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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Magician from Today! A Gentle Introduction to Magic (11–20)
A full-fledged thumb-detachment magic trick
It’s a magic trick that makes you think, “They pulled their thumb right off!”—or at least it looks like it.
Draw a small mark on the tip of your right thumb.
Beforehand, draw the same mark on the tip of your left index finger.
Then pretend to grab your right thumb, and slip the tip of your left index finger out between your curled fingers.
At that point, it looks as if you’re holding the right thumb.
After that, just hide the right thumb when you ‘pull it off,’ and make sure the left index finger can’t be seen when you ‘put it back.’ Simply adding the marks makes it look much more convincing, so give it a try!
Simple chopstick magic
It’s a magic trick where a pair of disposable chopsticks moves as if it were alive when you hover your hand over it.
When you hold your hand over it, it comes closer; when you bring your hand near, it scurries away.
The method is simple: staple a single rubber band to the back of the chopsticks, hook that rubber band onto the thumb of the hand holding the chopsticks, and then the rubber band’s tension makes it slide and move smoothly.
Magician from Today! A Gentle Introduction to Magic Tricks (21–30)
Read Your Mind! Math Magic
First, choose a number from 1 to 9.
Then add 1 to that number and multiply by 2, then add 6 and divide by 2.
Finally, subtract the number you originally chose, and you’ll end up with 4.
It’s a magic trick where no matter which number you pick, the final result is always 4, so as long as you remember the steps, anyone can perform this prediction trick successfully.
As long as the arithmetic or mathematical expression holds, you can change the content and arrange it in different ways, so why not come up with your own version?
Calculation magic that results in 6
It’s a magic trick I like to show when I want people to get interested in numbers.
In this trick, you create equations that always come out to 6.
For example, if you insert plus signs into “2 2 2,” the equation works and equals 6.
Or if you insert multiplication and subtraction into “3 3 3,” the answer also becomes 6.
By inserting symbols like this, you neatly complete the equations and calculate as if by magic.
If you’re interested, try coming up with your own equations too.
Let’s predict the sum of four numbers!
Let’s try predicting a total using a 4×4 grid of numbers.
First, have a spectator choose one number from the grid.
Circle the chosen number, then cross out the squares directly above, below, to the left, and to the right of it.
Repeat this process, and in the end, add up the four remaining numbers—that total is what you’ll predict.
The trick is, no matter which numbers are chosen, the total will always be 20! By setting eight numbers along the top and right edges so that paired sums equal 20, and then filling the grid by adding those values, you can construct a table where the total is guaranteed to be 20 every time.