1. Show your psychic power
Image via WikiHow Here’s a trick built upon a little quirk of math that not too many people know about. When 9 is multiplied by any number between 2 and 9, the digits of the answer will always add up to 9. That is the basis for this trick, and here are the easy steps:
2. Magically linking paper clips
Image via Real Simple There really is no magic to this trick, but no one will know that but you. The next time you need to go to a birthday or graduation party, and you have not had time to find the perfect gift for the occasion, try using a much larger bill for this trick and presenting that to the recipient afterward as their gift. You are going to make two paperclips magically link in midair. Here’s how it is done:
3. The coin vanish
Image via Howcast This one may take a bit of practice, because there will be a secret pocket that you don’t want to reveal to your audience as you swirl the empty scarf at the end of the trick. Materials needed:
a scarf that is of flimsy material and a dark solid color a rubber band (if you can find one close in color to the scarf, all the better). a quarter
Before you begin this trick, you need to put the small rubber band around your thumb and next three fingers of your left hand. Do not let others see that rubber band. Hold your hand at your side or put it in your pocket. When you get ready to do the trick, pull out the scarf with your right hand and drape it over your left had. Ask someone for a coin. Place the coin on the scarf. As you are folding the scarf in any way you wish, open up your fingers and capture the coin with just a small amount of the scarf. Remove your fingers from the rubber band as it is capturing the coin. You can then wave the scarf or let it fall to the floor, but you will need to be careful how this is done, so no one sees that little rubber band. If you want to then reverse the trick, place the scarf back over your left hand, push down into the scarf with your right hand letting the rubber band fall into your left hand. Pull the scarf back up and reveal the coin.
4. The rising card
Image via Martin’s Magic This one is a bit complicated to explain, but you can manage it! For this trick, you need a regular deck of cards and a volunteer. This explanation is a bit complicated and detailed, so once you have read through this please watch the video as well.
5. The coin pyramid
Image via YouTube While this next trick is not “magical,” it is certainly a great one to test and frustrate your fellow partygoers. You will need 10 coins to make a pyramid as shown in the picture above. Now the “trick” as you explain it to your friends is to invert this pyramid in only three moves, moving only one coin at a time. They can only move three coins total. Unless they have seen this before, they will be pretty stumped. You will then show them in three easy moves. One: Switch the bottom-left coin to the 2nd from the top row on the right side. Two: Move the bottom-right coin again to the 2nd from the top row on the right side. Three: Move the top coin to the center of the bottom. Voila!
6. The find the card “sucker” trick
Image via Magic.About.com This trick is actually a holdover from old carnival days, when “suckers,” as the “carnies” called them, placed a bet when they were absolutely certain they would win. Here is how they were “suckered” in. This was not fun for the victim of these carnivals when they lost a great deal of money on the scam. You, however, can be much nicer and suggest something more in line with a joke, perhaps a burger.
7. The magical moving pen
Image via YouTube For this trick, you will only need a pen (it must be round), and a flat smooth surface, along with the ability to be very sneaky. You will announce that you will be moving the pen across the surface with your “mind” power – telekinesis, that is.
8. Breaking a pencil with an index card
Image via Howcast This one might be just a bit painful, so practice beforehand. Carrots will also work quite well. Featured photo credit: magic hands/jenny.nash712 via flickr.com
