[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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Card Trick: “Convenient Magic”
This is a card trick titled “Convenient Magic,” in which you correctly identify a card chosen by a spectator.
The charm of this trick is that it doesn’t require pre-setting the order of the deck or using difficult sleights, so even beginners can give it a try.
First, have the spectator think of any number from 1 to 20, then remember the card that appears when you turn over that many cards from the top of the deck.
After that, you make various attempts to find the card—but the remembered card doesn’t show up… or so it seems.
Suddenly, the chosen card appears at the very top of the deck that was set aside.
Although this trick creates a very mysterious impression, it’s actually guaranteed to work as long as you grasp a few very simple points and follow the explanation steps as instructed.
It’s highly recommended for beginners, so give it a try!
A card magic trick where snapping your fingers makes the card rise to the top.
The classic card trick where a card placed in the middle of the deck rises to the top with a snap of the fingers is called the “Ambitious Card.” There are several methods, but the relatively simple one featured in this video actually keeps the initially selected card on top of the deck the whole time—it’s never truly placed in the middle.
It’s a bit tricky, but if you can make this look natural, it could be your first step toward becoming a kid magician!
Unmixable playing cards
Even though you stack playing cards with different suits alternately, when you flip them over they’re not mixed—this magic trick is simple enough that children can easily try it.
First, prepare three red-suit cards and three black-suit cards, and stack them alternately.
If you simply stack them as-is, of course the red and black cards will be alternating.
However, when you check the cards and turn them face down, you secretly use your finger to swap the front card and then continue stacking in order.
This causes the red and black cards to end up grouped together.
It’s a trick that even feels mysterious to the performer, so before showing it at a glance, it’s recommended to practice face up to understand how it works—you’ll add more depth to your performance.
Guess the card your opponent drew
Playing cards have a kind of mysterious vibe—as if they give off a magical feel just as they are.
How about mastering one card trick using such cards? Once you get the hang of the shuffle, anyone can do this trick.
Even kids can do it!
Ambitious Card You Can Do Easily
The classic magic trick where, after a little spell, the selected card that was placed into the deck appears on top—the Ambitious Card.
It’s a common trick, but beginners usually can’t perform it without difficult sleight of hand.
However, with the method I’m introducing here, you can achieve the Ambitious Card relatively easily.
The key to this trick is that you only pretend to place the selected card into the deck; in reality, you’re inserting a different card.
Specifically, the selected card remains on top of the pack, while you take a card from the bottom instead of the top.
With a bit of practice, you’ll be able to do this naturally as part of your normal movements, so give it a try.
Simple playing card magic used by professionals
This is a simple magic trick using playing cards.
In reality, all the cards are different, but the trick makes it look like there are many cards with the same number and suit.
The latter half of the video reveals the secret, so it’s easy to learn.
Practice it and surprise people.
An elevator card you can do with just one basic technique
It’s a magic trick you often see on TV, where a card that should be in the middle of the deck rises to the top.
Among tricks of this type, the one I’m about to introduce has a simple method.
First, have someone choose one card from the deck.
Meanwhile, split the deck into two piles and hold one in each hand.
Ask them to place the chosen card on top of the pile in your left hand.
Then say, “This isn’t a guessing trick, so I’ll take a look!” Flip the card over to confirm the selection, and as you turn it face down again, secretly place the bottom card of the pile in your right hand on top of the selected card.
Next, place that combined card onto the top of the right-hand pile, and then place the left-hand pile on top of that.
It looks like the selected card has been placed in the middle of the deck… but in fact, the selected card is on top.
It’s easy to do, hard to detect, and sure to impress—highly recommended.