Simple Magic! Fun Tricks Kids Can Do & Revealed Secrets!
Are you thinking, “Doing magic looks difficult”? In fact, anyone can easily perform amazing tricks using everyday items like rubber bands, tissues, and balloons.
You don’t need to be especially dexterous, either.
What really matters is just knowing a few simple tips.
In this article, we’ll introduce a variety of easy magic tricks that require little preparation and can be performed right away.
Try casually showing them off at parties or gatherings to liven up the event!
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Smartphone & Digital Magic (1–10)
Smartphone coin magic trick
It’s a magic trick where you press a coin against a smartphone placed over a glass, and even though there’s no hole, the coin appears to pass through the phone and drop into the glass.
The fact that the coin you were pressing is no longer there makes it really look like it penetrated.
You prepare two coins: in addition to the coin you press, another coin is set up between the smartphone and the rim of the glass.
Then, as you make the pressing motion, you slide the phone to let the hidden coin fall, while using the angle of your fingers to make the coin on top seem to vanish.
Easy magic with just one smartphone
It’s a magic trick where, even though it looks like you’ve reached into empty air, a smartphone appears in your hand in an instant.
You can also make it appear using a handkerchief; in either version, where you hide the phone is crucial.
In fact, the phone is in your hand from the start, held between your thumb and palm, and kept out of sight by controlling the angle.
Being mindful of how you produce it and refining the angles to better conceal the gimmick are key points for making it look mysterious.
Smartphone magic where candy pops out
These days, everyone has a smartphone.
Let me show you a magic trick using one.
First, take a small photo of a little snack with your phone, then enlarge it to life size.
Hide the real snack between your phone and your palm, and as you slide your thumb across the screen and pull sideways, it looks just like the snack pops out of the phone screen.
It’s easy, so give it a try! It’s simple, but it will amaze everyone.
Smartphone magic that no one has ever seen
This is a magic trick that makes it look like you’re controlling numbers: the digits on a smartphone calculator gradually disappear, and when you wave your hand over it, they come back.
It uses the calculator’s functions—numbers are erased with swipes, and then a prearranged calculation is displayed to make it seem like the digits have been restored.
If you only show swiping and the calculation result, it ends up just looking like a feature demo.
The key is to make it feel mysterious by staging it so the vanished numbers seem to be in your hand, and by lightly touching the screen as you wave your hand to bring them back.
A magic trick where the calculator digits turn upside down
On a calculator, the numbers from 1 to 8 are lined up in order, and when you shake the calculator, the position of the 8 appears to change—it’s a magic trick.
The simple method is to set up an addition that will yield the number you want to reveal at the end, and press the equals button at the moment you shake the calculator.
The key is to enter the number you want to add, press plus, and then press 0, so it looks like you started input from zero.
To prepare the setup quickly, you’ll need to practice entering the numbers at a speed that won’t be noticed.
Smartphone & Digital Magic (11–20)
Magic where juice comes out of a smartphone
Are you familiar with an iPhone app called ichocolatedrink? With just this app and a small paper cup filled with a drink, you can create an effect that makes it look like the beverage is pouring out of your smartphone.
First, download the app and pour a drink into a small paper cup.
Since you’ll need to hold the phone in front of the cup, try to use a cup that’s as flat as possible, and make the spout area especially narrow.
Try to coordinate it so that the drink on the phone screen and the drink in the paper cup disappear at the same time.
Magic trick where a card appears from a smartphone
It’s a magic trick where you touch a card that appears to be displayed on a smartphone screen and pull it off the screen, and a real card pops out.
The card is hidden behind the phone, and you simply eject it quickly in sync with the on-screen slide—an easy mechanism.
To make it look more mysterious, focus on how you show the card on the phone: for example, take a photo and zoom in so that the slide makes it disappear from the screen.
If you use a dedicated app, you can even make the card move just by moving the device itself, so that’s also recommended.