[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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Animal Hexagon
Animal Hexagon is also highly recommended—it’s sure to excite the kids.
This is a magic prop that adds a creative twist to a classic trick.
It starts as a hexagon colored like a desert, but when you fold and unfold it, it transforms into an illustration of a camel.
Fold and open it again, and this time it turns ocean blue; open it once more, and a sea turtle appears.
With each reveal, children will be eagerly wondering, “What will appear next?”
Animal Guessing Sheet
Would you like to show off the Animal Guessing Sheet? This is a magic trick set that comes with cards featuring animal illustrations.
First, show the first card with animals on it and ask the spectator to choose just one animal they like.
At that time, have them decide only in their mind without saying it out loud.
Next, show the second card and ask whether the chosen animal appears on the front or the back.
Then continue the same process with the third and fourth cards.
By the end, you’ll be able to tell exactly which animal they chose.
Magic that changes origami
It’s a magic trick where you supposedly cut a square hole in a sheet of origami paper folded in half, but when you snap it open, the hole has changed into a different shape.
In fact, there’s another piece of origami paper with the desired hole already cut, layered together, and when you open it, you flip that one to the front to show the audience.
It’s important to stack them so the hidden sheet won’t get cut when you use the scissors, and to prepare a shape that’s smaller than the hole you cut in front of them.
How you hold the paper when opening it—so they don’t realize there are two layers—may also be a crucial point.
A magic trick that turns a round hole in a newspaper into a square one
This is a magic trick where you fold a newspaper, make a round cut with scissors, and when you unfold it you’d expect a round hole—but it’s actually a square hole.
The secret is that a sheet of newspaper with a square hole has been layered on top of the one being cut, and it’s cleverly concealed.
How you fold the newspaper with the square hole is also important; fold it in a way that keeps the scissors from hitting that part.
To avoid giving away that there are two layers, choose a newspaper that looks very similar and stack them perfectly so there are no gaps.
Balloon Resurrection Magic
A trick that’s sure to amaze anyone: the resurrecting balloon magic.
In this one, you blow into a balloon that had its tip cut off, and it somehow inflates.
The secret actually lies in the balloon itself.
Beforehand, you set it up by pushing a second, identical balloon inside the first one, and when you cut with scissors, you only cut the outer balloon.
So when you blow air into it, the balloon that inflates is the hidden inner one.
If you set it up well, the effect looks so natural that even close-up viewers won’t notice how it’s done.
Pop-Out! Card Magic
This is a magic trick where the chosen card automatically pops out of a bag.
The mechanism is simple, so your performance skills will be put to the test! You’ll need cardstock, a felt-tip pen, one rubber band, a stapler, and scissors.
First, make the gimmicked bag out of cardstock.
Make it larger than the cards.
Install a rubber band on the inside, then staple the bag closed.
Next, make the cards—create about five with different designs.
It’s fine to copy and paste your favorite characters onto them.
Turn the cards face down, have someone choose one, and put the remaining cards into the bag first.
Finally, put the chosen card into the bag while hooking it onto the rubber band.
When you let go, only the chosen card will pop out of the bag.
Magic newspaper! A magic trick where the handkerchief placed inside a newspaper disappears.
This is a magic trick where you use a magic tube to push a handkerchief into a rolled-up newspaper, blow on it, and when you open the newspaper, the handkerchief you supposedly put in has vanished.
The key is the magic tube used for pushing—the handkerchief draped over the newspaper is actually collected inside this tube.
Beforehand, place a thin stick like a chopstick inside the tube; after rolling up the newspaper, secretly transfer this stick from the tube into the newspaper—that’s the trick.
Then you lay the handkerchief so it covers the stick, and push both the handkerchief and the stick back into the tube to retrieve them.
To avoid arousing suspicion about the tube, it’s recommended to show the inside a few times at moments when neither the handkerchief nor the stick is inside.