Many people love tricks, regardless of age. There are a huge number of tricks, among which there are those that will impress even skeptics of such performances. Many tricks have such simple secrets that even children can prepare and start showing them.
Is it possible to learn magic tricks quickly?
If you want, you can master tricks for beginners and their secrets on the first day. However, they will not be done well right away. No one will be able to become a real illusionist in a few days or months. Mastery comes only with age and long, persistent training.
A beginner illusionist will be able to show simple tricks masterfully after a few days of training. The main thing is training and precise knowledge of how the trick is “arranged”.
In order to make a positive impression on the audience with tricks, any magician must follow the following rules:
| Rule | Description |
| Maintain secrecy | Under no circumstances should you tell the audience what the secret of the trick is, otherwise the interest in the performance will immediately disappear. It is better to let the observer himself hypothesize about what technique was used to perform the trick. Also, do not argue with him about this. |
| Prepare thoroughly before performing | Each trick should be carefully rehearsed before the show. A mirror will help here: it will allow you to simultaneously act as a hypothetical spectator. The trick should be shown as if to yourself. If no mistakes are made during its execution, then it can be demonstrated to the public. You should also not forget about carefully thinking through the plots and preparing the speech. |
| Don't tell anyone in advance what's going on | When showing a trick, you don't need to tell the viewer what is going to happen. Otherwise, there won't be any surprise as such. The point is that the viewer can be smart and guess how the trick was performed. For the same reason, you shouldn't show the same trick to the same viewer twice. |
Types of magic tricks that beginners can master
Tricks for beginners and their secrets are based on similar techniques. All of them can be classified by similar features and divided into several types.
For example, there are many card tricks. They can be classified as card tricks. The most common of them are the disappearance or guessing of a card from a deck. There are also tricks with coins, handkerchiefs, and fruits.
Secrets of simple magic tricks
The simplest tricks don't require much work. They also don't require much material or time. The article below provides examples of several simple tricks. Each of them is described in detail: how to do it, how to show it, what is needed for execution, and what the viewer will ultimately see.
The coin penetrates the glass through the bottom
Anyone would be surprised to see an object penetrate a glass vessel through its bottom.
This trick is performed as follows:
- The illusionist shows the audience an empty glass.
- He closes the top of the glass and suddenly there is a coin inside the vessel.
To perform such a trick, in addition to the glass itself, you will need 2 coins. They must be the same. You can take, for example, 2 coins worth 5 rubles each. The first one will need to be shown to the audience before the trick, and the second one should be hidden in the palm of your hand.
The hand holding the coin must cover the glass, and the other coin must knock on its glass bottom. After stopping the knocking, the coin must be released from the palm. At the same time, the magician discreetly hides the other coin.
The map disappears in the blink of an eye
This disappearing trick is often simply called a "card toss."
It looks like this:
- The illusionist holds a card in his hand.
- With a quick movement, makes the card miraculously disappear.
To perform this trick you only need 1 card.
The process of demonstrating a trick can be divided into stages:
- Hold your hand so that your little finger and index finger are straight. The other 3 fingers should touch each other. As a result, your hand will take a shape similar to the old rock and roll symbol.
- Take that single card so that its edge (about 25 mm thick) is between the middle, ring and thumb fingers.
- Squeeze your fingers and stretch out your hand. The card will be squeezed between 4 fingers, and it will seem as if it is simply not there. You just need to make sure that the spectator sees the hand, directed at him with the palm, because the card is on the other side. It should not be noticed.
The most skillful magicians can easily return the card back and make it disappear again.
Removing a shirt through a jacket
Tricks for beginners and their secrets are not limited to simple options. For example, taking off a shirt through a jacket is a spectacular and difficult to perform performance. The magician takes off his spectator's shirt without touching the jacket that is worn on top.
Professionals call someone from the audience to the stage, choosing from those who voluntarily agree to participate in such a funny experiment. The volunteer actually turns out to be an assistant, well disguised as an ordinary spectator. He specially sits down in the auditorium in advance.
