Age 7+

Instrucion manual Welcome to Zombie Magic, a complete magic set designed especially for all you budding magicians and zombie fans. Wih 35 easy to perform tricks and over 30 zombie hemed props, you’re guaranteed to amaze family and friends wih dead good magic from beyond he grave! Pracice Tips: A good tip to remember is that magic is only as good as the presentation. The tricks provided in this set can be mastered fairly easily, but to get the most out of Zombie Magic, you must practice. Once you have learned the stages of a trick, we suggest that you practice them in front of a mirror many times until you know all the moves you need to make without really thinking about them. It’s also really useful to remember that what your audience can see is often completely different to how it looks it you. It is really helpful if you can video your practice from the angle your audience would be viewing and play it back to see how it will look. Start out by performing a single trick. Once you have that mastered, you can then look at adding extra tricks until you have built up a routine. The story you tell around each trick is also important to help draw your audience in. We have suggested some words on some tricks, but have fun making up your own stories.

EXTRA HELP: The instructions in this lealet describe how each trick should be performed, but trying to describe a trick can sometimes be confusing, which is why if you head over to the Zombie Magic section on our website www.johnadams.co.uk you will ind instructional videos of the harder tricks which will show you exactly what to do. Contents List 1. Leg bone with the hook at one end 22. Tombstone box with secret lap 2. Severed foot with rubber band “tendon” 23. Curved zombie cards x2 3. 4 Running zombie cards 24. Window viewer 4. Running Eric half card 25. 7 of Hearts playing card 5. Stretchy band* 26. 2 of Diamonds playing card 6. Creepy cofin 27. Zombiied Queen of Clubs 7. Maggots x4 28. Zombiied Jack of Hearts 8. Ace of Spades 29. Gravestone card 9. 3 of Spades 30. Rising zombie card 1 10. Walking zombie playing card 31. Maggot card* 2 11. Half playing card (2 of Spades)* 12 12. Brain jar and lid 13. Full brain 22 13 14. Half brain 15. Zombie head 23 7 20 16. Brain disk 27 17. Thin swords x8 29 18. Thumb tip 24 28 19. Handkerchief 15 20. Plant pots x3 21. Maggot swords x2 19 6 * not shown 18 30 16 3 17 4 21

10 Trick 1 – Severed foot snap Trick – you will be able to hook the leg bone onto the rubber band “tendon” in the severed zombie’s foot, but your audience can’t work out how to do it! Secret – the bone can’t hook the rubber band, but you make your audience think it can by performing the “special move”, making the bone move. You will need: • The leg bone with the hook at one end • The severed foot with rubber band “tendon” The trick: • Say, “Looks like this zombie’s leg bone has become detached from the tendon. I’ll try and re-hook it.” • Push the bone as far as it will go into the foot and then pull it out about 25mm • Special move: squeeze your thumb and foreinger together so the bone slips away from your ingers and shoots forward, back into the foot, looking like the tendon has made it spring back. • Repeat that action, making the bone shoot forward a few times, then pull the bone out pretending the tendon has become unhooked. Let an audience member try…they will never be able to do it.

Trick 2 – Zombie chase Trick - cards showing a man running from a hoard of zombies are dealt face down. Turn them over to magically reveal what happens when the zombies catch him. Secret – a special half card showing the top half of the man hides the images below. You will need: • 4 running zombie cards • Running Eric half card • Stretchy band Seting Up: • Stack the 4 running zombie cards with the Eric half card on top. Hide the edge of the half card with the stretchy band. The trick: • Show the back of the card stack to your audience. • Say, “Poor Eric is running for his life from a horde of zombies.” • Show the front of the card stack and point to Eric. Say, “He is running really fast.” • Turn the stack face down and deal the bottom card, face down towards you. Your spectator thinks you are dealing the card you just showed them, but the secret half card will stay banded to the front of the stack. • Turn the stack over and show Eric running again. Say, “He keeps on running.” • Turn the stack face down again and deal a second card. • Repeat a third time. • Say, “Did Eric get away?” • Wave your hand over the cards and say, “Sadly I think Eric was too slow.” • Let the spectator turn the cards over. They will be amazed to see that all the pictures of Eric have turned into zombies. Trick 3 – Creepy coffin Trick - make objects appear and disappear inside this creepy cofin. Secret – there is a secret drawer inside the cofin which only you know how to open. You will need: • Creepy cofin • A maggot Seting Up: • With the cofin held in your left hand as shown, press your thumb against side B. This releases the secret drawer latch. Open the drawer and place a maggot inside. Close the drawer and press your index inger against side A to lock the secret drawer in place. The trick: • Say, “I can hear something trying to get out of this cofin, can you?” • Keeping your inger pressed against side A, open the drawer, to reveal an empty space, then close it. • Say, “Oh, my mistake. I thought I could hear something, let me check again.” • Open the drawer again to reveal nothing. Close the drawer. • Say, “Wait, what was that? Is it a zombie?” • Place your right hand lat on top of the cofin. Lifting your hands to your ear, pretend to listen. • Press your thumb against side B as you lower your hands. • Take your right hand away. • Continuing to press your thumb against side B, open the drawer to reveal the maggot. • Say, “Phew, thankfully it’s only a maggot, but where did that come from?”

