Magic that gets kids excited on Children's Day: A collection of simple tricks
Have you ever wanted to make Children’s Day even more exciting? Not just with gifts and meals—if you perform magic where mysterious things happen right before their eyes, the kids’ faces are sure to light up! From tricks using familiar items like tissues, origami paper, and paper cups, to unique ones that make use of smartphones or snacks, there are plenty of tricks you can try without any special preparation.
In this article, we’ll introduce magic that’s perfect for Children’s Day.
They’re all things you can do with just a few simple tips, so be sure to enjoy them together as a family!
Magic that excites on Children's Day. A collection of easy magic tricks (1–10)
Magic that changes a character in an instantNEW!
https://www.tiktok.com/@pokoshisyo/video/7326730904695573778Let me introduce a mysterious magic trick where a character’s drawing changes in an instant.
All you need is a milk carton and a pen.
Cut three rectangles of the same size from the milk carton, and cut two of them into trapezoid shapes.
Make a hole in the center of the remaining rectangle, and draw your illustration on the trapezoid pieces so it aligns with the hole.
Once drawn, align the long sides of the trapezoids with the left and right edges of the rectangle, overlap them on the back side, and staple them in place.
Now you’re done—flip the front and back of the drawing to switch the pictures and make the illustration change!
Children’s Day Magic TheaterNEW!
Let me introduce a magic theater where the picture in the frame is monochrome, but turns colorful when you pull it out.
You can perform the magic just by making it, so it’s a great idea for beginners.
Kids will be amazed and delightfully surprised when the picture becomes colored in an instant.
The reason the picture’s color changes is because there’s a white divider inside the frame.
When the picture is in the frame, only the monochrome image on top is visible, and when you pull it out, the divider disappears and the colored image underneath becomes visible.
For the monochrome picture, draw only the lines with a black pen on a clear file, and make sure it lines up with the colored picture so that together they form a single complete image.
The magic of a straw that extendsNEW!
It’s a magic trick where a short straw seems to get longer with just a quick wave of the hand.
Cut into the straw from the end with scissors and slit it lengthwise.
Then roll it tightly from the end and hold it.
When you loosen the pressure of your fingers, the straw returns to its original shape and looks like it has extended.
If you do it repeatedly, the straw will get deformed and the trick will be exposed, but if you just want to surprise someone once, it’s an easy and exciting trick.
Since you only need to cut and roll it, you can quickly prepare it under the table while explaining the trick.
Magic where snacks come out of a smartphone
It’s a magic trick where, when you quickly flick a piece of candy displayed on your smartphone screen toward the outside of the screen, a real piece of candy pops out.
What you prepare is the candy you want to produce and a photo of it taken from a distance.
Enlarge the photo to actual size and set it up so that when you move it quickly, it disappears off the screen.
Then, as you move the candy on the screen, you simply produce the candy you’ve been holding behind the phone.
The key is to match the real candy and the image in size precisely and to move the candy behind the phone smoothly.
The color of the water changes.
It’s a magic trick where a clear plastic bottle is filled with transparent water, but when you shake the bottle, the water changes color! The secret is simple: put a little paint on the inside of the bottle cap, and when you shake it, the paint dissolves in the water and changes its color.
It’s an easy trick for kids to try.
Magic that changes origami
It’s a magic trick where you supposedly cut a square hole in a sheet of origami paper folded in half, but when you snap it open, the hole has changed into a different shape.
In fact, there’s another piece of origami paper with the desired hole already cut, layered together, and when you open it, you flip that one to the front to show the audience.
It’s important to stack them so the hidden sheet won’t get cut when you use the scissors, and to prepare a shape that’s smaller than the hole you cut in front of them.
How you hold the paper when opening it—so they don’t realize there are two layers—may also be a crucial point.
Magic where candy comes out of a tissue
It’s a magic trick where you crumple a tissue that should be empty—just taken from the box—and, after a little “incantation,” candy appears from inside.
You clearly show that there’s nothing in your hands, and you use a tissue taken straight from the box, which really heightens the mystery.
In reality, behind the tissue you’re about to take, there’s a pre-crumpled tissue with candy hidden inside.
As you pull out the first tissue, you also secretly bring that crumpled tissue into your hand at the same time.
The key points are the overall angles and how you move your hands so that no one realizes the crumpled tissue has been placed there.
Eraser Magic
When you remove the paper sleeve from the eraser, the sleeve vanishes in an instant! And when you grip the eraser without its sleeve, the paper sleeve reappears—it’s a magic trick.
It’s more of a gimmick than a secret.
All you need is two identical erasers and a bit of tinkering, so it’s easy for children to try.
The disappearing chopsticks envelope magic trick
It’s a magic trick where you put a pair of disposable chopsticks into an envelope, give a signal, and the chopsticks seem to vanish so the envelope can be crushed flat.
If the contents were something soft, it would just look like you were crushing them along with the envelope, but because it’s something rigid like chopsticks, it conveys the idea that they’ve actually disappeared.
In reality, what looked like chopsticks is just a paper tube with chopstick-like wrinkles, made of soft paper, so the whole envelope can be easily crushed.
Since a close look would reveal the fake, it’s important to handle everything smoothly up to the moment you put it into the envelope.
A banknote that should have been cut but isn’t
You seem to stab a knife through a bill sandwiched in paper, yet when you take the bill out it’s perfectly fine with no hole! It’s a surprising magic trick, but the method is simple.
First prepare a sheet of paper folded in half, and fold the bill in half the same way.
Line up the creases and place the bill between the folded paper.
Holding it with the creases at the top, insert the knife from below, but shift the bill to one side so that you only pierce the paper.
Be mindful of your finger movements while performing so it doesn’t reveal that you moved the bill to one side.