an image with circles filled with dark top or bottom, we see convex or depressed circles, although it is obvious that we are looking at a flat monitor screen. The brain perceives a dark area against a light background as a shadow, and in nature the sun always shines from above, so convex objects cast a shadow from below, and depressed objects cast a shadow at the top. So the brain sees them as convex or depressed, although the image itself does not carry any information about the shadow or lighting. The brain is just used to this order of things.

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At the same time, in illusionism, a clear distraction of attention – when the viewer blinked or turned away for a second, and the magician, meanwhile, pulled off his trick – is considered a grassroots art form. The highest art is when the viewer is convinced that throughout the whole trick he carefully followed all the manipulations of the magician and could not miss anything, but the trick was still a success. Instead of distracting the viewer, the magician skillfully manipulates the weaknesses of his attention. This manipulation is often referred to as redirect (misdirection).

To understand how this trick works, cognitive neuroscientists use a very convenient fact: explicit attention is directed to the same place as the human gaze, and the gaze can be tracked using eyetracking in the laboratory. At the beginning of the trick, any spectator carefully looks at the right hand of the magician, in which he holds the coin, and the magician himself also looks at the coin. Then the magician raises his head and directs his gaze directly at the viewer, and then transfers him to his left hand, where the coin has already been “transferred” (actually not). Then the left palm opens and demonstrates the disappearance of the coin. The whole trick is based on the fact that people, being social creatures, follow the gaze of another person. Therefore, when, at the moment of passing the coin, the conjurer turns his gaze to the spectator, few people resist and do not exchange a direct look with him. At this very moment, a trick occurs, which the viewer’s brain then completes – as if he saw that the coin fell into his left hand.

Eyetracking shows that people who continued to look at the hands and did not look up at the magician’s face could easily figure out the trick. If the magician did not look up at the viewer, but continued to look at his hands, the trick also did not work. The magician skillfully controlled your gaze, and hence your attention.

Such “juggling” with your attention is possible not only in space, but also in time. Often the illusionist will make you believe that the climax of the trick is happening right now, by assuming a tense posture, leaning forward or changing intonation, but in fact the critical manipulation has already occurred before you paid such attention to it. To hide the moment of manipulation, magicians often disguise it as some kind of familiar action or movement. It’s called inform every motion . For example, if the magician emotionally waves his arms, then these movements are not endowed with meaning for the viewer, and therefore suspicious. But if the magician routinely adjusts his glasses, then the viewer will not suspect anything strange. After all, glasses really often fall off the bridge of the nose, and during this maneuver the magician can quietly hide the same coin in his mouth. If you want to hide suspicious body movements, disguise them as ordinary ones. A similar principle of illusionists is that large, sweeping movements attract more attention and can mask more subtle and accurate ones. By the way, the trick of getting the rabbit out of the hat can be performed with the help of temporary manipulation of attention.

Penn Gillette says that the rabbit is quietly transferred from under the tailcoat to a special black bag in the hat, after which the insides of the black hat are once again shown to the audience and this part is still presented as a prelude to the trick, so the audience is not too critical and does not notice the moment shifting. When the suspense deepens, the rabbit is actually already wearing the hat.

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It is often impossible to accurately describe the secret of the trick, since each illusionist comes up with his own details and methods of redirecting attention. This leads to the most important principle of street or stage magic – never repeat a trick twice. With one exception. Almost a century ago, Harry Houdini argued that he could solve any trick shown to him three times, and succeeded in doing so, until the young trickster Guy Vernon fooled him in a card trick by guessing the card seven times in a row. He did not take into account that different strategies may be used in a trick that looks the same.

Houdini has fallen into the trap of a simple cognitive bias: if an outcome looks the same over and over again and becomes predictable, then it seems to us that the process leading to it must be the same.

Magicians use this principle in performances. In the illusion of a disappearing ball, the magician tosses and catches the ball several times, forming a stable image of what is happening in the viewer, but with the next toss, the ball disappears in the air, somewhere halfway. In fact, at the moment of the trick, the ball remains in the magician’s hand, but the persistent expectation that the ball should take off tricks our brain into thinking that we saw it in flight. Scientists have carefully examined this illusion and have come to the conclusion that the body language and direction of the magician’s gaze play a critical role: the viewer also follows the gaze of the magician, directed at the non-existent ball in the air. The ball seems to be there, but quickly disappears, because it is impossible to fool the system of visual perception for too long.