Trick 4 – Appearing zombie Trick - the 2 of spades magically transforms into a zombie. Secret – a half-card hides the secretly placed extra card. You will need: • Ordinary cards x 2 (Ace and 3 of spades) • Walking zombie card • Half card (2 of spades) Seting Up: • Stick the half card onto the Ace of spades with a small piece of tape following the line printed on the Ace. • Hide the Zombie card behind the half 2 of spades.

• Position the 3 of spades on top to form a fan of cards so it looks like three normal cards.

The trick: • Say, “You never know when a Zombie is lurking in the shadows.” • Show the fanned out the cards face side up, and ask your audience member to identify the middle card. They will say, “2 of Spades.” • Turn the cards over and ask them again what the middle card was. Then ask them to gently pull out the middle card and as they do so, ask if they can hear zombie groans. • Arrange the two remaining cards so as to hide the half-card, then turn them face up to show the cards like this. (OPPOSITE) • Say, “I can really hear a zombie, are you sure you can’t?” • Tell your volunteer to turn their card face up and watch their expression. Trick 5 – Brain jar Trick – a zombie brain in a specimen jar magically reappears. Secret - the half brain is concealed in the lid of the specimen jar. You will need: • The brain jar and lid • The brain • The half-brain Seting Up: • Place the whole brain into the base of the brain jar and place the half brain on top. Now place the brain jar lid on top.

The trick: • Say, “Here we have a pickled zombie head in a specimen jar.” • Start by lifting the lid and the secret half brain together to reveal the full brain. • Say, “Look at that lovely zombie brain.” • Take out the full brain and place it in your pocket. • Replace the lid onto the jar base keeping the half brain secretly covered. • Say, “Zombie brains are really unique, sometimes they grow back!” • Wave your hand in front of the jar, then lift up only the lid, keeping the half-brain in place, and it looks like the brain has reappeared.

Trick 6 – Pulverised brain Trick - let your audience think you have pulverised the brain into a pulp. You will need: • Brain jar and lid • Half-brain • Blancmange (not supplied) Seting up: • Ask an adult to make up some blancmange in a similar colour to the brain. When set, scoop enough to ill the compartment in the bottom of the brain jar. Place the half-brain on top and the lid on top of that. The trick: • Lift the lid of the jar to show the half brain. • Say, “OK, I’m going to pulverise this zombie brain into a pulp.” • Place the lid back on and pick up the whole jar. Shake for around 10 seconds. • Now, pretend to be out of breath as you put the jar back down. • Lift off the lid along with the half brain. • Put your inger into the blancmange and scoop some out as you show it to the audience and say how yucky it feels.

