Has anyone ever thought about where those incomprehensible words and expressions that we hear at the performances of clowns and magicians come from? To me

For some reason, as a child, it always seemed that these were inventions of television magicians Akopyan and the like.

With age, both vocabulary and convolutions in the head increase. And, it is often interesting to delve into the etymology of the origin of many words and expressions. The same thing happened with magic tricks.

So how did these spells actually come about?

If you delve into the archives, you can discover amazing things:

Hocus Pocus, hokuspokus (German), hocus-pocus (English), hokus pokus filiokus (Swedish)

Mass in Europe was celebrated in Latin. The most exciting moment - the transformation of bread into a body - was proclaimed by the priest: hoc est corpus! - this is the body. The majority of the parishioners did not know Latin, and for them these words sounded like just a meaningless magic spell. Therefore, many magicians, when removing a coin from a spectator’s ear or releasing pigeons from an empty box, shouted exactly this phrase: hocus-pocus! This explanation was proposed back in 1694 by an Anglican prelate John Tillotson, who wrote:

“In all likelihood, the usual words of hocus-pocus magicians are nothing more than distorted from "hoc est corpus", that is, that expression by which the priests of the Catholic Church produce their absurd imitation in their trick of the Eucharist."

Abracadabra (eng.)

In Hebrew "ha-b'rakah" roughly means “sacred name”, but there is an opinion that it comes from Aramaic Avra kehdabra which means approximately “I speak, I create”.

The word (spell against various diseases) was prescribed to be used as follows. It was written out in a column on a tablet 11 times, with the last letter being cut off each time. The result was a triangle. Such a gradual shortening of this word was supposed to destroy the power of the evil spirit, and the patient, putting on the amulet, was supposed to gradually recover.

Sim Sala Bim, Simsalabim (eng.)

was used as a magic formula, probably because it is similar to the Arabic word Simsim, which means seed. And, if you remember, the seed revealed many secrets: “Open now” in the story of Ali Baba and the 40 thieves from the tale of the Arabian Nights.

Who doesn't love magic tricks? Everyone loves magic tricks - both adults and children. Because a trick is a little magic that you can do yourself if you have the desire and skill. Of course, this matter is not as simple as it seems at first glance, so to begin with, the tricks should be as simple as possible. But that doesn’t make them any less effective! We have put together magic tricks that you can show to kids or help your child master them himself - especially for little magicians! The most important thing in this matter is to learn the magic spell: “hocus pocus alle op!” All! Now everything will definitely work out!

Piggy bank book

And this is not a simple piggy bank, but a magical one - there are more and more coins in it! We put five coins on the page of the book, close the book, and do not forget about the spell. We open the book - ten coins already fall out of it! Everything is elementary: five coins need to be hidden in advance in the spine of the book. Now the main thing is that the coins do not fall out ahead of time.

Obedient tie

Even kids can do this trick. A young magician appears before the audience. But something is wrong with his suit. Oh yes - he forgot to wear a bow tie! But this is a fixable matter, a wave of the magic wand - hello oops! – and the tie is already in its place! The secret is simple: we sew a thin elastic band to the tie, and hide the tie itself under the armpit. We thread the other end of the elastic through the buttonhole on the collar and pull it under the shirt to the waist, securing it. Now all that remains is to take the magic wand in your hand, wave it - the elastic band is released, and the butterfly “flies” to its place!

Magic spoon

Calmly stir sweet tea or compote with a teaspoon. And suddenly - hello oops! – the spoon is already hanging on our nose! Miracles! In fact, everything is simple: the spoon really sticks to the nose because of the sugar (after all, our tea was sweet, and even more so the compote!). Of course, you need to glue the spoon with the concave side. Plus a little sense of humor and acting skills - a funny trick is ready!

