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.
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.”
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.
Simple magic tricks you can do with everyday items (11–20)
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!
Let’s predict the sum of four numbers!
Let’s try predicting a total using a 4×4 grid of numbers.
First, have a spectator choose one number from the grid.
Circle the chosen number, then cross out the squares directly above, below, to the left, and to the right of it.
Repeat this process, and in the end, add up the four remaining numbers—that total is what you’ll predict.
The trick is, no matter which numbers are chosen, the total will always be 20! By setting eight numbers along the top and right edges so that paired sums equal 20, and then filling the grid by adding those values, you can construct a table where the total is guaranteed to be 20 every time.
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!
Instant Magic! Telekinetic Chopsticks
Let me show you some simple magic tricks you can do with disposable chopsticks at a banquet hall.
By threading the chopsticks through a loop formed by your fingers, you can imbue them with “telekinetic power” so they appear to move without being touched.
First, cross a pair of Japanese disposable chopsticks and rub near the base with your right hand; the vibration grows stronger toward the tips, making the chopstick in your left hand hop up and down.
Another trick is to place the crossed chopsticks on a table and make them “move” with telekinesis.
In this one, you draw the audience’s gaze to the hand supposedly channeling power, while in reality you secretly blow on the chopsticks to make them move.