Magicians have a lot of other tricks in their arsenal: they can deliberately nudge you into guessing a trick incorrectly, or subtly overload your brain with information so that it can’t process the additional data needed to solve a trick.

For example, you are asked to follow a deck of cards and remember four chosen cards, and while you are frantically trying to keep four cards in working memory, the brain simply is not able to notice the magician’s skillful manipulation of changing the color of the deck. Finally, some tricks are based on convincing you to believe in something that never actually happened. A prime example is blade swallowing.

Illusionist Penn Gillett was asked:

– How does a magician swallow a bunch of blades without hurting himself?
– This is a subtype of sleight of hand manipulation. Don’t think that you can swallow blades and be fine. You can not. You will die. Do not do that.

Swallowing blades is an example of an illusory correlation: if a conjurer puts them in his mouth and pretends to swallow, we think he is. The illusionist’s manipulations are so quick and the blades disappear so imperceptibly that the viewer is left with no choice but to believe that the magician has done it. But he did not swallow them, he will never swallow them and will not advise anyone. The talent of magicians is built on intuitive knowledge about the structure of the human brain, which they came to much earlier than modern cognitive psychologists. Magic tricks emphasize the fragmentation and selectivity of perception. The brain perceives a limited amount of information and completes the rest, bypassing our consciousness, creating a holistic and consistent picture of the world.

Simple magic tricks for children and their parents

Any child, watching the miracles performed by a magician, dreams of being in his place. And, if complex illusions are beyond the power of young wizards, then they can easily master simple but spectacular tricks, especially if mom and dad help them with this.

For the success of many tricks, parents must not only know the secret of the trick, but also master it to perfection, teaching, later, the child. However, many little tricks children can, once they learn, use on their own. After all, little wizards learn very quickly, and, as a rule, once a trick is shown, it is easy to remember and use it with pleasure.

Children’s easy tricks usually do not require any special manual dexterity or special devices. Most often they are based on the child’s knowledge of one small trick that the audience does not know about.

Knowing a few simple tricks is especially important for those children who have difficulty communicating or are not very popular with their peers. The glory of the “wizard” will provide them with universal attention and respect. Simple tricks for children are a great opportunity to cope with the fear of the public and learn attentiveness, perseverance, and patience.

Trick with balloon and needle

Even the youngest children know that an inflated balloon will burst if pricked. The more respect your child will win if he manages to pierce the ball through with a long knitting needle. The sight is really amazing – the spoke goes through, but the stretched colored rubber does not even think of bursting. After a few minutes, you can invite one of the guests to poke the ball with a needle: a loud bang and bright scraps will prove to everyone better than any words that the ball was real, and only the will of the little wizard made it so strong.

The secret of this trick is very simple: you need to stick a piece of transparent tape on both sides of the balloon. After that, you need to carefully insert the knitting needle into the ball, so that it, coming out from the opposite side, also gets into the area reinforced with adhesive tape.

This trick is very easy to perform, but it may not work the first time. It is necessary to immediately explain to the child how important it is to get the needle in the right place. The kid will have to practice before this trick starts to work out for him the first time.

This is important! The needle must be very sharp to easily pierce the rubber the first time.

This trick will decorate not only a birthday, but also a matinee in kindergarten, and a school holiday. In this video you can see exactly how this trick can be done:

Enchanted Button

Pour sparkling water into a transparent vase or glass and dip the button into it. A piece of plastic will immediately fall down, but – lo and behold! Your child will be able to order the button. “Swim up!” – and the button obediently rises to the surface. “Swim down” – and she slowly sinks to the bottom. Of course, guests can also try to do this – but their button will not obey.

The solution to this miracle is very simple. Like many other simple children’s tricks, the performance with an enchanted button is associated with knowledge of the laws of nature. Gas bubbles quickly stick around any object lowered into the drink, it becomes lighter and rises to the surface. However, there the bubbles begin to burst due to the changed pressure, and the button sinks again. At the bottom, it will again “overgrow” with bubbles and begin to float again.