Magic lid

We hand out 3 plastic bottle caps to the audience. One of them should be different from the others in color. Let the audience, without our knowledge, hide the lids in a box with three compartments, each lid in its own (the box is made of 3 boxes glued together). We pick up the box and unmistakably determine where the lid of a different color is located! How? Very simple. In advance, you need to put a weighting agent in this lid - a circle of lead, equal in size to the bottom of the lid. At the moment of guessing, carefully take the box with the lids with your fingers by the middle - the heavy lid will outweigh it slightly. If the drawer remains in balance, then the desired lid is in the middle compartment. And, of course, the caps should be given to the spectators one at a time so that they do not have the opportunity to compare their weight.

I can read minds!

The child takes a book at random from the shelf and asks the audience to tell the page number. Then he leaves the room. The magician's assistant reads out the top line of the page chosen by the audience. A young magician enters and repeats it without hesitation! He really can read minds! In fact, everything is simpler: our magician and sorcerer simply knows how to read. Behind the door lies the same book as the one that the child took “at random” from the shelf. And he himself read the right top line behind the door!

Lord of Rice

The magician is holding a plastic margarine box filled with rice. The child covers it on top with exactly the same box - bottom up. After magical manipulations and reading the spell, the box opens, and lo and behold, a miracle - there is much more rice! It doesn’t even fit in the box and spills out onto the table! The secret of the trick is in the specially prepared box with which we covered our rice. It has a “double bottom” - the lid from it needs to be cut off and carefully glued as a bottom approximately in the middle of the box. Now the most important thing is not to mix it up and at the end of the trick, pour the rice into the right box, the one with a false bottom.

Sleight of hand

For this trick we will need a bracelet, rope and a scarf. The assistant tightly ties the young magician's hands, after which he gives him a bracelet and wraps the magician's hands with a scarf, holding the ends of the scarf. After a couple of moments, the scarf is removed, the magician raises his hands - and the magician’s bracelet is put on a rope! The thing is that there are actually two bracelets: the second one is already put on the child’s hand and hidden under the sleeve of the jacket. All that remains is to quietly drop the bracelet onto the rope and hide the second bracelet!

Candy made from... confetti?

For this sweet trick you will need a wide bowl filled with confetti to the middle and a couple of paper cups, not just ordinary ones, but with a secret. Here it is, this secret: one of the cups should have a lid, onto which we glue confetti thickly and thickly. Then it's a matter of technique. We put candy in a glass with a lid and bury it in the bowl of confetti. The child shows the bowl to the audience. So that everyone can see that there is no deception here, he scoops up confetti with another glass and pours it back into the bowl from a sufficiently high height. Then he scoops up the confetti again (but in fact takes another glass, and hides the first one in the bowl), covers it with a handkerchief, reads a spell, removes the handkerchief - in front of us is a glass filled with delicious candies! The main thing is to carefully remove the lid along with the scarf - this is the second secret of our trick.

Non-bursting ball

Take an inflated balloon and a long, sharp knitting needle. A swing, a precise movement - and the needle is inside the ball, but the ball is intact! This is possible with a little preparation and a series of training. You need to stick a piece of transparent tape on both sides of the ball, and the magician’s task is to learn how to hit exactly the marked places. It's not that easy and requires some dexterity. But the effect produced by the trick is worth the time and effort!

Fruit transformation

There is an orange in the palm of the young magician. The magician covers it with a handkerchief, casts a magic spell - and now there is not an orange on his hand, but an apple! And here’s the solution: you need to peel the orange in advance. And put a small apple inside it. The peel is removed with a slight movement of the hand along with a scarf.

Coin - acrobat

Let's invite our viewers to pick up a coin from the table without touching it. It is unlikely that anyone will be able to do this. Meanwhile, it is enough to blow sharply on a coin from a distance of about 5 cm - it will jump, and you need to keep your hand very close in order to have time to pick up the coin. The trick is charming, but requires practice.

I know your date of birth!

This trick, of course, is beyond the power of children. But you can surprise children and adults with them at some holiday. The magician asks the spectator to multiply his date of birth (number) by 2, add 5 to the result, multiply the amount by 50. Then add the number of the month of birth and call the resulting number. The presenter accurately names the viewer's date of birth! And first in his mind he subtracts 250 from the number named by the viewer. The result is a three- or four-digit number. One or two first digits of which is the date, and the second two are the month of birth.