Trick 7 – Stab he brain Trick – stab the 8 swords through a zombie’s brain, but when the swords are removed, they have done no harm. Secret – the irst sword is placed so it tips the brain onto its side allowing the other swords to pass through the head. You will need: • Zombie head • Brain disk • Thin swords x 8 Seting Up: • Lay the brain disk lat inside the base of the zombie head. • Place the top section of the zombie head on top. The trick: • Say, “Zombie’s must be stabbed in the brain to kill them, but it will only work if you hit the right part.” • Remove the top of the zombie’s head to show your audience the brain disk in the bottom section. • Replace the top section and push the irst sword through the back right hole. Even though this will be easy, pretend that it is hard work stabbing through the solid brain disk.(OPPOSITE) • The irst sword placed, tips the brain up, allowing room for the other swords to pass through. • Push swords through the other holes, showing the audience that they pass out the bottom of the head. • Say, “I’m not sure I got the brain let’s see.” • Pull out the swords, saving the original sword for last. • Shake the head slightly so that the brain disk lies down lat. • Lift off the top of the head to show the unharmed brain. • Say, “Amazing, the swords passed through without even making a mark.” Thumb Tip Tricks Sizing your humb ip: Put the thumb tip on the thumb of your right hand. You will probably notice it is quite large and doesn’t look the same colour as your skin. Don’t worry, your audience will never notice. The thumb tip should it up to the knuckle. If it goes too far, you will have a hard time removing it and also won’t have room to conceal hidden items. If the thumb tip does not it correctly, ask an ADULT to drop it into hot water for 30 seconds. Remove it with tongs and shake it dry. Now either push your thumb to stretch it, or squeeze the tip around your thumb to make it smaller. Once the desired it has been achieved, place your thumb with the tip in place into cold water to harden it again. When wearing your thumb tip as part of the illusion, it is important to show your hands are “empty”. To best way to do this is always having your open palms towards your audience. By pointing your thumb tip directly at the audience, and moving your hands at the same time, it will be almost impossible for the spectators to notice the thumb tip.

Trick 8 – Vanishing handkerchief Trick – make the blood stained handkerchief disappear. Secret - this trick is known as a “basic vanish” and is great for objects which need several pushes to be tucked into your ist. The thumb tip hides the handkerchief from your audience’s view. You will need: • Thumb tip • Handkerchief Seting up: • Place the thumb tip on your right thumb. The trick: • Hold the handkerchief between your thumb tip and your irst inger of your right hand. • Make a ist with your left hand. • Push your right thumb into your left ist pretending to make a gap. As you pull your thumb out leave the thumb tip inside your ist. • Immediately begin stufing the handkerchief into the thumb tip. Make sure you use all the ingers of your right hand and when the handkerchief is completely stuffed inside the thumb tip, push your right thumb inside and remove it. • Continue to stuff your ingers into your ist pretending the handkerchief is still there. • Now move your right hand away and slowly open your left hand to show the handkerchief has vanished. Trick 9 – Vanishing maggot Trick - make a maggot disappear. Secret - this trick is known as a “push vanish” and best for hiding smaller objects which can be pushed into the ist in one motion. The thumb tip hides the maggot from your audience’s view. You will need: • Thumb tip • Maggot Seting up: • Start with the thumb tip hidden in the ist of your left hand. The trick: • Show the maggot between your thumb and irst inger of your right hand. • Place the maggot into your left ist making sure it falls into the thumb tip • Press your right thumb into your left ist, pushing the thumb tip on. Remove your right hand and show it is empty.

• Slowly open your left hand to show the maggot has vanished.

Trick 10 – Appearing handkerchief Trick - the blood-stained handkerchief will magically appear. Secret - this trick is known as a “basic production” and works well with items which will not pour out easily from the thumb tip. You will need: • Thumb tip • Handkerchief Seting up: • Load the handkerchief into the thumb tip and place it on your right thumb. The trick: • Make a ist with your right hand around the thumb tip. • Pull your thumb up, leaving the tip in your right ist. • Now you can reach into your ist with your left hand and pull out the handkerchief. • As your audience is distracted by the handkerchief, press your right thumb back into your ist into the thumb tip. Open your right and to show it is empty. Trick 11 – Appearing maggot Trick - the maggot will magically appear. Secret - this trick is known as a “dump production” and works well with items which can be poured from the thumb tip. You will need: • Thumb tip • Maggot Seting up: • Start with the thumb tip on your right thumb with a maggot loaded inside. The trick: • Show the audience that your hands are empty

• Reach into the air in a grabbing motion with your right hand and close your right ingers around your right thumb.

• Pull your right thumb out of your ist leaving the hidden thumb tip behind.

• Say, “Ewwww, what’s that?” • Pour the maggot from your right ist into your left hand. • Whilst the audience are looking at the maggot, place your right thumb back onto the thumb tip then open your right hand to show it is empty.

Trick 12 – Cut Zombie Guts Trick – cut up some rubber band ‘zombie guts’ and make them magically re-appear unharmed. Secret – a second rubber band is hidden in the thumb tip. You will need: • Thumb tip • 2 identical rubber bands – ideally red coloured (not included) • Scissors (not included) Seting up: • Get two identical rubber bands. Place one in the thumb tip, let’s call this one the “secret band”. • Wear the thumb tip on your right hand before the trick starts.

The trick: • Show the second rubber band and snap it a few times to prove it’s not broken.