The gist of the trick is as follows:
- Dress the assistant in a special way: throw a shirt over his back, but he should not put his arms through the sleeves.
- Button up the collar and cuffs, then put on the jacket in the most normal way.
- Once the jacket is put on, no one will guess about the tricky features of the assistant's "wardrobe". All that remains to be done during the trick itself is to unbutton the shirt, pull the sleeves and pull it out from under the jacket.
Fruit Transformation Focus
An interesting and easy to perform trick is the transformation of fruits.
On stage it is performed as follows:
- The illusionist has an apple in his palm, which he covers with a handkerchief and says a few magic words.
- The magician removes the handkerchief, and instead of an apple, for example, there is a tangerine.
You can use other fruits for this trick. The idea will remain the same - one fruit is "miraculously" replaced by another under a scarf. For example, you can turn a tangerine into a pear, a grapefruit into a mango. The solution will be the same in any case.
The main thing is that the first fruit that will transform is citrus. It is important that its peel can be carefully removed, and another fruit can be placed inside instead of the citrus slices. The second fruit should be slightly smaller in size than the first, so that it can easily fit in the peel.
During the trick itself, the peel is removed with a hand movement along with the handkerchief. The spectator, who has not noticed anything, sees another fruit in front of him.
Phone in a Bottle Trick
Tricks for beginners using mobile phones have appeared recently. Their secret is based on sleight of hand. For the trick you will need an ordinary plastic bottle and a mobile phone, which can be borrowed from the spectator so that he feels like a full-fledged participant in this show.
The trick is performed as follows:
- You need to take the bottle in your hands and show it to the audience. They must make sure that there is absolutely nothing in it.
- One of the spectators must be asked to give a phone number. Here the participant can be random, not a fake one, as in the case of removing a shirt through a jacket.
- In a few moments, the phone will be in the bottle. This will delight the audience, and also cause them to be puzzled: how did such a wide object end up in a vessel with a narrow neck.
There are actually several ways to perform this trick. To repeat it, you will need special equipment. A professional has a false finger, which contains a small but perfectly sharpened blade.
Once he has given the audience confirmation that there is nothing in the bottle, all that remains is to carefully and discreetly cut it. The main thing is that the length of the hole made is slightly larger than the width of the phone. Then it can be easily placed inside, and this can be done in such a way that the spectators watching the events on stage will not suspect anything.
Guessing any card from the deck
Guessing the spectator's card is a common trick that many illusionists start with.
On stage he looks like this:
- The spectator draws any card from the deck, looks at it himself, but does not show it to anyone, and then puts it back.
- The magician performs certain manipulations and finds in the deck the very card that was taken out by the spectator a few seconds ago.
The secret of this simple trick is as follows:
- The magician has the opportunity to see the key card, which is located next to the one that the spectator has drawn. He looks at it at the moment the spectator's card is returned to the deck. It should be facing up.
- After this, the illusionist pretends to shuffle the deck. Then, looking at the backs, he finds the key card, and then the one that was pulled out by the spectator. "Here is your card!" says the magician, and the surprised spectator, who has received a lot of positive impressions, remains satisfied with the performance.
The egg that jumps
An easy to perform and interesting trick is the "Jumping Egg". To perform it, you need to take a regular glass and a raw chicken egg.
When the magician shows this trick, the egg, which is in a glass, as if in a vertical position, jumps out and turns 90O, moving into a horizontal position. In this case, the performer does not touch either the glass or the egg with his hands: it turns over on its own.
The secret of the trick is very simple. All that is required is to blow strongly towards the egg from above. If you do everything correctly, it will jump up under the pressure of the air and turn over.
Whiskey from ordinary water
This trick is not suitable for children, but will pleasantly surprise adults who like strong drinks. Before their eyes, ordinary water will turn into whiskey.
This trick needs to be performed as follows:
- Prepare 2 glasses, as well as 2 bottles, one of which will contain water, and the other - whiskey. Also, to perform this trick, you will need a plastic card or another similar object.
- Pour both drinks into glasses: the first glass should be filled with water, and the second with alcohol.
