Magic tricks using rings: recommended tricks for parties and performances
I’ve gathered some ideas for ring magic tricks.
Many ring tricks rely not on gimmicks but on techniques like hand movements, so once you learn them, you can easily perform them not only at drinking parties but also at weddings or company events.
Wouldn’t it be cool to say, “Could I borrow your ring?” and then perform a trick that makes everyone go wow—with a completely ungimmicked ring?
There are also simple tricks that beginners can try, so give them a shot!
Magic tricks using rings. Recommended tricks for parties and performances (1–10)
A magic trick where a ring instantly links onto a chain
It’s a magic trick where an unbroken ring (a finger ring) and an unbroken chain link together in an instant.
You simply slide the chain through the ring once, and somehow they end up connected! This seems to be a classic among magicians, and although it’s simple, the mechanism is impressive even to those who perform it.
It’s a straightforward trick, yet one that can astonish everyone.
A magic trick where a ring floats
When you thread a ring onto a pen, the ring rises on its own.
By sandwiching or tying a fishing line to the cap of a felt-tip pen and then passing the ring over it, the movement of the pen—or even slight motions on their own—makes the tied ring climb upward.
It’s a magic trick anyone can do, and since there’s no gimmick in the ring itself, it’s simple and hard to detect.
The Pen and the Ring
Grip the ring in your left hand and cast a charm on it with the pen.
Then, the ring that should have been in your hand vanishes and, before you know it, ends up fitted onto the pen you enchanted.
The trick relies on making it look like you’ve gripped the ring and on the sleight of hand used when sliding the ring onto the pen.
The ring clips through the mask.
It’s a magic trick where you drop a ring toward a mask with its strap folded forward, and the ring appears to pass through the mask and hook onto the strap.
In reality, the ring is already threaded onto the mask’s strap, and during steps like folding the strap, you keep creating angles—by inverting top and bottom—so the ring stays out of sight.
Also, for the mask with the ring attached, you prepare it by sticking a mask with its strap cut onto it, and you drop the ring into that gap.
It’s important to maintain angles that don’t reveal the gimmick and to move the mask smoothly as a whole.
The ring climbs the hill.
This is an easy magic trick you can do using just a ring and an ordinary rubber band.
You can probably use rings of various sizes, from small to medium, so it’s perfect for showing off in casual situations.
Ring-through-body magic
This is a magic trick that makes it look like a ring passes through your hand: when you press the ring into your palm it vanishes and then appears on the back of your hand.
The method uses an almost invisible thin thread hooked onto the palm; by threading the ring onto this thread, you can move it from front to back.
Be mindful of how you conceal the ring with your other hand so that, at the moment it disappears from the palm, it’s already on the back of the hand, and before it appears on the back, it’s still on the palm.
Clearly understand how the thread is hooked to your hand and practice removing it smoothly—this is key to avoiding anything that feels off.
Teleportation of the ring
This is a magic trick where a ring that should be threaded onto a string suddenly teleports to another location.
In the video, it moves from the left hand to the right hand, but you can make it move to other places as well.
Despite its flashy appearance, it’s simple, so I highly recommend it.
It’s one of those tricks that’s worth remembering.
