INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on discovering the world of magic! The tricks you’ll learn with this set are a great introduction to this fun and exciting art form. Magic is a great hobby and an excellent way to develop new skills, become more creative, and have fun with friends and family.

When I was a kid I started learning magic with a magic set much like the one you have in front of you now…only yours is better! Ideal® Magic sets are made with quality props, specially designed for children. The magic is easy to do and so much fun to perform for your friends and family. Just don’t forget to practice each trick before you perform it!

The instructions in this booklet will help you become familiar with the props and basic routines, but feel free to get creative with your own original presentations! Many of the props in this set can be utilized in a number of unique ways, so there’s always new magic to be discovered!

Now get ready to learn some great magic… and have fun with it!

Ryan Oakes Ideal® Magic Consultant

UNLOCK YOUR "HOW-TO" ONLINE VIDEOS

Sometimes it's easiest to learn how to perform a trick by watching an expert and following along. In these secret online videos, Magician Ryan Oakes will teach you how to use each prop in this set. Just follow these easy steps:

1. Go to www.idealmagicshow.com 2. Find the picture of this magic set and click on it.

3. Type in your password to unlock videos. Your password is: magicwand 4. Select any of the videos by clicking on the images. Enjoy!

1 WHAT’S IN THIS SET?

MAGIC RABBIT RING FALSE BOTTOM DRAWER BOX RINGS & MAT RING PAGE 5 PAGE 11 MAT

COLOR COLOR CUBE & CUBE LID BOX RABBIT TOKEN BOX PAGE 11 PAGES 5-6

CLEAR QUARTER DOUBLE-SIDED BOX & LID LOLLIPOP PAGE 6 PAGE 11

6 NUMBER 3 PLASTIC CUPS PAGES 6-8 CARDS PAGE 12

4 FUZZY BALLS CRAZY COIN CAP PAGES 6-8 PAGE 12

DICE ESCAPE COIN CONTAINER SET & LID PAGE 9 FULL DIE JAIL PAGE 13 DIE SHELL BOX

DOUBLE-SIDED 3 RED PLASTIC TAPE BALLS PAGES 5,12,13,16,20 PAGE 14

6 MULTIPLYING RED HALF BALL RABBITS PAGE 14 PAGE 10

2 RABBIT PADDLE 2 JUICE CANS PAGES 14-15 PAGES 20-21

SPOT CARD THUMB TIP PAGE 15 PAGES 18-20

FLIP BOX MAGIC WAND PAGE 16 PAGES 21-22

2 CLEAR CUPS MAGIC HAT PAGES 16, 20-21, PAGES 23-25 24-25

HANDKERCHIEF MYSTERY CARD VANISHER DECK PAGES 17-18 PAGES 26-35

2 BLUE TUBES PAGES 20-21

Tricks you can perform with a regular deck of cards PAGES 36-42

Tricks you can perform with everyday items PAGES 43-46

3 USING YOUR TRANSFORMING SUITCASE

Your magic suitcase is no ordinary box – it transforms into a table to use in your magic show! Transform it before starting your performance. Once assembled, the table should hide your props from the audience while providing easy access for you as you perform. Then when the show is over, transform it back into a box for storage or travel.

SUITCASE TO PERFORMANCE TABLE

SUITCASE TABLE

1. Lift and push 2. Tuck tab on side flap into 3. Tuck flap up into top of box. 4. Lower top of back top. Pull out side of box. box. It should be flaps. REPEAT STEPS 3 & 4 supported by edge ON OTHER SIDE of box bottom and the flaps.

PERFORMANCE TABLE TO SUITCASE TABLE SUITCASE

1. Open box and 2. Fold flaps inward. 3. Start closing the 4. Close top. If it Now you're ready pull flaps out. Pull Make sure they box, making sure won’t close easily, to go! out flap tabs from lay flat against the that the flap tabs reopen and make sides. inner panel. fold along with the sure the flaps are inner panel. laying flat.

4 TRICKS

1. CANDY FROM MAGIC DRAWER BOX Make candy magically appear! PROPS USED: Magic Drawer Box SUPPLIES NEEDED: Candy THE SECRET: Your audience doesn’t know there are really two drawers. That's your magical secret. SECRET SET-UP: Before you begin performing, practice using the magic drawer box with its two drawers. When you insert your finger into the secret hole on the bottom, you show drawer #1. Remove your finger and open drawer #2. Remember to hide candy in drawer #2.The handy pull tab helps open and close the boxes. SHOW: 1. Using the secret finger hole, open drawer #1 to show it’s EMPTY! 2. Close the box. 3. Open the box (without the finger hole) to show drawer #2... CANDY has magically appeared!

2. VANISHING TISSUE IN DRAWER BOX PROPS USED: Magic Drawer Box SUPPLIES NEEDED: Tissues SECRET SET-UP: Start with an empty magic drawer box. Just like in Candy From Magic Drawer Box, we are going to use the secret drawer #2 to hide the tissue. SHOW: 1. Open the box (without using the tab). Place some tissue inside then close the drawer box. 2. Say “Presto!” then open the drawer box (using the secret finger hole). It will look like the tissue has vanished. TIP: You can use a figurine, doll, scarves or whatever you think would be fun to make appear or disappear!

3. X-RAY COLOR VISION Use your x-ray vision to see which color spot is facing up inside a closed box. PROPS USED: Color Cube, Color Cube Box & Lid THE SECRET: You secretly move the lid to another side of the box to peek at the cube inside. Since the box is square, the audience can't see the lid has been moved. 1 2 SHOW: 1. Say, "I'm going to use my x-ray vision for this trick, but I need someone's help." Hand the color cube and the box and lid to someone in the audience. Turn your back to the audience. Ask the person to put the color cube in the box with the color of their choice facing up. Have the person show the audience the color that's facing up and then put the lid on.

5 2. While your back is turned, ask the person to place the closed box into your hands. Keep the box behind your back and turn to face the audience. While holding the box behind your back, remove the lid and place it on the side of the color cube (see FIGURES 1 & 2). 3. Now bring the box in front of you, keeping the open side facing you. Tell the person who is helping with the trick that you need help again. Say, "Think very hard of the color that's facing up." While saying this quickly glance at the open side to see the color facing you. 4. Put the box against your forehead with the open side facing you. Pretend to think hard for a moment. Then say the color. Your audience will be amazed! With your free hand, remove the lid and turn the open end of the box toward the audience so that they can see the color.

4. COIN THROUGH THE LID See a quarter slide through the lid of a box and land inside! PROPS USED: Clear Quarter Box & Lid, Double-Sided Tape, Playing Card (you can use one from the Mystery Deck) SUPPLIES NEEDED: 2 quarters THE SECRET: A second quarter is hidden on the underside of the lid. SECRET SETUP: Push a quarter up into the underside of the lid. It will stick there, hidden from view. See FIGURE 1. Close the box and have it ready on the table. Take the playing card and put a small piece of double-sided 1 tape in the center of one side of the card. The double-sided tape should be cut first, then peeled from its backing. Place the card on the table tape side down. Put a quarter on the table, too. SHOW: 1. Lift the lid of the box, holding it so the audience cannot see the hidden quarter inside. Show the audience that the plastic box is empty. 2. Put the lid back on the box. Pick up the quarter and show it to the audience. Put the quarter on top of the closed box. 2 3. Pick up the card, keeping the side with the tape facing you. Place it on top of the quarter on the lid. See FIGURE 2. 4. Say, “Watch the quarter go through the lid of the box!” Hold the box between your thumb and fingers with your pointer finger holding the card down against the lid. 5. Lift the card and box together a few inches. Then bring them down hard against the top of the table. At the same time, press down hard on the card in the center or tap it with your pointer finger. SeeFIGURE 3. The quarter hidden on the underside of the lid will drop into the box and the quarter on the lid will stick to the tape. 6. Remove the card keeping the side with the quarter hidden on it away from the audience. Lay it down on the table. Show the audience that there is nothing on top of the lid. Take the lid off and show the audience the quarter in the box. They’ll be amazed at your magical abilities!

5. CUPS & BALLS One by one, three balls magically pass through solid cups. PROPS USED: 3 Cups and 4 Fuzzy Balls. THE SECRET: A secret fourth ball is used to make it seem like the balls are traveling through the cups. SECRET SETUP: See FIGURE 1: Before your trick, stack the 3 cups and place 1 ball into the middle cup. SHOW: See the following pages for step-by-step instructions. 1

6 Start by making the first ball pass through the cups.

FIGURE 2: Show the audience the 3 balls while holding the stacked cups in your hand.

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FIGURE 3.1, 3.2, 3.3: One by one, place each cup on the table. When placing the middle cup on the table, make sure that the ball doesn’t fall out. As you turn the cup over, perform the move swiftly and the ball will remain under the cup.

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FIGURE 4: Place the 1st ball on top of FIGURE 5: Take the outer FIGURE 6: Lift all 3 cups together and the middle cup (the cup that has the 2 cups and stack them show that the 1st ball has traveled secret ball under it.) on top of the middle cup. through the cups.

Now make the second ball pass through the cups.

FIGURE 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3: Now you will repeat the trick with the 2nd ball. Keep the 1st ball where it is and begin to repeat the trick by placing the cups on the table again. This time, place the middle cup over the 7 1st ball.

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FIGURE 8: Just like before, place the FIGURE 9: Stack the FIGURE 10: Lift all 3 cups and show 2nd ball on top of the middle cup. other 2 cups on top of that another ball has traveled through the middle cup. the cup.

Now it’s time for ball number 3, the finale!:

FIGURE 11, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3: Keep the 2 balls together on the table. Again place all 3 cups on to the table. This time, place the middle cup over the 1st and 2nd ball.

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FIGURE 12: Place the last ball, (the 3rd FIGURE 13: Stack the FIGURE 14: Lift all 3 cups together ball) on top of the middle cup. other 2 cups on top of the and voila, there are now 3 balls under middle cup. the cups!

TIP: If you get really good, practice dropping the secret 4th ball into your lap and then handing the cups to the audience to examine.

8 6. DICE ESCAPE A die is placed inside the jail box, then instantly vanishes. It then reappears somewhere else. PROPS USED: Dice Escape Jail Box, Full Die and Die Shell, Magic Hat THE SECRET: The secret die shell (with missing sides) fits over the full die, making it look like one solid die. The shell also fits into the jail box in a way that makes it appear empty. You use the shell create the illusion that you are moving the full die. SECRET SETUP: Before your trick, place the die shell over the full die, as in FIGURE 1. It will now look like only 1 die, as shown in FIGURE 2. 1 2 SHOW:

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FIGURE 3: Show the audience the FIGURE 4: Place the die (with FIGURE 5: Open the jail box die (with secret shell over it) and secret shell) into a hat. and show the audience that it the jail box. is empty. TIP: Make sure the audience cannot see down into the hat! You can even have a spectator hold the hat up.

AUDIENCE YOUR AUDIENCE VIEW YOUR VIEW VIEW VIEW

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FIGURE 6 & 6.1: Reach into the hat and remove the FIGURE 7 & 7.1: Insert the die shell into the jail box die shell only. Make sure that the missing sides of and close the door. Make sure the sides with the the shell are NOT facing the audience. bars are facing you.

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FIGURE 8: Toss the jail box in FIGURE 8.1: Open the jail door FIGURE 9: Now remove the the air. Catch it and show the and place your fingers inside to die from the hat. Say, “The die audience that the jail box is show it’s empty. disappeared from the jail and now empty. jumped back into the hat!” 9 7. MULTIPLYING RABBITS Watch two rabbits multiply into six! PROPS USED: All 6 Multiplying Rabbits THE SECRET: You put more rabbits in a person’s hand than he or she thinks. SECRET SETUP: Push out the rabbits from the foam piece. Put 1 2 the four baby rabbits into your pocket. Place the two large rabbits (mama and papa) on the table. SHOW: 1. Ask for a volunteer to help you do this trick. Point to the mama and the papa rabbit on the table. 2. With your right hand, pick up one of the rabbits. Say “I’ll keep 3 papa rabbit.” As you say this, open your left hand and PRETEND to place the rabbit inside. This takes practice! 2A. With your right hand, place the rabbit onto your left palm and begin to close your left hand over the fingers of your right hand. 2B. As your left hand closes over the fingers of your right hand, remove your right hand and the rabbit. Continue closing your left 4 hand and pretend that the rabbit is still inside. 3. Immediately pick up the rabbit on the table with your right hand. You now have two rabbits in your right hand. Squeeze both rabbits between your fingers and thumb. It will look like you are holding only one rabbit. 4. Say to the volunteer, “You hold mama rabbit.” Place the rabbits in your right hand into the volunteer’s hand. Before letting go of the rabbits tell the volunteer to squeeze the rabbit tightly, so it doesn’t jump out. As the volunteer closes his or her fingers, remove your hand. 4A. The volunteer now thinks that you are holding one rabbit and they are holding the other. But you know better! Your hand is FIGURE 1 and the volunteer’s hand is FIGURE 2. 5. Next say, “Would you like papa to go to mama?” When the volunteer says “yes,” open your fist slowly while asking the volunteer to open his or her hand to reveal two rabbits. See FIGURE 3. It will look like your rabbit jumped into the volunteer’s hand. 6. While the audience is amazed by this magic, put your hand in your pocket and scrunch up the baby rabbits in your hand. Then take your hand out of your pocket. 7. Say, “Do you know what rabbits are famous for?” Take the mama and papa rabbit and put them in the hand holding the baby rabbits. Scrunch them together. 8. Reveal all 6 rabbits in your hand!

