In this video I'm going to teach you how
to break the laws of gravity using magic.
We're going to show you the tricks first
and then we'll teach you how to do them.
Let's get started.
For this trick, you're going to need a
deck of cards, a card box, and some
scissors. Take the cards out. Cards are not gimmicked. The box, howeve,r is gimmicked. So
here's what you're going to do. You're
going to take your scissors and you're
going to cut a strip out of the back of
your card box. Kids, get help from your
parents to do this.
There, you've cut the strip out of the
box right here. Now to perform the trick,
all you need to do is have the card you
want to rise on the back. In this case,
it's the nine of Hearts. And you just
simply put the cards into the box.
now with spectators, you obviously don't
want to show the back because there is a
hole in the box. But just put the cards
in and then by using your finger you can
actually just kind of move the deck like
this as I did in the presentation and
move your finger up and the card will
rise.
You just kind of positioned your finger
low, hold the deck fingers on the side
except for your pointy finger and your
thumb over here, and all you do is use
your finger to kind of shake the box
back and forth and it causes the card
just seemingly rise out of the deck.
What you'll need for this trick is a
playing card and a piece of flexible
plastic. You can get this off of in
almost any kind of packaging. You can
have a salad mix box. They're everywhere in
cups that you get at the coffee shop.
Just find a piece of flexible plastic
and that's the secret to the trick. And
you're going to need some tape. Cut this
piece of plastic maybe about an inch
here and then the length would be the
same length as a playing card here. Get a
couple of pieces of tape. Tape the piece
of plastic to the back of the card. Now
I'm using green tape here so it's easier
for me to demonstrate what this looks
like. You'll probably just want to use
clear tape it'll work just fine. And now
you have a piece of plastic on the back
of a playing card and when you flex the
plastic it bows out and causes the card
to seemingly rise. And that's the secret
of the trick.
I like to take the card and place it in
my hand. I like to take one piece of
plastic have it along the base of the
thumb thumb right here and the other one
against the fingers over here. So once I
have it gripped, I'm ready to perform the
trick. I just kind of hold the card and let
go and then let it rise by flexing my
hand - pushing my thumb in and the fingers
in, which bows the piece of plastic.
And now to bring it back down, reverse
the process. Allow the hand to slowly
relax and the card should return back
down to the hand and then you can show
the card.
Here's how to perform the balancing
dollar bill. You need a dollar bill,
an ordinary bill, and you need a nickel.
Now the nickel starts right here in the
middle of the bill and towards the side.
Here it's under my right thumb. Now it
helps if you pre-fold the bill. So fold
these down and fold this up and that will
help later when you're performing the
trick. Now for the display. You have to
learn how to use your left hand to push
the bill over - see I'm pushing it over
and then sliding the nickel along under
my right thumb. And you do that again so you're
back to George Washington. So facing the
audience, you push, slide the nickel along
and then the nickel ends up right here
where you want it. Now you fold the bill.
You take your left hand, fold it up and 
crease it. Take your right hand, fold it
down and crease it. Now you take - and make
sure the nickel is on top of your thumb
right here. Now for the magic part.
Because of the balancing, you can let go of
your left hand and your right hand and
the bill appears to be floating.
Make everything right. Take your thumbs
as you unfold the bill here. Grab the
nickel with your thumb. Unfold the bill
and at the end you just do that display
that we talked about earlier. And that's
the impossible balance of a dollar bill.
Here's how to perform the levitating
coin. You're going to need a cup or a glass.
You're going to need a coin and you're
going to need a hair - a long hair in this
case. I'm using a piece of white string
here to make it easier for you to see
how this is done but you're going to need a
long strand of hair. I actually learned
this trick years ago when I was a kid
from a beginners magic book at my
library. So it's a very old trick. You're
just going to tape the hair using clear
tape - I've used duct tape here so it's
easier for you to see that. And then on
the other end what I've done is I like
to wrap the hair around something of an
anchor. And so I've just taken some paper
and rolled it up and then you just tape
the hair to the anchor. And I just put it
in my pocket. Now if you don't have a
pocket you're going to have to get creative.
There are ways to kind of place it inside
of your shirt or on or around a button - that
type of thing. Then once you have your
coin that has your hair on it, then all
you do is drop the coin into the cup. Try
and make sure that the tape doesn't show.
So you drop it in. Let it rest on the
back side of the cup and then to bring
it up you kind of wave your hand and
then move the cup forward. And as you
move the cup forward. the coin will rise
up. And then you can grab it. Now the
second version which I think
cooler is, if you drop it in then take
your hand and then use your thumb to
grab the string or the hair. And then
what you do is just kind of wiggle your
fingers and move the cup forward as you
did before. But at this point. you're
going to have a moment where you can
actually have the coin momentarily be in
midair. Which i think is slightly more
impressive and then you can kind of just
show the coin and glass like this. Put the
coin away and get on to your other magic
tricks.
Well I hope you had fun learning and
performing these tricks for your friends
and family. Please give us a like and
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magic videos in the future. Thank you for
watching. See you next time. So now we're
going to show how to find a card You
have a card freely selected and let's
say the spectator selects the nine of
hearts. While they're showing the card
around, you secretly look at the bottom
card. In this case, it happens to be the
four hearts. So when the spectator comes
back you do not know this card but you
know the four hearts is on the bottom.
You have the spectator return the card
on top and then cut the deck. Now at this
point, all you have to do is remember
your four hearts. So you go through the
decks and you're gonna try and find
their card. It's not very magical, but
wait, maybe you do have a magical way.
You're looking for your four of hearts.
Right there and then you know the card
underneath is the spectator's card. So you
simply look through and then at this
point you found the card. You're not
showing it to them but you just cut the
cards like this. Take the cards and now
you're nine of hearts is on the back of the deck.
Place the cards into the box and now you're
ready to do your card rise as I
showed you earlier. Push your finger up
and show that their card has risen from
the box.
