[Easy] Magic tricks that will liven up the classroom: Recommended tricks you can do even during recess

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For anyone thinking, “I want to do something exciting during school breaks or at events like the culture festival!” why not try your hand at magic? In this article, we’ll introduce magic tricks you can perform at school.

We’ve focused on simple tricks you can do with items found at school or with your own belongings.

Even though they’re simple, they’re all solid tricks that will surprise and excite your audience—sure to make you the star of your class! Practice magic using stationery, coins, and more, and show them off in all kinds of school settings.

[Easy] Magic Tricks That Get the Whole School Excited: Recommended Tricks You Can Do Even During Breaks (1–10)

A magic trick where a torn tissue comes back together

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A magic trick where a torn tissue comes back together

It’s an amazing magic trick where a tissue that you seem to have torn suddenly comes back to life.

All you need is a tissue! You can even bring this to school without getting in trouble with your teacher.

Here’s how: First, separate the two layers of the tissue.

Take one of the layers and lightly twist one end to a point, then tear off just the tip.

Hold only the torn-off tip between your fingers and keep it hidden.

Next, take the other layer of the tissue and place it into the hand that’s holding the torn tip.

While making it look like you’re tearing the tissue you’re holding, secretly bring out the hidden torn piece so it seems like you’ve torn the tissue.

In the end, reveal the intact tissue, and the trick is a success!

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A magic trick where a coin disappears using a pen and a coin

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A magic trick where a coin disappears using a pen and a coin

This is a simple vanish magic trick using a pen and a coin.

There’s no difficult principle involved; the key is how smoothly you transfer the coin from one hand to the other.

It’s also important not to let the coin make a sound by hitting the pen while it’s palmed.

It takes practice, but it’s sure to amaze your friends! You could probably substitute a small magnet or something similar for the coin, too.

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Old notebooks like new!

Old notebooks become brand-new!? Amazing yet simple school-supply magic tricks you can do at school [with explanations].

Old notebooks like new!

I’ll show you a simple magic trick using a notebook.

If you lightly rub the cover—scribbled all over with pencil—with an eraser, it looks like a brand-new notebook! First, write something in pencil on a spread, leave the next spread blank, then write something on the following spread…

and repeat this process.

After that, just cut off the bottom-right and top-left corners of the written pages.

Then, like magic, when you flip from the bottom, only the pages with writing open, and when you flip from the top, only the blank pages open—making the notebook look as if it’s brand new!

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Easy Magic Tricks That Get Everyone Excited at School: Recommended Tricks You Can Do During Recess (11–20)

The rubber bands switch colors.

Visual Rubber Band Magic You Can Do Starting Tomorrow

The rubber bands switch colors.

This is a magic trick where you stretch two rubber bands to create a pattern, then when you let them contract and blow on them, the colors appear to instantly reverse.

Start by twisting one wrist and stretching a rubber band in an X shape, then hook a rubber band of a different color around it to frame the X.

After that, rotate the twisted wrist back to match the orientation of the other hand, and the pattern’s colors will swap places.

Since it’s obvious that the wrist orientation changes, make sure to direct the audience’s gaze firmly toward the rubber bands so they don’t notice, and focus on smooth, overall movement in your performance.

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Rubber Band Restoration Magic

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Rubber Band Restoration Magic

Magic tricks using everyday rubber bands are easy for anyone to try, so I highly recommend them.

Among them, the rubber band restoration trick is especially impressive: the band appears to break and then come back together.

Here’s how to do it: Pinch a rubber band from both sides with your index finger and thumb, pull it horizontally, and hook the middle with your index finger.

Be careful not to separate your index fingers at this point! While holding that position, separate your thumbs and middle fingers—this makes it look like the rubber band has snapped.

Finally, release your index fingers, and the rubber band will seemingly restore itself!

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Magic where a face illustration stretches

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Magic where a face illustration stretches

This is a comedic magic trick where, when you hold your hand over a sheet of paper with a character illustration, the character’s face stretches.

The method is very simple: prepare the stretched face parts separately, hide them inside your hand, and then place them onto the illustration at the same moment you cover it with your hand.

Make a slit at the character’s neck in the illustration so you can insert the stretched face.

Because the gimmick is simple, make sure to get laughs from the striking contrast between the illustration before and after the stretch.

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Guess the selected pen color

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Guess the selected pen color

A magic trick where you correctly guess the color of a pen.

You have the spectator choose any color pen and hand it to the magician, who is facing away, and the magician astonishingly names the correct color.

The secret is that while giving the explanation after receiving the pen, the magician discreetly marks their hand with the pen tip held behind their back to leave a trace of the color.

This recommended trick can be adapted to items other than pens as long as they can leave a mark on the hand.

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