8. HANDY RABBITS The rabbits keep jumping out of your pocket and into your hand! MATERIALS: 3 Baby Multiplying Rabbits SECRET SETUP: Hide one of the rabbits secretly in your right hand, and put the other two on the table in front of you. SHOW: 1. Pick up one of the rabbits with your right hand and put that rabbit and the secret rabbit into your left hand. Count "One rabbit in the hand!” as you do this. 2. With your right hand, pick up the remaining rabbit from the table and pretend to leave it in your pocket, but secretly hide it in your hand again. Say “One rabbit in the pocket!” as you do that. 3. Now open your left hand and show that there are still 2 rabbits. Tell the audience that you will try again. 4. Put the two rabbits from your left hand back on the table, and repeat the trick again!

10 9. RABBIT RINGS The rabbit token disappears, then reappears on the mat. PROPS USED: Rabbit Ring, False-Bottom Ring, Ring Mat, Rabbit Token, any Playing Card THE SECRET: One of the rings has a false bottom that exactly matches the mat. This false bottom hides the rabbit token, but cannot be seen by the audience. SECRET SETUP: Place both rings on the ring mat in front of you. Keep the false-bottom ring on the right side of the mat. See FIGURE 1. THE SHOW: 1. Take the rabbit token and place it in the middle of the normal ring on the left side of the mat. 2. Take the playing card and place it over the false-bottom ring on the right. See FIGURE 2. 3. Now take the normal ring on the left and place it on top of the playing card. See FIGURE 3. 4. Lift the entire stack (both rings and playing card) and place it over the rabbit token. See FIGURE 4. 5. Remove the top ring and the playing card to reveal the missing rabbit token. See FIGURE 5. TIP: If you want to make the rabbit token reappear, simply reverse the steps.

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10. LOLLIPOP HAT MYSTERY Show the audience four lollipops. Keep one for yourself and the rest disappear! PROPS USED: Double-Sided Lollipop, Magic Hat THE SECRET: Each time you remove a lollipop from the magic hat you are showing a new color, but they’re all really the same lollipop! See FIGURE 1. SECRET SETUP: To begin, place the double-sided lollipop inside the magic hat. See FIGURE 1. SHOW: 1. Start by saying, “I always carry lollipops in my magic hat, but I only have one favorite.” Reach into the magic hat and grab the lollipop. Hold the lollipop so that 1 your fist is hiding the red and green end. 2. Remove the lollipop and show the audience ONLY the yellow side. Say, “Here’s the lemon lollipop.” Place the lollipop back into the hat. 3. Reach into the hat again and pretend to search through all the lollipops. Now remove the lollipop, again hiding the red and green side with your fist. This time show the purple side ONLY. “Here’s the grape lollipop, mmm…yummy.” Place the lollipop back into the hat. 4. Again, reach into the hat and pretend to search for a new lollipop. This time hide the yellow and purple side in your fist. Remove the lollipop and show ONLY the green side to the audience. Say, “There’s the lime lollipop.” Place the lollipop back into the hat. 5. Finally, reach back into the hat and pretend to search. Again, hide the yellow and purple end behind your fist. Remove the lollipop and show only the red side. “Here’s my favorite, cherry red!” 6. Place the lollipop into your pocket out of the audience’s view. TIP: Be sure not to show any of the other sides when putting the lollipop away. 7. Now say to the audience, “You can have the rest of the lollipops.” At that point, turn the hat upside down, then show the inside of the empty hat to the audience. They will wonder what happened to the other lollipops. Only you know the secret!

11 11. NUMBER MYSTERY Read someone’s mind by guessing the number they are thinking of! PROPS USED: 6 Number Cards SUPPLIES NEEDED: Paper and pencil THE SECRET: Adding the numbers in the top left-hand corner box on selected cards will give you the number the person is thinking of. SHOW: 1. Now you get to show your math wizardry! Ask a volunteer from the audience to think of a number from 1 to 63 and write it on a piece of paper. Tell the volunteer to show the number to the audience but not to you. 2. Hand the volunteer the six cards. Ask him to give back any card on which the number appears. 3. Look at the numbers in the top left-hand corner box on each of these cards. Add these numbers quickly in your head. This will be the most difficult part of the trick, but you can do it. The sum of these numbers will be the number the volunteer chose. 4. For variety, you can ask a volunteer to think of a number that is the date of their birthday, the age of a parent or brother or sister, etc.

12. CRAZY COINS Four quarters disappear from a cap held in one hand and magically reappear in the other hand! PROPS USED: Crazy Coin Cap, Double-Sided Tape SUPPLIES NEEDED: 5 quarters SECRET: An extra quarter is taped to the bottom of the cap. You turn the cap over and secretly slip out the four quarters, but it still looks like the quarters are in the cap. SECRET SETUP: Stick a quarter in the space on the bottom of round cap using a piece of double-sided tape. SHOW: 1. Say, “Keep your eyes on my hands, because the hand can be quicker than the eye!” Place the cap in the palm of your hand with the secret quarter hidden on the bottom of the cap. Show the audience that your other hand is empty. 2. Have a volunteer place four quarters in the cap. When they are finished, close your hand – and as you close your hand, secretly turn the cap over. See FIGURE 1. 3. With the cap in your fist, shake the cap near someone’s ear to show that the quarters are inside. Bring your hand back and open it. The side with the single quarter will be up, but the audience will think they are seeing the top of a stack of four quarters. 4. Lift up the cap with your other hand. As you do so, curve your hand around the four quarters that will be left in it and make a fist. SeeFIGURE 2. 5. Make a fist with your other hand turning the cap over again as in FIGURE 1, but this time the empty side of the cap will be up. 6. Open your hands and show the empty side of the cap up in one hand and the quarters in the other. The quarters will seem to have jumped from the cap to your other hand! See FIGURE 3. Your audience will be very impressed.

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12 13. SUPER QUARTER TRICK Put quarters in a closed box and they mysteriously end up in your hand! PROPS USED: Coin Container & Lid SUPPLIES NEEDED: 2 to 4 quarters THE SECRET: You magically put the lid on the bottom of the box allowing the quarters to fall into your hand when you turn the box over. SHOW: 1. Place the open box on the table. Put the quarters in it. Lay the lid against the box as shown in FIGURE 1. Say, “ Watch what happens to these quarters!” 2. Pick up the box and lid in a special way. See FIGURE 2. Push down and forward with your fingers on the top edge of the box. At the same time, push forward on the lid with your thumb. 3. The box will roll over forward. The lid will end up on the closed bottom of the box. Your thumb should be up on lid. The quarters in the open part of the box are held in by your fingers. Quickly, but smoothly, turn your hand and box over. See FIGURE 3. 4. Shake the box for the audience to prove the quarters are inside. Cup your hand to hide the quarters in the open part of the box as you lift the box off with your other hand. Make a fist so that the quarters remain hidden in your hand. Hold the box with the open part facing toward you. 5. Place the box,still open at the bottom, on top of your fist. Say, “Now, I’ll make the quarters go through the box into my hand.” See FIGURE 4. 6. Tap the box and say some magic words. Open your fist and let the quarters fall to the table. Quickly pick up the box taking the lid off and dropping the box into you hand. They’ll be truly amazed!

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14. COIN IN THE AIR Throw a coin into the air and it disappears! PROPS USED: Double-Sided Tape SUPPLIES NEEDED: 1 coin THE SECRET: The coin sticks to the double-sided tape on your pants or jacket so the coin is no longer there when you pretend to throw it. SECRET SETUP: Take any small coin and place a piece of double-sided tape on one side. Keep the coin ready in your pocket. 1 SHOW: 1. Take out the coin and hold it up for the audience to see. Keep the tape on the back hidden. 2. Say, “Watch this!” as you hold the coin way out to one side. Move your hand down to your side and slightly behind you and back up again. As your hand passes behind you, secretly and quickly press the double-sided tape side of the coin against the back of your jacket or pants, where it will stick. 3. As you move your hand back up again, open your fingers as though you were throwing the coin away. The audience will wonder why they do not see the coin fly through the air or hear it drop on the floor! With practice you will be able to do this trick so that your arm goes up and down in one smooth movement. Try it in front of a mirror.

13 15. MULTIPLYING BALLS Two, three, and then four red balls magically appear between your fingertips in a mysterious way! PROPS USED: 3 Plastic Balls, Plastic Half-Ball THE SECRET: A half-ball shell is used, which looks like a whole ball when seen from one side. It hides another ball inside. SECRET SETUP: This trick takes a lot of practice! You need to learn the "basic move" before attempting the whole trick. Take one of the balls from your set and put it into the half shell. Turn the shell slightly to the right and hold the ball and shell off to the side with the shell facing the audience. See FIGURE 1. It will look like you are holding a single ball. Now bring your second finger down behind the ball, pressing firmly on it. Raise your second finger. The ball will roll out of the shell and up between the index and second finger so that it looks like there are two balls. See FIGURE 2 & 3. This is the basic move. It may seem hard at first, but with practice you will be able to do it easily. Now move the second finger down and do the basic move the other way, rolling the ball back into the shell in the direction shown in FIGURE 4. After you have practiced, secretly put one ball and the shell in your right pocket, and another ball in your left pocket. SHOW: 1. Take the ball and shell out of your right pocket together so they look like one ball as in FIGURE 1. 2. Execute the basic move, and it will seem that a second ball has appeared from the air. Reverse the basic move and the ball will disappear again. 3. Reach into your left pocket and take out a ball. The audience will think it’s the one that just disappeared. Put it between your second and third fingers. SeeFIGURE 5. 4. Now do the basic move again and another ball will seem to appear from the air. See FIGURE 6. 5. When you get to FIGURE 6 in the trick, execute the basic move in reverse once more, so that ball between your index finger and second finger vanishes as inFIGURE 5. Now take out the extra ball and place it between your third and little finger. SeeFIGURE 7. 6. Then execute your basic move again, showing four balls for a finish! (Really, of course, it is three balls and a shell.) See FIGURE 8. 7. Let the audience see the four balls in your hand for a moment. Then take them with your other hand, and put them into your pocket.

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16. PADDLE TRICK A small rabbit seems to be on both sides of a paddle. Wave your hand over it and the rabbit disappears. PROPS USED: Rabbit Paddle THE SECRET: The rabbit is really only one side of the paddle. By flipping the paddle in a special way, you make it seem that you are showing both sides when you are really showing just one at a time. 14 SECRET SETUP: This trick takes practice. Practice holding the paddle by the stem, between your thumb and fingers. Your hand should be palm-side up. Practice flipping the paddle with your thumb and fingers from the rabbit side to the blank side and back again. See FIGURES 1 & 2. This is a classic magic technique called the “Paddle Move.” SHOW: 1. Show the rabbit side of the paddle to your audience. 2. Hold the paddle by the stem, between you thumb and fingers. Your hand should be palm-side up, held at waist level. 3. Swing your arm upward. As you do this turn your wrist over so you are looking at the back of your hand. Halfway through this move, flip the paddle between you fingers and thumb. SeeFIGURE 3. 4. Swing your arm back down, repeating this move. When done quickly, it will look like there is a rabbit on both sides of the paddle. 5. After you swing your arm down again, wave your hand over the paddle. As you do this, flip the paddle to the blank side. 6. When you remove your hand, it will look like the rabbit vanished! TIP: Practice in front of a mirror until you can fool yourself!

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17. SPOT CARD Watch the number of spots on the cards magically change before your eyes! PROPS USED: Spot Card THE SECRET: You hide spots with your fingers as you flip and turn the card. SECRET SETUP: Practice the position of your hands and the movement of the card until you feel comfortable performing the trick. SHOW: 1. Hold the card with two fingers at the bottom. The two spots should be facing the audience. See FIGURE 1. Say, “See the three spots on this side.” 2. With you left hand, flip the card up and over. Make sure your fingers are covering the middle spot to that only four spots are showing. Say, “And the four on this side.” See FIGURE 2. 3. Take the card in your right hand again so that your fingers are covering the bottom spot on the two-spot side. Turn the card around to face the audience. Say, “Now, there’s only one on this side.” See FIGURE 3. 4. Flip the card up and over with your left hand, holding it with your fingers in the empty space. Say, “ And now this side has six.” See FIGURE 4. 5. Say, “It’s easy to do! Let me show you again!” Repeat Steps 1-4 again more quickly for your audience.

