Magic tricks with plastic bottles: a roundup of penetration and vanishing illusions
“I want to try magic, but so many card tricks and playing card magic are difficult…” If you feel that way, you’re not alone.
For you, we recommend magic using plastic bottles.
If you prepare in advance, many of these tricks can be done without difficult techniques.
In this article, we’ll introduce a range of magic tricks that use plastic bottles.
Even though they’re approachable, you’ll still need practice to make them look natural.
Once you’ve picked a trick you want to try, start practicing right away!
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Magic tricks using plastic bottles: a collection of penetration and vanishing tricks (1–10)
A magic trick where a plastic bottle stands at an angle
You can do it with just a plastic bottle! Here’s a magic trick where a plastic bottle stands at an angle.
All you need is a 600 ml plastic bottle of tea.
First, make sure there’s tea left up to just below the label.
Then, dent one of the protruding sections on the bottom of the bottle.
That’s the setup done.
After that, tilt the tea so it balances in the dented section, and the bottle will stand at an angle.
The gimmick isn’t obvious, so it’s fine even if people touch the bottle!
A plastic bottle appeared from the envelope.
It’s a magic trick where you open a flat envelope and pull out a three-dimensional bottle from inside.
The envelope has a slit, and the method is to bring the bottle to the mouth of the envelope by passing it through that slit.
If you secure the envelope with a binder clip, it will be harder for people to notice the slit.
You keep the bottle fitted to your body, hidden inside your jacket or similar, so it’s best to use a slim bottle to avoid revealing the setup.
Penetration magic using a pencil and a 5-yen coin
This is a magic trick where you place a 5-yen coin on the mouth of a plastic bottle, cover it with a tube, say a magic spell, and then make a pencil appear to pass through.
It’s important to clearly show before placing the tube that the pencil is thicker than the hole in the 5-yen coin and cannot pass through it.
The secret is very simple: when you drop the pencil from the top of the tube, the impact makes the 5-yen coin bounce up while the pencil falls straight down.
If the tube fits the coin too snugly, the coin won’t move even with an impact, so another key point is to use a tube with enough clearance to allow the coin to rotate slightly.
Magic tricks using plastic bottles: A collection of penetration and vanishing tricks (11–20)
A plastic bottle that doesn’t spill water even when you stick a pen into it
It’s a magic trick where a pen is stuck through a plastic bottle without any water leaking, and even after the pen is removed, the water won’t flow until you give a signal.
The bottle not only has a hole for the pen to pass through, but the cap also has a hole.
These two holes are used to control air pressure and thereby control the flow of water.
If you cover the hole in the cap, air can’t enter, and in that state the water won’t flow out.
If you mess up the gap around the pen hole or how you insert the pen, the pressure balance will break and the water will start to flow, so make sure to make the holes with precise sizing.
Does the contents of the plastic bottle get swapped?!
This is a magic trick where the contents of two plastic bottles appear to swap.
You have one bottle filled with water and another with cola, and while you shake both at the same time, their contents seem to switch.
What you need are empty plastic bottles labeled for water and cola, antiseptic mouthwash, a dechlorinating agent, and black paint.
Make the “cola” by diluting the mouthwash with water, and stick the dechlorinating agent to the inside of the cap.
For the water bottle, prepare black paint on the inside of its cap as well.
By shaking these bottles at the same time, one will turn clear (whitish) and the other will turn black.
A plastic bottle placed in an envelope disappears.
It’s a magic trick where, even though you supposedly put a bottle into an envelope, the envelope ends up smaller than the bottle and flattened, making it look like the bottle vanished.
The bottom of the envelope has a slit, and by passing the bottle through it, you can fold the envelope to a size smaller than the bottle.
Since part of the bottle sticks out through the slit, be mindful of your body angle so that it stays concealed.
If you structure the routine so that the same bottle appears from the envelope that has become smaller than the bottle, you won’t need to worry about where to hide the bottle, so this pattern is recommended.
When you put a balloon over a plastic bottle, the water flows somewhere else!?
This is a slightly unique magic trick using a plastic bottle, a straw, and a balloon.
When you fill the plastic bottle with water and cover the opening with a balloon, water flows from the straw into the case.
By making a hole in the plastic bottle with an awl and inserting the straw through that hole, you can create the phenomenon shown in the video.