Slippers and rug

The magician brings a rug onto the stage and shows it to the audience from all sides. He covers his feet with it (and at this time he quietly removes the slippers from his feet). The rug is removed and the slippers are revealed! But that’s not all: While the magician bows, the slippers go backstage on their own (they are pulled by assistants on a fishing line)! What an embarrassment! Let's go get the slippers!

Endless thread

There is a white thread on the magician's jacket; the magician tries to brush it off, but he fails. He asks the audience to remove the thread. The kind spectator pulls the thread, pulls, pulls, but it never ends! Soon the viewer becomes entangled in threads. In fact, in the inner pocket of the jacket there is a pencil with a long thread wound around it, and the end of the thread was pulled out with a needle. And we need a pencil for secrecy - even if attentive spectators suspect something, a pencil in your pocket will not give away the secret - it’s not a reel!

Magic water

There is such an optical illusion: if you put a glass on a coin, it will be visible through the walls of the glass, but if you pour water into the glass, the coin will no longer be visible, unless, of course, you look at it from the side, but if you look exactly from above, it will be visible This can become the basis for a focus. For example, you can glue a coin to the bottom of a glass. The magician shows the audience a glass of water - nothing is visible. And now (after the magic words) we look at the glass from above - a coin has appeared in the glass!

Weightless glass

For the trick we need three glasses and a sheet of paper. We place two glasses on the table not far from each other. The magician informs the audience that a sheet of paper placed on the glasses can easily support the weight of the third glass and invites the audience to try to check this. Of course, no one believes. But in vain! This is possible if you fold a sheet of paper like an accordion. For greater effect, you can pour water into the top glass.

Trained button

Pour soda into a glass and put a small button in it. Now we turn to the button: “swim up!”, then: “swim down!” The button is obedient! And here there is no secret at all, the law of physics: gas bubbles, gathering around the button, lift it to the top, at the top they burst, and the button sinks again. All that remains is to calculate the time for your teams.

Unblown candle

Here again are amazing laws of physics and no magic. We try to blow out the candle through the funnel - we blow into its narrow end. If the candle is located exactly in the middle of the funnel, nothing happens, but if the flame is located at the edge of the funnel, the candle goes out immediately. The fact is that the air we blow out is scattered and distributed around the edges of the funnel. Therefore, no air flow remains in the middle, which is why the candle does not go out.

Video: tricks and their secrets

Simple trick with cards - video

Elena Smelyanskaya

Leisure event “Evening of tricks”

Goals:

Develop children's imagination based on activating fantasy;

Foster independence in thinking and behavior, competitiveness, sense of humor, confidence in one’s strengths and abilities;

Develop a range of positive emotions both from the process of activity and from the result obtained;

Create a fun, creative mood during the event.

Equipment:

To decorate the stage: screen, tablecloth;

Attributes for creating the image of a magician: cane, top hat, cloak, etc.

Magic chest (requisites for tricks are stored in it).

Children are always happy to have fun and laugh. Therefore, one way to stir them up is to arrange some kind of fun performance. Adults also need to be able to perform something, play some role. Why not the role of a magician?

Why do you need to show kids magic tricks at all? After all, in the end, magic tricks are a fun deception. But this is precisely the secret of magic tricks: it is nothing more than a fun game of asking riddles.

Tricks awaken children's imagination, forcing them to learn to invent, and often even help them get involved in witchcraft. The guys laugh with all their hearts, and something may forever remain a mystery to them, will entice them with its mystery, but what a triumph experiences that one of the young spectators who is lucky enough to unravel the secret of the trick - by the way, this is possible only thanks to the best for all other viewers, observation skills!

Let us wish all aspiring magicians much, much success!

Abracadabra!

How to turn ink into water.

