Difficult rubber band magic! A roundup of amazing tricks worth remembering that you won’t regret learning
Let me introduce some slightly challenging magic tricks using rubber bands!
In addition to being easy to carry around, rubber bands are handy items that can be used for all kinds of magic by taking advantage of their stretchiness.
In this article, we’ve gathered rubber band tricks including classics like penetrations and vanishes, as well as surprising effects you can perform in combination with playing cards.
If simple tricks no longer satisfy you, be sure to practice and master these!
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Challenging rubber band magic! A roundup of amazing tricks worth remembering (1–10)
The pen teleports to the rubber band.
This is a magic trick where a pen teleports into a rubber band.
First, hook the rubber band onto your pinky and pull it tight, then stretch it from the palm side between your middle and index fingers.
While keeping it stretched, pass it over the tip of your index finger and hook it onto your thumb.
Next, insert the pen from the tip side of your pinky, remove your pinky, and hook the rubber band onto the pen.
As you relax your index finger, push the pen upward.
If the pen ends up inside the rubber band, the trick is a success! The performance angle is very important for this trick, so practice while checking how it looks in a mirror or on video.
Rubber band split magic
Let me show you a fun magic trick where one rubber band seems to split into two.
You’ll need two rubber bands of the same color—colored bands are recommended if possible.
Now, let’s set up the secret! First, loop one rubber band around your thumb and index finger.
Stretch the palm-side of the band backward, pass it between your ring and middle fingers, and then hold it with your pinky, ring, and middle fingers.
Hide the rubber band visible on your wrist with your sleeve or watch.
Now the trick begins! Cross the other rubber band between the thumbs and index fingers of both hands to make two loops.
At the moment you let go, release the rubber band you were holding with the three fingers, and it will look like the rubber band has become two! It takes practice, but give it a try!
The spectator’s card penetrates the rubber band and appears in an instant!
It’s a very mysterious magic trick where you choose a card, return it to the deck, shuffle, and even though the deck is secured with a rubber band, the card you chose rises to the top in an instant.
When returning the chosen card, you secretly create a pinky break and bring that card to the top.
Then you make it look like you’re wrapping a rubber band around the entire deck, but you create another break so that the top card isn’t actually banded—that’s the secret.
Challenging Rubber Band Magic! A roundup of amazing tricks worth remembering (11–20)
A magic trick where a rubber band passes through a smartphone
Here’s a mysterious magic trick where a rubber band passes through your hand.
Prepare one rubber band and place it around your wrist.
Pinch the band from the back of your hand and pull it upward; thread it between your thumb and index finger, then keep holding it.
Return the band behind your pinched thumb and index finger, and loop it over all your fingers.
The setup is now complete.
While keeping it like this, place the object you want to ‘pass through’ on your palm.
At your cue, release the pinched rubber band, and the band will end up around the object on top of your hand! In the video, they use a smartphone, but it should work with anything that fits on your palm, so borrowing an item from a spectator right in front of you will make it even more exciting.
A magic trick where a rubber band’s color changes
This is a magic trick where a rubber band, held in various ways—pulled with both hands or pinched between fingers—and given a light shake, instantly changes color.
A rubber band in a dull color is connected to the pre-change band, and the tension from pulling is used to instantly retract the rubber band behind the performer’s clothing.
The key points are the angle of the arms and hands and how you stretch them, which affect the retrieval speed and prevent the audience from realizing something is attached to the band.
After the retrieval, you produce a prepared rubber band in the same shape to finish.
This one is an ordinary rubber band, so the audience can confirm there’s no gimmick.
A rubber band floats in midair
How about trying a magic trick where a rubber band floats in midair? At first glance, it looks like it defies gravity, and it’s sure to amaze your audience.
You can control it with just one finger, and you don’t need any special props.
It’s easy to practice, which is a big plus.
You can even perform it with a ring or a coin.
With enough practice, it becomes a handy trick you can show anywhere.
There are plenty of other tricks that use the stretchy nature of rubber bands, too.
Penetrations and vanishes, of course, and even combinations with playing cards.
Be sure to master them and make everyone go “Ah!” in surprise.
A magic trick where a bill moves between tiers of rubber bands
Introducing a mysterious magic trick where a bill moves down step by step along “stairs” made from rubber bands! You’ll use two rubber bands.
Loop a rubber band around the index and ring finger of each hand, then use your thumbs to hook the rubber band from the lowest “step” and bring it up.
Next, insert your fingers into the loops you’ve created—that’s the setup done.
Have someone place a folded bill on the top step, then release your fingers one by one starting from the index fingers.
It will look as if the bill is traveling down the steps! It’s simple, yet appears wonderfully baffling to spectators, so practice it and give it a try.