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15 18. QUARTER TO DIME Place a playing card over a quarter, and it magically changes into a dime! PROPS USED: Double-Sided Tape, Playing Card (such as from Mystery Deck) SUPPLIES NEEDED: 1 quarter and 1 dime SECRET SETUP: In secret, cut a small piece of double-sided tape, and fasten it to the center of the face of a playing card. Keep the card on the table face down. Also secretly place a dime on the table, and cover it with a quarter. This trick works best when performed on a surface with some texture (such as a wrinkled, colored handkerchief) to help hide the shadows under the coins. SHOW: 1. Hold up the card, keeping the tape side hidden. Point to the quarter and say, “See this quarter? Watch what will happen.” 2. Place the card on top of the quarter, and then press down on the center of the card. The quarter will stick to the double-sided tape. Say some magic words, like, “Presto!” or “Violà!” 3. Lift the card (with the quarter stuck to the bottom) and say, “Now we have a dime!” Put the card aside, keeping the quarter hidden, and go on to another trick.

19. DISAPPEARING CUP OF WATER A cup of water is placed in the box and it disappears! PROPS USED: Flip Box, 1 Clear Cup THE SECRET: A clip inside the front door of the box hides the cup from the audience. SECRET SETUP: Fill the cup with water or juice before the start of the trick. SHOW: 1. Hold the closed flip box in front of the audience. Be sure the door with the clip is closest to the audience. 2. Pick up the cup of water for the audience to see, and tell them you are going to place it inside the box. When doing so, be sure to place the cup inside the secret clip. 3. Rotate the box towards you so that the bottom of the box is on top. The door with the cup should remain still while the box moves over it. See FIGURE 1. 4. While holding the box with one hand, take your other and and push through the box knocking the back door over and exposing the box as empty. See FIGURE 2. Remove your hand so the audience sees the box completely empty. 5. To end the trick, close the box by moving it towards your body. Be sure both doors are closed properly. Wave your hand over the top, say some magic words and then make the cup of water reappear by pulling it out of the box.

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16 20. HANDKERCHIEF VANISHER A handkerchief pushed into your fist disappears! PROPS USED: Handkerchief Vanisher SUPPLIES NEEDED: Jacket, safety pin, handkerchief THE SECRET: A hidden vanisher with the handkerchief inside it springs back to a hiding place under your jacket. SECRET SETUP: With adult supervision, tie a safety pin to the end of the elastic cord on the handkerchief vanisher. See FIGURE 1. Pin the safety pin to the inside of your jacket near the shoulder. Put on your jacket. Reach under your jacket for the vanisher and hide it in your fist. SeeFIGURES 2 & 2.1. Put a small handkerchief in your jacket pocket on the opposite side from the vanisher. SHOW: 1. Say, “Watch carefully to see what happens to my handkerchief!” Turn slightly to one side so that the hand holding the vanisher is away from the audience. 1 2. Take the handkerchief from your pocket. Toss the handkerchief over your fist. 3. Push the handkerchief into your fist. Secretly you pushed it into the vanisher. See FIGURE 3. 4. Keeping your hand in a fist, let go of the vanisher. The vanisher with the handkerchief will spring back inside your jacket. See FIGURE 4. As you let go, bring both closed hands forward as though you are still holding the handkerchief. Open your hand and show that the handkerchief has disappeared. Your audience will be astounded.

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21. COLOR CHANGING TISSUE A tissue changes colors inside your hand! PROPS USED: Handkerchief Vanisher SUPPLIES NEEDED: Jacket, safety pin, two different color tissues (such as blue and white) THE SECRET: You’ve already hidden a blue tissue inside your hand. The white one (the one the audience sees) goes into the secret vanisher. So when you open your hand, all that’s left is the blue tissue! SECRET SETUP: Assemble and attach the vanisher to your jacket as in the Secret Setup of the Handkerchief Vanisher trick. Hold the vanisher in your hand. Fold the blue tissue into a small square and hide it in your hand next to the vanisher. Make sure the audience can't see the vanisher or the blue tissue! SHOW: 1. Open by saying, “ Watch what happens to the white tissue!” Place the white tissue over your fist. 2. Push the tissue into your fist...but really push it inside the vanisher. 3. Keeping your hand in a fist, let go of the vanisher. The vanisher, with the white tissue inside, will spring back inside your jacket. As you let go, bring your closed hand forward. Open to reveal the blue tissue. Your audience will wonder how you did it!

22. DOLLAR VANISHER A dollar bill completely disappears into thin air! PROPS USED: Handkerchief Vanisher SUPPLIES NEEDED: Jacket, safety pin, dollar bill

17 SECRET SETUP: Assemble and attach the vanisher to your jacket as in the Secret Setup of the Handkerchief Vanisher trick. Start your performance with the Vanisher secretly held in your closed hand. SHOW: 1. Hold the Vanisher in your fist and turn slightly to one side so that the back of your fist is facing the audience. This will help hide the vanisher. Make sure the elastic should be hidden as well (extending down your wrist and into your jacket/shirt). 2. Use your other hand to remove the dollar bill from your pocket. 3. Push the dollar bill into your fist. Secretly, you’re pushing it into the vanisher. 4. Keeping your hand in a fist, let go of the vanisher. The vanisher (containing the dollar bill) will spring back inside your jacket. As you let go, bring both closed hands forward as though you are still holding the dollar bill. Open your hand and show that it has disappeared. Your audience will be astounded!

23. DISAPPEARING SALT Make salt placed into a handkerchief disappear! PROPS USED: Thumb Tip SUPPLIES NEEDED: Handkerchief, salt THE SECRET: You use your thumb tip to secretly remove the salt. SECRET SETUP: Have some salt and a handkerchief ready. Put the thumb tip in a pocket.

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SHOW: 1. Reach into your pocket and secretly slip the thumb tip onto your thumb. Place the handkerchief over the fist of your other hand. 2. Say, “I’ll make a little hole in the handkerchief with my thumb.” Push your thumb into the handkerchief, leaving the thumb tip in it. See FIGURE 1. You will be holding the thumb tip through the handkerchief. 3. Ask a volunteer to pour a little salt into the handkerchief. See FIGURE 2. Be careful not to let the volunteer see the thumb tip! 4. Say, “I’ll pack the salt down well.” Push your thumb into the handkerchief, inserting your thumb into the thumb tip. As you push your thumb into the handkerchief, insert it firmly into the thumb tip. 5. Ask a volunteer to hold out the palms of her hands “to catch the salt.” Take hold of the handkerchief with your thumb tip hidden behind it. See FIGURE 3. 6. Shake the empty handkerchief into the volunteer's hands. The salt has vanished!

24. SALT TO PEPPER Drop some salt into a handkerchief and it changes into pepper! PROPS USED: Thumb Tip SUPPLIES NEEDED: Salt, pepper (whole peppercorns) THE SECRET: You use your thumb tip to secretly remove the salt and replace it with pepper. SECRET SETUP: Prepare yourself as you did for the Disappearing Salt trick (page 18). In addition, secretly store some whole pepper corns in the same pocket as the thumb tip (but not IN the thumb tip). SHOW: Follow exactly instructions 1 – 4 for Disappearing Salt. Before proceeding to number 5, secretly take the pepper out of your pocket with the hand that will go into the handkerchief. Push your thumb down

18 into the handkerchief while holding the pepper in the rest of your hand. Then follow the directions for number 5. When you shake out your handkerchief, open your hand at the same time so the pepper will fall into the volunteer’s palms. It will seem that the salt has changed to pepper!

25. DIMES TO QUARTERS Five dimes change into two quarters! PROPS USED: Thumb Tip SUPPLIES NEEDED: 5 dimes, 2 quarters THE SECRET: The dimes are placed into the thumb tip palmed in your hand with the two quarters. SECRET SETUP: Place the thumb tip over your thumb. Palm the two quarters in the opposite hand. SHOW: 1. Tell your audience to watch closely as you transform five dimes into two quarters. 2. Bring your hands together, and secretly palm the thumb tip alongside the two quarters. 3. Count the five dimes aloud as you drop them into the thumb tip concealed in your fist. With the last count, push them down with your thumb, pushing the thumb tip over your thumb. 4. As you draw your top hand away from the closed fist, point to your hand. Open your other hand and present two quarters.

26. SUGAR TO CANDY Sugar poured into your hand magically turns into a piece of candy! PROPS USED: Thumb Tip SUPPLIES NEEDED: One small piece of wrapped hard candy, about a teaspoon of sugar / one sugar packet THE SECRET: The sugar is really poured into the thumb tip palmed in your hand with a piece of candy. SECRET SETUP: Place the thumb tip over your thumb and palm a piece of candy in the opposite hand before performing the trick. SHOW: 1. As you talk to your audience, slide your hands together and palm the thumb tip alongside the candy. 2. Ask a volunteer to open the sugar packet, or take the teaspoon of sugar and pour it into the thumb tip pretending to be pouring it into your fist. 3. Take the first finger of your opposite hand, push it into your thumb tip and tap the sugar down. Now tap with your thumb pressing into the thumb tip and removing it from your palm. Hide your thumb behind your other fingers. 4. Once again, push your first finger in your fist and say some magic words as you open your hand. Present the candy to your audience.

27. CUT & RESTORE STRING Small pieces of cut up string are magically restored into one piece! PROPS USED: Thumb Tip SUPPLIES NEEDED: Two pieces of string, each about 12” in length, scissors THE SECRET: The cut up pieces of string are dropped into the thumb tip palmed alongside the full length of string SECRET SETUP: Place the thumb tip over your thumb. Palm the full length of string in the opposite hand. SHOW: 1. Hand a volunteer a piece of string and scissors. Ask them to cut it up into as many pieces as they wish. 2. While they are cutting the string, secretly slide the thumb tip into the other hand over the full string. 3. Ask the volunteer for the cut up pieces and drop them into your fist (into the thumb tip). 4. Push your first finger into your fist tapping the string into the thumb tip. Now repeat with your thumb. Pull the thumb tip out with your thumb and slide it behind your fingers. 5. Wave your hand over your fist saying some magic words. Open your hand and show the full, uncut string to your audience.

19 28. BALANCING CARD A playing card standing up with its face to the audience is balanced on the back of your hand! PROPS USED: Thumb Tip, Double-Sided Tape, Playing Card THE SECRET: The back of the card is attached to the thumb tip. SECRET SETUP: Attach a piece of double-sided tape to the bottom of the fingerprint side of the thumb tip. SHOW: 1. Tell your audience you will magically balance a playing card on the back of your hand. 2. Show the face of the card with the hand without the thumb tip, grasp the card with both hands, then press the bottom back end of the card on the thumb tip. Be sure the bottom of the tip is even with the bottom of the card. 3. With the opposite hand, take the card and thumb tip and balance it on the back of the other hand. See FIGURE 1. 4. Remove the card and thumb tip by sliding your thumb into the thumb tip. Pull the card away. 1

29. CUT AND RESTORE TISSUE The center of a tissue is cut and then found restored PROPS USED: Thumb Tip SUPPLIES NEEDED: Two tissues, scissors THE SECRET: There are really two tissues – one is cut and then hidden in thumb tip. SECRET SETUP: Grasp the center of one tissue and cut about two inches down. Push the cut portion into the thumb tip leaving it slightly extended so it can be removed easily. Push the tip over your thumb. SHOW: 1. Show the full tissue to the audience. With your hand and the thumb tip, grasp it from the center keeping your thumb tip behind the tissue. 2. Wrap the opposite hand around the tissue and thumb tip. Remove your thumb, pulling some of the cut tissue from the tip. The cut tissue appears to be the center of the uncut one. 3. Ask a volunteer to cut the top of the already cut tissue extended from the thumb tip.