Small children especially like this trick and with a little practice your little one will be able to entertain his friends for a long time with the spectacle of a button obedient to his will. The main thing is to remember how long it takes before the bubbles that form begin to push it up again.

Endless thread

A children’s party needs not only interesting and spectacular tricks, but also funny practical jokes. For such a case, the trick with a never-ending thread is perfect. The little magician notices a white thread on his clothes and asks the guests to take it off. The viewer takes the thread, pulls it. But the thread, instead of separating from the fabric, suddenly begins to grow in the hands, and no matter how much you pull on it, it only becomes longer.

This simple trick can quickly cheer everyone up, and its secret, meanwhile, is very simple: in the child’s pocket there is a spool with a wound thread, the end of which is released with a needle.

Important! An ordinary pencil can be used instead of a spool. If unwitting participants in the focus suspect something, it will be enough for you to simply pull the thread to the end. After that, you can offer to search the pockets of the young magician – the pencil will not arouse suspicion in anyone. For the same reason, it is better to take a thread no longer than a few meters.

How to thread behind the back?

Everyone knows how to thread, but few dare to do it with their eyes closed, holding the needle and thread behind their backs. But your child is, of course, a genius! He can do it too. Of course, if you explain the secret to him.

For this trick you will need 2 identical needles and 2 threads of the same color and length. Thread one thread through the needle and gently insert it into the back of the child’s clothing so that the thread is on the inside. Now, when the little magician promises to thread the needle without looking, he will only need to feel for the second needle in the clothes, and carefully stick the empty one in its place.

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This is important! This trick is only possible if the child is standing with his back to the wall. Explain to him the importance of choosing a place for focus.

Despite its simplicity, it is easy to prick with a needle, and immediately after the trick you should take your little wizard aside and pull out the sewing tool hidden there from his clothes.

The secrets of magic tricks for children are often a secret behind seven seals, and it depends on the parents whether the kid will be able to understand the trick technology and, most importantly, whether he will be able to repeat it. Therefore, at first, it is better to perform all unfamiliar tricks with the child, so that he gets used to doing everything correctly. It is better to explain to the child in advance the need to keep the solution of the trick a secret. Knowledge of the trick will allow them to continue to shine among their friends, and revealing the secret often makes the trick more uninteresting.

For a home party, you can choose some more complex and spectacular tricks that an adult will perform. They are more difficult to repeat than children’s tricks. For beginners, it can be difficult to repeat them, however, after a few repetitions, and this peak will definitely be taken!

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Magic tricks for children at home

Every child loves magic tricks. At a young age, too many things seem surprising, interesting and magical. Simple actions and the simplest laws of physics that can play into your hands and that you can demonstrate at home by showing a simple trick will not make you wait for a reaction of surprise on the baby’s face. The tricks presented in the selection below do not require any special skills or special equipment. The proposed 10 tricks for children can be performed at home by absolutely anyone, because magic is easy!

Magical transformation of an orange into an apple.

The focus is quite simple, but at the same time it looks impressive. For him, we need an orange, an apple and an opaque scarf that can be thrown over the fruit.

We demonstrate an ordinary orange in front of the child, holding it by the lower part with our hand, then throw a scarf over it, pull it off sharply, surprising the child with the fact that there is already an apple in his hand.

Preparation for the trick: peel the orange beforehand, leaving only its peel for the trick. An apple, slightly smaller in size, is placed in advance in a carefully removed orange peel, and the peel is removed from it with a sharp movement along with a handkerchief. Everything ingenious is simple!

The “caps” game, the disappearance of the ball

Many people remember, if not from their lives, then from films and cartoons, the “caps” game, where the ball is placed under one of the caps or glasses, the glasses quickly move, and then you need to find ball.

For this we need three opaque plastic cups and a small ball. We put the ball under one of the cups, slowly rotate the cups while the child carefully watches them, trying to remember the actions of the hands. Then we ask which cup the ball should be under. The child answers, and we slowly raise all the glasses in turn, demonstrating that the ball is nowhere to be found, and it has simply disappeared.

