With Explanations: Easy Magic Tricks for Lower-Grade Elementary School Children — How to Do Simple Tricks
Do you think magic tricks seem difficult? In fact, once you know a few simple tips, even elementary school kids can perform easy tricks that will amaze friends and family! Here, we’ve collected fun, mysterious tricks you can show off right away, like the “rope escape” and the “jumping rubber band,” which work as long as you follow the steps.
You don’t need any special props—just everyday items.
We also share performance tips, so try experiencing the satisfaction of entertaining people with magic!
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Simple magic tricks you can do with everyday items (1–10)
Unbreakable Balloon
It’s a magic trick where a balloon doesn’t pop even though a wire is pushed through it.
It takes advantage of how forces act when a balloon is inflated, so it can be educational too.
The mouth and the top of the balloon experience less tension than other parts, so if you insert the wire there, you can pierce it without popping.
It takes skill to identify the low-tension spots, so keep practicing until you get the hang of it.
Since you’re making holes, the air will leak out even if it doesn’t suddenly burst, so don’t forget to clean up before anyone notices.
Rubber Band Penetration Magic
This is a magic trick where two rubber bands seem to pass through each other just by overlapping—and then slip apart again.
Mysterious, right? But of course there’s a method.
You stick a pin into one of the rubber bands, and snip off the pin’s head with pliers.
From the opposite side, the tip of the pin sticks out, and you simply place the other rubber band onto that tip so it catches.
Add a magic chant or some dramatic flair, and you’re set!
A toothpick bounces.
This is a mysterious magic trick using two toothpicks.
Hold one toothpick in each hand, and cross them to make a plus sign with the right-hand toothpick underneath.
After a moment…
the toothpick in your left hand starts bouncing up and down! The secret is very simple: press and rub the toothpick with the middle finger of your right hand, and the vibration makes the toothpick bounce.
It takes a bit of practice, but once you master it, you can perform it anywhere—highly recommended.
It’s even more fun if you present it with lines like “I can use psychic powers” or “I can send electricity through my fingertips.”
Simple magic tricks you can do with everyday items (11–20)
A rubber band jumps over to the smartphone.
Here’s a magic trick where a rubber band jumps onto a smartphone—safe to perform even when watched up close.
It has three main steps.
First, pull the rubber band that’s looped around your wrist and pinch it between your thumb and index finger.
Next, twist it and loop it around all your fingers.
Finally, bring the smartphone close and release your fingers—that’s it.
The rubber band will automatically move onto the phone.
Because it happens in an instant and it’s simply the band moving, it’s a trick that’s hard to see through.
A pen passes through the hole of a 5-yen coin!? Penetration magic
This is a magic trick you can do with four items: a plastic bottle, a 5-yen coin, a pen, and a suspicious-looking tube.
What happens is that the pen seems to pass through the small hole in the 5-yen coin.
Here’s how: place the 5-yen coin over the mouth of the plastic bottle, then cover it with the suspicious tube.
When you drop the pen into the top of the tube, it appears to go through the hole in the 5-yen coin and end up inside the bottle! It’s a surprising trick, but there’s actually no secret—if you follow the steps, it should work.
In reality, the 5-yen coin spins inside the tube, creating a gap that lets the pen slip into the bottle.
But when you actually perform it, it looks so natural that it really feels like the pen passed through the coin’s hole!
Color-changing! Straw Magic
A visually striking magic trick where rubbing a straw with your hand seems to change the color of the lines printed on it! If you’re sharp, you might already know the secret.
In fact, McDonald’s straws have one red line and one yellow line.
At the moment you rub the straw, rotate it 180 degrees with the hand holding it.
That way, it looks like the line instantly changes from red to yellow or yellow to red! All you need is a single straw, so it’s easy to perform on the spot.
Chopsticks that spin on their own
When you hold your hand over a pair of chopsticks crossed like a plus sign, the chopsticks you supposedly aren’t touching start to move! It looks like magic, as if you’re using psychic powers.
At first glance it seems very difficult, but there’s a simple trick you can do with nothing more than the chopsticks themselves—no clear thread or other props needed.
All you use is your own breath.
In fact, you’re moving the chopsticks by gently blowing on them.
When placing the chopsticks, set them so both ends are slightly raised to make them easier to move, and when you blow, do it slowly.
Master these little tips, and starting tomorrow, you’ll be a psychic!
