Archive for the 'Magic tricks' Category

Card from nowhere

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Effect:
You wave your hand up and down and as if from nowhere a card appears. Equipment needed for the trick: A playing card, A paper clip, An elastic band and a small piece of card that fits around HALF of one of your middle fingers.
Secret Preparation:
Before you perform take the small piece [...]

The Miser’s Dream

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

Equipment :
A metal disk about the size of a coin with a small hole in it, a short length of thread, a top hat or other container.
Secret :
The production of coins from the air is a trick known to magicians as the Miser’s Dream. Here is a method by which you can perform this fascinating [...]

Floating Ring

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

Make some really thick salt water. REALLY thick. soak a piece of thread in it somewhere between 45 and 60 minutes. take it out and let it dry. Now you are ready. Ask someone for a ring. Tie it to the end of the thread. Hold the string so its like a pendulum. Now take [...]

Changing Liquid

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Effect: The magician places a handkerchief over a glass of colored liquid and when he removes it the liquid has changed to water.
Secret: Cut a thin piece of colored plastic to fit the glass. Pour water up to the top of the plastic. This will give the illusion that the liquid is colored. When [...]

Balancing egg

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

Say to someone to try to stand the egg, they cant.. you take a different egg and stand it upright on the table, still they cant. Secret: lick the bottom of your egg and put salt on it..stand the egg on the salt. when you are finished wipe the salt off your egg on your [...]