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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Coin and Money Magic (1–10)
A banknote that should have been cut but isn’t
You thrust a knife into a banknote sandwiched in paper, yet when you pull it out, the bill is pristine with no hole! It’s an astonishing magic trick, but the method is simple.
First, prepare a sheet of paper folded in half.
Fold the banknote in half the same way, align the creases, and place the bill between the paper.
Holding it with the crease on 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 give away that you moved the bill to one side.
Magic trick where a coin goes into a plastic bottle
A coin-penetration magic trick is a classic, but it often seems difficult—either the presentation is tricky or it requires tons of practice.
However, this trick where a coin goes into a plastic bottle is an easy crowd-pleaser for both kids and adults! Take a plastic bottle filled with water, pour out all the water, then peel off the label… and the coin appears to get sucked right in.
The secret is that you peel the label off once, make a slit big enough for the coin, and then stick the label back on with clear tape.
It’s simple, so give it a try!
Pen magic that produces a coin
It’s a magic trick where, after signaling with a ballpoint pen to a hand that should be empty, a coin appears in the hand.
In fact, a coin is fitted into the pen’s clip from the beginning, and while keeping that part out of view, you move it into the hand.
Pay attention to how you hold the pen when showing that your hand is empty, and how you conceal the coin when moving the pen.
If the clip or coin catches inside your hand, people will suspect a gimmick, so it’s also crucial to judge the position where it can be removed smoothly.
A mysterious pen that can pass through a 5-yen coin
It’s a magic trick where you place a 5-yen coin over the mouth of a plastic bottle, and a pencil—supposedly thicker than the hole in the coin—passes through and falls into the bottle.
Before dropping the pencil, you place a tube over the mouth with the coin to cover it, and this tube is the key.
When the pencil hits, the impact flicks the 5-yen coin aside, the pencil drops down, and the coin spins back into its original position.
By fine-tuning details like the drop force of the pencil, the position of the coin, and the thickness of the tube, the pencil will fall more smoothly and the effect will look more mysterious.
A magic trick where a coin instantly teleports into the spectator’s hand
It’s a magic trick where you hold the other person’s hand with your right hand, and there should be a coin in your left hand… yet somehow the coin drops from your right hand into their palm, as if it teleported.
In reality, you pretend to transfer the coin from your right hand to your left, but you never move it to the left hand; instead, you clamp it at the base of your right thumb and index finger.
It takes a bit of practice, but once it’s smooth, it’s a flashy trick using just a coin.
A magic trick where the coin in your hand disappears
Making a coin disappear in your hand is a classic magic trick! It’s simple, yet truly astonishing.
Here are three ways to perform a vanishing coin trick.
To make the coin appear to vanish, you can hide it in your hand, flick it into your sleeve, or drop it onto your lap.
These tricks require technique and practice, but if you keep at it, you’ll succeed—so stick with it patiently.
It’s best to practice in front of a mirror or by recording yourself to make sure the coin isn’t visible to your audience.
Coin and Money Magic (11–20)
Paper magic that creates a star when you cut it
Fold the origami paper in half, then keep folding it up into a triangle by rolling it over.
After bending the tip and cutting it there with scissors, when you open the larger remaining piece, there’s a big round hole right in the center.
That part isn’t surprising, but the magic is that when you open the piece you cut off, it’s not a circle—somehow it turns into a star.
Once you see how it’s done, it makes sense: you follow the folding steps in order, cut off the tip, and then make sure to also cut the remaining part properly—that’s the crucial point of this trick.
You keep the first cut-off piece hidden, and when you later open the portion you cut afterward, it turns out to be star-shaped.