Magic that excites crowds at cultural and school festivals
Magic at school festivals is always such a hit!
If you perform some fun tricks on the gym stage, everyone will be thrilled.
Here, we’ll introduce a variety of ideas—from simple tricks you can do easily to ones that require a bit of practice.
With some clever gimmicks, there are surprisingly easy tricks that can wow everyone.
Master skills like a professional magician and entertain the crowd at the festival.
With enough practice, you’re sure to put on a delightful magic show!
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Magic that excites at cultural and school festival booths (41–50)
Chopstick floating magic trick
This is a magic trick where a chopstick inserted into an empty plastic bottle slowly rises as if lifted by invisible force, without touching it.
The supporting hand only holds the bottom, and the gesturing hand does not touch the chopstick—this change creates a sense of mystery.
A fishing line is attached to the chopstick in advance and connected to the performer’s clothing, allowing the chopstick to be moved by adjusting the distance between the bottle and the clothing.
It’s also important to consider the viewing distance so the fishing line isn’t noticed.
Magic Acts That Liven Up School Cultural Festivals (51–60)
The Magic of Deodorizing Beads
It’s a magic trick where you pour water into a cup filled with colorful deodorizing beads, making the beads seem to disappear and revealing a hidden mascot.
The trick uses light refraction caused by the water and the cup: as the beads become invisible, the mascot buried among them becomes visible.
Be mindful of the amount of beads you put in so it really looks like they’ve completely vanished.
Also, if the mascot floats in water, it may push up the beads and give away the secret, so that’s an important point to consider.
Magic that changes color in an instant
It’s a magic trick that looks mysterious precisely because the change happens in an instant: the paper clipped in place changes color the moment you take it away.
In fact, while the paper of the initial color is clipped, the paper with the changed color is stacked behind it, and the original paper is retracted to the base of the clip by a concealed rubber band at the same moment the clip is released.
It’s important to be mindful of how you apply pressure to the clip, to achieve a speed that doesn’t reveal the rubber-assisted movement.
Because the color changes distinctly within a small area, it helps the audience focus on the phenomenon right in front of them, which enhances the effect’s appeal.
Simple and Mysterious Magic
It’s a magic trick using a board with arrows pointing in different directions on the front and back.
By supporting the board with your fingers and rotating it, or changing where you hold it, the arrows can appear to line up or differ even more.
The illusion comes from switching between holding the side or the corner, which changes the rotation and makes it seem like the directions have changed.
Since there’s no hidden mechanism altering the arrows, you can turn it slowly and still clearly show the change—adding to the sense of mystery.
The explanation based on optical illusion is tricky, so even the performer can find it puzzling.
The magic of moving pictures
It’s a magic trick where a drawing that should be clearly fixed on paper starts to move and change when you send a signal or wave your hand.
The picture is divided into separate parts, and the pieces that respond to magnets embedded on their backs are moved by magnets hidden behind the mounting board.
If the parts are too thick, it becomes obvious that they’re separate, and it won’t look like the picture itself is moving, so it may be important to draw in a way that blends the parts together.
How you manipulate the magnets to make it look like the picture is moving on its own is also a key point.
A card trick that absolutely can’t be figured out
It’s a magic trick where you casually split a deck of cards, have someone memorize the picture and number on a card, return it to the deck, shuffle, and then name the exact position of that card.
After the shuffle, when the deck is spread, only the two jokers are face up, and they indicate how many cards down the selection lies—an effect that heightens the mystery.
The positions of the jokers are predetermined, and from their relative placement, the performer deduces the exact position of the chosen card.
It’s a routine that tests card-handling skills, such as false shuffles that make it look mixed while secretly restoring the original order.
Colored paper magic
This is a magic trick where colored papers that were supposedly the same size change size at the moment they’re flipped and revealed.
The fact that something the audience was just looking at changes in an instant makes the mystery really palpable.
A large sheet and a small sheet are hidden behind a paper that appears to be the same size, with two types attached to a larger sheet underneath, and a small sheet set up behind the standard-size sheet so that only one can be taken out.
The finer details of hand movements are crucial, such as how to extract the large sheet and how to extract the standard-size sheet.