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How to Routine a Birthday Party Magic Show

 
The biggest mistake I see new birthday party magicians make is that they choose lousy magic tricks for their acts. They’ll spend lots of time, energy and money buying expensive magic tricks but put together an act that fails to entertain. If you fail to select great magic tricks for your act don’t be surprised [...]

Two easy kids magic tricks

Two Little Dicky Birds
This is old and almost forgotten by the present generation elementary magic trick.
But in bygone years it afforded great amusement to children. It is a most simple trick, yet to many at first sight the secret is not always apparent and may often be shown with advantage.
Effect
The two forefingers are extended and [...]

Pocket tricks

Pocket tricks form a separate and a most important class of magic. It would be difficult to overrate the importance to the average magician of a good repertoire of well-rehearsed pocket tricks. They are not out of place in the most ambitious of programmes, and they are absolutely essential for the occasional impromptu entertainment.
At such [...]

How to do magic with cards?

Some of the most valuable and fascinating things to know in magic are the clever ideas and ruses which are used to enable certain effects to be produced. Over the years magicians has carried out a continuous search for little known secrets how to do magic with cards, and in this chapter gives us a [...]

Top 3 online magic stores

There are a lot of magic stores out there …and I’ve pretty much tried a lot of them.
Some are great, some are pretty bad, and some are just "ok."
A lot of readers ask me what the best online magic store is, so I decided to write this article to let you know [...]

Thumb Touch Coins Across – coin magic trick

Here you’ll learn how to perform coin magic trick that use only one move – Geoff’s Han Ping Chien. The application is also fairly easy. There is, of course, a catch: you must be able to act, and well. If you convey the proper impressions to the audience this is one of the cleanest coins [...]

Card magics revealed

Colour separation card magic trick
Here is another secret of card magics revealed for you. This quick, straightforward effect creates a strong impression on the minds of the spectators. For this reason you can include it in your programme, immediately after some more lengthy card trick.
EFFECT. From a shuffled pack a spectator hands the performer any [...]

Stars of street magic – David Blaine & others

Want to perform David’s street magic tricks? Get this Best-of-breed beginners DVD How to do Street Magic
Street magic is also known as “street performance”. Street magic first appeared as a form of performing for money from passersby. It included card tricks, eating fire, illusions,  and even mentalism.
It has very few tools and appliances as the [...]

Awesome card tricks you can easily perform

This easy to perform card effect will be a very valuable addition to your Street Magic repertoire. It can be done with a borrowed deck, and thus can be used for emergency
work. These effect provide excellent entertainment.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
EFFECT:
A deck of cards is thoroughly shuffled. Spectator then cuts deck into two portions, gives one [...]