30. CHANGING PLACES Make the cup and juice can magically change places! PROPS USED: 2 Blue Tubes, 2 Juice Cans, 2 Clear Cups SUPPLIES NEEDED: Juice or any colored liquid THE SECRET: There are actually two bottomless juice cans. There's a cup inside each can. When the tubes are placed over each can, by applying or releasing pressure, you can show either the cup or the can so it looks like the two have changed places. SECRET SETUP: This trick takes practice, and can make a mess if done wrong. Practice these maneuvers before performing the trick: 1. Fill each cup half full of juice. 2. Put the cup on the table and cover it with one of the bottomless juice cans. Then place one of the blue tubes over the can. Apply gentle pressure and lift up the tube. The can will come up with the tube and the cup will be the only thing left on the table. See FIGURE 1. 2. Put the can and tube back over the cup. Lift the tube, but this time do not apply any pressure. Only the can will be visible. 3. Put the tube back over the can. Then apply enough pressure to lift up the can when the tube is removed. It will look like the can has disappeared. 4. Place one cup half full of liquid on the left side of the table. Put a can next to it. Cover the can with the blue tube. See FIGURE 2. Place the cup half full of liquid on the right side of the table. Cover the cup with the other can. Place the second tube next to the cup and can. See FIGURE 3.

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SHOW: 1. Show the audience that the tube on the right side of the table is empty by grasping it in your hand and tilting it toward the audience. 2. Next, lift the can to show the audience. Move your fingers under the can to hold the cup as you pick up the can. Tilt it toward the audience so that they don't see the missing bottom of the can or the cup. 3. Show the audience the cup half full of liquid on the left side of the table. Pick up the blue tube while gently applying pressure to hold the can against the inside of the tube. Place the tube and can over the cup. 4. Say, "Now I will make the cup vanish from here and appear where the can is now, and the can will appear where cup is. They'll change places. Watch carefully!" 5. Make some magical movements with your hands and lift up the blue tube on the right side of the table. Gently press against the tube so that you lift up the can only, and the cup remains on the table. 6. Then lift up the tube on the left side of the table without applying pressure to the tube. The can will appear from inside the tube. 7. Say, "Now watch the cup and can go back to their original positions." Put the blue tubes back over the can and cup. Lift up the tube on the right side of the table without applying any pressure to the tube. Only the can will be visible. 8. Then lift up the tube on the left side of the table by gently applying pressure. Only the cup will be visible under the tube. 9. Say, "Now I'll make the juice disappear." Drink the liquid in the cup on the left side of the table. Say, "That was easy! But what's under here?" Lift up the tube on the right side, gently applying pressure so that the can lifts off with the tube to reveal the cup half full of liquid. Your audience will be baffled.

31. MAGIC WAND Make your magic wand move without ever touching it! PROPS USED: Magic Wand THE SECRET: By blowing on the Wand you are able to make it move. It’s important to blow gently so you don’t give the secret away. SHOW: 1. Place your magic wand on the table. Bend down close to the wand pretending to concentrate on it — hold your hands above the wand as if you’re casting a spell on it. Ask your audience to focus on the wand. 1 Gently blow on the wand so it will roll. See FIGURE 1. Your audience will wonder how you made it move without even touching it!

32. RISING WAND FROM VASE A magic wand mysteriously rises out of a vase or bottle! PROPS USED: Magic Wand SUPPLIES NEEDED: Transparent nylon or black thread (about 18-20” long), a tall vase or soda bottle, safety pin, clear tape THE SECRET: The wand is pulled from the vase by a piece of thread. SECRET SETUP: With adult supervision, tape the thread to one end of the wand. Tie a safety pin to the 21 other end of the thread. Pin it to the inside of the waistband on your pants. Place the wand into one of your jacket or pants pockets. SHOW: 1. Put the wand in the vase (or bottle) with the thread end facing down. 2. Pick up the vase and slowly move it away from you. As you do, the wand appears to rise from the bottle!

33. MAGNETIZED WAND Your wand magically sticks to your hand! PROPS USED: Magic Wand THE SECRET: You secretly hold the wand with a hidden finger. SHOW: 1. Show the wand to the audience. Hold it in your left hand with your right hand holding the wrist. See FIGURE 1. 2. Secretly put up the pointer finger of your right hand to support the wand. Then open fingers of your left hand. See FIGURE 2. This is the view from your side. The audience won’t see you holding the wand with your pointer finger. 3. Hold hands this way for a few moments. The audience will see your hands as in FIGURE 3 and wonder what holds up the wand! 4. To end the trick, close your left fist on the wand again. Pull the wand out of your left hand with your right. Hold it up for the audience to see.

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34. RISING RING ON WAND A ring put on the magic wand mysteriously rises and falls! PROPS USED: Magic Wand SUPPLIES NEEDED: Dark-colored jacket, transparent nylon or black thread (about 18-20” long), safety pin, clear tape, a ring THE SECRET: The ring moves along a piece of black or dark Thread that the audience doesn’t see. SECRET SETUP: With adult supervision, tape the thread to one end of the wand. Tie a safety pin to the other end of the thread. Pin it to the right side of your pants at waist level. Place the wand into one of your jacket or pants pockets. 1 SHOW: 1. To do this trick properly, be sure to stand back a little from the audience so that they can’t see the thread. You should also wear a dark jacket or suit coat so that the thread will not be seen. 2. Borrow a ring from someone in the audience. Hold the ring in your left hand as your right unbuttons your jacket or suit coat and removes the wand. Drop the ring over the top of the wand and over the thread. See FIGURE 1. 3. Now hold your left hand in the air over the wand and make mysterious movements, as though drawing the ring up by magic. Move your right hand slightly away from you and the thread will make the ring rise on the wand. Then move the right hand closer to you and the ring will drop on the wand. 4. End the trick by returning the ring and putting the wand back into your inside pocket.

22 35. APPEARING MAGIC HAT Show there is nothing on either side of the handkerchief, but then the magic hat appears from nowhere! PROPS USED: Magic Hat SUPPLIES NEEDED: Jacket, large handkerchief or cloth THE SECRET: The magic hat is hidden in your jacket. When you show the back side of the handkerchief, your fingers reach into your jacket and pull out the magic hat. SECRET SETUP: 1. Wear a jacket. 2. Place the handkerchief into your pocket. 3. Flatten the magic hat and place inside your jacket. Keep your arm against your side to hold the hat in place. See FIGURE 1. TIP: This trick takes practice. Practice in front of a mirror for the best results. SHOW: 1. Remove the handkerchief from your pocket. Hold the handkerchief by the corners in front of you. See FIGURE 2. 2. Turn the handkerchief and show the back side by crossing your arms. The arm holding the hat will cross underneath the other arm. See FIGURE 3. 3. Bring the handkerchief back to the original position. See FIGURE 4. Show the back side again. This time the arm holding the hat will cross over the other arm. This will bring the hand on the other arm near the opening of the jacket. Using the handkerchief as a shield from the audience, grasp the magic hat with your fingers. SeeFIGURE 5. 4. As you bring the handkerchief back to the original position, remove the magic hat from your jacket, keeping it shielded with the handkerchief. Once removed and completely behind the handkerchief, take away the handkerchief to reveal the magic hat. See FIGURE 6.

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36. TRAVELING HANDKERCHIEF Make a handkerchief disappear from your hand, then pull it out from your empty magic hat! PROPS USED: Magic Hat, Handkerchief Vanisher SUPPLIES NEEDED: Jacket, safety pin, 2 identical handkerchiefs THE SECRET: You have two identical handkerchiefs. The second handkerchief is hidden in the secret compartment inside the magic hat. You make the first handkerchief disappear using the secret Handker- chief Vanisher, then you reach into the hat and pull out the second handkerchief. It looks like the same one! SECRET SETUP: 1. Assemble and attach the vanisher to your jacket as in the Handkerchief Vanisher trick (page 17). 2. Slide one of your handkerchiefs into the secret compartment in the magic hat. See FIGURE 2. 23 3. Place the other handkerchief in your pocket. 4. Take hold of the plastic handkerchief vanisher. Position your hand so that the audience cannot see the vanisher, keeping your fist loose. SHOW: 1. Hold the hand that is hiding the handkerchief vanisher in a natural bent position. See FIGURES 3 & 3.1. 2. With your other hand, show the inside of the magic hat to the audience. Place the hat onto the table. 3. With your free hand, remove the handkerchief from your pocket and place it over your fist. TIP: Remember to keep the back of your hand facing the audience to help hide the Vanisher. 4. Again with your free hand, use your fingers to stuff the handkerchief into the vanisher. The audience will think it is going into your fist. SeeFIGURE 4. 5. Once the handkerchief is completely out of sight, loosen your fist and let the vanisher spring back under your coat. At the same time, bring both hands forward, rubbing them together and then open your hands to show that the handkerchief is gone. See FIGURE 5. 6. Now reach into the hat. Remove the handkerchief from the secret compartment and pull it out of the hat to show the audience. The audience will think that it is the same handkerchief that you vanished. See FIGURE 6.

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37. QUARTER THROUGH HAT Balance the magic hat on a cup. Drop a quarter into the hat, and it passes right through into the cup! PROPS USED: Magic Hat, 1 Clear Cup SUPPULIES NEEDED: 2 quarters THE SECRET: There are really two quarters. When you balance the hat on the cup, you secretly place a quarter on the lip of the cup. The hat keeps the quarter balanced against the lip. When you drop the quarter from your pocket into the hat, you move the Hat with your other hand. This causes the secret quarter to drop into the cup. As you lift the hat off the cup, the quarter inside slides into the secret compartment so the hat looks empty. SECRET SETUP: Place one quarter into your pocket. Hide the other quarter in your hand. See FIGURE 1. SHOW: 1. Place the cup on the table. Now show the magic hat to the audience, inside and out. 2. Now rest the magic hat on the cup. Your hand with the secret quarter should be on the bottom of the magic hat to help position it over the cup. See FIGURE 2. 3. As you lower the hat onto the cup, rest the coin on the lip of the cup. See FIGURE 3. The weight of the magic hat will help keep the coin in place. To help the magic hat balance, make sure the cup is centered under the hat. 24 4. Once the magic hat is in place, remove the quarter from your pocket and show it to the audience. 5. Place one hand on the rim of the magic hat. With your other hand, hold the quarter above the opening of the hat. See FIGURE 4. 6. Drop the quarter into the magic hat. As the quarter passes into the hat, smoothly remove the hat with your other hand. This will cause the secret quarter to drop into the cup. If timed correctly, it will seem like the quarter traveled right through the hat without stopping. See FIGURE 5. 7. After you lift the magic hat from the cup, tilt the hat so that the quarter slides into the secret compart- ment. See FIGURE 6. 8. Turn the cup toward the audience so they can clearly see the quarter inside. Then show them the inside of the hat so they see it is empty. TIP: For added effect, push your hand inside the hat so the audience can see that there are no holes in the bottom of the hat.

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25 MYSTERY DECK CARD TRICKS

HOW THE MYSTERY DECK WORKS The secret is all in the setup of the deck. Read this carefully and make sure your cards are always in order. All of the cards are tapered at one end; that is, one end of the deck is slightly narrower than the other. See FIGURE 1. If any card is turned in the opposite direction, if can be found instantly because its wide end sticks out among the narrow ends. You can easily remove that card by running your thumb and pointer finger lightly over the sides and pulling the card free from the pack. This is called “stripping out the card.” All the Mystery Deck tricks depend on this movement.

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PRACTICE HANDLING THE DECK 1. Hold the deck in your left hand with the narrow ends furthest away. 2. Spread the cards between both hands and have a volunteer select a card. See FIGURE 2. 3. After a card has been removed, close up the spread and hold deck in your left hand. 4. Ask the volunteer to look at the card and remember it. Transfer the deck to your right hand in the following way: grasp the outer, or narrow, end of the deck, and turn it so that the narrow end is closest to you. See FIGURE 3. 5. Have volunteer put card back. Then overhand shuffle the deck. SeeFIGURE 4. This mixes but does not disturb the reversed position of the chosen card. 6. Bring the chosen card to the top of the deck by “stripping out” the card while pretending to cut the deck. A. Hold the deck face down in your left hand with your thumb and fingers around the sides. SeeFIGURE 5. B. Grasp the back end of the deck, or the part closest to your body, with your right hand. Pull out the lower half of the deck and place it on top, as though you were cutting the deck. See FIGURE 6. C. Repeat Step B two or three times. The last time, “strip” the chosen card and place it on top in the same manner as cutting. Use this method when you have two or three chosen cards that you wish to get on top of the deck. TIP: When referring to playing cards, a card's "face" denotes the number on the card – like Ace, 1, 2, 3...10, Jack, Queen, King. "Suit" refers to Hearts, Diamonds, Spades or Clubs.

26 IF YOUR CARDS GET MIXED UP In order to perform tricks with the Mystery Deck, all the cards should be kept aligned the same way – all narrow sides facing one way, and all wide sides facing the other. However sometimes they might get mixed up, such as if they get accidentally shuffled or fall on the floor. If this happens, don't worry!

