Three Easy Magic Tricks Anyone Can Learn
Magic tricks have been a popular form of entertainment for many years. Originally people who practiced illusions and slight of hands were thought to be powerful wizards and witches. Today they still induce wonder and amazement in the audiences they perform for. Masters of the skill have spent years one-upping each other for the best stunt, competing not only with each other but also with long-gone masters like Houdini and Dai Vernon.
Whether you want to invest the considerable time and become a master or just learn a few easy magic tricks to impromptu impress a group of people, you have to start somewhere. Follows are three easy magic tricks that anyone can learn and master in a relatively short period of time.
Two Towers
The very easy magic card trick involves separating a deck into red and black card beforehand an appearing to casually divide the deck in front of an audience. Knowing exactly the right place to divide the deck is the most difficult part of the trick. Another person is asked to choose a card from one pile, or tower, and memorize it before placing it into the other pile. By holding each pile and fanning them out, you distract from the fact that you are switching piles. To find the participants card, all you have to do is pull out the differently colored card from the pile. Voila, instant amazement and prestige.
Telekinesis
All you’ll need to perform this easy magic trick is a book and a pencil. Start off by announcing to a group of people that you are about to perform a feat of telekinesis, using this very ordinary book and pencil. Then you place the pencil on the book, wave your hands above the pencil, lower your head and mumble some magic words and!the pencil starts moving without anyone touching it! The secret behind this magic trick is easy.
When you place the pencil on the book, be sure to balance it precariously on the edge of the book. Then when you lower your head, secretly blow air out of your mouth onto the book to your side of the pencil. The air will be strong enough to move the pencil and most of your audience will be either focusing on your waving hands, or the pencil itself and will be none the wiser.
Coin Vanish
This is an oldie but a goodie in the easy magic trick world. Announce to your public that you are able to make a coin disappear simply by rubbing it against your elbow. Borrow a coin from a member of the audience and while holding it in your right hand, start rubbing it on your left elbow. The first two times you try the trick you fail but all it takes is switching hands to get the easy magic trick to work.
The secret behind this easy magic trick is that when you switch coins from your right hand to your left hand, you only pretend to transfer the coin. Therefore the coin is still in your right hand when it appears to have disappeared from your left. You then pretend to pull the coin from behind someone’s ear, or other odd place to the amazement of the group.