Preparing for the trick: cut one of the cups inconspicuously on one side to make it easier to squeeze. After the child responds, lift the cup, gently pressing the balloon against the cut side of the cup, so that it looks like you are really lifting an empty cup, not a cup with a balloon. Then you can repeat the action, gently lowering the glass into place, and pick it up without the ball, showing the child that the ball did appear. The trick is simple, and rarely does anyone actually guess where the ball goes.

Magic color change of water

Demonstrate to the child a jar with a lid with transparent clean water, say magic words about changing the color of water, shake the jar, demonstrate bright and color-changing water.

Preparation for the trick: pre-paint the lid of the jar with a thick layer of watercolor of the color chosen in advance. Carefully put the lid on the jar so that the water does not immediately touch the paint layer. After you give the jar a strong shake, the water will come into contact with the paint layer and change its color to a bright paint color.

A gift from a magic box

We show an empty box in front of the child, pronounce magic words, then quickly and several times rotate the box, put it in front of the child and ask him to open it. The child discovers in the box, which was empty half a minute ago, a toy or other gift.

Preparing for the trick: take and glue two identical boxes together with the bottom side so that they open in both directions. Seal with black opaque tape so that this is not visible and visually looks like it is one large box, and not two interconnected. Leave one side empty, and put a gift in the other.

The disappearance of the card behind the fingers

Demonstrate a simple playing card in front of the child, put out two fingers of the other hand, and carefully slowly move the card behind them, as if behind a curtain, behind which it will disappear. In theory, the card should appear from the back of the fingers, but it disappears.

Preparing for the trick: Tape a piece of cardboard on the back of a playing card that can be pulled so that the card folds and thus hides in the hand, and does not remain straight and go beyond the boundaries of the extended fingers.

Magic drawing on a napkin

Put a napkin with a drawing drawn on it with a felt-tip pen into a container with water. For example, you can draw a man. In contact with water, other elements will appear in the drawing, for example, an umbrella in a person’s hand, a dog or a tree nearby.

Preparation for the trick: draw the missing details in advance on the second napkin and place it under the first one. While the wipes are dry, the second will not shine through, and these details will not be visible to the child. In contact with water, everything will appear on wet napkins.

Water frozen in a magic glass

Pour water into a glass, cover it with a small piece of paper, turn the glass over, carefully remove the piece of paper and impress the child with the fact that the water has frozen in the upturned glass and does not pour out of it.

Preparing for the trick: on a piece of paper there should be a transparent plastic circle that can be cut out of an unnecessary plastic grocery bucket, the water will be fixed in the glass with this circle, which must be applied exactly along the contour of the glass and which will not allow it to spill, the plastic circle is not noticeable from the side will be.

Button up! Button down!

Pour any carbonated drink into a glass and then put a button in it. Turning to the button, you need to say “Button, up!”, The button will pop up at your command, and after that, after waiting a couple of seconds, you can give it the second order “Button, down!”, At your command, the button will sink again.

Preparing for the trick: the bubbles of carbonated drink, gathering around the button, will first lift it up, because the drink has just been poured, and the number and strength of the bubbles are quite large. Then, when the bubbles burst, the button will begin to drop down. You just need to correctly calculate the time of the commands given.

Magic balloon control

A regular balloon will be attracted to your hands and you can control it without even touching it. The result of this trick will be surprise on the face of the baby and a small digression that opens the door to the world of physics for him.

Preparing for the trick: back to the laws of physics, as we did in the previous trick with a button, but now we will perform the trick with the help of electrification. The ball can be controlled and pulled to your hands when it is electrified. You just need to rub it on a woolen thing in advance so that it becomes electrified.

Magic paper clips.

Demonstrate a sheet of cardboard with staples in front of the child, carefully lift it up, the staples do not fall. By asking them the right direction with the phrases “Papers, to the left!”, “Papers, up!”, the paper clips under your command move across the sheet.

Preparing for the trick: hold a small magnet behind the cardboard sheet, to which metal clips will be magnetized and move along the cardboard sheet at your magic command.

Any of the proposed tricks can be easily repeated at home, having the most common objects and a simple desire to surprise the baby, because creating magic and surprising is much easier than it might seem at first glance.

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