- Place a card on a glass of water and, turning it upside down, place it over a glass of alcoholic drink.
- Pull out a card located between the two glasses and observe how quickly the alcohol and water change places.
Evaporation of a handkerchief in a fist
Tricks for beginners and their secrets can be easy to perform. For example, the disappearance of a red handkerchief in a fist, which every child will love. The illusionist simply squeezes the handkerchief in his hand, then unclenches his fist, and the audience is surprised to see that there is nothing left in the palm.
In fact, it is not difficult to perform such a trick. For this you will need a couple of items - a handkerchief and a false finger. There will be no problem with the handkerchief: you will definitely have one at home.
Any other piece of fabric of similar dimensions can also successfully play its role. With a false finger, things are more complicated: you will need to buy it. It is inexpensive - about $ 1. You should go to a store that sells holiday goods for such a finger. You can also place an order on AliExpress.
Once both items are prepared, you can begin practicing performing the trick:
- Put the false finger in the scarf. It is important that you can then easily put it on your own and take the scarf.
- Put the handkerchief and finger in your pocket. This way the performer will prepare to show his trick. The following stages are performed on stage or in front of an audience in a room if the illusionist is still a beginner.
- At the right moment, the magician puts on his finger and takes out the handkerchief. Then he clamps the handkerchief with the middle and index fingers of both hands. The audience should see all this.
- Carefully bring your hands together and, without the audience noticing, squeeze the artificial finger between your real thumb and index finger.
- Show your audience the handkerchief several times, and then clench the hand that contains the artificial finger into a fist. It should be covered with the handkerchief.
- Start pushing the handkerchief into the fist. However, the audience should see that the handkerchief is supposedly being pushed into the fist. In reality, the magician puts the fabric not into the fist, but into the false finger. This is the secret of the trick.
- Once the handkerchief has completely disappeared, all that remains is to put your finger back on and push the handkerchief through a few more times. Now the audience will see that it has disappeared.
It is important to move your hands as quickly as possible when performing this trick so that the audience cannot notice the artificial finger.
Banana trick
This trick uses only a banana. It cannot be replaced with another fruit. The magician's main task is to cut the pulp without damaging the peel. You don't need to touch the fruit at all, and to make the spectacle even more stunning, you can additionally make a few chopping movements with your palm in the air.
At first, the viewer will see that the fruit, despite all these movements of the performer, remains untouched in the form it was in. However, when the magician unwraps the banana peel, underneath it will be sliced banana pulp.
The secret of this trick is based on a thin needle and the special tenderness of the banana pulp. It is easy to mash with a fork or even with your hand, and cutting this fruit with a sharp needle is as easy as pie. All you need to do is make a hole in the pulp, piercing the peel.
The needle needs to be brought to the back of the banana - to the part of the peel that is on the opposite side. At the same time, there is no need to pierce the opposite side, otherwise the trick will fail.
When preparing the trick, the main task is to perform swinging movements back and forth, while carefully cutting the banana pulp. It is recommended to practice on a banana that has already been peeled. This will help ensure that the process is very simple.
When preparing a banana for an upcoming performance, you need to make holes in its peel so that the viewer does not notice the punctures on the surface. It is even better to specially disguise them. For example, you can make holes in the part of the fruit where there are any natural damages: spots, dents, scars, scratches.
Juice will start to leak out of the holes after a few minutes. And then the leaks can be detected by the spectator. Therefore, it is recommended to prepare for the trick 10-15 minutes before the start of the trick.
Unusual tricks have always been popular with people. They make you dream and believe in a fairy tale. Many people have a desire not only to watch bright, beautiful, amazing performances, but also to try to learn how to show them themselves.
Only real professional illusionists show the most incredible things. Only a few can repeat their tricks. However, at the same time, there are simple versions of tricks, the preparation and execution of which can be easily mastered by almost any child, and especially an adult. This means that everyone can at least feel like a real magician.
If you want, you can continue to practice, and then new tricks will turn out better and better. Do not deny yourself the pleasure, especially at the initial stage, of showing someone interesting and secret tricks that will surprise and delight.
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