[Easy] Magic tricks that will liven up the classroom: Recommended tricks you can do even during recess
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.
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[Easy] Magic tricks that liven up school. Recommended tricks you can do even during break time (31–40)
A card trick that absolutely can’t be figured out
It’s a magic trick where you casually split a deck of cards, have someone memorize the picture and number on a card, return it to the deck, shuffle, and then name the exact position of that card.
After the shuffle, when the deck is spread, only the two jokers are face up, and they indicate how many cards down the selection lies—an effect that heightens the mystery.
The positions of the jokers are predetermined, and from their relative placement, the performer deduces the exact position of the chosen card.
It’s a routine that tests card-handling skills, such as false shuffles that make it look mixed while secretly restoring the original order.
Magic that changes color in an instant
It’s a magic trick that looks mysterious precisely because the change happens in an instant: the paper clipped in place changes color the moment you take it away.
In fact, while the paper of the initial color is clipped, the paper with the changed color is stacked behind it, and the original paper is retracted to the base of the clip by a concealed rubber band at the same moment the clip is released.
It’s important to be mindful of how you apply pressure to the clip, to achieve a speed that doesn’t reveal the rubber-assisted movement.
Because the color changes distinctly within a small area, it helps the audience focus on the phenomenon right in front of them, which enhances the effect’s appeal.
Magic that changes origami
It’s a magic trick where you supposedly cut a square hole in a sheet of origami paper folded in half, but when you snap it open, the hole has changed into a different shape.
In fact, there’s another piece of origami paper with the desired hole already cut, layered together, and when you open it, you flip that one to the front to show the audience.
It’s important to stack them so the hidden sheet won’t get cut when you use the scissors, and to prepare a shape that’s smaller than the hole you cut in front of them.
How you hold the paper when opening it—so they don’t realize there are two layers—may also be a crucial point.
The straw that never gets used up
A curious magic trick where the number of straws never seems to decrease.
You take one straw out from a set of five, yet somehow there are still five left…
You try again, but the number still doesn’t go down.
The secret is that inside what appears to be a single straw, there’s another straw hidden.
When you “remove” one, you actually pull out the inner straw, making it look like the total didn’t decrease.
Pen Magic
Simple and delightful! Here are some pen magic ideas.
Magic tricks using pens are probably easy for students to try, right? This time, let’s take on seven tricks while watching the tutorial video.
What you’ll need includes a pen, pens of different colors, and an empty tablet-candy box, among other things.
Since seven pen-centered tricks are introduced, you could learn them all, but it also sounds fun to find the ones that suit you best.
[Easy] Magic Tricks That Liven Up School: Recommended Tricks You Can Do During Break Time (41–50)
Toothpick vanished!
A vanish trick using a single toothpick.
The secret is to preattach a rubber band to the toothpick and hide it in your hand, then use the rubber band’s snap to launch it away instantly, making it disappear.
Because of the method, it’s a very easy and recommended trick to show on video as a fixed shot; however, when performing in front of people, you’ll likely need to be a bit creative with your presentation.
Prophecy Magic
Among magic tricks, prediction magic is especially popular.
You’ve probably admired magicians on TV performing prediction effects.
Prediction magic can seem more difficult than regular tricks.
However, there are actually methods that are quite easy.
One recommended trick is predicting where a piece of paper will be cut.
In this trick, you draw symbols on a sheet of paper and correctly predict which symbol will be cut.
If you’re curious, look it up.
