[Easy] A Beginner’s Guide to Card Magic: Tricks Even Elementary School Kids Can Do Right Away
Are you thinking that card magic looks difficult even though you want to try it? In fact, even elementary school students can perform simple card tricks that astonish everyone, as long as they learn a few easy tips.
You can amaze people by correctly identifying a friend’s chosen card or instantly arranging mixed-up cards, all without special props or complicated techniques.
Here, we’ll introduce card tricks you’ll want to try right away—from routines that succeed just by following the steps to tricks that get the crowd excited with a touch of performance.
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Magic using Aces, Queens, and special playing cards: Applied Techniques (1–10)
Scattered cards return to their original state
A mysterious magic trick where a deck that should have been mixed face up and face down instantly returns to a state where only the target cards are face up.
First, take out four cards of the same suit and mix them with twelve random cards.
By adjusting how you shuffle and how you stack the cards after distributing them haphazardly, you end up with only the four cards of the same suit—supposedly all jumbled—appearing face up.
Then, after this trick, let’s perform a similar trick using the entire deck.
You’ll create a situation where only the card chosen by a watching friend is face up.
Here, you use a deck that’s half normal cards and half cards whose faces and backs are just patterned, without numbers.
The key to this sequence is performing a trick first with an ordinary, ungimmicked deck, and then doing a trick with a deck that has a perfect secret built in.
A magic trick where the mate cards match
In a deck of cards, there are cards that share the same color and number but differ only in suit—for example, the Ace of Diamonds and the Ace of Hearts.
These are called mate cards.
In this magic trick, the mate of a card located at a number chosen by the spectator in one packet will appear at the same number in the other packet.
The secret is to set up several pairs of mate cards at the top and bottom of the deck beforehand.
Other than that, you just follow the steps as shown.
Please watch the video, learn the procedure, and give it a try!
A magic trick to find the four Aces
It’s a trick that begins by saying you’ll produce an Ace every time you cut the deck three times, but when you go to reveal the fourth Ace, you seemingly fail.
However, that’s just part of the presentation: the Aces you previously produced have all turned into Kings, and then four face-up Aces appear from within the deck—a roller-coaster of a plot that’s really entertaining.
This trick might seem complicated, but it’s surprisingly not.
You do need to set up the deck in a specific order beforehand, but after that, if you learn just three techniques—pull-down, break, and double lift—you can perform it with a straightforward sequence.
These techniques are useful for other card magic as well, so this is a great opportunity to master them!
The card disappears in the palm of the hand.
Let me introduce an easy card magic trick you can do with a single playing card! It takes a little practice, but once you get the hang of it, it’s great for performances and really gets the crowd going.
If you watch the video carefully, you’ll see that the trick involves hiding the card in your palm using your fingers.
The key is to keep the card from being seen, so try practicing in front of a mirror.
Once you’re used to it, you can come up with your own techniques and have even more fun with it.
Magic and Applied Techniques Using Aces, Queens, and Special Cards (11–20)
Color Change: Card (Trump) Magic Technique
If you want to try magic but worry that the techniques and prep might be tough, I recommend simple card tricks like this one.
In this trick, just by stroking the cards with your hand, the card changes into a different one.
The method is simple: as you stroke the cards, use the center of your palm to pull out the card that’s one below and bring it to the front.
When you reveal the suddenly changed card, adding a sound effect like saying “pop!” or whistling works well.
Start by practicing slowly, and work up to doing it quickly!
Magic where a card floats in midair
I’ll introduce a curious yet simple card magic trick where a playing card appears to float.
In this trick, you attach a thin stick to the card and simply hold it under your arm.
Because the mechanism is simple, practice is essential.
The key is making it truly look like it’s floating.
It’s also a good idea to practice in front of a mirror to ensure the card always faces forward.
It can be fun to develop your own techniques, too, and if you practice regularly, it might be a hit when you suddenly need a quick party trick.
The chosen card penetrates into the bag.
It’s a magic trick where the selected card ends up inside a bag after you place the deck on top of it! After having someone choose a card, you put it back into the deck and shuffle, but there’s one crucial point here: you need to control the selected card to the bottom.
Once you can do that, the rest is easy.
The bag has been pre-moistened, so when you place the deck on top of it, only the bottom card sticks to the bag.
Then, if you lift the bag so the card faces toward you, it looks as if the card has gone into the bag.
