In this video I'm going to teach you
some simple magic tricks that are great
for kids to learn and perform. The tricks
are all very simple and easy to learn
and they only require household items.
We're going to show you the tricks first
and then we'll show you how to do them.
For this trick, you're going to need a
plate. We just have a paper party plate.
I'm using an envelope but you can
actually fashion something similar out
of paper. And once you see how I use the
envelope, I think it'll be very clear how
you can just use some paper and some
tape to make that happen. And of course,
you have some tape. Here you're going to
need some coins and for purposes of the
gimmick you're going to need some scissors,
more than likely. I'm using a coin
envelope and all I'm interested in doing,
I'm going to cut the top of the flap off.
Here all I pretty much need is an
envelope in this shape, just enough to
hold things and you can see how you can
easily fashion something like that with
some paper.
You take your envelope - I'm going to take
some tape and you're going to tape it to
the edge of your plate underneath.
And so you have a secret pocket under
here, which is the secret.
You're ready to perform the trick. Take
your three coins and load them into your
secret pocket. Ready to perform the trick.
You show the plates. Show your hands
empty and you clearly count in the plate
one, two, three coins. Now take your other
hand and place it under the envelope here - the fingers go under the envelope and
then when you pour out all the coins, the
coins from inside of the envelope come
out and land in your hand.
Spectators don't know this is at this
point and then you can clearly count the
coins, one, two, three, four, five, six coins.
You challenge spectators to link two paper
clips without touching them. How can you
do this? Well here's how. You take a
dollar bill and you form it into an "S."
That's a reverse "s' to you but it's an "S"
to me. Okay, there's an S to you right
there.
Either way, or you call it a "Z," whatever
you like. You're going to just zigzag the
bill like this. Now take your paper clips -
you have two paper clips:one clip you
clip right there linking this here to
this here.
Second of all, still form that reverse "s"
from your perspective and I'll take the
second clip and place it there. See, you've
essentially clipped the ends of the "S" to
the centers. You can get a good view
of it right there. Hopefully that's clear.
Now the trick works itself. At this point,
you will not touch the paper clips but
by simply pulling these two ends the
clips will magically linked together and
jump off of the dollar bill. So I'm going
to pull and and you'll see the
paperclips are linked. Perhaps it's more
of a puzzle on a magic trick. It's cool
to see these paper clips linking right
in front of spectators eyes and this is
a classic magic trick for young kids.
Check it out. There's six quarters in
here: one, two, three, four, five, six
quarters. Take the other bowland  place it on
top. I go" one," "two," "three" and a little snap
of the finger. Check it out. Some money
has actually vanished. I don't know if
anybody really needs magic to make money
disappear, but just a little trick here.
Here's what you're going to need for
these vanishing coins. You're going to  need
some quarters. I have six here. You're
going to need two bowls. These are just foam
bowls, any kind of cardboard bowl will do
And you're going to need some glue or tape.
I'm going to use a double-sided tape
here but you can use just regular tape.
All you do is take the tape and you're
going to glue three of the quarters on
the bottom of one of the bowls.
Now you have three quarters glued to the
bottom of the bowl. They're not going
anywhere and you're ready to perform the
trick. Here's how. First of all you take
your other three quarters place them in
the bowl and you just walk out, show the
bowl and allow spectators to count the
number of quarters inside: one, two, three,
four, five, six is what they'll see. Take
your bowl and place the second bowl over the
top. And now you're going to turn it over
three times. That's "one," "two," "three."
Remove the top of the bowl maybe you can
snap your finger for a little effect and
when you take the bowl off of the top,
there's only three coins inside of the
bowl. Three quarters have mysteriously
vanished from your hands.
What you'll need for this toothpick
trick
is a toothpick and a piece of tape. Now I
would suggest you use clear tape I'm
using a piece of bright green tape here
for explanation purposes. It's a lot
easier I think for you to see. Now what
you do is just take your toothpick and
put the little piece of tape on it and
now you're going to tape it onto your
back of your thumbnail. Once you have it
taped to your thumb, you're ready to
perform the trick. Now what you do is you
bend your thumb and hide the tape with
your finger so people see your hand. And
it looks fairly natural as if you are
holding a toothpick in your fingers. And
then to make the vanish happen you
simply reach forward, flip it out, and you
can show your hand pretty much empty.
Except you have the thumb with the
toothpick behind your hand hold it and
it vanishes in your hand. Just make sure
that the line of sight of your
spectators is looking this way and that
the toothpick is hidden. If you start to
turn, obviously they will see the
toothpick and that is the toothpick
trick.
What you'll need for this trick is a
playing card and a piece of flexible
plastic. You can get this off of 
almost any kind of packaging. You can
have a salad mix. They're everywhere in
cups that you get at the 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. So 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 or just one,
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
place one edge of plastic - have it along
the base of the 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, let go, and then let it
rise by flexing my hand pushing my thumb
in and the fingers in and 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. Well, did you have
fun learning and performing these tricks?
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