In an ordinary glass, you need to insert a cylinder made of dark purple or black non-wettable paper cut out in its shape, and then pour water. The audience will see everything only after the magician removes the handkerchief covering it from the glass. Having shown the glass to everyone from a sufficiently large distance, the magician again covers the glass with a handkerchief, makes the necessary passes with his hands, mutters spells, and touches the handkerchief with a magic wand. Then he lifts the handkerchief again, but so as to grab the paper cylinder from the glass with it. Spectators usually really like this trick, although simple, but very effective - after all, right before their eyes, the “ink” turned into the most ordinary water!

Traveler coin.

The coin is placed on one plate, and then, with the help of the same omnipotent spells and waves of the magic wand, they force it to “move” under the second plate. But this, of course, is easier than ever, there is nothing to explain here, “the most difficult thing is ahead of us,” says the magician. He redoes even more manipulations, lifts the first plate - and there it is: the coin is again under the first plate! The whole difficulty of the trick is to ensure that someone does not accidentally pick up the plate at the same moment, then the deception will be immediately exposed.

Excellent scent.

Three or four chairs are placed in the middle of the room. F-k leaves the room, and his assistant asks one of the guys to go out and sit on one of the chairs. When the magician returns to the room, all the chairs are already empty. Nothing, he declares, he has an excellent sense of smell that he will immediately feel which of the chairs he just sat on (f-k, of course, agrees on everything with his assistant in advance). So he sniffed the first chair, the second... and each time he positioned himself so that he could see his assistant. As soon as the f-k approaches the desired chair, the assistant can, unnoticed by others, give a sign - say, cross his legs. Thanks to this sign, after sniffing the chair accordingly, he can confidently indicate - here!

Branch from a bottle.

A flexible elastic branch is inserted into a regular bottle of any shape before presentation. A small length of fishing line, slightly longer than the branch itself, must first be tied to its lower end. A small bead is tied to the upper end of the fishing line. You can insert a branch right in front of the audience - you just need to hold the line to the upper end of the branch with your thumb. When the branch has entered the bottle, the line can be released so that it hangs out through the neck. Under magic spells, the magician slowly runs his hands along the walls of the bottle, from the neck down. In this case, you need to grab the bead with your fingers and pull the line downwards too - the branch will begin to crawl out of the bottle “on its own” (You can perform this trick in another way: the magician persuades the branch to stay in the bottle, but it does not “listen”, although he even strokes it) .

Invisible soap.

Before the performance, the magician must rub his moistened hands with soap. You need to rub it with soap until your hands are dry, so that nothing is noticeable on them. Now a few drops of water will be enough to make the soap foam. An assistant brings a bucket and a jug of water. After he has touched the magician's hands with a magic wand, the assistant pours a little water on them, and the soap foams. Now all that remains is to remove all the washing supplies and give the magician a towel.

Physical education lesson “Heron”.

It's very difficult to stand like that

Don't put your foot on the floor,

And don't fall, don't sway,

Don't hold on to your neighbor.

(The poem is recited 2 times: the first time the children stand on one leg, the second time on the other.)

"Who is this?"

How to eat a candle.

After a long, hard day's work, a magician can't help but get hungry. Then he grabs the “candle” standing on it from the table and... eats it in front of the entire audience! True, the guys “help” the magician: they say in chorus the magic words that he previously taught them.

The secret of the trick is this: a small “candle” is cut out from an apple or a juicy potato shortly before the performance. As a wick, you can use a braided cotton thread, which is first passed through the body of the “candle” using a darning needle, strengthening it in the upper part with a drop of stearin.

The magician eats the candle immediately after lighting it. As soon as the “candle” enters the mouth, the flame from the short wick will instantly go out from the sharply exhaled air. The magician eats the “candle” with pleasure right in front of the amazed spectators. If you don’t have the opportunity to go backstage for a minute, then it is advisable to perform this trick last, so as not to keep the thread in your mouth for a long time.

How to crawl through a postcard.