• Say, “I’m going to cut up these zombie guts.” • Transfer the rubber band from your right hand to your left palm and at the same time, close your left hand ingers around the thumb tip and pull it off into your left ist.

• Now pull out the “secret band” from the thumb tip with your right hand.

• Use scissors to cut the band.

• Put the cut “secret band” back into the thumb tip. Pretend to push the band into your ist with your right thumb and as you do this, replace the thumb tip onto your right thumb which has the cut secret band inside.

• Say some magic words, blow on your left ist and slowly open your ingers to reveal the uncut second band which your audience will think has magically stuck back together. Trick 13 – Crazy plant pots Trick – challenge your audience to turn all the pots so they are open side up by moving just 2 pots at a time. Secret – with a slightly different starting positon it is impossible to replicate your moves. You will need: • 3 Plant pots The trick: • Start with the plant pots as shown.

• Turning 2 pots at a time, follow this sequence asking your audience to remember the moves: Move 1 - Turn 1&2 Move 2 - Turn 1&3 Move 3 - Turn 1&2 • All the pots should now be open side up. • With both outside pots facing up and the middle down, ask a volunteer to follow the moves you just showed them and inish with all the pots rim up again. • The pots will all inish rim down…the different starting position is hardly ever noticed. Trick 14 – Pots and maggots Trick – the maggots seem to pass through the solid plant pots. Secret – there is a maggot hidden between the pots, which gives the illusion of maggots passing through the pots. You will need: • 3 Plant pots • 4 Maggots Seting up: • Place a maggot on top of one of the upturned plant pots and cover it with the other two pots. Turn the pots open side up and place the other three maggots inside the top pot. The trick: • Lift up the three pots with your left hand and tip out the three maggots onto the table. • Using your right hand, place the pots one at a time, open side down onto the table. The skill of this trick is to smoothly turn over all three pots at the same speed, including the pot containing the hidden maggot over so that the maggot does not fall out. • Place a maggot on top of the middle pot.

• Cover the middle pot (the one with the maggot on top) with the other two pots. • Tap the top of the pots and lift all three pots up together. The maggot looks like it has fallen through the middle pot and is now on the table. • With your right hand, repeat turning the pots over one at a time onto the table, open side down. When the middle pot is turned over make sure the middle pot covers the maggot on the table. This means there will be two maggots under the middle pot. • Place another maggot on top of the middle pot and cover that pot with the other two pots. • Tap the top of the pots and lift all three pots up together. The maggot looks like it has fallen through the middle pot and is now two maggots on the table. • Repeat this process, adding a new maggot each time, until on the fourth time, lifting the pots reveals four maggots on the table.

Trick 15 – Crushed Zombie Brain Trick – pretend to crush a zombie brain and make it disappear. Secret – this sleight of hand technique is called a “Classic Palm Vanish”. You will need: • Full brain The trick: • With both of your palms upturned, place the brain in the palm of your right hand. • As you bring your right hand towards your left, curl the inger of your right hand upwards into a claw shape. This momentarily conceals the brain from your audience’s view and pushes it into the correct position so that with a slight contraction of your right thumb and little inger, you can “palm” (hold) the brain in between the leshy parts of your right hand. This will hold it irmly whilst you move your hand about. • Now turn your right hand over above your upturned left hand. Your audience will think the brain is being dropped into your left hand. • Curl your left hand ingers around the “pretend” brain and at the same time draw your right hand away with your right index inger extended pointing at your left hand to draw attention away from the fact that the brain is in fact palmed in your right hand. • Make a squeezing motion with your left hand to suggest you are crushing the brain. • After a few seconds, blow on your left hand and slowly open the ingers to reveal the brain has vanished.

Maggot sword tricks: special move Before your can attempt the next ive tricks, you need to learn the special move.

Stage 1: Hold the handle of the sword between your thumb and inger showing one side to your audience. Practice rolling the handle between your ingers so that it turns through 180 degrees. Build up speed so you can roll the sword quickly.

Stage 2: When you are able to rotate the handle quickly add a second move. As you roll the sword, move you hand as shown. The audience will think they are seeing the other side of the sword, but actually then are seeing the same side. Trick 16 – Appearing maggot Trick - the maggot will disappear from the sword. You will need: • Maggot sword A (1 maggot on side 1 and blank on side 2)

The trick: • Start by showing the blank side of the sword and use the special move to make the audience think both sides are blank. • With your other hand open with your palm facing upwards, place the sword onto your ingers and close them around the sword to form a ist. This will roll the sword over. • As you open your ist, the other side will be visible and a maggot will have magically appeared.

