Magic tricks perfect for year-end parties! Tricks that will liven up any banquet
Have you ever been put on the spot at a year-end party with “Do something!” and felt stuck? In moments like that, if you can quickly perform a magic trick using everyday items like a handkerchief, a coin, or a rubber band, you can instantly liven up the atmosphere.
The truth is, you don’t need any special dexterity—anyone can pull off amazing magic with just a few simple tips! In this article, we’ll introduce plenty of easy-to-do magic tricks perfect for year-end parties.
From turning a handkerchief into a banknote to piercing a coin with a bamboo skewer, it’s full of surprising tricks! Practice well, and be ready to earn a round of applause at your year-end party!
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Magic tricks recommended for year-end parties! Party-entertaining tricks (41–50)
Playing cards where all the reds and blacks align in one second
Playing cards, famous as props used in magic, come in two colors—red and black—and there are 52 cards in total.
If you shuffle all the cards together, the reds and blacks naturally get mixed.
However, there’s a magic trick that instantly separates the colors! The secret is to first stack the deck so that the cards alternate red and black.
Then, after shuffling the cards using a method called the “cut,” deal the cards one by one onto the table to form four piles.
Doing this naturally distributes the cards by color.
Finally, combine the four piles into one and turn them over—you’ll find a deck neatly arranged by color.
Magic tricks recommended for year-end parties! Party-boosting magic ideas (51–60)
3 smartphone magic tricks
It’s a magic trick where various phenomena occur around a smartphone—something that might feel especially uncanny to people who use smartphones every day.
The phone stays steady even in situations where it looks like it should tip over, numbers on the calculator vanish with just a wave of the hand, and a coin appears to pass through—impossible scenarios unfold one after another.
The stability uses a thread, the calculator relies on pre-set calculations and a swipe, and the coin is pre-positioned, so proceed in a way that doesn’t reveal the preparation.
If the audience closely inspects both sides of your hands and props, they’ll catch on, so keeping up a brisk pace is also important.
Smartphone magic that’s going super viral
It’s a magic trick where a series of 6s displayed on a smartphone calculator suddenly turns into a series of 9s.
Even after flipping the phone upside down several times, the 6s stay 6s, but in a certain instant they really do flip—and that’s what feels mysterious.
The key is the numerical setup beforehand: you prepare a calculation that adds a series of 3s to a series of 6s so that simply pressing “=” will turn them into a series of 9s.
Then, while moving the phone, you just brush the “=” button for a moment, and you can show the numbers changing.
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.
Number guessing using a 3×3 grid
Let me introduce a number-guessing trick that uses a 3×3 grid.
First, fill a 3×3 grid drawn on a whiteboard (or similar) with the numbers 1 through 9.
For which number goes in which cell, please refer to the video or other materials.
Next, have someone pick a number, then move clockwise a number of spaces equal to that number.
Have them repeat this about two more times.
Strangely enough, they should end up back on the cell of the number they initially chose.
As long as you prepare the grid, anyone can do this.
A playing card comes out of (someone’s) mouth.
That magic trick where playing cards seem to come out of the mouth—the one Akira Fujii used to perform a lot on TV.
As you probably guessed, the secret is that you palm the cards in your hand and then spread them in front of your mouth.
The hard part is keeping the palmed cards from being detected and spreading them so it truly looks like they’re coming from your mouth.
The method of hiding them in your hand is called a palm: you hold the cards between the base of your middle finger and thumb, and it’s crucial to maintain an angle where the audience can’t see them.
It’s a good idea to practice while checking yourself objectively with a mirror or your smartphone.
It’s a famous trick, so if you can perform it cleanly, it’ll get a great reaction! It’s a perfect introduction to card magic.
A hand spinner levitating in midair
We’ll use a fidget spinner, a toy that originated in the United States.
Many of you might already have one.
In this magic trick, we’ll make the spinner levitate in midair using a thread.
The key is the room’s lighting and preparing a thread color that matches the clothes you’re wearing that day.
In levitation magic, many tricks use a simple method like this involving thread.