TO REALIGN THE DECK, it's easiest to sort the cards by "stripping them out" just like in the tricks: 1. Hold the deck in one hand in front of you. Think of the cards with the narrow ends furthest from you as pointing "forwards." Think of the cards with the narrow ends closer to you as "backwards." Your goal is to get all the cards to point forwards. 2. With your other hand, run your thumb and pointer lightly over the sides of the cards, starting from the middle of the cards. 3. "Strip out" as many of the cards as you can, all at once. By doing so, you are separating the cards into two piles: those that are pointing forwards and those that are pointing backwards. 4. Take the pile of backwards cards. Rotate them so they're forwards, and add them back into the deck. 5. If there are still some cards facing backwards, simply repeat this process until they are all good.

38. CARD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Instantly find a chosen card placed back in the deck! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: Once the card is chosen, you turn the deck so that the narrow end is closest to you. When the card is put back in the deck, it sticks out from the other cards so it’s easy to find. SHOW: 1. Start with the narrow end of the deck furthest from you. Overhand shuffle the cards, which does not disturb their alignment. 2. Have a volunteer select a card. Turn the deck so the narrow end is close to you. See FIGURE 3. 3. Ask volunteer to put card back in the deck and overhand shuffle deck. 4. Take deck back and “strip out” the chosen card by running thumb and fingers of one hand lightly over the deck’s edges. Show it to the audience!

39. THE REVERSED CARD A chosen card placed back face down is found face up in the deck! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: When the deck is behind your back you “strip out” the chosen card and turn it over in the deck so that it’s face up. SHOW: 1. Start with the narrow ends of the deck furthest away from you. Have a volunteer select a card and show it to the audience but not to you. Turn the deck so that the narrow ends are now closest to you. Place the deck in your other hand. See FIGURE 3. 2. Ask volunteer to put the card back in the deck and overhand shuffle the deck. 3. Place the deck behind your back and “strip out” the chosen card. Turn it over and put it back somewhere in the center of the deck. 4. As you bring the deck in front of you, ask the volunteer to name the card. As he does, spread the cards out showing the chosen card face up!

40. THE FOUR ACES Make the four aces come to the top of the deck! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: The aces are placed in the opposite direction from the other cards so that they are easy to “strip out” and bring to the top of the deck. SHOW: 27 1. Start with the narrow ends of the deck furthest away from you. Remove the aces from the deck. Put them back again in the opposite direction from the other cards and in different places in the deck. Have someone overhand shuffle cards. 2. Take the deck and turn it so that the narrow ends are now closest to you. With the thumb and fingers of each hand, grasp the cards by the edges and “strip out” the aces. Bring them to the top of the deck as though you were cutting the cards. 3. If you don’t get all the aces on the first cut, run your fingers over them until you do. The audience will think that you are simply cutting the cards. 4. Say, “Watch me make the aces come to the top of the deck.” Tap the deck four times. Turn over top four cards and show the audience the aces!

41. CARD THROUGH A HANDKERCHIEF Make a card vanish from a deck and reappear under a hankerchief! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: While the deck is under the handkerchief, you “strip out” the chosen card. You bring out the deck from under the handkerchief but leave the chosen card under it. SHOW: 1. Start with the narrow ends of the deck furthest away from you. Have a volunteer select a card and show it to the audience but not to you. Turn the deck so that the narrow ends are now closest to you. Have the volunteer return the card to the deck. Overhand shuffle the deck. 2. Hold the deck face down. The fingers of both hands should be on one side of the deck and the thumbs on the other. Have a volunteer place the handkerchief over the deck and your hands. 3. “Strip out” the chosen card and drop it on the table under handkerchief. Say, “Maybe I should keep the deck in sight at all times.” Take the deck out from under the handkerchief and place it on top of the handkerchief over the chosen card. 4. Say, ‘’I’ll make the chosen card pass through the deck and handkerchief onto the table.” Remove the handkerchief and reveal the chosen card!

42. TRY YOUR LUCK A chosen card put back in the deck magically appears when you cut the deck! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: Because the chosen card sticks out, you hold onto it as you cut the deck at that point. SHOW: 1. Start with the narrow ends of the deck furthest from you. Have a volunteer select a card. Turn the deck so that the narrow ends are now closest to you. Have the volunteer return the card to the deck. Overhand shuffle the deck. 2. Cut the cards, “stripping out” the chosen card and bringing it to the top. Place the cards on the table and ask the volunteer to try cutting to his card. 3. After the attempt, pick up the cards and overhand shuffle them bringing the chosen card somewhere near the deck’s center. 4. Put the deck on the table. Run your thumb and fingers along the sides of the pack until you touch the projecting edges of the chosen card. Lift off this card and all the cards above it in a cutting motion. 5. Hold the cut-off portion face down. Ask the volunteer to name his card. Turn the cut-off portion face up to reveal the chosen card!

43. FACE UP/ FACE DOWN MAGIC A pile of face up cards are shuffled into a deck and magically returned to a separate pile again! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: The face up cards are placed in the opposite direction from the rest of the cards in the deck so that they are easy to “strip out” and bring to top.

28 SHOW: 1. Start the trick with the narrow end of the cards furthest from you. Cut the deck into two piles, as close to equal as possible. 2. Turn the pile on your right face up. When doing this, don’t just turn the cards over but turn them so that the narrow ends are now closest to you. That way the face up cards will have their wide ends among the narrow ends of the face down cards. 3. Take the face up pile and riffle shuffle it into the face down pile. (To riffle shuffle, you divide a pack into two piles, raise the corners of the cards slightly and allow them to fall alternately together.) 4. Holding the deck with the thumb and fingers of one hand, “strip out” the face up cards with the other hand as if you were cutting the deck. Continue to cut until you have all of the face up cards on top of the deck. 5. When you have completed the “strip out," cut the deck into two equal piles again. Place the top half (face up cards) to the right. 6. Snap your fingers and then spread out the piles showing that you have separated the face up and face down cards!

44. TWO TO SIX CORRECT Two to six chosen cards placed back in a deck magically reappear from under a handkerchief! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: While the deck is under the handkerchief, you “strip out” the chosen cards and bring them one by one out from under the handkerchief. SECRET SETUP: To start, make sure the deck is in proper order with all the narrow edges facing away from you. SHOW: 1. You will need between two-six volunteers each to select a card from the deck. Turn the deck so that the narrow ends are closest to you. Have the volunteers return the cards to the deck. Ask one of the volunteers to overhand shuffle the cards. 2. Hold the deck face down in one hand and cover it with a handkerchief. Reach under the handkerchief with your other hand and “strip out” one card. Bring it out from under the handkerchief and show it to the audience. Ask the volunteer who chose the card to take it. 3. Repeat Step 2 with each chosen card!

45. CALL NUMBER For any number called out, pull out that number of cards from the deck in your pocket and the last card will be the chosen card! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: By “stripping out” the chosen card and placing it on top of the deck, you can pull cards out of your pocket from the bottom of the deck. Then when you reach the number the volunteer called out, you can pull out the top card (or chosen card). SHOW: 1. Start with the narrow ends of the deck furthest from you. Have a volunteer select a card and tell the audience what it is. Turn the deck so that the narrow ends are now closest to you. Have the volunteer return the card to the deck. Overhand shuffle the deck. Cut the deck and “strip out” the chosen card, moving it to the top of the deck. 2. Put the deck in your pocket. Say, “I can find the card you chose by having you call out any number between 1 and 15.” Have the volunteer say a number. 3. Reach into your pocket, take out a card from the bottom of the deck, say “One.” 4. Repeat Step 3 with each number you say until you reach the number the volunteer selected. Then take the top card off the deck and remove it from your pocket. As you say the number the volunteer called out, show the chosen card to the audience!

29 46. ALL FACES With the deck behind your back, magically bring forth all the face cards in the deck! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: When the deck is behind your back, you “strip out” all the face cards and show them one by one to the audience. SECRET SETUP: Remove all the face cards from the deck and then place them on top of the deck in the opposite direction from the other cards in the deck. Overhand shuffle the deck to randomly distribute them throughout the deck. SHOW: 1. Fan out the deck to show that the cards are mixed. Place the deck behind your back and “strip out” the face cards one by one and show them to the audience. Continue until all twelve are revealed. 2. After the last picture card is produced, show the audience the deck by spreading it face up so that they can see that all the face cards are missing!

47. THE LONE STRANGER Magically separate the deck into two piles of all red cards and all black cards. A chosen card put back in the deck mysteriously ends up with the cards of the opposite color! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: The deck is separated into red and black cards by “stripping out” the reds. The chosen card is “stripped out” and placed with the cards of the opposite color. SECRET SETUP: Take out all the red cards and return them to the deck in the opposite direction from the other cards so that they will be easy to “strip out.” Mix them up in the deck. SHOW: 1. Fan out the deck to show that the cards are mixed. Have a volunteer select a card and show it to the audience but not you. Turn the deck so that the end of the deck that was furthest from you is now closest to you. Have the volunteer return the card to the deck. Overhand shuffle the deck. 2. Cut the deck as many times as you need to “strip out” the red cards so that they are separated from the black ones. 3. Cut the deck into two equal piles, one black and one red. Say, “You will find the card you chose in an unusual spot in the deck.” 4. Turn over the two piles revealing the black cards in one pile and the red cards in another pile. The only card not with its matching color will be the chosen card. It will magically be with the opposite color!

48. VANISHING JACKS Magically all the Jacks vanish from the deck! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: The Jacks are “stripped out” of the deck and put in your back pocket while the deck is behind your back. SHOW: 1. Begin with the narrow ends of the cards furthest from you. Remove the four Jacks from the deck and place them on the table. 2. Turn the deck so that the narrow ends are closest to you. Place the Jacks into different parts of the deck. The wide ends of the Jacks will protrude from the narrow ends of the rest of the deck. Ask a volunteer to overhand shuffle the deck. 3. Cut the cards by “stripping out” the Jacks and bringing them to the top of the deck. Place the deck behind your back. Remove the Jacks from the top of the deck and put them into your back pocket. 4. Then hand the deck to someone in the audience. Ask her to remove the Jacks. When she discovers that the Jacks are mysteriously missing, show her that your hands are empty!

30 49. THE POKER HAND After showing that the deck is perfectly mixed, you mysteriously reveal that the top five cards are a perfect royal flush! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: You “strip out” the Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten of Spades and bring them to the top. SECRET SETUP: Holding the deck with the narrow ends furthest away from you, remove the Ace, King,Queen, Jack and Ten of Spades. Turn the deck upside down and return the cards to the deck so that their wide edges stick out from the narrow edges of the rest of the deck. Overhand shuffle the deck to thoroughly mix the cards. SHOW: 1. Fan out the deck to show that the cards are mixed. Cut the deck to “strip out” the perfect royal flush. Bring it to the top of the deck. 2. Say, ‘’I’m going to show you a great poker hand.” Then turn over the top five cards mysteriously revealing the royal flush!

50. POCKET MYSTERY A chosen card is mysteriously pulled, sight unseen, from the deck in your pocket! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: You “strip out” the chosen card while it is in your pocket. SHOW: 1. Start with the narrow ends of the deck furthest away from you. Overhand shuffle the cards and spread them out. 2. Have a volunteer select a card and show it to the audience but not you. Turn the deck so that the narrow ends are now closest to you. Have the volunteer return the card to the deck. Ask for a volunteer to overhand shuffle the deck. 3. After the volunteer has shuffled the cards, place them in your side pocket. Say, “I will find the card you chose without even looking at the deck.” 4. Reach into your pocket and “strip out” the chosen card. This can be done simply by feeling the project- ing edges of the chosen card. 5. Remove the card from your pocket keeping the face of the card toward you. Ask the volunteer to name the chosen card. Then slowly turn the card around, revealing its face!

51. MIND-READING MAGIC By concentrating very hard, you name a chosen card that was put back in the deck! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: You “strip out” the chosen card, place the chosen card on top of the deck, put the deck behind your back turning the chosen card face up. When you bring the deck around front and hold it to your forehead, you actually get to look at the chosen card. SHOW: 1. Start with the narrow ends of the deck furthest from you. Have a volunteer select a card and show it to the audience but not to you. Turn the deck so that the narrow ends are now closest to you. Have the volunteer return the card to the deck. Overhand shuffle the deck. 2. Cut the cards, “stripping out” the chosen card and bringing it to the top. Place the deck behind your back and remove the chosen card. Turn it face up and replace it on top of the deck. 3. Bring the deck from behind your back. Hold the deck so that the faces of the cards are toward the audience. Be careful not to expose the chosen card that is face up on top of the deck. As you bring the deck toward your forehead, look at the chosen card. 4. With the deck against your forehead, pretend to meditate for a moment. Then put the cards behind your back again. 5. Turn the chosen card face down again and place it somewhere in the middle of the deck. Square up the deck. Finally, tell the audience the name of the chosen card. 31 52. BIRDS OF A FEATHER Two chosen cards side-by-side in the deck are placed back in different places separate from each other, but they are mysteriously reunited! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: The two chosen cards ore “stripped out” of the deck and put together again somewhere in the deck. SHOW: 1. Start with the narrow ends of the deck furthest from you. Have a volunteer select two cards that are together in the deck and show them to the audience but not to you. Turn the deck so that the narrow ends are now closest to you. Have the volunteer return the cards to the deck but in separate places. 2. Overhand shuffle the deck. Cut the cards by “stripping out” the chosen cards and bringing them to the top of the deck. Give the deck a second cut to bring the chosen cards somewhere near the center of the deck. 3. Hand the deck to the volunteer and ask him to name the chosen cards. After he answers, say, “I want those two cards to rejoin each other.” 4. Have the volunteer fan out the deck on the table for the audience to see. Mysteriously, the two cards are back together again!

