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 (51–60)
Magic of eating a balloon
You know those long, thin balloons used for balloon art, right? This trick is about seemingly stuffing one of those balloons into your mouth and “eating” it.
If you actually ate a balloon, you’d upset your stomach.
The secret to this magic is very simple: there’s a single hole in the balloon.
The placement of that hole is crucial.
After inflating the balloon, you tie it, and you make the hole on the side closer to the knot.
Once it’s inflated, you hold the balloon so that you cover the hole.
After putting the tip of the balloon into your mouth, you release your fingers and use your tongue to steadily push the balloon in.
Even if you turn it upside down, no juice comes out!?
This is a magic trick where, while pouring the contents of a canned drink into a glass, the flow stops when you give a signal.
Not only does it stop, but you can freely control the start and stop, which creates an even more mysterious atmosphere.
The method is very simple: rotate the can’s pull tab and push its tip in so that when the can is turned upside down, the flow stops.
It’s important to show only the front of the can so that the audience doesn’t realize there’s something special about the pull tab.
Because it uses a scientific mechanism based on liquid flow, it remains a baffling trick even when you know the secret.
Eraser that makes stars appear
No special preparation needed—here’s an eraser trick where a star appears.
All you need for this magic is a perfectly ordinary rectangular eraser.
Beforehand, draw a star on one of its faces.
Now you’re ready to begin.
First, show the eraser to your spectator, but with a deft twist of the wrist, make it look as if you’re showing both sides while actually showing only the same side.
Then simply flip the eraser over, and it will seem as though a star has suddenly appeared.
Of course, you can use a symbol other than a star if you like.
Moving chopsticks
For young children, it’s great to do magic tricks using everyday items! One recommendation is a trick with disposable chopsticks.
You’ll create a surprising effect where the chopstick in your hand seems to slide on its own! Of course, there’s a secret: a rubber band is attached to the end of the chopstick.
Hook the rubber band onto your finger while holding the chopstick, and then gradually loosen your grip…
The rubber band’s pull makes the chopstick glide smoothly.
It’s also fun to make the gimmick yourself, like a little craft project!
Super Easy Magic Tricks Kids Can Do! Fun Tricks You Can Play Right Away (61–70)
A ball comes out of a paper cup.
A magic trick where a ball appears from a paper cup that’s supposed to be empty.
It’s an easy idea anyone can try with just a paper cup and a ball.
Make a hole in the center of the cup and create a place to hold the ball.
After placing the ball inside the cup, shake the cup up and down in front of the audience to show that there’s “nothing” inside.
When you release your finger from the hole, the ball suddenly pops out of the cup—that’s the secret.
Tennis balls or colorful plastic balls that match the size of the paper cup are recommended.
Potato Chips Switcheroo Magic
This is a magic trick where you hold a potato chips tube behind a paper bag to signal a change, and it swaps with a different flavor tube that was supposedly inside the bag.
You use two types of tubes, and you prepare a gimmick in advance on one of them, so be mindful of how you present it to avoid giving anything away.
The preparation involves attaching the outer label of a different flavor to half of the tube, so it’s important to remove and handle it in a way that doesn’t reveal the back half, along with a smooth wrist turn.
To prevent the gimmick from being discovered, it’s also a good idea to clean up quickly after performing the trick.
The disappearing chopsticks envelope magic trick
It’s a magic trick where you put a pair of disposable chopsticks into an envelope, give a signal, and the chopsticks seem to vanish so the envelope can be crushed flat.
If the contents were something soft, it would just look like you were crushing them along with the envelope, but because it’s something rigid like chopsticks, it conveys the idea that they’ve actually disappeared.
In reality, what looked like chopsticks is just a paper tube with chopstick-like wrinkles, made of soft paper, so the whole envelope can be easily crushed.
Since a close look would reveal the fake, it’s important to handle everything smoothly up to the moment you put it into the envelope.