[For Kids] Magic Tricks You Can Perform at Daycare or Kindergarten
Kids love mysterious things and surprising performances, don’t they?
When you hear “magic,” you might think it takes a lot of preparation, but even tricks with simple secrets can amaze children.
This time, we’ve gathered ideas for magic tricks that are easy to perform and easy for kids to watch.
When they see the magic, children might start wondering how it works and let their imaginations run.
Let’s incorporate some outstanding magic into childcare to spark children’s imaginations.
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[For Children] Magic Ideas to Perform at Nurseries and Kindergartens (41–50)
The finger puppet has disappeared!
Put cute finger puppets on both hands.
It’s best to choose characters the children like.
When you move your arms behind your back, the puppets are gone by the time your hands come back to the front.
Do the same with the other hand—once you move it behind your back, the puppet disappears.
But if you repeat the same thing again, the puppets are back.
The kids will surely be puzzled, right? Even adults might be fooled, but the truth is, you’re just switching fingers.
The puppets start on the middle fingers, and when you move your hands behind your back, you swap them onto the index fingers—that’s the trick.
Cup and Bead Magic
Let me introduce a magic trick using cups and beads.
Put pink beads in one cup and light blue beads in another.
When you pour the beads into a single cup and mix them, you cast a spell and they can be separated back into two again.
The secret is simple: leave one color of beads loose, but string the other color together and tape the string to the bottom of the cup so it won’t come off.
That way, it looks like they’re mixed, but you can separate them again!
A magic trick where a bill passes through a spoon
It’s a magic trick where you sharply strike the crease of a folded bill with a spoon, the spoon appears to pierce through the bill, but when you remove the spoon and unfold the bill, it’s back to normal.
You prepare two spoons, hold them slightly offset so the back spoon sticks out, and place the folded bill between them.
By pressing the front spoon against the inside of the crease, the back spoon sticks out farther and becomes visible first, making it look as though it pierced the bill.
To avoid revealing that you’re holding two spoons, it’s best to use plain, flat spoons with minimal decoration.
Magic where candy comes out of a tissue
It’s a magic trick where you crumple a tissue that should be empty—just taken from the box—and, after a little “incantation,” candy appears from inside.
You clearly show that there’s nothing in your hands, and you use a tissue taken straight from the box, which really heightens the mystery.
In reality, behind the tissue you’re about to take, there’s a pre-crumpled tissue with candy hidden inside.
As you pull out the first tissue, you also secretly bring that crumpled tissue into your hand at the same time.
The key points are the overall angles and how you move your hands so that no one realizes the crumpled tissue has been placed there.
Magic you can perform with three playing cards
It’s a magic trick where you lay out the Ace of Hearts and two Kings on the table and ask the spectator to track where the Ace of Hearts is, but the Ace ends up in a different spot than they think.
The key lies in the card positions and the way you turn them over.
Using a pinky break technique, you make the spectator believe the Ace of Hearts is in a different place within the packet.
You also arrange the cards on the table so the faces can’t be seen, and because the order of the packet isn’t what they think it is, they’ll also imagine the table layout incorrectly.
There are unique moves, like turning over two cards as one, so it’s crucial to make your actions smooth to avoid creating any sense of inconsistency.
Magic where legs disappear
It’s a magic trick where you cover your feet with a black cloth, give a signal, and when you lift the cloth, the feet that should be there have vanished.
The key point is the angle at which you show the gaps in the cloth, and the mechanism is simple: you’re just moving your feet to a position where they can’t be seen.
You place your weight on the leg pulled back, lift the other leg up, and keep your body position unchanged, so your ability to maintain posture is tested.
Let’s proceed while balancing mystery and ease: figure out how low you can lower your foot to make it look like it has disappeared.
A stuffed animal appears.
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A magic trick with a punchy twist: a stuffed animal that’s been “chosen” appears.
You prepare playing cards numbered 8 to 13 and an illustration of a Ferris wheel with animals.
Children draw a card, and you use the number to select animals on the Ferris wheel.
Then you flip the board to reveal a parachute illustration, and the chosen animal’s plush appears from below.
The secret is that, no matter which number is selected, you change the counting method so the same animal is always chosen.