53. CUT TO THE ACES Mysteriously, cut to all the aces! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: The aces were placed in the opposite direction from the rest of the cards in the deck so you cut at each of the protruding edges of the four cards. SECRET SETUP: Remove the aces from the deck. Turn them in the opposite direction from the rest of the cards in the deck and put them back in separate places. Overhand shuffle the deck to further distribute the aces in the deck. SHOW: 1. Fan out the cards to show that they are thoroughly mixed. 2. Place the deck on the table. Run your thumb and fingers lightly over the sides of the deck until you feel the protruding edge of one of the aces. Lift off this card and all the cards above it in a cutting motion. Turn the entire pile face up revealing the ace. 3. Remove the ace and place it on the table. Turn the pile face down again and put it on top of the rest of the deck. 4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 until all of the aces have been located!

54. THE LONE CARD A card is selected and shuffled back into the deck. The selected card is named and all the cards in the deck fall from the magician’s hand except for the chosen one. PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: The selected card is placed in the opposite direction of the rest of the deck allowing the card to be easily held by its edges when the rest of the cards fall from the magician’s hand. SHOW: 1. Hold the deck with the narrow ends toward the audience. Have a volunteer select a card from the deck. 2. Secretly turn the deck and then slide in the selected card. 3. Overhand shuffle the deck. Place the deck in your right hand with the backs to the audience. 4. Ask the volunteer to name the selected card. Release the pressure on the edges of the cards allowing all but the “stripped” card to fall. 5. Show the remaining card to the audience.

32 55. CARD FOUND BY A NAME A volunteer selects a card and shuffles it back into the deck. After spelling out the volunteer’s name by dealing a card for every letter, the selected card is the next card in the deck! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: The selected card is stripped from the deck and placed on top. Then the same number of cards as letters in the volunteer’s name are pulled from the bottom of the deck and placed on top of the selected card. SHOW: 1. Hold the deck with the narrow ends facing the audience. Ask a volunteer to select a card. 2. Secretly turn the deck. Have the volunteer replace the card and overhand shuffle the deck. 3. “Strip out” the selected card and place it on top of the deck. 4. With the deck behind your back, pull a card from the bottom for every letter in the volunteer’s name and place them on top of the selected card. 5. Hand the deck to the volunteer instructing him to deal a card for every letter in his name. The selected card will be next.

56. MAGIC CARD BOX A selected card is shuffled into the deck and placed in its box. All the cards fall out of the box except for the one selected. PROPS USED: Mystery Deck and Card Box THE SECRET: The deck is turned around allowing the selected card to be returned to the deck in the opposite direction. The card is then held by its edges when the rest fall from the box. SHOW: 1. Hold the deck with the narrow ends facing the audience. Ask a volunteer to select a card. 2. Secretly turn the deck and then have the volunteer return the selected card. 3. Place the cards into the card box with the narrow ends in first. Press in on the sides of the box to hold the selected card by its extended edges while spilling the cards out on the table. Shake out any remaining cards. 4. Hand the box to the volunteer to remove the selected card.

57. CARD ANSWERS TO ITS NAME A card is selected and then shuffled into the deck. The selected card is named and the magician drops the deck with all cards face-down except for the selected card which turns completely over landing face-up on top of the deck! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: The selected card is “stripped” from the deck, placed on top and then flipped over when the other cards are dropped. SECRET SETUP: This trick requires some extra practice before performing in front of an audience. SHOW: 1. Hold the deck with the narrow ends toward the audience. Ask a volunteer to select a card. 2. Secretly turn the deck, replace the selected card and overhand shuffle the deck. 3. “Strip-out” the chosen card, bringing it to the top. 4. Hold the deck face-down in your left hand. With your right hand over the deck, push the selected card slightly to the right side with your left thumb. 5. Ask the volunteer to name his card and with a slight tossing motion, drop the cards as a whole deck about 12-18 inches onto the table. This action will cause the top card to turn over and land face-up. TIP: This takes practice! If the card doesn't flip like it should, it should at least glide off the rest of the pile. Just play it cool and flip the card over with your hand.

33 58. RED OR BLACK With the shuffled deck behind the magician’s back, the magician can produce any number of red or black cards requested by a volunteer. PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: The cards are divided by color and stacked in opposite directions. After overhand shuffling, they are “stripped” behind the magician’s back, separating the cards by color. SECRET SETUP: Separate the cards by color, stack in opposite directions and overhand shuffle the deck. SHOW: 1. Overhand shuffle the deck and show the deck to the audience. Remember in which direction the black and which direction the red cards are facing. 2. With the deck behind your back, “strip” the cards dividing them in half by color and then stack one color on top of the other, remembering which color is in which direction. 3. Ask a volunteer to name any number of red or black cards up to ten. 4. Count out the number of requested colored cards from the stack and show them to the audience.

59. MAGIC CUT After a selected card is placed on top of the deck, the deck is cut several times. The magician then cuts to that card! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: The bottom card is turned in the opposite direction of the rest of the deck so the selected card is easily found. SECRET SETUP: Except for the bottom card, hold the deck with narrow ends toward the audience. SHOW: 1. Fan the deck of cards in your hands and ask a volunteer to take one. 2. Set the deck on the table and ask the volunteer to place his card on top. 3. Now instruct the volunteer to cut the deck several times. 4. Take the deck and cut it at the reversed card. The selected card will be the next card.

60. CUTTING TO ANY AMOUNT OF CARDS The deck is cut. The magician instantly announces the number of cards cut! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: One card is turned in the opposite direction of the rest of the deck with a set number of cards above it. SECRET SETUP: Count out a particular number of cards for the performance. Reverse the last card and place the selected cards on top. Remember the number of cards above and including the one turned in the opposite direction. SHOW: 1. Show the deck and place it on the table. 2. Announce to your audience you have become so adept at handling cards you can cut to any quantity you choose. 3. Tell them the number of cards to which you will cut the deck. Grasp the cards from the one turned in the opposite direction and hand them to a volunteer to count.

34 61. RED AND BLACK SEPARATION The shuffled deck is cut into two piles one black, one red. PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: The black and red cards are turned in opposite directions. SECRET SETUP: Divide the deck into two piles-one red and one black. Turn one pile with narrow ends in one direction and the other pile in the opposite direction. SHOW: 1. Overhand shuffle the deck. Show the mixed cards to the audience. 2. Place the deck face down on the table. Grasp the extended edges of the cards and draw them apart. Appear to be cutting the cards as you do this step. Continue pulling the cards in this manner until the two colors are completely separated. 3. Spread the deck face up across the table for your audience’s amazement.

62. SIXTH SENSE With the magician in another room, a volunteer selects a card and shows it to the audience. The magician instantly finds the card when he returns! PROPS USED: Mystery Deck THE SECRET: An assistant turns the card in the opposite direction of the rest of the deck for the magician. SECRET SETUP: Have a friend secretly work with you. SHOW: 1. Select two volunteers from the audience, one being your friend who was previously chosen to work with you. Ask your friend to have the second volunteer select a card and show it to the audience when you leave the room. 2. The friend secretly turns the deck in the opposite direction and has the volunteer place his selected card in the deck. 3. When the volunteers call the magician back into the room, the magician takes the deck behind his back, strips the selected card and shows it to the audience. 4. Turn the card over behind your back and then show it, but keep the other side hidden.

35 CARD MAGIC WITH A REGULAR DECK

Here are some great card tricks you can perform anywhere. They all use a regular deck of playing cards. You can also use your Mystery Deck included in this set for most of these tricks. 1 2 63. 4 CARDS & POCKET Name the card your audience selects. SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards THE SECRET: The three cards hidden in your pocket allow you to “count” to the card your audience selected. SHOW: 1. Before you begin, secretly hide three cards in your pocket. 2. Now, you’re ready to perform magic! Place four cards face down on the table from right to left - count- ing 1,2,3, and 4 as you place them down. Have an audience member pick a card, look at it and return it to it’s place - all while your back is turned. Make sure he remembers the face, suit and position, (1,2,3 or 4) of the card. When he’s finished, have him tell you to turn around. 3. Pick the cards up in order, and put them in your pocket. Secretly remove the three cards you’ve hidden earlier and place them face down on the table. Ask, “What card did you choose 1,2,3 or 4?” When they reply say, “Isn’t that funny that’s the only card still in my pocket” - and count down that number of cards, pull that card out of your pocket, and read the card he picked. For instance, you’ll say, “you picked the ace of diamonds,” as you place that card on the table.

64. EASY FORCE “Forcing” a card means you are always able to make the volunteer take the card you want them to. In this trick, you predict the card the volunteer will cut to. SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards THE SECRET: By memorizing the card on the bottom of the deck, this trick works like a charm! SHOW: 1. Ask a volunteer to cut the deck. Take the bottom of the cut and place it on top of the rest of the deck, cross-ways as in FIGURE 1. 2. Make some casual conversation before you predict the card (which is really the one you memorized). 3. Lift up the top part of the deck, as in FIGURE 2, to reveal the bottom card. The volunteer will be amazed to see you are correct. They won’t realize this is the card that was on the bottom of the deck before they cut it!

