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 (11–20)
A magic trick where a coin passes through the hand
This is a coin magic trick where a coin that should be clenched in your hand seems to pass through your palm and appear on the back of your hand.
It’s a classic trick you can do anywhere as long as you have a single coin.
For this trick, you hold the coin inside your closed hand with your index finger and thumb slightly parted, and at the moment you shake your hand, you smoothly let the coin slip out through that gap, transfer it to the other supporting hand, and bring it to the back of your hand.
With a little practice, it seems doable!
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.
A magic trick where the chocolate candy disappears in an instant
This is a magic trick where the chocolate coating on a Pocky stick seems to peel off and then instantly go back on.
You pre-peel the chocolate halfway, and with a twist of the wrist, make it look like it comes off in a flash.
You also hold a piece of chocolate in the other hand; when you wave that hand over the Pocky, you rotate the stick half a turn and show the chocolate in your hand, making it appear as if the chocolate has peeled off and solidified.
It’s the kind of trick where studying which angles best present the effect is crucial.
Glass penetration magic using the classic palm
This is a magic trick where a coin you’re holding seems to pass through a glass.
It uses the classic palm, a method of hiding a coin at the base of the thumb.
You make it look like you’re holding a glass in your left hand and a coin in your right, but in reality the coin is palmed in the same hand as the glass.
Then, at the moment it appears to transfer from the right hand, you simply drop the coin into the glass.
Since the sound of the coin falling adds to the effect, use a transparent glass.
How to make a vivid coin disappear
A classic of coin magic: the coin you were just holding vanishes.
You appear to transfer the coin from your right hand to your left; when you open your left hand, the coin is gone.
To explain: although it looks like you move the coin to your left hand, you’re actually using the coin’s glint and afterimage to create the illusion of a transfer, while secretly keeping it in your right hand.
This technique is called the Retention Vanish.
To get a clean-looking afterimage, shiny silver coins like 100-yen or 500-yen pieces are easy to handle.
Practice many times so it looks natural!
Magic that makes it disappear just by rubbing a coin
This magic trick requires no preparation and can be done with just a single coin.
Try this mysterious routine where, as you rub the coin on the table, it somehow disappears before you know it.
The secret is simple: while you’re rubbing, you secretly move the coin under your hand, let it fall off the table, and trap it between your feet.
People’s eyes stay glued to where the coin just was, so they don’t notice at all.
It’s a good idea to practice in front of a mirror to refine your hand movements.
A magic trick where a pen penetrates a banknote
It’s a magic trick where a pen is thrust straight through a banknote folded in thirds! But after a little “incantation,” strangely enough, there’s no hole anywhere.
The secret is that on the back side of the note, which is folded in thirds, the section where the pen goes through is pre-creased as a mountain fold into a triangle.
If you make the crease in advance to set the shape, it will fold into a triangle smoothly when you fold the note in thirds, so you can confidently push the pen through that spot!