The magician claims that any person, be it a child or an adult, is able to crawl through an ordinary postcard. Of course, none of the spectators present at the performance believes this statement. Then the magician takes the card, folds it once along the long side exactly in the middle, and then uses scissors to make transverse cuts towards each other. At the same time, he and the audience constantly repeat his spells. After all the transverse cuts have been made, there is a final longitudinal cut along the fold. It does not affect, however, one strip on each side.

Now all that remains is to unfold the postcard into a long chain through which anyone, even the fattest of spectators, can easily fit through.

Match in a napkin.

You need to insert matches into the edge of the cloth napkin. You need to put a match in the unfolded napkin, right in front of the audience, and let them touch whether it is in place after the napkin is loosely folded. Next, the fabric of the napkin is shifted so that the match sewn into the edge remains in your hands. We invite one of the spectators to feel this match and break it - this sound will be clearly heard by everyone. Now we need to properly “conjure” so that the match becomes whole again - we unfold the napkin, and the result is obvious: a whole, unbroken match falls out of it.

Since the whole event is imbued with a creative character, I gave the children the opportunity to reveal themselves, give free rein to their imagination, and throw out their emotions. I suggested a musical imitation game “Instrumental Ensemble”.

Imitation game “Instrumental ensemble”

To play the game you will need a small stick. All players look at the “conductor”. The person entering, waving his wand, sets the rhythm, and the “musicians” “play” imaginary musical instruments with all their might. One “drums”, another moves the “bow” along the strings of the “violin”, the third blows into the “trumpet”, etc. Everyone plays music silently. If any of the participants in the game laughs or continues to play after the conductor has stopped waving his baton, he will have to pay a “fine” or forfeit.

The rules of the game can be changed: let all the “musicians” play the same “instrument” after the “conductor”, who plays one or another “instrument”. The game is played to rhythmic instrumental music.

Teacher of NDOU “Kindergarten No. 142 of JSC “Russian Railways””, p. Salym Nefteyugansk district, Tyumen region. Russia

After reading the article, you will be able to do simple but very funny magic tricks.

Where do we start?

It is especially useful for shy, insecure kids to learn a few tricks. After all, in order to show a prepared trick, you need to go, if not on stage, then at least to the center of the room, where the whole family or friends of the child have gathered for the performance. And thunderous applause and surprise from friends will be the best cure for low self-esteem.

First of all, explain to your daughter or son that in order for the trick to work, you need to practice properly. Very often children want everything at once. They get upset if something doesn't work out after several attempts. Remind your child that you can’t even pull a fish out of a pond without difficulty. With your help, a novice magician will cope with inevitable difficulties, and this will help him in the future to bring the work he has begun to completion and develop determination.

Many tricks require making props. This would be a great creative activity for 5-6 year olds. And where the child cannot cope on his own, his mother or grandmother will help him. Here the most ordinary things will be used: strings, coins, cardboard boxes, plastic sour cream jars and of course colored paper, paints, pencils.

Where can I find descriptions of tricks? In children's magazines and books. There is not much such literature, but it is not difficult to find. After all, the door to magic is closed, but not locked. Try to interest the young magician in books on the history of the art of illusions, tell him about the great magicians of the past and present. This will give the child new knowledge and teach him to take a more serious, comprehensive approach to the topic of interest. Tell your child that, for example, David Copperfield since childhood read all the literature about magic that he could find, and this helped him become the greatest illusionist in the world.

Act according to the principle “from simple to complex.” If your child does well in his very first trick in life, he will feel more confident in the future. Choose a simple, well-understood trick, and analyze it with your child. When the child begins to succeed, let him rehearse in front of the mirror. This way he will be able to understand what the audience will see and correct possible mistakes.

Practice together what and how your magician will say while performing the trick. Explain to him that how he behaves on stage is very important for an artist. Even the most amazing “magic” will be boring if the “wizard” silently waves his wand. It’s a completely different matter when an artist smiles and jokes with the audience. So gradually the child will learn not only to speak casually during the performance, this will contribute to the development of a sense of humor. And also tell your child that it is very important never to reveal the secret of the trick, no matter how much his friends ask him to do so. Otherwise the feeling of magic will be destroyed.