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65. 4 ACES Place four aces in different parts of the deck and like magic, you can bring them back together again! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards THE SECRET: Magicians call it “palming.” By hiding four cards under the palm of your hand as in 36 FIGURE 2, the aces stay on top of the deck and the four extra cards get split up! CARD MAGIC WITH A SECRET SETUP: Before your audience arrives, REGULAR DECK secretly palm four cards in your favored hand, as shown in FIGURE 2. Keep that hand face down, as in FIGURE 1, so no one will ever know Here are some great card tricks you can perform anywhere. They all use a regular deck of playing cards. you’ve got cards hidden! Or, if you feel more You can also use your Mystery Deck included in this set for most of these tricks. comfortable, palm the cards in Step 2, while the volunteer is working with the deck. 1 2 63. 4 CARDS & POCKET SHOW: Name the card your audience selects. 1. Pull all four aces out of the deck. Ask the audience member to place them at the top of the deck - SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards remembering the order of the suits. (You can palm the cards now, while your audience is distracted, if you THE SECRET: The three cards hidden in your pocket allow you to “count” to the card your audience prefer.) selected. 2. Tell everyone that even though you’re going to place the aces in four different parts of the deck, you can SHOW: bring them together again. As you go to pick up the deck, place your favored hand (as shown in FIGURE 1) on top of the deck. This gives you the opportunity to put the four palmed cards on top of the four aces 1. Before you begin, secretly hide three cards in your pocket. without anyone realizing! Now take each of the top four cards and insert them one at a time into different 2. Now, you’re ready to perform magic! Place four cards face down on the table from right to left - count- ing 1,2,3, and 4 as you place them down. Have an audience member pick a card, look at it and return it to parts of the deck. As you place each one, refer to them as aces, you’re the only one who knows otherwise! it’s place - all while your back is turned. Make sure he remembers the face, suit and position, (1,2,3 or 4) 3. Cut the deck. Fan out the cards, face up, so that your audience can see them. Point out that the aces are of the card. When he’s finished, have him tell you to turn around. all together - in the same order as when you started. It’s a real crowd-pleaser! 3. Pick the cards up in order, and put them in your pocket. Secretly remove the three cards you’ve hidden earlier and place them face down on the table. Ask, “What card did you choose 1,2,3 or 4?” When they 66. DOUBLE LIFT reply say, “Isn’t that funny that’s the only card still in my pocket” - and count down that number of cards, Magically, make a card change its face and pull that card out of your pocket, and read the card he picked. For instance, you’ll say, “you picked the ace suit...from Two of Spades to Two of Hearts! of diamonds,” as you place that card on the table. SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards THE SECRET: Thanks to the “Double Lift” it’s 64. EASY FORCE super easy! Your audience thinks you’re lifting “Forcing” a card means you are always able to make the volunteer take the card you want them to. In this one card from the deck, when you’re lifting two! See FIGURES 1 & 2. Practice so it goes smoothly trick, you predict the card the volunteer will cut to. 1 2 SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards during the trick. THE SECRET: By memorizing the card on the bottom of the deck, this trick works like a charm! SECRET SETUP: Secretly place the Two of Hearts on the top of the deck with the Two of Spades directly SHOW: underneath it. SHOW: Lift two cards from the top of the deck...remember the audience thinks its only one! Show 1. Ask a volunteer to cut the deck. Take the bottom of the cut and place it on top of the rest of the deck, everyone the Two of Spades. Place the cards back on top of the deck. Wave your hand over the top card, cross-ways as in FIGURE 1. pick it up and presto, its changed into the Two of Hearts! 2. Make some casual conversation before you predict the card (which is really the one you memorized). 3. Lift up the top part of the deck, as in FIGURE 2, to reveal the bottom card. The volunteer will be amazed to see you are correct. They won’t realize this is the card that was on the bottom of the deck before they 67. JOKER CARD LOCATOR cut it! You can locate the card your audience selects time and time again! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards, scissors. You will permanently damage the Joker, so do NOT use a deck which you will need the Joker in later. THE SECRET: Thanks to the special “Joker Card Locator,” this trick is easy to perform and looks amazing! SECRET SETUP: Create your special locator card by trimming a small amount (about 1/16”) from the bottom of the Joker. Round the corners so it looks like a normal card. Place it on the bottom of the deck. SHOW: 1. Fan out the cards and have the audience pick a card. Place it on the top of the deck. Split the cards, 1 2 placing the bottom half on top of the chosen card. In other words, the Joker will be directly in front of the chosen card. 65. 4 ACES 2. Place the cards in your hand and ruffle the deck from back to front. The Locator Card will automatically Place four aces in different parts of the deck and like magic, you can bring them back together again! stop at the chosen card. Cut the deck at this point. Now the Joker will be on top of the chosen card - lift SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards it and magically wave it over the top card. Flip the top card to show it matches the audience’s selection. THE SECRET: Magicians call it “palming.” By hiding four cards under the palm of your hand as in (Remove the Joker from the deck when finished.) 37 68. STOP-N-GO When the audience says stop you are automatically at the preselected card. SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards with Joker Locator Card (see Joker Card Locator Trick, page 37) THE SECRET: The Joker Locator Card stops at the preselected card, just like in the Joker Card Locator Trick, and you control the speed of the ruffling so it appears to stop when your audience says so. SHOW: 1. Before you begin, secretly insert the Joker in the middle of the deck, make a mental note of the card that appears before it. 2. Hold the cards in your hand so that the backs are facing you. Ruffle the cards from front to back...pick someone in the audience to tell you when to stop. By controlling the speed of the ruffle, you can make it happen at the Locator Card. When they say stop, call out and remove the card you memorized in Step 1. They’ll be in awe!

69. LONG DISTANCE TELEPATHY A volunteer picks a card from the deck. You call the “Wizard” on the telephone, and he tells the person the chosen card! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards, phone THE SECRET: When your assistant for this trick answers the telephone, you say, “Hello, is the Wizard there?” This cue line tells your assistant that you are performing the Long Distance Telepathy trick. The assistant immediately begins to name cards starting with Ace, King, Queen, Jack, etc. When he gets to the proper card you interrupt by saying, “Hello, Mr. Wizard!” Next, the assistant slowly starts to name suits, Hearts..., Spades..., Diamonds..., Clubs. When the “Wizard” gets to the proper suit, you say, “Just a minute.” Hand the telephone to the person who selected the card. The “Wizard” names the card (e.g. “Ten of Hearts”) and then hangs up. SECRET SETUP: Teach this trick to several friends that you could call on the telephone. The cue that you are doing the trick is “Hello, is the Wizard there?” When you do the trick, make sure that you hold the phone tightly to your ear so that no one in the room can hear the conversation on the other end of the line. SHOW: 1. Spread the deck of cards facedown on the table. Ask a volunteer to put a finger on one card and slide it out of the deck without looking at it. Without being observed, read the back of the card as the volunteer pulls it out of the deck. 2. Explain that you will call the “Wizard” on the phone, and he will be able to name the chosen card. Then give the “Wizard” a call!

70. MAGIC CARD SHUFFLE A card placed in the center of the deck magically travels to the top. SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards THE SECRET: You secretly place a Nine and Eight of Clubs on top of the deck, but when you pick up the top card to show the audience you really pick up both cards, showing only the Nine. When you take the top card and place it in the middle of the deck, you are really placing the Eight in the center of the deck. The Nine remains on top. 1 SECRET SETUP: Place a Nine and an Eight of Clubs on top of the deck. SHOW: 1. Pick up the two top cards, concealing the fact that there are two of them. Show the audience the Nine of Clubs. Say, “Watch what happens to this top card.” 2. Put the cards back down on top of the deck. Take the top card (the Eight of Clubs) and put it in the center of the deck. Your audience will think you placed the Nine there. 3. Shuffle the deck with a snappy movement. SeeFIGURE 1. Remove the top card for inspection. Your audience will be amazed that the Nine of Clubs has traveled from the center to the top of the deck. 38 71. THE THREE BURGLARS Three jacks (the burglars) put in different places in a deck end up together each guarded by a King (the detective)! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards THE SECRET: Before beginning the trick, you secretly place a Jack between two Kings at the bottom of the deck. As you perform the trick, you place a Jack at the top and bottom of the deck and a King at the top. When you cut the deck the three Jacks and three Kings come together. SECRET SETUP: Place a Jack between two Kings at the bottom of the deck. Remove the other three Jacks from the deck and one other King. Set them beside the deck. SHOW: 1. Show the audience the three Jacks and the King. 2. Say, “The Jacks represent burglars, the King represents a detective, and the deck represents a house. Here’s how the story goes: "There were once three burglars who decided to rob a house, so one went in the front door, (a Jack is placed on the bottom of the deck) another entered the back door, (a Jack goes on top) and the third went in the window. (The third Jack is pushed into the center of the deck.) The detective, seeing this, went in the back door also.” (The King is placed on top). The burglars, hearing the detective, ran around the house. (Cut the deck three times. One cut is really sufficient but additional cuts add to the effect.) But the detective and his backups caught the burglars, proving that crime doesn’t pay! 3. Fan the deck to show the three burglars in the center each guarded by a detective. The order should be the following: King, Jack, King, Jack, King, Jack!

72. SPELL IT OUT Spell out the name of a particular card, dropping one card for each letter, and that chosen card turns up when the spelling is done! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards THE SECRET: Only specific card names can be spelled out. The cards must be arranged in a certain way for the trick to work. SECRET SETUP: Arrange six cards face-up in the following order from front to back: Six of Clubs, Ten of Hearts, King of Spades, Eight of Hearts, Jack of Diamonds, Eight of Diamonds. Have an assistant memorize these cards. Place these cards on top of a deck face up. Add nine cards to the top of the deck above the six cards. SHOW: 1. Ask your assistant to name a card in the deck. The assistant should choose one of the cards above. 2. Spell out the name of the card putting down one card for each letter. When the last letter is spelled out, the card that will be face up is the card spelled out!

73. MAGICAL 21 You pick out a chosen card from a group of seven cards by mind reading! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards THE SECRET: You can determine what card was chosen by looking at the fourth card in a pile when that pile is indicated as having the chosen card. SHOW: 1. Shuffle the deck and deal 3 piles of seven cards each face up, dealing from left to right. Ask a volunteer to choose and remember one card without touching it, and to just indicate which PILE it is in. 2. Place that pile between the other two piles and again deal 2 piles of seven cards each. Don't shuffle. Ask again which pile the chosen card is in. Pick up the pile indicated, always placing it in the middle between the other two heaps. Deal one more time. 3. This time observe the fourth card of each pile. The chosen card will be one of these cards. Ask the volunteer again what pile the chosen card is in. Look at the fourth card in that pile. That one is the chosen card! Pretend to read the volunteer's mind, and name their card.

39 74. THE WHISPERING QUEEN The Queen of Hearts whispers to you the name of two cards taken from the deck! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards THE SECRET: As you look through the deck to find the Queen of Hearts, you glance at and remember the two cards next to the bottom card of the deck. These are the two cards that you will name. SECRET SETUP: Memorize the two cards next to the bottom card of the deck as you locate the Queen of Hearts. SHOW: 1. Lay the Queen on the table, and have someone cut the deck in two heaps. 2. Ask the volunteer to count the lower half of the deck. When this is done the bottom card will be on top and the next two cards will be the ones you memorized. 3. Have the volunteer place the top and bottom card of this pile into the middle of the pile. Tell the same volunteer to place the next card on top of this pile into his pocket. (This card is one of the two you memorized.) 4. Ask another volunteer to place the next card into his pocket. (This card is the other card you memorized.) 5. Tell one of the volunteers to touch the Queen with his card. Now take the Queen and hold it to your ear. Say, “She’s whispering the name of the card to me.” Then name the card. 6. Repeat Step 5 with the other card!

75. MAGIC KEY CARD Know a chosen card put back in the deck without even seeing it! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards THE SECRET : You memorize the bottom card in the deck, it will be put on top of the chosen card so that you can easily locate the chosen card. SHOW: 1. Separate the deck into four or five piles remembering which pile was on the bottom of the deck. 2. Ask a volunteer to look at any top card and replace it without anyone seeing it. 3. Take the pile containing the key card and place it on top of the pile containing the top card the volunteer chose. Add the other piles in any order. 4. Remember that the chosen card is now next to the key card. The deck may be cut several times without fear of separating these two cards. 5. Fan through the deck face up until you come to the key card. The chosen card will be next to it on the right side!

76. THE JOKER From eight cards randomly chosen, the remaining card will be the Joker. SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards THE SECRET: You memorize where the Joker is located and make sure that card always stays when the other cards are removed. SECRET SETUP: Arrange eight cards, including the Joker, face down in pairs to form two crosses. Remember which card is the Joker. SHOW: 1. Have a volunteer choose one of the crosses. If it’s the one with the Joker in it, remove the other cross. If it doesn’t have the Joker in it, remove the chosen cross. 2. Have a volunteer choose two cards in the remaining cross. If one of the two cards is the Joker, remove the remaining two cards. If neither card is the Joker, remove the chosen two cards. 3. Tell the volunteer to choose one of the two remaining cards. If the chosen card is the Joker, remove the other card. If the chosen card isn’t the Joker, remove the card. 4. Then turn over the remaining card to reveal the Joker!

40 77. SPELLING THE CARDS Spell out the name of each card in a suit by taking one card off the top of the deck and putting it on the bottom for each letter in the name. Then turn over the next card to magically reveal the card whose name you spelled out! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards THE SECRET: You use thirteen cards arranged in a certain order. SECRET SETUP: Arrange thirteen cards of any suit in the following order from top down: 3, 8, 7, Ace, Queen, 6, 4, 2, Jack, King, 10, 9, and 5. SHOW: 1. Say, “I’m going to spell out the name of each card in a suit. Watch what happens!” 2. Begin to spell “Ace” by passing one card from the top to the bottom of the pile for each letter. Turn up the fourth card which will be the Ace. Put the card down on the table. 3. Continue spelling “two”, “three”, “four”, “five”, “six”, “seven”, “eight”, “nine”, “ten”, “Jack”, “Queen”, and the final card left will be the “King”. Each time you say a letter move the top card to the bottom of the pile. When you turn over a card to reveal the one you spelled out, put the card down on the table. This is a very effective card trick!

78. NAMING THE CARDS You’re always able to name the top card without having seen it! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards THE SECRET: Before putting the cards behind your back, you look at the bottom card. When they are behind your back, turn over the top card. Show your audience the bottom card making them think it is really the top of the deck. Keep the top card facing you so that you know what card it is. Then, when the deck is behind your back again, move the top card face-up to the bottom of the deck turning over a new top card and repeating the procedure. SHOW: 1. Say, “I’m going to tell you the top card on the deck without even seeing the card. 2. Glance at the bottom card on the deck as you put the deck behind your back. Then quickly turn over the top card. 3. Bring the deck from behind your back making sure that the bottom card is facing the audience. Name the card they are seeing. Don’t let them see the other end of the deck which will be facing you, but glance at the card. 4. Put the deck behind your back again. Move the top card which you just saw so that it’s face-up on the bottom of the deck. Turn over the next top card. 5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 as long as the audience’s interest holds!

