[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)
Handkerchief magic: a knot that comes undone in an instant
It’s handy to have a magic trick you can perform on the spur of the moment during small bits of free time.
So here’s one to introduce: a handkerchief trick where a knot instantly comes undone.
You take an ordinary scarf and tie its ends tightly together, but with a slight tug it mysteriously unravels.
There’s no special gimmick—through the knotting method and your presentation, it looks like it’s tied very tightly.
That means you can even borrow a spectator’s handkerchief or use any other cloth to perform it.
It’s also a perfect lead-in to other handkerchief magic.
[For Children] Magic Ideas (51–60) to Perform at Nursery Schools and Kindergartens
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.
Easy magic using Pocky
You take an ordinary-looking Pocky stick with chocolate on it, spin it around to show there’s nothing unusual, then lightly stroke the top of the Pocky with your other hand… and amazingly, the chocolate disappears from the Pocky and reappears in that hand as a little chocolate ball! After eating the chocolate, you blow on the Pocky, and the chocolate returns to the stick—like magic.
In reality, the chocolate on one side of the Pocky has been shaved off, and when you show it, you rotate your wrist so you’re always showing the same side.
The other hand is secretly holding a chocolate ball from the start—that’s the trick.
Piercing Magic
This is a magic trick where you drop a pen into a plastic bottle whose mouth is blocked with a five-yen coin, and it seems to pierce through.
The key is to first insert the pen into the hole of the five-yen coin and show the audience, saying, “See? It doesn’t go through.” This makes them think you’re going to pass it through that hole.
In reality, the pen doesn’t go through the hole.
Instead, thanks to the momentum and weight of the falling pen, it slips through the gap between the tilted five-yen coin and the bottle.
If your hands are visible, the secret will be exposed, so hide the pen’s path with a tube made from rolled construction paper.
The trick is to drop the pen along the outside of the tube!
Moving chopsticks
You can perform a fun magic trick with just one disposable chopstick.
The idea is that when you send your will to the chopstick you’re holding, it moves as if by a mysterious power.
What you need: a chopstick, one rubber band, and a stapler.
First, staple the rubber band to the back side of the thicker end of the chopstick.
Put your thumb through the attached rubber band and, keeping the band hidden from view, pull on it as you move your thumb toward the thinner end of the chopstick.
As you chant a magic spell and gradually relax your finger, the rubber band’s force will make the chopstick move on its own.
Give it a try!
In conclusion
We introduced magic ideas that are a hit at nurseries and kindergartens.
Even if the tricks are simple, with a little creativity in your performance you can put on magic that makes children gasp in surprise.
Of course you can perform at events, but even trying a trick during small gaps in the day will captivate the kids and spark their curiosity.
Be sure to incorporate magic as part of your childcare skills.