Trick 17 – Vanishing and appearing maggot Trick - the maggot will disappear from the sword and appear in the creepy cofin. You will need: • Maggot sword A (1 maggot on side 1 and blank on side 2) • Maggot x1 • Creepy cofin Seting up: • Load a maggot into the hidden compartment of the creepy cofin as described in Trick 3. The trick: • After performing Trick 16, show the creepy cofin drawer is empty (the maggot is hidden in the secret compartment). • Close the cofin drawer. • Repeat Trick 16, but rather than starting showing the blank side, show the maggot side of the sword. • At the end of the trick when you open your ist to reveal the maggot on the sword has disappeared, make the special move on the creepy cofin, then open the drawer to reveal the maggot is in there instead.

Trick 18 – Double maggot Trick - two maggots appear in your hand. You will need: • Maggot sword A (1 maggot on side 1 and blank on side 2) • Maggots x2 Seting up: • Have two maggots hidden in the close ist of your left hand. The trick: • Use the special move to make your audience think there is a maggot on both sides of the sword. • Push the sword into your left ist. • Twist the sword, the blank side will now be face up. Pull it out slowly like you are scraping the maggots off as you do so. • Use the special move to make your audience think there are no maggots on both sides of the sword. • Now open your left hand to reveal the two maggots.

Trick 19 – Yummy maggots Trick - the maggots seem to jump from one sword to another. You will need: • Maggot sword A (1 maggot on side 1 and blank on side 2) • Maggot sword B (2 maggots on side 1 and 1 maggot on side 2) The trick: • Start with a sword A in your right hand and use the special move to show 1 maggot on each side. • With sword B in your other hand, use the special move to show 1 maggot on each side. • With sword A near to your mouth, make a noise like you are sucking up the maggot. Say “Yum, yum” • Use the special move to show no maggots on either side of the sword, whilst pulling a horrible face pretending the maggot tasted really bad. • Now pretend to spit the maggot out onto sword B. At the same time turn sword B to show 2 maggots.

Trick 20 – The reappearing maggot Trick - the maggot seems to jump into the creepy cofin. You will need: • Maggot sword A (1 maggot on side 1 and blank on side 2) • 2 Maggots • Creepy cofin Seting up: • Load two maggots into the hidden compartment the creepy cofin as described in Trick 3. The trick: • Start by opening the creepy cofin to show that it is empty. Close the cofin. • Showing the maggot side of the sword, use the special move to make the audience think both sides have a maggot on. • Say a magic word and don’t do the special move this time and the maggot will look like it has disappeared. Hold it steady for a moment so your audience can see it is blank as you say, “That’s weird.” • Do the special move with the blank side to fool the audience into thinking there is no maggot on either side. Say, “Well where did they go?” • Put the sword in your pocket then pick up the cofin • Using the special move described in Trick 3, release the cofin’s hidden compartment and open the drawer, which will reveal the 2 maggots. Tricks wih he Tombstone box The secret of the next sets of tricks is the tombstone box which has a separate false lap. This prop can be used to make cards appear, disappear or to exchange one card for another. Both sides look the same, which will help to fool your audience into not realising that the box has been turned over. The secret lap inside is made from the same material so it is almost invisible. Use a card or your ingernail to lift the lap up. Once a card is placed underneath and the lap replaced, the lap is virtually unnoticeable. Turning the box over will make the lap fall to the other side and reveal what is beneath it.

Trick 21 – Appearing zombie Trick – a zombie will appear from the grave. You will need: • Tombstone box with secret lap • Walking zombie card Seting up: • Place the card into the right side of the tombstone box (zombie side down) and cover it with the secret lap then shut the box by placing the left hand side on top of the right hand side.

The trick: • Open the box in the direction shown to show your audience it is “empty”.

• Close the box by placing the right hand side on top of the left hand side. This will allow the secret lap to fall into the left hand side.

• Now open the box in the direction shown to reveal the zombie card. Trick 22 – Don’t get biten Trick - a man, running from Zombies gets bitten and turns into a zombie too. You will need: Close • Tombstone box with secret lap Add secret • 2 x running zombie cards lap on top Seting up: • Place the secret lap into the left side of the box then place one of the cards (running zombie side up) on top. • Shut the box in the direction shown.

