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 (11–20)
A mysterious magic trick where the picture changes in an instant
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A mysterious magic trick where the picture changes when you open it! The key, of course, is how you prepare the drawing paper.
Cut one sheet in half, then cut one of those halves in half again, and fold each of those in half.
After folding, trim about 2 mm off the opening edge.
Take another sheet, fold it in half, then fold it in half again, and make two slits.
Unfold it, insert the two trimmed folded pieces into the cut sections, then fold the center into a mountain fold and the outer parts into valley folds.
With that, the mechanism is complete—the picture changes in an instant when you open it! Be careful not to draw on the wrong side.
Magic where a drawing floats on water
@nao.mommy The mysterious floating fish phenomenon that went viral overseas❣️🐠 Definitely try it with your kids over spring break 🧡 Tips: 1) Fill in the inside thoroughly like this fish. 2) Let it dry after drawing. 3) When putting it in water, do it slowly. 4) Depending on the whiteboard marker brand, sometimes it won’t come off, like the black one here 🤔 It’s super fun, so give it a try with your kids 🫶LifehackLife hacks / Tips and tricksHow to spend spring break#Playing with children
Sakura Fure Fure – THE SUPER FRUIT
The mysterious magic where your drawing floats on water isn’t actually magic at all! All you need is aluminum foil, a whiteboard marker, and a bowl filled with water.
Whiteboard markers contain a release agent that lifts the resin and ink film from the board surface.
So if you draw on aluminum foil with a whiteboard marker and gently place it in the water, only the drawn parts will detach and float.
It’s a performance that cleverly uses material properties—give it a try!
The picture disappears?! Magic Book
How about using a magic book that you can perform with no practice? A “magic book” is a general term for products that look like picture books.
At first glance, they look like ordinary illustrations, but depending on where you grasp the pages when you flip through them, they appear blank.
In other words, a magic book contains both blank pages and pages with illustrations.
Some versions are collaborations with anime characters and are available for purchase, so try looking for them.
No matter which one you buy, you can perform it the same way.
Magic Envelope
Sure to delight, let me introduce a magical envelope.
This routine is crafted like a piece of theater woven into magic.
First, you take out the magic envelope.
When you put a small drawing of a crab inside, it comes out larger.
Sometimes, what you put in reappears as something completely different.
Try presenting it with a sense of story.
By the way, the back of the envelope opens wide, and that’s where you’re actually inserting and removing the illustrations.
The trick is to swap the illustrations with as little hand movement as possible.
A picture-worthy six-faced 3D puzzle
Let me introduce a photogenic six-sided 3D puzzle that excites with a fantastical presentation.
First, prepare a six-sided 3D puzzle made of paper.
Since you won’t actually move it, you can simply prepare a box with illustrations of the six-sided puzzle drawn on each face.
Make sure one face has two illustrations layered on top of each other.
Next, press the six-sided 3D puzzle onto a sketchbook, and at the same time, drop the overlapping illustration onto a sheet of drawing paper—that’s it.
If you glue the illustrations in place, it will look even more authentic.
Animal Guessing Sheet
Would you like to show off the Animal Guessing Sheets? This is a magic trick set that comes with cards featuring animal illustrations.
First, show the first card with animals and have the spectator choose just one animal they like.
They shouldn’t say it out loud—only decide in their mind.
Next, show the second card and ask whether the chosen animal appears on the front or the back.
Then repeat the process with the third and fourth cards in the same way.
By the end, you’ll be able to tell which animal they chose.
Magic using drawings and illustrations. Recommended tricks for parties and performances (21–30)
A six-faced 3D puzzle that forms a complete picture
A magic trick featuring a six-sided block puzzle that comes together within a picture, with the fun lying in how it changes.
In this version, an illustration of a mismatched six-sided block puzzle transforms into one where all the sides match.
In fact, some squares in the puzzle illustration are cut out, and as the background color changes, the puzzle appears mismatched or matched.
For clear instructions on how to create the transforming illustration, tutorials on YouTube and similar sources are helpful.