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Kids love mysterious things, don’t they?
Their wide-eyed looks and curious head tilts are absolutely adorable.
So why not perform some magic at a birthday party or seasonal event?
You might feel nervous with kids watching, but with simple methods you can pull off tricks that will make them gasp.
Once you practice and learn a trick, you can adapt it to many different situations—highly recommended.
Use this article as a guide to find some jaw-dropping magic tricks!
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[Childcare Magic] Easy! A Collection of Tricks You’ll Want to Show Kids (1–10)
A bucket that keeps producing gifts one after another
Gifts keep appearing one after another, and the kids are guaranteed to be thrilled! Here’s a magic trick using a bucket.
Cover the bucket with a sheet of newspaper and secure it with a rubber band; then, as you chant a magic spell and tear the newspaper, gifts start appearing from inside one after another.
The key to this trick is to secretly keep a bag filled with gifts hidden on the backside of the newspaper, and when you’ve finished taking all the gifts out, roll up the newspaper together with the bag so it stays out of sight.
Your performance is also crucial, so practice several times to master it and keep the secret from being discovered!
A drawing of a flower becomes a real flower.
When you untie the paper ribbon—like a ribbon on a present—and open the paper, there’s a drawing of a flower inside.
Then you fold the paper back the same way and open it again… and the illustrated flower has turned into a real flower! It’s a very mysterious magic trick, but in fact a real flower is pre-set behind the drawing.
The paper is folded in thirds, and with a small folding technique, you can reveal the flower hidden on the back.
You can do this with small plush toys and other items too, so try it with different things!
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Prepare and perform lots of simple, short tricks like quick gags.
They’re the kind that even adults will ask, “How does that work?” For example, a smartphone that seems to get sucked into a plastic bottle is just a bottle with a slit cut into it, and a balloon that inflates even though it was supposedly cut with scissors is actually two balloons, with only the outer one cut.
Once you know the secrets, they’re all easy to do.
Watch the kids’ reactions and repeat the tricks, invite them to look for the gimmicks, and get creative with how you present the magic.
Birthday Cake Magic
This magic trick involves putting a spell on a three-tier birthday cake you’ve made, turning the cake into a single picture.
Because you can prepare the setup in advance, most people can perform it without failing—so give it a try! First, paste a copy of a birthday cake drawing onto a sheet of construction paper.
Fold it into quarters with the picture on the inside so the white side shows.
Make a pocket out of construction paper the same size as the folded sheet and place it on the outside.
Then prepare a sheet of paper half the size of the folded sheet, and another sheet half that size again.
Stack the three sheets to create a three-tier cake, put it into the pocket, and if you open the paper while keeping the pocket side hidden, the magic is complete.
Origami Magic
It’s a curious magic trick where, even though you’re supposed to cut out a square, a different shape appears.
Prepare two sheets of origami paper in the same color, and fold both of them into quarters with mountain and valley folds.
Now make the gimmick: in the center of one sheet, cut out any shape you like.
Then glue the remaining uncut sheet underneath the cut one, and glue the edges of the two sheets together to finish.
Once the trick is set up, be careful not to cut the wrong section when you perform it.
It might be fun to make shapes of characters that kids like.
Surprise Bucket
Here’s a magic trick that makes it look like a ball made from crumpled paper passes through a bucket and falls to the floor.
The secret is simple: prepare one extra ball in advance and flip the bucket in a way that hides the ball already inside, making it look as if the ball passes right through.
Getting the kids to help makes it even more fun.
Crumpling tissue paper into balls is an activity children can start around the latter half of age one.
It’s also great to have infants in the younger class help out!
Spoon bending
You’d be pretty surprised if a hard spoon that shouldn’t bend suddenly went limp and bent, right? Here’s how to perform that magic trick.
First, strongly emphasize that the spoon is hard.
Say you’re going to soften the neck of the spoon, rub it, and set the mood.
Then, place your thumb on the back of the spoon’s neck and bend it in one swift motion—you’ll find it’s actually quite easy to bend.
Acting is key, so it’s best to practice while someone watches you.