Tricks
Magic has the ability to make people become shocked with truely amazing tricks. The tricks range from cards to strings and all have their own distinguished effects. Down below are descriptions and example of great magic tricks.
Card Tricks Rope Tricks Coin Tricks
Card Manipulation
Card tricks are not really magic but a manipulation. The person perfoming the trick uses speed and slickness to full the viewer. The magician must be smooth in all movements to make sure not even the slightest mistake takes place. Most of all they must practice, practice and practice to get the card trick down to perfection. Not all tricks are hard, like the one below can be performed by You! Just read and follow the directions and you will be able to a card trick in no time.
"The 7 by 7 Trick"
This trick works automatically and is similar to the "3 by 7" trick, but in this card trick there is a secret move that you will do behind your back for the surprise ending.
Hold the deck out and ask the spectator to pull out any 3 cards. Now say, "Okay, we're not going to use those cards!" (that usually gets a chuckle from the spectator).
Deal 7 cards in a row face-up. Now deal 7 more cards on top of the first 7, overlapping them so that you can see the values of all of the cards. Continue dealing in this way until you use up all of the cards. This is identical to the "3 by 7" trick (#2 above) except that instead of having 3 columns and 7 rows you will have 7 columns and 7 rows.
Ask the spectator to mentally pick one of the cards which you just dealt (but not to tell you what it is), and then ask him to point to the column which contains his card (just like in the "3 by 7" trick above). Now pick up each column, preserving the order of the cards in each column, but make sure that the column he pointed to is the 4th column that you pick up (because you want it to be in the middle of the deck, just like in the "3 by 7" trick above). Now you have a stack of cards with his column of cards in the middle of the stack.
Deal out the 7 columns and 7 rows exactly as you did before. Ask the spectator to point to the column which contains his card, but this time pick up his column of cards first (so that it will be on top of the deck after you pick up all of the cards). Make sure that you preserve the order of the cards in each column.
Put the deck behind your back (face-down) and move 3 cards from the top to the bottom. Now turn over the top card so that it is face-up. Cut the deck by taking the bottom half of the deck and putting it on top of the deck. Bring the deck out in front again and place it face-up on the table.
Say, "I don't know what card you chose, but I'll spread out the cards and see if I can find your card." Spread out all of the cards (face-up). His card will be the only face-down card in the deck! Say, "Hmmm, now which card is yours? Maybe it's this one!" Slide the face-down card out of the deck and ask him what his card was, then turn the card over.
String/Rope Tricks
I In magic ropes and strings are used in many different ways. Most people see rope tricks performed by local magicians performing for children were they do simple yet amazing tricks. The magician sometimes cut the string into multiple pieces and then restore it back to one full piece. Some magicians like David Blaine do outrages tricks like swallowing a string and then pulling the string out of his stomach. Down below is an easy trick you can perfrom at home.
Use a strong piece of rope, about 3' long. It should be about ¼" thick. Take a look at the drawing below these instructions. It shows 4 knots on the rope. Knots B, C and D are regular knots. The hanger is tied to knot C. But knot A isn't a regular knot, it is a "slip knot." It looks pretty much like the others, but when pulled by the ends of the rope, comes undone.
What to do:
Begin the trick with knot D covered by your right hand. Hold the rope so that knots A, B, and C are showing.
Say: "Here we have three knots. Notice that a hanger is tied onto the end knot. But watch … Abracadabra!"
Now, do two things:
First: Pull the rope very tight between your hands. This will cause the slipknot (A) to come undone. It seems to disappear.
Second: Pull the rope again with the left hand. Slide knot D from your right hand. When you do this fast, it looks to the audience as if the hanger has jumped from the end knot to the center knot.
Practice, practice, practice … try it in front of a mirror, then when you can do it fast and smoothly, try it in front of your friends and family. It's a great trick.
Coin Tricks
Coin tricks are liked by many because they are simple tricks that can be performed by annyone. Coin tricks range from the pulling a coin out from the back of someones ear to bitting a quarter in half and then blowing it back together. The great thing about these types of tricks is that they can be performed anywhere because everyone has change somewhere. Down below is another trick you can try tourself.
Penny Prediction
Effect: A hat or bag containing ten pennies ( quarters will do, just as well )is passed to the audience. They are asked to examine the coins to confirm that the coins have different dates. A member of the audience is asked to choose a coin at random and pass this around for the other members to see. The coin is then placed back in the hat with the other coins and the hat is then presented to the magician. Eyes closed and appearing to be concentrating deeply, the magician puts his hand in the hat and retrieves the chosen coin.
This is an impressive mind reading style routine.
Items Needed: 10 pennies or quarters with different dates on each, a hat or paper bag.
Secret: There is no secret setup. There is no force of which coin to chose. The trick is fairly simple if you think about it. As the coin is passed through the people's hands, it becomes warmer than the rest. So, all you have to do when you stick your hand into the hat is find the coin that is the warm one. A paper bag will do just as good as a hat.