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 (41–50)
Does your head spin 360 degrees?!
It’s a magic trick where you put a box with a hole over your face and spin the box, making it look like your head is rotating too! The secret is simple: since your face is only visible through the hole for an instant, you move your face in sync with the box’s rotation.
If the performer is a girl with long hair, it can give away that the head isn’t actually turning, so the key is to keep the neck area hidden.
The mechanism is relatively easy to make, so it’s also fun as a craft project.
Move a straw with telekinesis
This is a magic trick that makes it look like you’re moving a straw on top of a plastic bottle with telekinesis, without touching it.
Here’s how: First, prepare a straw in a paper bag.
When you take the straw out, pinch it and pull it out to build up static electricity.
Once placed, the straw will move just by bringing your hand close to it, so it’s sure to amaze your audience.
The method is simple enough for anyone to try, but be careful—while the straw is charged, it will react the same way to anyone’s hand, so make sure no one ruins the show by getting too close.
The pen is floating.
It’s a mysterious magic trick that makes a pen look like it’s floating in midair, with no gimmicks or props needed at all! The key is just how you hold the pen.
When you interlace your fingers, leave only your thumbs and ring fingers out so they can move freely.
Then pinch the pen with your ring finger and sway it; when you show it to your audience, just pinch it with your thumb and open your hands—success! It’s a method you could figure out if you think about it, but at first glance it’s surprisingly convincing.
Since precise finger movements are essential for many tricks, it’s a good basic technique to master.
A paper ball floating in midair
Prepare a sheet of drawing paper and crumple it up right in front of you.
Then you can perform a magic trick where the crumpled paper appears to float in midair.
The secret is to wrap the paper around the thumb of one hand as you crumple it—a simple thumb-tip style trick! By moving your other fingers in a convincing way, it looks like the paper ball is floating.
It might be a trick that requires some acting skill.
Ring drop with cat’s cradle
Cat’s cradle has always been a favorite with little kids, past and present.
Combine it with magic, and it’s sure to be a hit! In this trick, you start a cat’s cradle with a string threaded through a ring, but when you release your fingers, the ring slips off on its own.
The key is that the last finger you remove is different for the right and left hands.
Try removing them so the string remains on the middle finger of your right hand and the index finger of your left hand.
stretching finger(s)
It’s a magic trick where you cross your index fingers and rub one of them…
and the finger you’re rubbing seems to stretch.
Of course, the finger isn’t actually getting longer—the secret is that the viewer’s eyes are fooled.
The key is to keep the hand that’s doing the rubbing still.
Since you don’t need any props, it’s a trick you can perform anywhere.
A drawing of a flower becomes a real flower.
A flower drawn in the middle of a sheet of paper folded into three accordion sections.
When you fold the paper and open it again, the flower turns into a real one—like magic! It sounds tricky from the description, but it’s actually very easy.
You simply attach a real flower to the back of the side where the flower is drawn, and when you open the folded paper, you make sure to open it so that the side with the real flower faces the viewer.
Preparation is simple, so you can do it easily.