The trick: • Open the box as described in trick 21 and show your audience it is “empty”. • Using the remaining playing card, show your audience the picture of Eric running from a horde of zombies. • Say, “This is unlucky Eric, he is being chased by a horde of zombies.” • Place the card into the left hand side of the box (Eric running side up) and close the right hand side onto it, allowing the secret lap to fall to the opposite side. • Make some zombie groaning noises and say, “Can you hear those sounds. I think Eric has been caught.” • Open the box to reveal the hidden card and say, “Looks like he didn’t run fast enough and is now a zombie too.”

Trick 23 – Torn card restoraion Trick - this is a very convincing trick where a ripped card seems to magically come back together. Secret – an identical complete card with a small piece removed is hidden under the secret compartment and the missing piece is handed back to the volunteer. You will need: • Tombstone box with secret lap. • 2 identical cards (not supplied) – maybe use two jokers from a pack of cards or 2 identical business cards or pieces of blank paper. Seting up: • Rip a corner from one of the cards and place the remainder of the card under the secret lap in the right side if the tombstone box. • Secretly keep the corner hidden in your hand. The Trick: • Take the duplicate card and let your audience see you tear it into pieces. To be convincing, the pieces should be a similar size to the corner you tore off the original card. • Place the pieces into the left half of the tombstone box - make sure they are quite lat otherwise the secret lap may wobble when placed on top of them. • Tell your audience member to keep one piece, pretend to the take one of the pieces, but actually give them the piece you were holding in your hand at the start. • Close the case (right side onto left side) allowing the lap to fall on top of the pieces. • Say a magic word, then open the case to reveal the reassembled card, which is missing the corner piece. • Give the card to the spectator and they will ind that the piece they hold matches the corner section.

Trick 24 – Predict 7 Trick - you can correctly predict the score of the roll of a die. Secret – the number on opposite sides of a die always add up to 7. You will need: • Tombstone box with secret lap • A piece of paper (not supplied) • A die (not supplied) Seting up: • Write the number “7” on a piece of paper and place it in the right side of the tombstone box with the secret lap on top. • Close the box, left side onto right side. The trick: • Tell an audience member that you will be able to correctly predict their die roll. • Open the box showing it is empty, then close the right side onto the left side so that the secret lap has lipped over to the other side. • Pretend to write a number on the palm of your hand and close your hand into a ist. • Now pretend to throw the contents of your closed ist into the box. • Tell your audience member to roll a die and to add the score of the upper face to the score of the bottom. They will say, “7.” • Open the box to reveal the piece of paper with your “7” prediction.

Trick 25 – Rise from he grave Trick - surprise your audience by making a zombie rise from the grave. Secret – there is a hidden panel which hides the zombie image. You will need: • The window viewer The trick: • Tell your audience that you will make a zombie rise from its grave. • Hold the window viewer as shown. • Slowly pull out the inner card. • As the inner card rises it reveals the hidden image. Trick 26 – Rise from he grave (extended) Trick – this is an extension to trick 25, with a zombie appearing in the tombstone box. You will need: • The window viewer • The tombstone box • Gravestone card • Rising zombie card Seting up: • Place the rising zombie card face down into the right hand side of the tombstone box and place the secret lap on top. Shut the box (left side onto right so that the secret panel doesn’t lip to the other side). The trick: • Open the tombstone box and place the gravestone card into the left hand side face up. • Take the window viewer and show that it has the same gravestone picture as the card you just placed into the tombstone box. • Shut the box by closing the right side onto left side, so that the secret lap fall into the left side. • Repeat the steps of trick 25. • Once complete, push the inner card back into the window viewer to make the zombie disappear, clap your hands twice, then open the tombstone box to reveal the rising zombie card has magically moved into the tombstone.

Trick 27 – Who’s closest? Trick – which zombie is closest to catching you? Secret – this trick is a famous optical illusion. It will have your friends guessing for ages. You will need: • 2 curved zombie cards The trick: • Lay the two curved zombie cards on the table. Place the card with the yellow background underneath card with the red background. • Ask your audience to tell you which zombie is bigger and is closest to reaching them. • They will say the yellow card. • Ask them if they are sure. When they say “yes”, pick up the red card and pretend to stretch it. • Now place the red card underneath the yellow card and ask which is bigger now. • Your audience will be amazed that the red card seems to have grown. Trick 28 – Chase he zombie Trick – you can magically ind a zombie even when you have your back turned. Secret – this trick is based on mathematics and just requires good memory skills. You will need: • 3 of Spades • 7 of Hearts • 2 of Diamonds • Walking zombie playing card The trick: • Ask an audience member to lay out the four cards face up in any order. You must concentrate on where the zombie card is and ignore the other cards. • Tell your volunteer you will require them to swap the zombie with either of the cards next to it each time you shout “ZOMBIE”. Your view