79. FIND A CARD IN A BORROWED DECK Have a volunteer pick a card and add it back into the deck. Then tell them to cut the deck. Now you run through the deck and find the selected card! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards SHOW: 1. Before starting the trick, secretly look at the card on the bottom of the deck. 2. Have a volunteer select any card they like from a deck of cards, look at it, and lay it on top of the deck. Then have them cut the deck once. 3. When they cut the deck, they will automatically lay that bottom card on top of the selected card. All you have to do is to find the card that was originally on the bottom, and name the card before it. That is their selected card!

41 80. CALLING THE CARDS Name the card on each of the three piles without first looking at the card! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards THE SECRET: You secretly glance at the card on top of the deck when you shuffle it face up. You name that card as the top card on the first pile. Then look at the actual top card and secretly note what the card actually is. You then name that card for the top card of the second pile and secretly note the actual card. Name that card as the top card on the third pile. When you’re done, you will have named all three cards but not in the real order, but only you will know it. SHOW: 1. Say, “I’m going to cut this deck into three piles and name the top card without looking at it.” 2. Shuffle the deck face-up and glance at the top card. Make three piles face-up in front of you making sure that the third pile has the top card of the deck which you just glanced at. 3. Touch the top card of the first pile and say the name of the card you glanced at, for instance, “the Ace of Hearts.” Pick up the card and look at it but don’t show the audience. Let’s say the card is really the “Jack of Clubs”. 4. Touch the top card on the second pile. Say, “Jack of Clubs”. Pick up the card and look at it, but again don’t show the audience. Let’s say the card is really “the Ten of Diamonds”. 5. Touch the top card on the third pile. Say, the Ten of Diamonds.” Place this card to the left of the other two cards. Then spread them on the table, and they will be in the order in which you called them!

81. YOUR OWN TRICK DECK SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards SECRET SETUP: Prepare your deck by dividing all the red cards from the black cards. Now put the red cards on the bottom of the deck and the black ones on top. SHOW: Have someone take a card, but watch which part of the deck they take it from. Have them look at it and when they do, close up the deck and fan it open again, fanning the opposite part from which they took the card. Since they are going to return a red card into a black section (or visa versa) you can look at the deck and immediately name their card. As you say it, casually shuffle the deck to hide all evidence.

82. MENTAL LOOP CARDS SUPPLIES NEEDED: Deck of playing cards SECRET SETUP: Secretly place any two cards in your pocket. SHOW: 1. Take three cards from the deck and ask a volunteer to select one of the three cards. They should remember it but not say what it is. 2. Note and memorize the three cards, then place them in your pocket with the others and remember whether you have placed them on top or below the first two cards. 3. Next, withdraw the first two cards from your pocket (the secret cards), holding them face DOWN. Tell the audience that now just one card, the selected one, remains in your pocket. 4. Then ask the spectator to name their chosen card. Reach in your pocket and picture in your mind how the three cards were arranged. If you remember correctly, simply extract the selected card from the three and show it to the audience! 5. At this point, you will again have 2 cards in your pocket. You can repeat the trick with new cards.

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83. MAKE IT JUMP AUDIENCE VIEW You make a rubber band jump magically from one pair of fingers to another. SUPPLIES NEEDED: Rubber band SECRET SETUP: Place a rubber band around your first two fingers as 1 2 3 shown in the first picture. Now curl your fingers in and secretly put the band over the tips of the fingers as shown in picture two. SHOW: To make the band jump, just straighten out your fingers as in the third picture. When you do the same thing in reverse, the band can be made to jump back. YOUR VIEW

84. FOOLING BY SOUND SUPPLIES NEEDED: Any coin SHOW: Have the coin in your hand, which you toss from one hand to another. Tell one of the guests to take it and "give" it to them across the table. They go to take it but there is no coin, yet they distinctly heard the click as you put the coin down. The secret is that you had the coin in the other hand and clicked it on the table as you reached the empty hand over toward them, making a move as if putting down a coin. This fools anyone since the sound is so convincing!

85. MAKING EASY MONEY Double the amount of money your friend has. SUPPLIES NEEDED: Small paper plate and 10 dimes SHOW: Ask your friends if they’d like to make some easy money. If they would, they first have to invest some. Have a small paper plate on your hand. Tell them to count five dimes into it. Then tell them to hold their hands together, cupped, and you put the five dimes back in their hands. When they count them, they have TEN. (Actually, you had five dimes secretly held beneath the plate and when you tipped it to pour the coins into their hands, you let go of them, so they slid into the cupped hands also).

86. FEEL THE COLOR SUPPLIES NEEDED: Box of crayons THE SECRET: You can see the color under your nail. SHOW: 1. State to the audience that you can tell what color anything is just by touching it. 2. To prove it, give out the box of crayons. Then, turn 1 your back to the audience. With your back turned, tell 2 the audience to select one crayon and hand it to you. 3. While keeping the crayon behind your back and totally out of your view, turn to face the audience. 4. With your hands behind your back, make a very small scratch in the crayon with your thumbnail. See FIGURE 1. As you are doing this, try to look puzzled. 5. As if you are thinking really hard, bring your hand up to your face and rub your forehead. While doing this, take a quick glance under your thumbnail to see what the color is. See FIGURE 2. 6. Say, "Aha, I've got it!" and then say the color. Then show the crayon again to prove you are correct.

43 87. VANISHING COIN SUPPLIES NEEDED: Any coin SHOW: Show a coin, and then rub it on your left sleeve several times. Drop it, as if by accident. Reach for it with your right hand, pretending to pick it up, but actually pick it up with your left hand. Now continue the rubbing with the right hand, then open your right hand and show the coin vanished.

88. KNOT IN A HANDKERCHIEF SUPPLIES NEEDED: Handkerchief SHOW: Challenge your friends to try to tie a knot in a handkerchief without letting go of the ends. Only you can do it. Pull on two diagonal corners of a cotton handkerchief and lay it on the table. Fold your arms across your chest, putting left hand under right arm. Now pick up a diagonal corner with each hand and then pull the arms apart. A knot will tie in the center of the handkerchief.

89. FOUR COINS INTO FIVE. Magically make a fifth coin appear! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Five coins, tape, a table SECRET: An extra coin is attached with tape under the table. The fingers of performer’s left hand reaches under the table and picks up the hidden coin as the four other coins on top of the table are being moved toward left hand. SHOW: Place four coins on a table. Roll up your sleeves. Now cup your left hand on the side of the table. With your right hand, move the four coins into the left. Do this part quickly, to hide the movement of your left hand secretly picking up the hidden coin under the table. Now ask a friend to blow on your hand…as they do, slowly open your hand. Show five coins instead of four!

90. READ THEIR MINDS The audience calls out names of famous people, and you write them down. A volunteer pulls one of the names out of a hat, and you can read their mind before they even say it! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Some slips of paper, a pencil and a bowl or hat (you can use your Magic Hat) THE SECRET: Have different people in the audience call out names of famous people. You write the names on pieces of paper. The papers are placed in a hat, and a member of the audience is asked to take one. He is told to read the name on the paper and concentrate on it. SHOW: 1. Have different people in the audience call out names of famous people. The louder and faster, the better! 2. As the audience calls out names, pretend to write them down one by one on slips of paper. But really, just write down the same name on all the slips. 3. Fold up the slips of paper and put them into a hat. Ask a volunteer to pull one from the hat and read it WITHOUT reading it aloud. Then, tell the volunteer that you will read their mind. 4. Then "read their mind” and tell them the name. It doesn’t make any difference what slip is selected – you know what name is on it because they are all the same!

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44 91. THE VANISHING PENCIL Show a quarter and say you will make it disappear by waving a pencil over it like a magic wand. But when the magic happens, the pencil disappears instead! SUPPLIES NEEDED: Pencil (or pen) and a quarter. SHOW: 1. Hold the pencil in your right hand with your thumb and first two fingers. 2. Place the quarter in your left palm. Have your spectators stand on your left side. Hold your left hand out in front of you and use your right hand to tap the pencil against the quarter. 3. Raise your right hand high up each time you tap the quarter. Tell your audience that the quarter will vanish on the count of three. 4. Bring your right hand up towards your head and bring it down to tap on the quarter as you say “1”, Do it again on “2”. On “3” raise your right hand up again but leave the pencil behind your right ear before you bring it down to tap the quarter! It should all happen in one smooth movement, just like the other movements you made before. As you count “3,” come down with your empty hand and act surprised when you notice that the quarter is still there but the pencil is gone! 5. Tell your audience you’ll make it reappear…snap your fingers and point to your right ear. It’s back!

92. TELLTALE TEACUP SUPPLIES NEEDED: Teacup with a handle (as shown in FIGURE 1), 1 PENNY 1 penny, 1 nickel, 1 dime, 1 quarter QUARTER 5 THE SECRET: Your assistant uses the cup handle to secretly indicate 25 NICKEL which coin is placed under the cup.

SECRET SETUP: You'll need someone to be your secret assistant for DIME 10 this trick. Be sure to teach and practice with them before performing the trick for other people. 1 SHOW: 1. State that you can tell what kind of coin is placed under the cup while you are out of the room. Then leave the room so you cannot see. 2. The audience chooses a coin to put under the cup, and hides the others. In one smooth motion, your assistant places the cup over the chosen coin, positioning the cup so that its handle points in a certain direction. The handle direction indicates which coin it is. See FIGURE 1 for the key. 3. Your assistant must be sure to not touch the cup after it's placed, and that no one else touches it either. 4. Come back into the room and look at the cup. Pretend to magically look through the cup, while actually you look at the handle. Call out what type of coin it is based on the key

93. YOU CAN’T LOSE Throw a coin in the air and ask, “Will it fall heads or tails?” No one can lose, because when you catch it, it disappears! SUPPLIES NEEDED: A coin, jacket or shirt with long sleeves SHOW: As you throw a coin up with the right hand, stand so your right palm is toward you and catch the coin in your sleeve. As the coin hits your sleeve, close your hand as though you had caught it in your hand. Note illustration. Practice this in front of a mirror and you will be amazed at the effect.

94. HOW YOU CAN ALWAYS WIN SUPPLIES NEEDED: Dime, Nickel and 5 Pennies SHOW: This is real trickery, which you can do once for the same audience. Tell them to try to guess whether the money in your hand is odd or even. Jingle the coins but don’t show them. Have a dime, a nickel and five pennies. If “even” is called, say you have seven coins. If “odd” is called, say you have twenty cents.

45 95. FINDING MONEY IN A BREAD ROLL Volunteer magically finds money in a bread roll. SUPPLIES NEEDED: Any coin, bread roll SHOW: Have a quarter hidden in your hand. Ask a friend to hand you a bread roll from the table. With one hand on each end or side of the roll, bend it upward at the same time pushing the coin through the broken bottom of the roll. Now turn the top toward the group, break it open and they will see the coin on the inside of the roll. This trick is a big surprise and good magic!

96. MAGICIAN’S FRIEND A quarter is picked up in your single, bare hand and then it mysteriously vanishes SUPPLIES NEEDED: A coin, liquid dish soap SECRET SETUP: Secretly put a dab of soap on your fourth finger. SHOW: Roll up your sleeves in front of the audience, to prove you're not hiding anything in them. Show the coin in the palm of your hand. Close your hand and open it. The coin has vanished! As you close your hand, press the fingertip with the soap on the coin. As you open your hand, the coin sticks to the soap and is hidden. The audience will be more than mystified provided you roll your sleeves up before doing this trick.

97. PARTY FUN SUPPLIES NEEDED: A piece of paper SHOW: Tear a square of heavy paper into nine pieces as in the sketch. Hand the centerpiece to someone to write a girl’s name. Let the other guests write boys’ names on all the other pieces. You can tell when blindfolded, which one has the girl’s name because all four sides are rough from tearing; all others have at least one straight edge.

98. MAGIC PAGE FINDER SUPPLIES NEEDED: Storybook and 2 cards SHOW: Take a storybook and push a card in at a certain page (say, page 50) leaving it sticking out a tiny bit. When ready to perform, offer the other end of the book to someone and ask them to stick a card in at random. You will tell them what page they just chose. Now hold the book in both hands to “concentrate” but as you do so, turn the book around, pushing his card out of sight between the pages. Name the page (of course naming the page your own card is at,) and open the book to prove it.

99. MORE MONEY MAGIC SUPPLIES NEEDED: 2 dollar bills, jacket SECRET SETUP: Use older bills and wad up a few of them. Press them into the inside of your elbow, so your jacket sleeve folds conceal them. SHOW: This trick can be made to look like real magic. Borrow a dollar from someone and say that you will multiply it by magic right before their eyes. Pull up your sleeves to show nothing hidden, and as you do this, push the borrowed and folded up dollar bill in among the hidden. Take the wad of crushed up dollars into your hand secretly, and begin to pull out dollar bills – by magic!

100. AN OPTICAL ILLUSION How many triangles can you count in this star? Better count them again, because there are 97!

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