The simplest tricks

Here are some simple tricks to get you started.

Spoon glued to nose

A trick spoon glued to your nose is suitable for when you drink sweet coffee or compote, stirring it with a light teaspoon. To demonstrate the trick, remove the spoon from the cup. Turn the spoon handle down and place the concave side towards your nose. Lightly press the outside of the spoon with your fingers. After you remove your hand, the spoon will hang on your nose as if it were glued. The secret of the trick is simple. You really glued the spoon with the help of the sweet drink that remains on it when you stir it. Even with little acting ability, a few seconds are enough to convince the audience of this trick of the extraordinary properties of your spoon.

Coins in a book

We place six coins on the page of a large book. We close the book and say the magic words “crex-pex-fex”. Now we open the book, tilt it so that the coins slide into the hand of one of the spectators. We count them and find that there are ten coins! The secret of the trick is simple. Before the performance begins, you need to put four coins in the spine of an open book and check that they can slip out unnoticed when you tilt the book, but do not fall out with any movement.

The miraculous appearance of a tie

The next simple trick is a trick joke. The little magician comes out to the audience and asks what important detail is missing in his costume. Oops, he forgot to wear a tie! It's okay, because a wizard can do anything. The child waves his magic wand - and the bow tie appears in its right place! Where did he come from? And the whole point, of course, is in special training.

You need to take a thin round elastic band and attach one end to the tie. Then we hold the tie with an elastic band under the arm so that the audience cannot see it. We will thread the free end of the elastic into the loop on the collar of the shirt, lower it under the shirt to the waist and secure it there firmly. Now you need to take the magic wand in your hand. When your baby waves it, the elastic will pull the tie toward the collar.

Three bottle caps

Give three spectators a lemonade cap, two of which are regular white (colorless) and one is yellow. Offer to hide the lids in a box with three compartments so that you can’t see which is which, and try to guess which compartment the lid is in, for example the yellow one.

The box is made from four outer cases and three inner matchbox drawers. When the lids are laid out, turn to the audience, take the box from them and, after a second of reflection, confidently indicate where the hidden lid is hidden.

The secret of the trick: In advance, place a lead circle under the seal in the yellow lid, equal in diameter to the lid. Hand out the caps to the audience one at a time so that they do not have the opportunity to compare them. When you receive the box in your hand, discreetly grasp the middle of it with your fingertips. The advantage of one side will immediately indicate to you the desired compartment. If the box remains in balance, then the desired lid is in the center).

Mind Reading

The young magician can surprise viewers with his ability to read minds. The child takes a book from the shelf as if at random and asks the audience to name the number of any page. Then he leaves the room, and an assistant, for example mom, reads aloud the top line on the selected page.

The kid returns to the room and asks the audience to think about the line he heard. Then, pretending to read thoughts, he pronounces it. This trick can be easily done by a child who can read. The whole secret is that the exact same book is hidden behind the door. When the child leaves the room, he simply reads and remembers the top line on the right page.

A young magician holds an inflated balloon in his hands. Then he takes a long knitting needle and pierces the ball right through, but the magic ball remains intact. To demonstrate to the audience that the ball is an ordinary one, the child lightly pierces it with a needle. The ball bursts.

How is this possible? Help your son or daughter prepare a knitting needle for this trick. It should be long, thin, well pointed and carefully polished, without nicks. Now we stick a piece of tape on both sides of the ball - and the props are ready. Just first you need to practice piercing the ball exactly in the places “reinforced” with tape quickly and accurately. If you accidentally hit the thin, stretched rubber of the ball with a knitting needle, it will immediately burst. And it’s okay that the kid ruins more than a dozen balloons. But then he will be able to surprise guests at a birthday party or friends in kindergarten with a mysterious trick.