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• Remember where the zombie card is, then turn your back so you are facing away and can’t see what is happening. • Shout, “ZOMBIE!!” and your volunteer should swap the cards. • Shout, “ZOMBIE!!” again four more times, making ive times in total. • If the zombie was originally the irst or the third card from the left (as your volunteer would look at them cards), then it cannot be irst in line after the 5 switch moves, so ask your friend to remove the irst card – say something“Please picklike, up the card on your far left….hmmm, I can tell that’s not a zombie, please remove it”. • If the zombie was originally the second or fourth card from the left, then it cannot now be the fourth card, so ask your friend to remove that card. • The zombie will now be on the left or right. Say, “ZOMBIE” one more time and ask your friend to make one inal switch. • Ask your friend to remove the card on their left, then the card on the right and hey presto the zombie card remains. Trick 29 – Creepy fingers Trick – your volunteer inds the zombie card without even realising. Secret – the cards are stacked so that the zombie card will always be placed under the volunteer’s third inger. You will need: • 3 of Spades • 7 of Hearts • 2 of Diamonds • Walking zombie playing card The trick: • Explain that you will be able to give your volunteer special powers to allow them to ind the zombie without even trying. • Start with the four cards face up. Pick up the zombie card and place it face down on the table. Drop the other three cards face down on top of it. • Say, “Let’s mix up the cards.” • Take the top card and place it under the pile. Take the next card and put it face down on the table. • Take the next card and place it under the pile, then place the next card face down on top of the card already on the table. Place the next card under the pile and the next card face down on top of the cards on the table. Finally place the last card on top of the pile on the table. • Ask your volunteer to place their hand onto the table as shown.

• Make sure they curl their middle inger in under their palm. • Slip the top card from the pile under their thumb, the next card under their irst inger, the next card under their third inger and the inal card under their little inger. • Tell your volunteer that the zombie will try and grab them through the card. You now give them your magical powers and they will be able to ind the zombie. • Ask your volunteer to lift their thumb, they will have no problem doing this. • Now ask them to lift their little inger, they will be able to do this too. • Now ask them to lift their irst inger, again they will be able to do this. • Finally ask them to lift their third inger, which will be virtually impossible (if their middle inger is tucked under their palm correctly. • Say, “Ahhh, that must be the zombie grabbing you through the card.” • Slide the card out and turn it over to reveal the zombie. Trick 30 – Zombie royalty Trick – the queen of clubs and the jack of hearts appear to change the way they look at each other. Secret – when you look closely at a picture card in a pack of cards, you will see that the way the top and bottom pictures appear are facing opposite directions. You will need: • Zombiied queen of clubs • Zombiied jack of hearts • 7 of spades • 2 paper clips (not supplied)

Seting up: • The queen and jack are fastened to each other as shown so that they are facing away from each other at the top and facing each other at the bottom.

• The 7 of spades is placed face down on top as shown in this picture.

The trick: • Turn the cards around so that they face the audience and explain that these two zombies have fallen out and are not seeing eye to eye. • Place the three cards behind your back and turn them around 180 degrees, then slide the 7 of spades down as shown in these pictures. • After a few seconds, tell your audience that you think they have had suficient time to patch things up now. • Let the audience see the cards again and point out the jack and queen have made up and are now facing each other. Trick 31 – Find he zombie Trick – you will always be able to get your audience member to pick the zombie card. Secret – the trick is knowing were the zombie card is before starting. You will need: • 3 of Spades • 7 of Hearts • 2 of Diamonds • Walking zombie playing card Seting up: • Place the 4 cards in a pile with the zombie card on the bottom, so that it will be the last card you deal. The trick: • Explain that any audience member you select will be able to identify the zombie card without even seeing them. • Deal out the four cards left to right, face down (the zombie card will be the last card you deal and will be on the far right). • Ask your volunteer to select 2 cards by placing their index ingers on each. Here’s the secret: • If both the cards selected are not the zombie card (far right), then say. “OK, take those cards away.” • If one of the cards they select is the zombie card, say, “OK, those are the cards you want to keep, take the other two cards away.” • Now you will be left with 2 cards. Now ask your volunteer to select one card. • If they select the non-zombie card say, “OK, take that card away.” • If they select the zombie card say, “OK, so that is the card you want to keep, take the other card away.” • Get them to turn over the remaining card to reveal the zombie. • For added effect you can they turn over the other three cards to show they were normal cards.

