Magic using drawings and illustrations. Recommended tricks for parties and performances.
In this article, we introduce magic tricks that use drawings and illustrations on paper! There are lots of fun ideas, like pictures becoming real, transforming into something else, or even moving.
Picture-based magic is easy to understand, so it’s great for kids’ events like birthday parties.
Many ideas require some preparation in advance, but once you set them up, you can use them repeatedly, making them beginner-friendly.
There are also videos explaining how to perform the tricks, so be sure to check them out and give them a try!
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Magic using drawings and illustrations. Recommended tricks for parties and performances (1–10)
A mysterious magic where a drawing gets colored in an instant
A magic trick where a black-and-white picture instantly turns into color! All you need is a colored picture, a clear file folder, and drawing paper.
Cut the clear file to the same size as the sheet of drawing paper with the colored picture you prepared in advance, place it inside, and trace the picture with a pen.
Next, create the mechanism by combining a colored sheet of drawing paper for the frame with a white sheet, and load the clear file and the picture-drawn paper inside—then you’re all set! If you assemble the mechanism in the correct order, this trick will always work, so give it a try!
A magic trick where a light bulb drawn on paper becomes real
You’d be surprised if something you drew actually appeared, right? What would happen if you hid a light bulb behind a sketchbook, and it popped out in place of the one in your drawing? It would definitely be startling, wouldn’t it? In magic, hand and arm movements are generally very important.
Let’s keep the magic going by using the sketchbook to conceal the fact that you’re holding a light bulb.
It might take practice until you get used to it, but that effort will let you perform a trick that makes everyone gasp.
You don’t need many props, so feel free to give it a try!
A moving stick figure drawn with a pen
Magic with drawings will capture your audience’s hearts.
It’s astonishing to see a stick figure drawn on paper start moving as if it were alive.
Just by adding a special liquid, the stick figure sways and wriggles, then starts dancing to the beat.
The method is simple, anyone can perform it, and it’s sure to get cheers from kids.
There’s also an easy-to-follow video tutorial, so give it a try.
With this captivating trick, you can bring smiles and a warm, cozy feeling to your viewers.
Magic using drawings and illustrations. Recommended tricks for parties and performances (11–20)
Anywhere Door
It’s a piece of magic that recreates the world of anime: a Anywhere Door trick.
First, a door made of paper appears.
This is the “Anywhere Door.” When you open the door, you can see the back side of the paper.
But if you flip it over and open it, Doraemon appears from the other side of the door.
The mechanism is simple: the illustrations of the door and Doraemon are connected by a string.
When you flip it, the illustration that was hanging down gets pulled up and ends up behind the door.
Will the illustration of the broken pencil return to normal?!
An illustration of a broken pencil turns into a single neat pencil! The key to this magic trick is the mechanism that stores the drawing.
First, prepare two pencil illustrations drawn on paper measuring 13 cm tall by 4 cm wide, and cut one of them in half.
Next, cut a piece of drawing paper to 14 cm by 5 cm for the mechanism, and cut out the inside to the same size as the paper with the pencil illustration.
Cut the cut-out section in half, put it back in place, and tape the top and bottom edges.
Then, create a mechanism that allows the illustration to slide out smoothly, assemble the parts in order, attach the opening door pieces, and you’re done!
Bending a paper spoon
This is a very easy magic trick you can do using tracing paper.
It takes advantage of tracing paper’s property of bending as soon as it absorbs moisture—just placing it on your palm makes it absorb moisture and bend.
Being able to choose any illustration you like also seems like a great way to spark children’s curiosity and let them have fun.
A magic card whose picture changes when you flick it
https://www.tiktok.com/@renamama_asobi/video/7379603103777131793A mysterious magic card that makes the picture in the center change in a flash with just a flick! It’s an easy trick to prepare with a milk carton, a stapler, and a pen, and kids will love it.
Cut the milk carton into pieces measuring 5 cm by 9 cm.
Prepare three of the same pieces, and cut two of them into identical trapezoid shapes.
Punch out a hole in the center of the rectangular card about the size of a 100-yen coin, then staple the other two pieces behind it.
Finally, draw illustrations positioned to appear through the round hole, and you’re done!