Magic rice

Now let’s show the audience the magic rice. Your magician fills a plastic margarine jar to the brim with dry rice. Then he covers it with exactly the same jar, bottom up, turns the jars on their sides, pressing them tightly against each other, and carries them to all four corners of the room, saying that by magic the rice is transferred to the north, south, west and east. Our rice has traveled around the world.

It may not have become twice as tasty, but there was twice as much of it. We put the jars on a tray, remove the top... The container is full of rice, but the extra one came from somewhere! It scattered all over the tray, it doubled in size! But before, rice easily fit into a jar, everyone saw it. For this trick, we need to work some magic on plastic jars in advance. We will need two completely identical containers.

Take the lid of the jar and carefully cut off the edge. Lubricate the edge of the lid with any universal glue and glue it inside one of the cans approximately in the middle. Now the volume of the can has been halved. Let your child decorate both jars so that they look exactly the same.

To do this, they can be covered with colored paper and shiny stars. To get the trick, pour the rice into a regular jar and cover it with the one we specially prepared by gluing the lid inside. Now all that remains is not to forget the important detail at the end of the trick: after “traveling the world,” the jar with the lid glued in should be at the bottom.

Hand tying

To successfully perform the next trick, the baby will have to practice a little.

We will need a rope about 1 m long, a thin metal (or plastic) bracelet in the form of a ring, into which a child’s hand can easily fit, and a large scarf. Two assistants tightly tie the ends of the rope around the “wizard’s” hands. The child takes the bracelet in one hand and hides both hands under a scarf, which is held by the ends by assistants. After a few seconds, the assistants remove the scarf, and the artist raises his hands up and shows the bracelet hanging on the rope. Of course, here too the solution is very simple. After all, there is a second, exactly the same bracelet. The child first puts it on his hand and covers it with the sleeve of his shirt or jacket. In the meantime, the assistants hold the handkerchief, quietly hide the bracelet in their pocket, and slide the one hidden under the sleeve down onto the rope. That's the whole secret!

Amazing pencil

Fold the banknote in half lengthwise and hold it horizontally. Place a pencil under it. Viewers will see how he, having pierced the paper, stuck out on the other side. Without pulling out the pencil, turn the bill vertically. Holding it on top with one hand, sharply lower the pencil down with the other. It will easily pass through the paper, and the paper... will be safe and sound!

The secret of the trick: make a 4 cm long cut in the middle part of the pencil. When demonstrating the trick, move the pencil from the side of the bill opposite to the audience so that half of the bill fits into the cut. Fold over the other half of the bill. When viewers see a tongue-like part of a pencil, they will mistake it for a whole pencil. All that remains is to sharply lower the pencil down and release the bill from the cut.

Instantly transform an orange into an apple

The young wizard shows everyone an orange, covers it with a bright scarf, casts magic spells, and pulls off the scarf. And there’s already an apple on your palm! The secret of focus. Carefully remove the peel from the orange in advance. Then place the apple (it should be slightly smaller than the orange) in this peel. When showing, the child, tightly holding an apple in an orange peel, shows everyone what he has in his hand. Then, with a deft movement, he removes the scarf from the apple along with the peel.

Confetti candies

Just imagine: a young magician covers a paper cup with confetti with a handkerchief, takes off the handkerchief, and instead of confetti there is candy in the cup. The most real, sweet and delicious. Help yourself, friends! And no matter how fantastic it may sound, with the necessary props it’s not difficult to perform such a trick. So, we will need a large opaque bowl or wide vase filled to the middle with confetti (we buy several bags and pour it into the bowl), two completely identical paper or plastic cups (one with a lid), candies in candy wrappers, and a scarf. Before we start training, let’s do a little magic with a glass.

Fill the one with the lid with candies, close the lid, thickly grease it with glue and cover it with confetti. It is better to stick the confetti in several layers so that they reliably disguise the lid. If there is no ready-made protrusion on the side of the lid, tape a piece of strong fishing line to it with tape so that it is not conspicuous, but at the same time it is easy to feel and grab with your fingers. Cups with your baby can be decorated with stickers. Just make sure that they look absolutely identical (to do this, use two sheets of identical stickers).