Trick 32 – Thumb Stretch Trick – your audience will think you are stretching your thumb. Secret – the thumb tip is used to look like your thumb is stretched to twice its normal length. You will need: • Thumb tip Seting up: • Place the thumb tip in the closed ist of your right hand The trick: • With both ists closed, explain that your thumbs feel really rubbery today. • Keeping your ists closed, wiggle your thumbs and make silly noises to make your audience laugh. • Place the thumb of your left hand into the ist of your right hand, making sure it goes inside the thumb tip and pushes it out the end of your hand. • Grab the thumb tip between the ingers and thumb of your right hand and slowly pull it off your left thumb. Go slowly, making sounds like you are really working hard, making it look like your thumb is stretching. Make sure you don’t move too far and expose too much of your real left thumb. • Now slowly push the thumb tip back onto your left thumb, blow on your hand and inish by placing your open hand in the position described in trick on page 8, so that the thumb tip is not noticeable.

Trick 33 – Zombie Ball Trick – the blood-stained handkerchief magically loats in the air Secret – this is a version of a trick called the Zombie Ball by magicians. Normally it is performed with a large silver ball secretly attached to a rod. You will need: • Silk handkerchief • Cocktail stick (not supplied) • Blue Tac (not supplied) Seting up: • Attatch the cocktail stick to the edge of a table using a small amount of Blue Tac. The trick: • Place the silk on the table in front of where the cocktail stick is attached. • Pick the silk up between your index ingers and thumbs and show your audience both sides so they see it has no hidden elements. • Replace it on the table and place your ingers on top with your thumbs under the table. • Use your ingers to slide the silk off the table, and as you do so, use your thumb to roll the cocktail stick from underneath the table and conceal it under the top edge of the silk as you move the silk away from the table. • To make your audience think the silk is loating, angle your wrists inwards which makes the cocktail stick’s tip move towards the middle of the silk. • Now use your thumb to push the cocktail stick upwards as at the same time you move the silk forwards. • As you release the cocktail stick, move the silk back towards you. • Repeat a few times and it will look like the silk is loating. Trick 34 – The Brain French Drop Trick – the brain mysteriously disappears from your ingertips. Secret – the technique described below takes a lot of practice, but once mastered, it is really effective. It is called the French Drop and is a classic magician’s illusion. You will need: • Full brain The trick: • Hold the brain between the irst two ingers and thumb of your left hand. • With your right hand, reach as if you are going to take the brain. Your right thumb must go under the brain as your ingers start to curl around the top of it. • As soon as the brain is covered from your audience’s view, you secretly drop it into the palm of your left hand whilst continuing to close your right hand ingers around where the audience thinks the brain is. • Close your left hand around the brain, keeping your index inger extended. • It is very important to focus all your attention on your right hand just as if the brain was there. Point at it with the index inger of your left hand. • You can now slowly open your right hand to show that the brain has vanished. You can sneak the brain that is in your left hand into your pocket. Trick 35 – Where did hat maggot go? Trick – a maggot will magically disappear from one hand and appear in your other. Secret – this is a sleight of hand technique which will take a bit of practice to perfect. You will need: • Maggots x2 The trick: • Place a maggot on the upturned palm of each hand. NOTE for best effect place the maggot on the soft part of your palm at the base of your thumb. Your palms should be about one hand’s distance apart.

• Turning your hands over quickly, turn the right one over fractionally before the left and also with a little force so that you ling the maggot off your right hand into your left.

• Turning your hands over quickly will mask the maggot transferring into your other hand. • Now you can lift your right hand to show the maggot has disappeared and then reveal under your right hand to show the two maggots. © 2016 John Adams Leisure Ltd. Made in China. John Adams Leisure Ltd. is constantly endeavouring to improve quality standards and therefore colours, sizes and contents may sometimes vary from those shown. Packaging and lealets printed on recycled paper wherever possible.Please retain this information for reference. John Adams Leisure Ltd, Marketing House, Blackstone Road, Huntingdon, Cambs, PE29 6EF. For customer services call 01480 414361 or email [email protected]

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