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 (11–20)
Candy appears from a tissue
It’s a magic trick that kids would especially love: you pull out two tissues, crumple them up into a ball, then open it again and a candy appears inside.
The secret is simple—you prepare in advance a candy already wrapped in a tissue behind the tissues.
When you pull out the first tissue, you lift that wrapped candy along with it, then tightly crumple it together with the second tissue.
You could do this with things other than candy, too!
A clip threaded onto a rubber band teleports instantly.
Why not try an easy rubber band magic trick? All you need is one rubber band and one paper clip.
Thread the clip onto the rubber band, cross the band, and loop it around the thumbs and index fingers of both hands.
Then simply open and close your fingers.
Strangely enough, it looks as if the paper clip is instantly jumping up and down.
Even once you know the secret, it still feels a bit mysterious.
But as long as you remember how to set up the rubber band, it’s simple to do—so give it a try!
The coin placed in the hat disappears.
A great trick to recommend for people who usually wear caps is a magic trick where a coin placed in a hat disappears.
All you need is a 500-yen coin and a cap.
First, turn the cap upside down and place the 500-yen coin inside.
Then turn the cap over again, making it look like you’ve transferred the coin into your palm.
In reality, you secretly hide the coin in the space along the cap’s brim and don’t transfer it to your hand.
Then, when you show your palm, it appears as if the 500-yen coin has vanished.
Magic that makes it disappear just by rubbing a coin
Let’s try a fascinating magic trick where a coin you’re rubbing on a table mysteriously disappears.
The method is simple! While you’re rubbing it, you secretly move the coin under your hand, let it fall off the table, and trap it between your legs.
People’s eyes stay glued to where the coin was a moment ago, so they don’t notice at all.
It might be a good idea to practice in front of a mirror to work on your hand movements.
A ring that climbs a rubber-band slope
I’m going to introduce a magic trick where a ring climbs up a slope made of rubber bands all by itself! The setup is very simple, but if you stare at the ring, it really looks like it moves on its own, which is so mysterious.
The secret lies in how you hold the rubber band.
Don’t just hold it normally—instead, hold the end of the rubber band that forms the bottom of the slope with a bit of slack and pull it tight.
By gradually loosening it, the position of the ring changes.
In other words, it’s not the ring that’s moving—it’s the rubber band!
A plastic bottle that doesn’t spill water even when you stick a pen into it
It’s a magic trick where a pen is stuck through a plastic bottle without any water leaking, and even after the pen is removed, the water won’t flow until you give a signal.
There’s not only a hole in the bottle for the pen to pass through, but also a hole in the cap, and these two holes are used to control air pressure and create the flow of water.
If you cover the hole in the cap, air can’t enter, and in this state the water won’t flow out.
If you mess up the gap around the pen hole or the way the pen is inserted, the pressure balance is lost and the water will start to flow, so make sure to make the holes to precise sizes.
Super Easy Magic Tricks Kids Can Do! Fun Tricks You Can Play Right Away (21–30)
The contents of the cup change.
This is a magic trick where tea in a transparent glass turns into water after covering it with a handkerchief and casting a spell.
The secret is to place brown cellophane inside the glass and pour water into it.
Then, cover it with the handkerchief, cast the spell, and when you pull off the handkerchief, also pull out the cellophane lining the inside of the glass.
You’ll need a bit of practice to remove it smoothly while keeping it hidden under the handkerchief.