After all this, we bury the glass in the bowl of confetti so that it is not visible. The preparations are complete. Let's move on to the actual focus. The magician shows the audience a bowl of confetti and tells them that he can turn confetti into candy. Don't believe me? Now!

He takes an empty glass, shows it to the audience, scoops confetti from the vase with it and pours it back from a fairly large height, demonstrating to the audience that all these are ordinary things, there is no secret in them. You need to scoop up the confetti carefully so as not to “light up” the hidden glass. Then the young magician scoops up the confetti again, but at the same time quietly leaves an empty glass under a layer of colored circles, and pulls out a glass with a “secret”. This is the first point that needs to be worked out properly. The audience should not suspect anything.

The “secret” glass is raised above the bowl and shown to the audience, the remains of confetti fall from it, and no one suspects the substitution. The magician shakes off the excess confetti (leaving only the glued one), covers the glass with a handkerchief and “conjures” over it, saying something like: One, two, three, Become a confetti candy!

And he himself feels the prepared loop of fishing line through the scarf and pulls the scarf off the cup along with the lid. This is the second point that requires training. You need to learn how to quickly grab the loop and remove the scarf so that the cover underneath is not visible. After this, the young magician puts the scarf aside and shows the surprised spectators a glass full of sweets. So, what do magic candies taste like?

Jumping Coin

This is a cute home trick that is simple and effective. Place a small coin on the table and have someone pick it up without touching the table or the coin. Of course, even if someone volunteers to do this, they still won’t be able to.

The secret of the trick: just hold your hand close to the coin and blow strongly on it from a distance of 5 centimeters. The air compressed by your breath will lift the coin and throw it into your hand. This is not possible right away, but after several exercises you can deftly perform this trick: you blow and there is a coin in your hand!

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Coca-Cola in a ball

For this simple trick, all you need is a balloon and a bottle of Coca-Cola. Place the balloon on the neck of the bottle and have someone tilt the bottle and pour the cola into the balloon. Usually these attempts fail because the ball is tightly compressed. The secret is that you need to shake the bottle slightly so that the gas begins to move into the ball.

Banana with filling

A delicious trick for lovers of sweet surprises. You can try stuffing a banana without peeling it using a syringe. Or cut a banana from the tail side, make a hole with a straw and add Nutella or condensed milk. Then we take a banana, peel it and surprise the kids!

Phone - in a ball

A good trick for the holidays when balloons are flying everywhere in the room. We take one of them and keep it lying on the table, pressing it with the phone. Then we sharply deflate the ball by pressing on the phone. That's all - the gadget is “trapped”!

Light two candles without matches

This simple trick is very effective. You will need two candles, glycerin and potassium permanganate powder. Lubricate the wick of one candle with glycerin in advance, and the other with potassium permanganate. We bring the candles to each other with wicks... And, lo and behold, they light up! When performing a trick, hold the candles at arm's length, away from you.

Paperclip on the water

This focus will allow you to take your mind off work or school. Invite others to place a paperclip in a glass of water so that it does not drown. And when the unsuccessful attempts are completed, do the same, but with the help of another paperclip, previously unbent for the convenience of the process. And you did it!

Turning an orange into an apple

A wonderful trick for children. Show the orange, cover it with a scarf, say the “magic words” and tear off the scarf. Wow, there's an apple there! For this “miracle” you need to peel the orange in advance and place the apple in it. When showing, squeeze the apple in the orange peel and then deftly grasp the cloth and peel.

Ball raising glass

This trick is suitable for a friendly bet. Say that you can easily lift a glass with a balloon. How is this possible? All the “magic” is in ordinary matches. We throw a burning match to the bottom of the glass and immediately apply the ball to the upper edge, pressing lightly. As soon as the match burns out, pick it up!