Super easy magic tricks kids can do! Fun tricks you can play right away
We’re introducing simple magic tricks that even preschoolers and early elementary school kids can do, complete with videos and explanations of how they work!
Magic tricks are a playtime full of delightful mysteries for children.
After watching a magic show, many kids probably think, “I want to amaze everyone too!”
In this article, we’ve gathered tricks that require no practice once you make the props, as well as tricks you can likely master in a day.
If your child is interested in magic, encourage them to give it a try!
Once they’ve got it down, have them perform in front of family and friends.
Getting used to performing in front of others is part of the practice too!
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Super Easy Magic Tricks Kids Can Do! Fun Tricks You Can Play Right Away (61–70)
Pop a balloon with a cotton swab
This is a magic trick anyone can easily master: popping a balloon with a cotton swab.
As you’d expect, if you poke a balloon with something sharp, it will pop.
But if you poke it with something soft, like a cotton swab, it shouldn’t pop.
However, using a certain method, you can pop a balloon just by poking it with a cotton swab.
The trick is to soak the tip of the cotton swab in orange oil.
That’s because limonene, a component found in oranges, dissolves the balloon.
By the way, you can reproduce this not only with oil but also with an actual orange.
A jaw-dropping magic trick where a ring instantly links to a chain
Here’s a magic trick where a solid ring instantly penetrates a solid chain! You can use an ordinary ring and chain.
First, spread your index finger and thumb about 4 centimeters apart and hang the chain over them.
Next, hold the ring with your index finger and thumb, and support the ring with your middle finger as well.
Then place the chain inside the ring and lift upward.
Now, while pulling your thumb (the one holding the ring) toward you, let the ring drop…
and the chain and ring link together! It’s a classic, so once you master it, you’ll definitely get a wow!
Balloon Skewer Magic
Here’s a simple magic trick you can do with a rubber balloon and a bamboo skewer—as long as you’ve got the nerve! You pierce the balloon with the skewer, yet for some reason it doesn’t pop.
The secret is that rubber balloons have slightly darker areas where the material is thicker, so piercing through those spots won’t burst the balloon.
Still, it’s a pretty thrilling trick—both the performer and the audience will be on edge, so it really gets the crowd going.
A banknote that’s been cut but not separated
Put a 1,000-yen bill into an envelope.
Then insert scissors from the top of the envelope and cut the envelope clean in half! When you pull out the bill… wait, it isn’t cut? A mysterious magic trick.
But the secret is simple: make a slit on the back of the envelope, right in the middle, beforehand.
After placing the 1,000-yen bill inside, here’s the trick.
Insert the scissors through that slit so they go in front of the bill, cutting only the envelope—not the bill—and then cut just the envelope.
The key is to insert and move the scissors smoothly.
Magic of Light
This is a magic trick where, when you place an illustration of a lit candle into water, only the flame part disappears as if real fire had touched water.
The key is that the illustration is inside a bag; when you put it in water, refraction makes the illustration inside invisible.
Since the candle’s body is drawn not only on the inner sheet but also on the bag itself, only the lines on the bag remain visible, making it look as if the flame has gone out.
If the inner illustration and the bag’s lines shift while you move it, the secret will be revealed, so a crucial point is to hold them carefully aligned.
Magic where sweets come out of a paper cup
This is a magic trick where you signal to a paper cup that seemed empty—even when turned upside down—and when you turn it over again, candy appears.
In fact, the paper cup has a slit, and when you first turn it over, you press on the slit to keep the candy from coming out.
Since the candy is inside from the start, when you first turn the cup over, present it as empty by tilting it at an angle that hides the contents.
Smooth hand movements that don’t reveal you’re operating the gimmick are also an important point.
Magic where legs disappear
It’s a magic trick where you cover your feet with a black cloth, give a signal, and when you lift the cloth, the feet that should be there have vanished.
The key point is the angle at which you show the gaps in the cloth, and the mechanism is simple: you’re just moving your feet to a position where they can’t be seen.
You place your weight on the leg pulled back, lift the other leg up, and keep your body position unchanged, so your ability to maintain posture is tested.
Let’s proceed while balancing mystery and ease: figure out how low you can lower your foot to make it look like it has disappeared.