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[For Elementary School Students] Simple and Amazing! Magic Tricks You Can Do with a Handkerchief
Surprise your friends, teachers, and family with a big “Wow!”
In this article, we’ll introduce jaw-dropping magic tricks using a handkerchief that will leave everyone speechless!
Imagine putting on a magic show during school recreation time—wouldn’t that make you a hero?
Objects wrapped in a handkerchief vanish, or even the handkerchief itself disappears… It’s all fun magic that will have everyone asking, “How does that work?!”
They’re easy enough for elementary school students, so give them a try at school or at home!
[For Elementary School Students] Simple and Amazing! A Collection of Magic Tricks You Can Do with a Handkerchief (1–10)
A coin that disappears with a handkerchief
Wrap a coin in a handkerchief, recite a magic spell, and when you open it… the coin has vanished! For this trick, prepare a coin such as a 100-yen or 500-yen piece, a handkerchief, and double-sided tape.
Beforehand, attach a piece of double-sided tape to the upper-left corner on the back side of the handkerchief.
After showing the handkerchief to your guests, rotate it so the taped corner is positioned at the front left.
Fold that corner first so it sticks to the coin.
Finally, turn the handkerchief toward your guests and have them check it in a way that keeps the area hiding the coin out of view.
With deft handling, you’ll captivate everyone’s attention!
The magic where a handkerchief stretches
It’s a very mysterious magic trick where a handkerchief seems to stretch right before your eyes.
You grab the corners of the handkerchief with your right and left hands and snap it open.
There’s a little knack to it: while cleverly hiding your hand movements, you reveal parts of the handkerchief little by little.
That way, it looks as if it’s really stretching.
It’s easy to do, so if you perform it at a school activity, you’re sure to amaze your friends! You might even get bombarded with questions like, “Huh? How does that work?”
A handkerchief pierced through the smartphone!
Let’s amaze everyone by making a handkerchief appear to pass through a guest’s borrowed smartphone.
In advance, cut a piece of plastic sheet (like the kind you can get at a 100-yen shop) into a rectangle with a slit or opening that the handkerchief can go through.
Thread the handkerchief through it and keep it hidden.
First, borrow the guest’s smartphone and take out the handkerchief, but make sure the plastic sheet isn’t visible when you show it to the guest.
Then attach the plastic sheet to the phone and pull the handkerchief through.
You’ll need to be clever about your grip and handling so the plastic sheet stays out of sight, so practice thoroughly!
An eraser wrapped in a handkerchief disappears.
The eraser that should have been there has disappeared! This trick is a vanishing magic trick using a handkerchief and an eraser.
A vanishing trick makes something that was there disappear.
It might sound difficult, but this one is very easy! First, spread a handkerchief on the table and place the eraser in the center.
Fold the handkerchief into a triangle around the eraser.
Next, fold both ends of the handkerchief so they cross in the middle.
Imagine the shape of a crepe.
Then pinch the crossed ends and pull them up to the left and right.
And amazingly, the eraser that should have fallen doesn’t fall at all! The secret is very simple: by crossing the handkerchief, the eraser stays trapped inside, making it look like it has vanished.
It’s super easy, so give it a try!
A magic trick where a handkerchief passes through the hand
It’s a magic trick that looks strange: when you press a handkerchief against your hand, the handkerchief appears to pass through your palm.
What’s eerie isn’t just showing the apparent penetration; it’s also that the penetrated handkerchief can be moved freely.
The handkerchief is actually threaded through a gimmick made from a modified hanger, and by setting this in the other hand, it creates the illusion that it’s passing through.
Even though it looks like it’s penetrating, it’s actually going underneath, so it’s important to perform from an angle that doesn’t reveal this.
Transformation Handkerchief
It’s a magic trick where you squeeze four handkerchiefs in your hand—each a different color—and they transform into a single handkerchief that combines all four colors.
Since the original handkerchiefs seem to vanish, it really looks like they’ve transformed.
The key gimmick is a thumb tip worn on your thumb.
You preload the four colored handkerchiefs inside it, then show the audience the four separate handkerchiefs.
When you place them into your palm, you secretly remove the thumb tip, insert each handkerchief into it, and then pull out the four-color handkerchief from a hole you’ve prepared on the other side.
Be mindful of your angles and concealment so the thumb tip isn’t detected.
A handkerchief appears from a cup
A handkerchief suddenly appears from a cup that should be empty! In this trick, it looks like you’re using two stacked paper cups, but the key is actually a third cup with the rim cut off.
Place the handkerchief in the bottom of the rimless cup and nest it inside one of the two unmodified cups.
Then, while showing the audience the two stacked cups, secretly switch them so that the cup containing the handkerchief ends up on the inside when you swap them, and simply pull out the handkerchief! You can use anything thin like a banknote, so try customizing it and have fun.
